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A rare Kaffir and Zulu War medal awarded to Private Michael Minehan, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot, right-hand man of the front rank of “B” Company at the defence of Rorke’s Drift and the subject of a testimonial written by Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, V.C. South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (B/1527. Pte. M. Minehan. 2/24th Foot.) very minor edge bruise, otherwise toned, good very fine £26000-30000
Hammer Price: £70,000
The extremely rare Shackleton Trans-Antarctic Expedition Posthumous Albert Medal for Land pair awarded to Mr. V. G. Hayward, Storekeeper and Dog-handler in the Aurora party 1914-16, for gallantry in ‘saving and endeavouring to save life in the Antarctic’ during a journey of 950 miles lasting more than five months; he lost his life when crossing the sea-ice with Lieutenant A. L. Mackintosh in May 1916 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the...
Hammer Price: £44,000
The rare Oman ‘Jebel Akhdar Campaign’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. T. ‘Taff’ Rees, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, who was one of 63 N.C.O’s. of the Corps to be attached to the Sultan of Oman’s Forces in 1958 to train and lead members of the Trucial State Forces against armed rebel formations, where he gained a unique M.M. to the Royal Marines for his gallantry whilst leading C Company “Special Patrol Section”, Northern Frontier Regiment in a fierce action at Dhala...
Hammer Price: £34,000
A fine Naval General Service medal awarded to Brevet Major Arthur Hull, Royal Marines, who served with Nelson aboard the Theseus in the ill-fated attack on Santa Cruz when Nelson lost his arm, and afterwards in the same ship at the battle of the Nile and at the siege and defence of Acre; in July 1801 he was wrecked aboard the Jason on the French coast at St Malo, the whole crew being taken prisoners of war Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Nile, Acre 30 May 1799 (Arthur Hull,...
Hammer Price: £30,000
An outstanding Napoleonic Wars group of four awarded to General Sir Henry King, C.B., K.C.H., K.C., Colonel of the 3rd Foot (The Buffs), late 26th Light Dragoons, who, despite losing his right leg whilst on campaign in Egypt, commanded the 82nd Foot with distinction at the battle of Vittoria The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star by Storr & Mortimer, London, silver, gold and enamels, reverse plate with maker’s name, fitted with gold pin for wearing,...
Hammer Price: £28,000
A very rare ‘Chinese Civil War’ C.G.M. awarded to Able Seaman Clifford Beese, H.M.S. Kiawo, for “conspicuous courage amongst the survivors of the boarding party” who had attempted the rescue of the crews of the steamers Wanhsien and Wanting which had been seized by Chinese troops at the port of Wanhsien on the Yangtze river in September 1926, an action described by one historian as a “twentieth-century revival of a Nelsonic manoeuvre”; Beese was amongst the wounded and received...
Hammer Price: £26,000
The unique Great War and Waziristan Operations D.S.O., Fighter Ace’s ‘Immediate’ D.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Captain, later Group Captain H. P. Lale, 48 and 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. A master exponent of the Bristol Fighter, who went on to claim at least 23 victories during the Great War, often in multiples, invariably in minutes and sometimes in moments. As an aggressive pilot who adapted to his role and terrain, Lale subsequently...
Hammer Price: £20,000
A fine Omdurman D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private W. Bushell, 21st Lancers, later Sergeant, 16th Lancers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. W. Bushell. 21st. Lancers. (2nd. Septr. 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3710. Pte. W. Bushell. 21/Lancers.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5184 Cpl. W. Bushell. 16th Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3710 Serjt: W. Bushell. 16th. Lancers.) suspension claw re-pinned;...
Hammer Price: £19,000
The Royal Victorian Chain, 1st type (1902-21) Gentleman’s Collar with pendant Badge, the silver-gilt Collar chain, overall length approximately 52cm, consisting of two Tudor roses, two thistles, two shamrocks and two lotus flowers, representing the heraldic flowers of England, Scotland, Ireland and India respectively, linked together with a double trace of oval link chain to the central royal cypher of Edward VII, enamelled in red, within a wreath, surmounted by the Imperial Crown,...
Hammer Price: £17,000
The Rare ‘assault on Magdala - storming of the gate’ Abyssinia 1867 D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant Major W. Chamberlain, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (7313 Corpl. Willm., Chamberlain, Royal Engrs.); Abyssinia 1867 (7313 Sapper W. Chamberlain Royal Engrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (7313. Sapper W. Chamberlain, R.E.) light contact marks, therefore very fine (3) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £16,000
The outstanding First Boer War ‘Siege of Lydenburg’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. Day, Royal Engineers, unique to the Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (10037. Sergt. T. Day. R.E. 22nd Jany. 1881.) suspension claw slightly loose; Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (10037. 2nd Corpl. T. Day, R.E, 1873-4.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (10037, Sergt. T. Day, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (10037. Co. Sgt. Major....
