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A Boer War D.C.M. group of three to Private A. Curdie, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (1373 Pte. A. Curdie. R. Scots Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (1373 Pte. A. Curdie, 2: R. Scots Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1373 Pte. J. Curdie. Rl: Scots Fus:) good very fine (3) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War 1917 ‘Capture of Westhoek, Ypres’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. Whalley, who commanded the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, September 1916 - April 1919 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, minor enamel damage; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: P. R. Whalley, Worc: Rgt:) top lugs removed,...
Pair: Quarter Master Sergeant John Robertson, 26th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (J. Robertson, Qr. Mr. Serjt. 26th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (J. Robertson, Qr. M. Serjt. 26th Regiment Foot. 1833) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1600-1800
A scarce Rhodesian Military Division Order of the Legion of Merit group of four awarded to Brigadier J. C. P. McVey, Commander Special Forces Brigade, late Commanding Officer of 1 Rhodesian Light Infantry and 2 Rhodesian African Rifles, who gave the order for Operation Quartz - the planned strike against the military wing of ZANU-PF, and the assassination of several individuals, including Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980 (02300), number double-struck in places; Rhodesia,...
Three: Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class the Reverend R. Moseley, Army Chaplains’ Department, later Chaplain of the Royal Hospital Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4/Cl. Rev: R. Moseley, M.A. C.D.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Rev: R. Moseley, M.A., C. to F:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise very fine or better (3) £1400-1800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (William Watts.) suspension rod re-fixed with solder, good very fine £2000-2600
The mounted group of thirteen dress miniatures attributed to Major Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux, K.C.V.O., Royal Horse Guards, an Omdurman charger who was later Groom in Waiting to King George V and Extra Equery to Queen Mary The Royal Victorian Order, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; 1914 Star, with clasp;...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant F. Lowe, 6th Dragoon Guards, severely wounded at Vredes Verdrag, 11 May 1900, and taken prisoner at Kameeldrift, 3 July 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: F. Lowe. 6th Dragoon Guards); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (2715. Corpl. F. Lowe. 6/Dn. Gds.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £1600-2000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (21348 Gnr. H. Hindes, 66th Bty. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £600-800
Five: Private P. Thompson, 71st Highland Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (P. Thompson. 71st Regt.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Peter Thompson, 71st Highd. L.I.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3473. P. Thompson. H.M.s 71st Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3473 P Thompson 71st Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 3473 Peter Thompson 71 Hd Lt. Infy) last plugged...
Family Group: A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire pair awarded to Chief Medical Officer E. B. Turner, Special Constabulary, for his gallantry in searching for and tending to the injured after an air raid on London, 7 March 1918 Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (Civil), unnamed as issued, in John Pinches, London, case of issue; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., with ‘The Great War 1914-18’ Bar (Sub-Inspr Edward B. Turner);...
A scarce Royal Humane Society Medal awarded to Boy 1st Class W. Kerr, Royal Navy, for saving life on the occasion of the disastrous collision between H.M. Ships “Victoria” and “Camperdown”, 22 June 1893, when the former sank with the loss of 358 lives Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Wm. Kerr. Boy 1st. Class, R.N., 22nd. June, 1893), complete with top bronze riband buckle, edge bruising, suspension post loose, nearly very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,600
A good Second War Immediate 1945 ‘Irrawaddy River operations’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major H. Bleasby, 139th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, who distinguished himself whilst attached as Forward Observation Officer to a column of the 15th Punjab Regiment, during operations for the extension of the Nyangu Bridgehead, 26 February 1945. The column was ambushed, and despite being severely wounded, Bleasby continued to direct supporting artillery fire on the Japanese position. Weak from...
A good Burma and South East Asia campaign group of five awarded to Major T. G. Picard, 3/3rd Gurkha Rifles, a noted company commander who distinguished himself at Shenam, May - July 1944, and during the Tengnoupal offensive, before coming to the rescue of scores of Dutch women and children during the evacuation from the hostile Indonesian village of Depok, 16-17 October 1945 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia...
A fascinating and extremely well documented civil division M.B.E. group of six awarded to Flying Officer C. A. Wiard, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who competed for Great Britain in the 4 x 100m relay team at the Berlin Olympics of 1936; before going on to serve during the Second War as second in command of the R.A.F. Seaborne Party for Operation Jubilee - The Dieppe Raid, and in conjunction with the Dutch Underground during the severe winter of 1944-45 The Most Excellent Order of...
A Crimea D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant E. Boughton, Rifle Brigade, who was killed on 30 August 1855 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Edward Boughton, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade), the ‘e’ of ‘Brigade’ partially visible under suspension claw, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1600-2000
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major R. Plant, 1st Pontoon Bridging Transportation Unit, Canadian Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (45323 C.S. Mjr. R. PLant. Can: E.); 1914-15 Star (45323 Spr: R. Plant. Can: Eng:); British War and Victory Medals (45323 W.O. Cl. 2. R. Plant. C.E.) very fine (4) £500-600
Five: Captain G. E. Lea, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, who died of wounds received in action in the Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt: & Adjt: G. E. Lea. Worc: Rgt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt. & Adjt. G. E. Lea. Worc. Rgt.) this pair mounted as worn; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. G. E. Lea. Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt....
