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A Great War M.C., ‘Russian Intervention’ Order of St. Anne and Order of St. Vladimir group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Baring-Gould, Royal Engineers and Intelligence Corps, late Honourable Artillery Company, who served on the Staff of Sir Hubert Gough with the British Military Mission to the Baltic States, 1919-21 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (429 Sjt. E. A. Baring Gould. H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Items relating to Sergeant W. McNally, V.C., M.M., The Yorkshire Regiment A mounted set of four miniature dress medals attributed to Sergeant W. McNally, comprising Victoria Cross; Military Medal, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, mounted for wear; together with a Great War ‘War Wounded’ lapel badge, pin-backed; a British Legion stick-pin; a French coin converted into an identity tag, impressed ‘13820 McNally W 8 Yks’; and a large archive of papers, very fine (lot) £1400-1800
A fine Great War 1917 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. G. Watson, 29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for his gallantry in leading his bombing party during the attack on Sunray Trench, Le Transloy, 2 March 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1441 Cpl. C. G. Watson. 29/Aust: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (1441 Pte. C. G. Watson. 29/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (1441 L-Sgt. C. G. Watson. 29 Bn. A.I.F.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1800-2200
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Cyril Fort, 13th York and Lancaster Regiment, who, in clearing a strongly-held house, personally accounted for four of the enemy with his revolver Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13/309 Sjt. C. Fort. 13/York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13-309 Sjt. C. Fort. York. & Lanc. R.); Belgian Military Decoration, with silver Palm and ribbon for gallantry; Belgian Croix de Guerre, together with bronze S.J.A.B. re-examination...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross sash badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1894, and breast star, silver, gold and enamel, complete with full dress sash and fitted pad but no case, extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
The C.M.G., I.S.O., Rhodesian Order of the Legion of Merit group of eleven awarded to Mr. G. B. Clarke, Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia, and the man who authored and drafted Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, 11 November 1965 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Imperial Service Order, E.II.R., silver, gold, and enamel, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War D.S.O. and ‘Colour Party’ M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Guards Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, an early unnumbered award; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (Lieut: A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Gds:); 1914-15 Star (Major A. E. S. Clarke. M.V.O. S. Gds.);...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. Rumble, Northamptonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2745 L. Corpl: C. Rumble. North’n. Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2745 Pte. C. Rumble 1st. Bn. North’n. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2745 Corl. C. Rumble, 2: Nthptn: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2745 Serjt: C....
Pair: Captain W. J. Rind, Bengal Army Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Ens. W. J. Rind. 3rd Extra Reg.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Capt. W. J. Rind, 71st Bengal N.I.) extremely fine with original frosted finish (2) £1200-1400
Three: General G. S. Macbean, C.B., Bengal Staff Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. G S Macbean. Sub Asst. Comy. Genl.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Bt. Majr. G, S, Macbean, 74th N.I. Asst. Comy. Genl.); Afgahanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. G. S. Macbean, Depy. Comsy. Genl.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £2000-2600
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Edward Grogan, Bt., The Rifle Brigade. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. Sir E. I. B. Grogan, Bt. Rifle Bde.); 1914-15 Star (Major Sir E. I. B....
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War ‘Mesopotamian Operations’ C.M.G. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General L. W. Y. Campbell, Indian Army, who served as a Newspaper Correspondent with the Tirah Frontier Force in 1897-98 before commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade during the Great War at the Battle of Loos and the Relief of Kut - wounded in the attack on Baghdad and three times Mentioned in Despatches in the Great War, he received a final ‘Mention’ in the Third...
A Second War C.B.E., ‘Evacuation from Dunkirk’ 1940 D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier M. A. Carthew-Yorstoun, Black Watch, who commanded the 6th Battalion during the withdrawal from Dunkirk, and was twice sunk in the evacuation, being severely wounded on the second occasion and only surviving through the timely intervention of an elderly Able Seaman The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel;...
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Murray, Commanding 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1901, Kissi 1905 (Captain L. Murray. S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. L. Murray. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. L. Murray.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; together...
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain J. J. McCombie, 8th Scottish Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. J. McCombie. Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. J. McCombie.); French Croix de Guerre, 1914 1917, with silver star, good very fine (5) £1200-1400
A fine Second War 1945 D.F.C. group of six awarded to Lancaster Pilot Flying Officer R. J. Gauvreau, Royal Canadian Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas Bar; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, nearly extremely fine (6) £1600-2000
Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘The Property of the Board of Trade’, reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouché Phillips, Cockspur St., and officially numbered ‘49’, extremely fine £2400-2800
A Crimea D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner and Driver, later Corporal Collar Maker, F. Gard, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Gunner & Driver F. Guard [sic], Rl. ...) suspension claw reaffixed; Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (E. [sic] Gard. Gr. & Dr. 12th. Btn. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming, suspension claw reaffixed; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Gunner Fredk. Gard. . 4th. Bde. Rl. Arty.) suspension claw reaffixed post 1873,...