The unique and outstanding Great War ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C., Boer War Drummer’s D.C.M. and 1918 Second Award Bar group of nine awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. P. Carney, East Yorkshire Regiment- the most decorated soldier in the Regiment, whose first award came at the age of just 15. He was one of five brothers who all served in the East Yorks, who between them served for over 130 years and amassed 26 Medals Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘No....
Hammer Price: £15,000
The remarkable and unique Albert Medal in Gold for Sea life-saving group of seven awarded to Mr. W. J. Nutman, Captain of the S.S. Aidar, for his great gallantry in saving the life of an injured crewman during a storm in the Mediterranean Sea on the night of 19 January 1896- with the rest of his crew saved he refused to leave the injured fireman behind, waving away the lifeboats as his ship foundered, ‘choosing to face almost certain death than to leave him behind’- an extraordinary...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The unique Sudan ‘Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum’ Royal Cavalry Officer’s D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Major His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck, G.C.V.O., 1st Dragoons, and the brother to H.M. Queen Mary Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Jubilee 1887, gold, with 1897 clasp; Coronation 1902, silver; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. H.S.H. Prince Francis of Teck. K.C.V.O. D.S.O. E.A.); Queen’s South Africa...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B., Knight Grand Cross collar chain, silver-gilt and enamels, overall length approx. 164cm., several links with minor restoration to white enamel, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, K.C.S.I., Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge in gold, silver-gilt and enamels with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star with small gold ring and ribbon loop; and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, fitted with gold pin for wearing, with full neck ribbon in its Garrard &...
The Order of Merit, E.VII.R., Civil Division neck badge, gold and enamels, the lower arm inscribed ‘Collingwood & Co. 46 Conduit St. W.’, complete with full neck cravat, white enamel band on obverse centre restored, some minor enamel chips, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £12,000
The scarce and remarkable Second War 1945 ‘Mitchell Air Gunner’s’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant J. M. Hall, 180 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 73 operational sorties, including his epic return flight from the Bocholt Marshalling Yards, 21 March 1945. On the latter date a flak shell tore open the Mitchell’s cockpit, incapacitating the pilot, and severely damaging the aircraft. Having stemmed the flow of blood emanating from his pilot, and removed him...
An Albert Medal in Gold for Land group of three awarded to Corporal H. F. Ewington, Army Ordnance Corps, formerly a waiter employed by Spiers and Pond Restaurant, London, for gallantry in saving the life of a man who had fallen on the live rail of the Metropolitan Railway tracks at Aldersgate Street [now Barbican] Station in London, 1 July 1913, enduring several electric shocks as he pulled him to safety and held him between the tracks as trains approached from both directions Albert...
Hammer Price: £11,000
A fine and Regimentally unique ‘Abu Klea’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. Small, Connaught Rangers, who ‘repeatedly, alone, charged the enemy, who had entered the square’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Ser.... Small. Conn: Rang: 17....nr 1885); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1559 Sergt. C. Small. 94th Foot.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1559 ..ergt. C. Small. 2/Conn Rangs); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed...
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Military) Knight Grand Cross breast star in silver with gold swords and gold and enamel centre, 87mm. diameter, unsigned but of extremely high quality manufacture, the reverse inscribed ‘General Sir Josiah Champagne’ and fitted with gold double-pronged pin, some very minor enamel chips to wreath, otherwise extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £9,500
An impressive Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Leading Seaman F. F. Gavin, Royal Navy: gaining a “mention” for his services in Torbay in August-November 1941, aboard which submarine Keyes, V.C., and his Commandos were embarked for the famous raid on Rommel’s H.Q., he won his first D.S.M. for like services in the period December 1941 to March 1942, when his skipper, Commander Miers, was awarded the V.C., and a Bar for subsequent services in the...
Hammer Price: £9,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (J. Watts, 27th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, scroll suspension bent, otherwise very fine and rare £7000-9000
Hammer Price: £8,500
An extremely rare Great War ‘relief of Kut’ operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Stoker 1st Class S. R. Fox, Royal Navy, one of 15 men who volunteered to man the river steamer Julnar on a suicidal mission to get supplies through to Kut in April 1916, an extraordinary episode that resulted in the award of two posthumous V.Cs, a D.S.O., three C.G.Ms and ten D.S.Ms - and the cold-blooded murder of Lieutenant-Commander C. H. Cowley, R.N.V.R., the “Pirate of Basra” Distinguished...
