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The important and highly significant Second World War ‘Battle of Normandy’ V.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Colonel David Vivian Currie, 29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment), for exceptional bravery whilst commanding a small mixed force of Canadian tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry, during an intense three-day action (in which he only slept for one hour) fought between 18 and 20 August 1944 in ‘the corridor of death’ in and...
Hammer Price: $550,000 CAD
A fine Indian Mutiny ‘Clause 13’ Victoria Cross awarded to Gunner James Park, 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery, for gallantry during the Relief of Lucknow in November 1857, following which his fellow gunners elected him for the award of the Victoria Cross - Somewhat unusually for the period, a time when posthumous awards could not be granted, Gunner Park never received his V.C., having died at Lucknow in June 1858, six months prior to his award being announced in the London...
Hammer Price: £70,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Cyane 16 Jany 1814 (Daniel Young, Midshipman.) hairlines, otherwise nearly extremely fine £18000-22000
Hammer Price: £30,000
The exceptional Second War ‘Home Front’ G.M. and Post-War ‘Yangtze Incident’ D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Petty Officer H. W. Robinson, Royal Navy, who received his D.S.M. for bravery during H.M.S. Consort’s valiant attempt to rescue the stricken H.M.S. Amethyst on the River Yangtze in April 1949, following which daring and hard fought action in which Consort sustained several direct hits and managed to destroy six of the eight communist field guns emplaced opposite Rose...
Hammer Price: £24,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Centaur 26 Augt 1808, Amanthea 25 July 1810 (Geo. R. W. Trefusis, Midshipman.) very fine and a unique combination of clasps £12000-14000
The important Isandhlwana survivor’s pair awarded to Captain Walter Stafford, 1st Natal Native Contingent, whose personal account provides a graphic description of the events of that fateful day South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Capt: W. H. Stafford 1st Nat: Nat: Contgt.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Capt. W. H. Stafford, Abalondolozi Regt.) the first plugged at 6 o’clock and with reconstituted suspension, edge bruising and overall wear,...
Hammer Price: £22,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Pique 26 March 1806 (Christr. Bell, Lieut. R.N.) contact marks and somewhat polished, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare £16000-18000
The superb Omdurman charger’s group of twelve awarded to Major the Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux, K.C.V.O., Royal Horse Guards, attached to the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, who, having been severely wounded and his horse killed, was rescued from certain death by Private Thomas Byrne, whose gallantry was rewarded with the Victoria Cross; while recuperating in Cairo Molyneux received a skin graft from the forearm of Winston Churchill, who perhaps regretted his decision to visit him: ‘While we...
Hammer Price: £20,000
The rare Tientsin C.G.M. group, of eight awarded to Ordinary Seaman Ernest Whibley, R.N., Admiral Beatty’s messenger on Barfleur, who assisted in carrying in three men across a heavy fire-swept zone, and aided Midshipman Basil Guy in the attempted rescue of a wounded seaman under an intense fire, on which occasion Guy was awarded the Victoria Cross Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue, scroll suspension (Ernest Whibley, Ordy. Seaman, R.N. China. 1900.) officially engraved...
Hammer Price: £19,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 4 Novr 1805, Seahorse Wh Badere Zaffere (Hon. Geo. P. Campbell, Midshipman.) ‘Hon.’ neatly engraved after issue, original ribbon, dark toned, edge bruise and lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £8000-10000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Basque Roads 1809, Eurotas 25 Feby 1814 (C. G. Randolph, Lieut. R.N.) with original ribbon, toned, nearly extremely fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £16,000
The rare 4-clasp Second Mahratta War medal awarded to Private George Gardiner, 76th Foot, one of Lord Lake’s ‘Handfull of Heroes’ Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Battle of Deig (G. Gardiner, 76th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £12000-15000
The unique ‘1854’ Conspicuous Gallantry Medal pair awarded to Boatswain’s Mate James Doran, Royal Navy, for gallantry at Sebastopol in October 1854, the very first incident to be rewarded with this new gallantry award, despite the fact that he was originally recommended for the Victoria Cross Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 1st issue (Jas. Doran, Bo: Mate, H.M.S. Agamemnon 17 Oct: 1854); Naval L.S. & G.C., V.R. wide suspension (Js. Doran, Ships. Cook H.M.S. Oberon 30 Yrs.)...
