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A post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Evelyn H. E. Chiverton, Women’s Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2024113 Sgt. Evelyn H. E. Chiverton, W.R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (2024113 Sgt. E. H. E. Chiverton. W.R.A.F.) minor edge bruise to BEM, good very fine or better (4) £440-500
£440–£500
A Second World War and post-war B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Sailmaker Vernon C. C. Debenham, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of H.M.S. Diamond off Greece in 1941 British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (Ch. Slmr. Vernon C.C. Debenham, P/JX 620358.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals ; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, with Long Service Bar (JX. 620358 V. C. C. Debenham. Slmr. H.M.S. Jamaica.) good very fine (8) £280-320
Hammer Price: £400
A ‘1975’ Military Division B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Radio Supervisor J. Gregory, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (C.R.S. John Gregory. J146433Y.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (JX. 146433 J. Gregory. C.P.O. Tel. H.M.S. President.); Norway, King Haakon’s 70th Birthday Medal; U.S.S.R., 40th A...
Hammer Price: £750
A Civil Division B.E.M. pair awarded to Mrs. S. M. Hilton, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R., (Sarah Maude, Mrs. Hilton.) on ladies bow riband ; Women’s Royal Voluntary Service Long Service Medal, unnamed, both in Royal Mint cases of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-120
Hammer Price: £140
A ‘Bahamas’ B.E.M. awarded to Mrs. Mae V. Clarke, Bahamas Post Office British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Mae Valentine Mrs Clarke) on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £240
A ‘Northern Ireland’ B.E.M. awarded to Sergeant M. New, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (24400077 Sgt. Malcolm New. RWF) nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £700
A ‘Political Service’ C.M.G. group of four to Captain W. F. Page, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was twice wounded and taken Prisoner of War, subsequently serving as a Political Officer in Tanganyika The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, this with some enamel chipping to centres; 1914-15 Star (2-Lieut. W. F Page. S. Wales. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. F. Page) generally nearly extre...
Hammer Price: £460
A civil O.B.E. and a Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant L. B. Greaves, 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (P.S.2720 Pte. L. B. Greaves, R. Fus. R. Fus.) initial ‘B’ officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. L. B. Greaves); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of th...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War ‘Salonika’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major C. E. Browning, 8th, late 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers, who was decorated for his gallant command of a night raiding party on ‘Flat Iron Hill’ on 12/13 July 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top brooch bar, slight enamel damage; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. E. Browning, S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. E. Browning); 1939-45 Star; Defence a...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major H. J. Vatcher, 12th (Bantam) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly Royal Dragoons, a veteran of the Boer War who was twice wounded in France and Flanders Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (3947 Pte. H. Vatcher, Rl. Drgns.) clasps mounted in order stated with unof...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. R. Morgan, South Wales Borderers, for the action at Hart’s Crater, where he went out alone to rescue a wounded man whilst under machine gun and bomb fire - He was subsequently killed in action on 2 April 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. W. R. Morgan. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. R. Morgan.) extremely fine (4) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Le Tronsloy’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant A. D. W. Lowe, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was wounded at Mametz Wood in July 1916 and later killed at Passchendaele on 4 October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘A. D. W. Lowe 2nd S.W.B. 27th Jan 1917’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. D. W. Lowe. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. D. W. Lowe.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Arthur Denis Worsley Lowe), Illumin...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain H. H. Davenport, 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was twice wounded during the Great War Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. H. Davenport S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. H. Davenport.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1000-1200
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant H. E. Tunnicliffe, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry whilst brigade intelligence officer during the defence of Loisne Chateau in April 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Tunnicliffe.) good very fine (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Acting Corporal J. Edwards, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry near Festubert in December 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8269 A. Cpl. J. Edwards. 1/S.W. Bord:) nearly very fine £700-900
A Great War ‘Festubert 1914’ D.C.M. awarded to Private W. Adams, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, killed in action, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13208 Pte. W. Adams, 2/S.W. Bord.); Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Adams) plaque with slight bruising, medal nearly extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. Lister, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly West Riding Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (34647 C.S. Mjr. T. Lister. 4/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (28954 Sjt. T. Lister. S. Wales Bord.); Delhi Durbar 1911, contemporary engraved naming ‘6815 Sergt. T. Lister, West Riding Regt.’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6815 C.S. Mjr. T. Lister. D.C.M., W. Rid. R.) mount...
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private William Holliday, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who died of wounds in April 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9-16760 Pte. W. Holliday, 6/S. Wales Bord:); 1914-15 Star (16760 Pte. W. Holliday, S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (16760 Pte. W. Holliday, S. Wales Bord:) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant G. Russell, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Sussex Regiment for gallantry during a night raid on a German trench in April 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9-13416 Sjt: G. Russell. 2/S.W. Bord:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (5674 Pte. G. Russell, 1st Rl. Sussex Regt.); King‘s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5674 Pte. G. Rus...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded Private J. Pearce, 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers and Stoker, Royal Fleet Reserve Military Medal, G.V.R. (6-16971 Pte. J. Pearce. 6/S.W. Bord.); 1914-15 Star (16971 Pte. J. Pearce. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (16971 Pte. J. Pearce. S. Wales Bord.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.121392 (Dev.B.12973) J. Pearce. Sto. 1, R.F.R.) contact marks, good fine and better, an unusual combination (5...