A rare Royal Indian Marine C.I.E. group of seven awarded to Captain S. D. Vale, R.I.M., who was mentioned in despatches for services as Assistant Marine Transport Officer with the China Expeditionary Force The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, converted for wear as a breast badge, the reverse inscribed ‘Captain S. D. Vale, R.I.M. June 3rd 1918’; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare and outstanding 1946 A.F.C., Korean War U.S. D.F.C. and Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters group of ten awarded to Captain W. J. J. “Badie” Badenhorst, South African Air Force. A Spitfire Pilot during the Second War, he served as a Flight Commander with 2 (Cheetah) Squadron during the Korean War, 1950-53. He led his Mustang flight on at least 53 operational sorties, personally accounting for a number of enemy vehicles and troops, before he was killed in action leading a raid, 2...
A scarce Albert Medal for Land awarded to Mrs. F. W. H. Emmett, the wife of the Stationmaster at Peshawar, for gallantry in saving the life of her husband and son following an attack by a murderous fanatic on 7 December 1919- one of only 16 Albert Medals awarded to women Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Florence Amy, wife of Frederick William Henry Emmett, for Gallantry in...
The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp awarded to Warrant Officer B. J. Wickett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who was taken hostage following the invasion and held in captivity at a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24170241 WO1 B J Wickett REME), in named card box of issue, extremely fine £5000-6000
The exceptional ‘Dargai Heights’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. W. Spick, Derbyshire Regiment, who was recommended for the award of the Victoria Cross for his conspicuous gallantry at the storming of the Chagru Kotal, on 20 October 1897, when, as the sole survivor of the storming party led by Captain Smith and Lieutenant Pennel, he continued to charge forward, alone and unsupported ‘across a heap of dead and wounded men into a perfect hail of bullets’, for a further 60...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 1st Class, Reward of Valor, gold and enamel, the plain reverse officially engraved on three lines 1st Class “Order of Merit”, complete with gold ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Assye (M. Jordan, 19th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine, a rare single clasp especially to a casualty £4600-5500
A superb ‘Heavy Brigade’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. R. Aslett, 1st Royal Dragoons, who lost an arm to cannon shot during the famous charge at Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (James R. Aslett. 1st Rl. Drags.); Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pvte. Jas. R. Aslett 1st. RL. Drs.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged with small ring suspension, mounted for wear, all...
A good North West Frontier of India D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Finn, East Kent Regiment, for the famous night action at Bilot, 16th to 17th September 1897, in which the Buffs won four D.C.M.s; in addition, three Victoria Crosses were awarded for this action Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. F. Finn. 1/E. Kent R. (16-17th. Sept: 1897)); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3022 Pe. F. Finn. 1st. Bn. East Kent...
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., a large 18th century Knight’s sash badge, 60mm x 40mm, gold, the edge impressed with small shamrocks, with slightly later loop suspension, very fine and rare £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Assye, Argaum (D. Graham, 78th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
A Second War 1942 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of four awarded to Lieutenant E. P. S. Russell, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for, despite not being a strong swimmer, making a gallant attempt to save the life of a man who was washed overboard from H.M.S. Eskimo in heavy weather off the coast of Falmouth on 9 May 1942, and laying down his own life in the process Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded...
A Great War 1916 Albert Medal for Land awarded to Company Sergeant Major W. Shooter, Cheshire Regiment, for saving the life of two officers by throwing away a live bomb, which exploded in the air before he could take cover, wounding him in the process. Seriously wounded a second time in the advance on St. Quentin, where his entire lower jaw was blown away, he spent the next 17 months in hospital Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse...
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (677 Pte. G. Hadden. 1/24th Foot.) extremely fine £6000-7000
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, gold and enamels; and breast star, silver with gilt rays and gold and enamel appliqué centre, the reverse fitted with gold pin for wearing, complete with full length dress sash, small chips to red enamel on outer edges of three petals and minor chips to green enamel jewels on crown, otherwise extremely fine (2) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £6,000
An Albert Medal for Land awarded to Mr. E. David, Collier, for his gallantry in rescuing five trapped Welsh miners at the Tynewydd Colliery in the Rhondda Valley after a nine-day imprisonment in April 1877- the gallantry of the rescue party was so great, and public opinion so strong, that the Albert Medal for Land was instituted as a result- 4 Albert Medals in gold and 21 Albert Medals in bronze were awarded to the rescue party- the first Albert Medals for Land ever awarded Albert Medal,...
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