Hammer Price: £14,000
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (954. Sergt. J. Carkson. 1/24th Foot.) note spelling of surname, brilliant extremely fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Trafalgar (William Hodge.) suspension a little slack, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £8000-10000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, Basque Roads 1809 (David Sharp.) small edge bruise and minor marks, otherwise good very fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Capture of the Desirée (Daniel Peake.) nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £9,000
An important ‘Hunza 1891’ pair awarded to Major W. H. M. Stewart, Bengal Staff Corps, Assistant Political Agent with the Hunza-Nagar Field Force, and also ‘galloper’ to the Field Force Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Durand India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (Captn. W. H. M. Stewart S.C.) official correction to ‘S.C.’; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, extremely fine and very rare (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
The exceptional and regimentally unique Great War Western Front and Italian theatre M.C. and Two Bar group of seven awarded to Captain, late Regimental Sergeant-Major, Thomas Bluck, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was also awarded the Medaille Militaire and the Cross of St George, and was the only Warrant Officer recipient of the M.C. to win a Second Bar to his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An outstanding and well documented ‘Sicily Landings’ Immediate M.C. group of six awarded to Captain F. Robson, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, who not only successfully landed his glider 250 yards short of the beach, 9 July 1943, but also having swum ashore joined the men of the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, and took part in ‘a crawl through 20’ of barbed wire covered by a pill box... marched 10 miles collecting 3 men of the ATk detachment and 6 of E Coy, and...
An outstanding 1940 ‘Swordfish Observer’s’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Air Officer (O), later Lieutenant-Commander, A. H. Marsh, 824 and 813 Squadrons, Fleet Air Arm, for his part in the devastating attack on Italian shipping in Bomba Bay, 23 August 1940. Flying in one of three Swordfish designated for the attack on 2 submarines, a depot ship and a destroyer, he and his pilot shared in the destruction of the Italian submarine Iride, and successfully torpedoed the Monte...
An exceptional Second World War clandestine operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Seaman J. R. ‘Joe’ Houghton, Royal Naval Patrol Service, who served as Coxswain of the trawler N. 51 (MFV 2020) in a number of bold and hazardous operations to the waters off Occupied France, in order to embark or disembark a variety of “mail” and agents, the whole under the auspices of the Admiralty’s top secret “Inshore Patrol Flotilla” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R....
An extremely rare Second War ‘Battle of Imphal’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant Major R. Lightfoot, Seaforth Highlanders, a regimentally unique combination of gallantry awards for the last war, for being an inspiration to the men of his Company throughout the attacks on Kasom, Lammu and Nippon Hill - during which he rescued a wounded man from ‘no-man’s land’, under mortar fire; and personally stalked and dispatched an enemy sniper Distinguished Conduct...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Spartan 3 May 1810 (Simcoe Baynes. Volr.) some very minor edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine £6000-8000
A remarkable family group to three brothers all of whom were killed or died of wounds during the Great War: Private Theophilis Jones, 18th (Pals) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, killed in the bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914, the first soldier to be killed on British soil by enemy action in the Great War British War Medal 1914-20 (295 Pte. T. Jones. Durh. L.I.) in named card box of issue with forwarding slip and registered packet addressed to his mother, Mrs L. Jones,...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare ‘dated reverse’ Q.S.A. group of three awarded to Major Sir Francis Curtis, Bt., Lord Strathcona’s Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast, clasp block loose on riband as issued (397 Sejt. F. E. Curtis, Ld. Strathcona’s H:); British War and Victory Medals (Major Sir E. F. E. Curtis. Bt.) minor edge nick to first, toned, good very fine, rare (3) £5000-7000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nassau 22 March 1808 (James Chapman, Midshipman.) light edge bruising, otherwise very fine £6000-8000