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Private J. Maloney, 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. (4-13171 Pte., 4/S.W. Bord.); Russia, Empire, St. George Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, Fourth Class, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘No.1272470’; together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19 with M.I.D. oak leaf, some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £300-360
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. H. Lewis, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry at Messines in June 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (6-17284 Sjt: J. H. Lewis. 6/S.W. Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7284 Sjt. J. H. Lewis. S. Wales Bord.) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-360
Hammer Price: £340
A Great War ‘Cambrai’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. Dawes, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. 44220 Pte. E. Dawes. 2/S. W. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (44220 Pte. E. Dawes. S. Wales Bord.); together with original named 29th Division gallantry Certificate ‘... for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on 20th November 1917’, with original signature of Major General Beauvoir de Lisle, very fine (3) £360-400
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Nolan, 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. 5-14239 Pte. J. Nolan, 5/S. Wales Bord.); 1914-15 Star (14239 Pte. J. Nolan. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (14239 Pte. J. Nolan. S. Wales Bord.) generally very fine and better (4) £340-380
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. T. Wilson, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (39175 Sjt. J. T. Wilson, 1/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (3573 Sjt. J. T. Wilson, Montgom. Yeo.) very fine (3) £360-400
Hammer Price: £420
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant T. Lovatt, 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. (5-19443 Sjt. T. Lovatt, 5/S. Wales Bord.) some edge bruising, nearly very fine £260-300
Hammer Price: £300
Pair: Sergeant R. Williamson, Royal Foot Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (R. Williamson, Serjt. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Rob. Williamson. Royal Foot Artillery.) with original steel clip and later large ring suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £2,000
Pair: Driver John Thompson, Royal Artillery Drivers Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, St. Sebastian (J. Thompson, Driver, R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (John Thompson, Royal Artillery Drivers.) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Captain W. Power, 32nd Foot, an original Defender of Lucknow, who died of wounds on 10 August 1857 Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Lieut. W. Power, 32nd. Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Captain W. Power, 32nd. Foot.) latter impressed in Calcutta Mint-style capitals and therefore probably a later issue, suspension claw and post tightened on latter, generally very fine, the first better (2) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,600
A good Indian campaign, Long Service and M.S.M. group of five awarded to Troop Sergeant Major, late Hospital Sergeant, Isaac Searle, 14th Light Dragoons Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Hospital Serjt. I. Searle. 14th Lt. Drgns.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Hospl. Serjt. I. Searle, 14th King’s Lt. Dgns.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Hospl.-Serjt. I, Searle. 14th Lgt. Drgns.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (797. Tp. Serj...
Hammer Price: £2,800
The important Meritorious Service Medal group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant Bernard Kilkeary, Mid-Ulster Artillery, Auxiliary Forces, late 73rd Regiment, a prominent survivor from the loss of the troopship Birkenhead off South Africa, who saved many lives in one of the ship’s cutters while carrying out Colonel Seton’s famous order “Women and children first!” - the King of Prussia ordered that the account of the sinking be read to every regiment in his army as an example of discipline an...
Hammer Price: £8,000
Three: Invalid Sergeant E. Delamar, 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers, wounded during the assault on Delhi, 14 September 1857 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Serjt. Edward Delamar. 2nd Eur. Bengal Fusrs.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt. Edwd. Delamar. 2nd. Eurn. Bengal Fusr’s) ; Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, H.E.I.C. arms obverse (Invalid Sergt. E. Delamar late 2d. Eur: Ben: Fusrs. 9th May 1862) minor edge nicks, otherwise generally good very fine (3)...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Four: Ordinary Seaman William Pearman, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Azoff, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (Successful) (William Pearman, C.G. 9. April, 1870) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £400-500
An important Light Brigade charger’s group of three awarded to Troop Sergeant-Major W. Bentley, 11th Hussars, who, pursued by several Russian dragoons, managed to cut one of them - an officer - across the face before himself being wounded by a lance prod in the back of the neck which dismounted him: his spectacular rescue by the giant Lieutenant Alexander Dunn, whose swordsmanship ‘proved terrible to the enemy’s of the country’, resulted in the only V.C. awarded to an officer for the charge a...
Hammer Price: £12,000
Pair: Private J. Pearce, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded at Alma, 20 September 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (5888 ... Pearce 3rd Battn. G.R.) regimentally impressed naming, suspension claw loose; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (5888 Pte J Pearce 3rd Battn Grenr Guards) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged with Mutiny style suspension, contact marks, good fine or better (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,000
Three: Private Robert Hunter, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Robert Hunter. 2: Drags.) contemporary engraved naming, suspension soldered and no longer swivels; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (766 Robt. Hunter 2nd Dragoons.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (R. Hunter 2nd Dragoons) regimentally impressed naming, all fitted with ribbon buckles and contained in a contemporary fitt...
Pair: Private G. Grimsdale, 6th Foot, late 57th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pve. Geo. Grimsdale. 57th Foot) contemporary engraved naming, top left-hand lug missing; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (28th Bde. 98 Pte. G. Grimsdale, 1-6th Foot) suspension slack on last, minor edge bruising, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (2) £340-380
£340–£380
Three: Ship’s Cook Matthew Burridge, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol (Matthew. H. Burridge. H.M. Ship. Agamemnon.) contemporary engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Mw. Burridge. Ships. Cook. H.M.S. Zebra 26 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspension, the last polished, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £800-1000
Four: Farrier Major D. S. Smith, 12th Royal Lancers Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Dl. S. Smith. 12th Rl. Lanrs.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Serjt. D, S, Smith, 12th Lancers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1585 Fr., Mr. D. Smith. 12th Lancers); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (Dl. S. Smith. 12th Rl. Lanrs.) contemporary engraved naming, plugged at 12 o’clock and fitted with contemporary swivel bar suspension, all fitt...
Pair: Private S. Barton, Grenadier Guards Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (S. Barton. Grenadier Gds.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced for ring suspension as issued, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (2) £200-240
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