Four: Captain E. N. L. Brock, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres in May 1915 Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Capt: E. N. L. Brock. Worc: Rgt:); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. N. L. Brock Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. N. L. Brock) the last three in their named card boxes of issue, good very fine or better, the first unique to the regiment (4) £800-1000
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (Trmpr. W. Doveton. Salisbury Horse) brilliant extremely fine £600-700
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (Sepoy Rajab Gilgit Levy) name officially corrected, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
A Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant Major G. J. Lindfield, Royal Artillery, who was wounded at the battle of Talana Hill, 20 October 1899 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (59729 [sic] B.Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: G. J. Lindfield. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (59727 B: Qr: Mr: Sjt: G. J. Lindfield. 69th Bty: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (59727 B.S. Mjr. G. Lindfield R.F.A.); British War...
Germany, Prussia, Golden Military Merit Cross, by Wagner, Berlin, 42mm x 38mm, silver-gilt, silver marks (938) and maker’s mark (W) to base of cross, in silk and purple velvet lined fitted leather case of issue, gilding slightly rubbed to reverse lower arm of cross, otherwise about extremely fine £1800-2200
Pair: Private H. Miller, 14th Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Henry Miller, 14th Light Dragoons.) traces of solder by claw but not re-affixed; 14th Light Dragoons Merit Medal, obverse inscribed ‘14 L D’ within wreath; reverse inscribed ‘For Soldierly Merit’, edge engraved ‘Henry Miller, 14th. Lt. Dragoons.’, edge bruising, good very fine and scarce (2) £1200-1500
Pair: Sergeant-Major Richard Wells, 59th Foot, later Acting Sergeant-Major of Newfoundland Veterans Companies Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Richard Wells, 2nd Batt. 59th Reg. Foot.) pierced and fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and ring suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st type (R. Wells, Acting Serjt. Major Invalid Depot. 1838) with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine, the second good...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ 1917 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant (acting Major) H. Cottee, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. Cottee. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major H. Cottee.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Herbert Cottee) nearly extremely fine (6) £1000-1400
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pair: Boatswain F. E. A. N. M. von Kursacoff, Mercantile Marine, killed in action when the S.S. Elve was sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-22, 11 October 1917 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Morreno F. E. A. N. von-Kursacoff), in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Francis Edward Alexandra [sic] Nicolby Morreno von Kursacoff), in card holder and outer envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. P. L. von Kursacoff, 34 Duke Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne’, with Buckingham Palace...
Family Group: A most unusual Great War ‘French theatre’ 1917 M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain T. J. Sellis, Sherwood Foresters, late Sergeant, Worcestershire Regiment, who received a Danish award for his work during the Schlesvig-Holstein Plebiscite of 1920, and went on to serve with the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps during the Second War. He was Mentioned in Despatches for services in the field, March - June 1940, and as part of the unit’s evacuation from France during...
Pair: Lieutenant-General Lindsay Farrington, 29th Foot, later Colonel of the Dorset Regiment Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Lieut. Lindsay Farrington 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. L. Farrington, 29th Foot.) contained in an old fitted glazed case, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1000-1200
A ‘Boer War’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Battery Sergeant Major W. J. Bell, Royal Field Artillery, who died of disease at Dundee on 27 June 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (57274B. Serjt:- Maj: W. J. Bell. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (57274 B.S. Major W. J. Bell, 67th. Bty., R.F.A.) minor edge bruise to DCM, otherwise about extremely fine (2) £1400-1800
Three: Major J. P. Pigott, 32nd Foot and Ambulance Corps Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Captn. J. P. Pigott, 32nd. Foot.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, top clasp loose on riband, as issued, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with ring suspension, mounted court-style, minor edge bruising, slight contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £1400-1800
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (4746 Sejt. W. S. Harrington, R: Lanc: Regt.) nearly extremely fine £600-800
Four: Gunner H. Wood, Royal Artillery, who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for gallantry in the bombardment of Sebastopol, where he brought in a wounded Croat under a heavy fire Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between clasps, as issued (Gu.. & Drir. Henry Wood. R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1998 Gunr. Henry Wood Coast Bgde. Royl. Arty.) impressed naming; France,...
Three: Chaplain to the Forces the Reverend W. L. Newton, Army Chaplains’ Department British War and Victory Medals (Rev. W. L. Newton.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Rev. W. L. Newton. C.T.F.) nearly extremely fine, scarce (3) £600-800
Waterloo 1815 (John Lawrence 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) with later clip and ring suspension, edge bruising, worn, nearly very fine £1400-1600
A Great War Western Front M.C. group of three awarded to Captain M. E. Delafield, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. E. Delafield.) together with identity disc, extremely fine (4) £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Second World War ‘North Africa’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. H. Gaunt, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1943; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, Territorial, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse dated 1951, with two Clasps, one dated 1951, the other undated, mounted as worn, together with R.E. cap badge, good very fine (8) £800-1000
Four: Sergeant J. McM. Boyd, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached No. 4 Commando, who was wounded and taken prisoner in the Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (6980161 Sgt. J. McM. Boyd. R. Innisks.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £600-800
A fine Second War minesweeping ‘Normandy bridgehead’ D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer S. F. Hewston, H.M.S. Grecian, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.E.R.A. S. F. Hewston. D/MX. 49132.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (MX. 49132 S. F. Hewston. E.R.A. 3, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 copy clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/MX49132 S. F. Hewston D.S.M....
South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Capt. H. B. Moffatt. 1-24th Foot.) marks in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £600-800
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