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant James M’Conchy, 32nd Foot, who was slightly wounded carrying the regimental colour at Quatre Bras and severely wounded at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. James M’Conchy, 32nd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and contemporary silver bar suspension, minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
A Great War 1915 ‘Ypres’ D.C.M., 1918 M.M. group of eight awarded to Company Sergeant Major G. Williams, Lincolnshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4940 A.L. Cpl. G. Williams. 1/Linc: Regt.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (4940 Cpl. C. Williams. 1/Linc: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (4940. Pte: G. Williams. 2/Linc: Rgt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4940 Pte. G. Williams. Lincoln:...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (P. Craig. A.B. H.M.S. Discovery.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, extremely fine £3000-3600
A fine Northern Ireland Q.G.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal Charles E. Tait, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, awarded for gallantry in October 1979 when his vehicle was ambushed by the notorious ‘Ballymurphy Gun Team’ just outside the Springfield Road R.U.C. Station in Belfast - Despite being wounded himself he immediately went to the assistance of the driver who was very badly wounded, dragging him out of the line of fire and administering vital first aid...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Hebrus with L’Etoile (Gerard Highton.) edge bruise and overall wear, therefore nearly very fine £4000-5000
A rare Second War Burma Gallantry Medal group of five awarded to Subadar Sare Hpung, Northen Kachin Levies, who lead his Company in ambushing Japanese columns on eight separate occasions, killing at least 32 enemy soldiers, and capturing 24 prisoners, between May - August 1944 Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (70400 Subadar Sare Hpung. N. Kachin Levies) test mark to edge before naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, edge bruise to first,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Second War 1943 Wellington and Lancaster Rear Gunner’s D.F.C., and rare Netherlands Bronze Cross for Arnhem group of six awarded to Gunnery Leader Flight Lieutenant W. R. ‘Bob’ Chalk, Royal Air Force. His first operational sortie was the first 1,000 Bomber Raid to Cologne, 30 May 1942, followed two days later by a trip to Essen, when he shot down a night fighter. Having flown in the daylight raids to Le Creusot and Milan Chalk undertook Special Operations with 299 Squadron to S.O.E....
Hammer Price: £5,500
The outstanding D.C.M. and Bar, French Croix de Guerre, and Battle of Loos ‘Wauchope’ medal group of six awarded to Acting Colour-Sergeant Charles Easton, 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (1543 A. Sjt: C. Easton. 2/R. Hdrs.); 1914 Star (1543 Pte. C. Easton. 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1543 A.C. Sjt. C. Easton. R. Highrs.); French Croix de Guerre, 1914 1918, with palm; Wauchope Medal,...
An extremely rare Second World War “Operation Chariot” D.S.M. awarded to Lieutenant P. Brady, Royal Australian Navy: as Coxswain of M.L. 443, he steered home one of just three “little ships” to return from the epic raid on St. Nazaire in March 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P/MV. 37 P. Brady, L. Smn.) officially impressed naming, mounted on its original investiture pin, extremely fine £5000-6000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chateauguay (P. Rottot, Lieut. Canadn. Militia) good very fine £4000-5000
A good Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Captain W. Jardine, Imperial Light Horse, late Sergeant-Instructor of Fencing, 19th Hussars, and afterwards a Captain in the Transvaal Mounted Rifles; he was twice wounded and twice mentioned in despatches, for the actions at Reitz and Langburg Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch, this fitted with replacement pin; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking,...
A regimentally unique Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. C. McLachlan, 18th Hussars, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Talana prior to seeing further active service in North Nigeria 1902-03 and in the Great War Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Captain A. C. McLachlan, 18th Hussars, 24th May 1915’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Talana (Lieut. A. C. McLachlan, 18/Hussars); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, N. Nigeria 1902,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Camperdown, Copenhagen 1801 (Joseph Neild.) some edge bruising, otherwise very fine £5000-6000
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