An ‘El-Teb’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal D. Dossett, York and Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (590 Co... Dossett. 1/York & Lanc: R. 29th.....1884) suspension post re-affixed, and suspension loose; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (590 ..orpl. D. Dossett. 1/York & Lanc: R:); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued, worn, fine (3) £2000-2400
Late 17th Century Officer’s Plug Bayonet and Scabbard, an exceptionally rare example, the 30.5 cm blade with single fuller and double edged (6 cm) spear point, the unmarked silver straight cross guard has helmet head finials on the shouldered quillons and both faces carry engraved designs, the burr walnut tapering hand grip with silver cap topped by a further helmet head finial, this again with an engraved design, the blade stamped on both sides with ‘Man In The Moon’ facing left,...
The ‘G.C. exchange’ Edward Medal (Mines) in bronze awarded to Pony Driver Mr. J. T. Baker, later Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry during a mining rescue at South Garesfield Colliery, County Durham, on 17 May 1929 Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze (John Thomas Baker.) very fine £1400-1800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (George Milne.) surname partially erased, and unofficially engraved, edge bruising, very fine £600-800
Waterloo 1815 (Paymaster James Tallon, 10th Royal Reg. Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, 1st type set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with full dress Military division sash, extremely fine and scarce (2) £1800-2200
A superb ‘Frankfurt Trench’ 1918 D.C.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal G. McArthur, 16th (Glasgow Boys Brigade) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, for his part in the battalion’s epic 8 day siege action at Beaumont-Hamel. The Battalion suffered casualties of 13 officers and 390 other ranks in capturing the trench, and completely surrounded, held the trench against insurmountable odds for eight days with only 50 men. On the eighth day ‘fifteen sick and exhausted men...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Able Seaman J. O’Malley, Royal Navy China 1842 (John O’Maley, H.M.S. Blenheim.) original suspension; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. O’Malley, A.B., H.M.S. Castor.) officially impressed naming, contact marks, good very fine, the latter extremely fine (2) £1000-1400
Three: Major T. A. Pamplin-Green, West African Frontier Force, late Lagos Hausa Force and Essex Regiment (Militia), who was twice wounded whilst on campaign in West Africa Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Capt. & Insptr. T. P. Green, Lagos Hausa Force); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Captain T. A. Pamplin Green. A.F.F.) impressed naming, high relief bust, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £1800-2200
Pair: Private W. H. Warburton, 21st Lancers, who rode with ‘B’ Squadron in the famous charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3327. Pte. B. [sic] Warburton. 21/Lancers.) suspension claw crudely re-affixed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3327 Pte. W. Warburton 21 Lcrs) suspension loose on last, good fine or better (2) £800-1200
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1875, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, good very fine £1600-1800
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Knight, Divisional Paymaster, Abyssinian Field Force, late 1st European Fusiliers and 1st Belooch Battalion Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd Lieut. Fredk. Wm. Knight, 1st Eur. Fusiliers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. F.W. Knight, 1st Belooch Batn.); Abyssinia 1867 (Major F. W. Knight Paymaster 2nd Division) mounted for wear on a Hunt & Roskell triple brooch bar, with gold retaining pin, Abyssinia Medal mounted first, light...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Mercantile Marine War Medal to Second Officer Percy Hefford, the most senior officer of the Bridge staff to drown when the S.S. Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915 Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Percy Hefford) extremely fine £800-1000
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Maheidpoor (J. Bourne, 22nd Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, hairline scratches from cleaning, light edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1600-1800
A fine Bronze Cross of Rhodesia awarded to Private F. Mugandani, Selous Scouts Rhodesia, Bronze Cross of Rhodesia, the reverse officially inscribed ‘644911 Pvt. F. Mugandani’; with the recipient’s bronze ‘Parachute Wings’ badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘0029’, very fine, rare (2) £800-1200
Pair: Sergeant R. Harris, 21st Lancers, who rode with ‘A’ Squadron in the famous charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2182 Sgt. R. Harris, 21st Lancers) an impressed later issue, contact marks to edge; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £800-1200
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross, an early unnumbered set of insignia, comprising sash badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the star with gold pin for wearing, complete with full dress sash, good very fine (2) £1200-1500
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1724. Pte. I. Beveridge. 2-21st Foot.) very fine
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander H. Forrester, Royal Navy, for services whilst commanding torpedo boat destroyers in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1915, and attractively engraved ‘Lieut,. Henry Forrester, R.N. Presented by King George V. Oct. 4th 1916. “Carried out dangerous patrol duties with marked ability”; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Forrester. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
A Second War Lancaster pilot’s D.F.C. group of four to Flight Lieutenant A. C. Blackie, 576 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 30 operational sorties, including to Berlin and back 7 times Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally very fine or better (4) £1600-2000
Album containing 13 autographs of R.F.C. and R.A.F Victoria Cross recipients, all but one with individual photographic images of signatories and all but one of the signatures on R.A.F. embossed note cards. The signatories including: Leonard Cheshire, Alan Jerrard, Gilbert Insall, William Reid, Norman Jackson, Leonard Trent and Francis McNamara. The album also containing a letter from the latter to the Reverend Canon W. M. Lummis, M.C., dated 5 September 1961; and 5 First Day Covers relating...
India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Hunza 1891, Burma 1889-92, Lushai 1889-92 (Mr. E. Philpott. Civn. Telegraphist) good very fine, scarce £1200-1500
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