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The exceptional Second War ‘North Africa’ G.C. group of eight awarded to Chief Officer (later Captain) G. P. Stronach, Merchant Navy, who took charge of the rescue operations after the Captain of his ship, the S.S. Ocean Voyager had been killed during a German aerial rocket attack by JU88 torpedo bombers at Tripoli Harbour on 19 March 1943 - ‘So low did some of the aircraft fly in that the blast from one of several bombs which struck Ocean Voyager caused one of the planes to hit the ship's fo...
Hammer Price: £180,000
Sold by Order of the Family The important Indian Mutiny C.B. group of six awarded to Captain James W. Vaughan, Royal Navy, Senior Lieutenant of Shannon’s Naval Brigade who succeeded to its command following the wounding and death of Captain Sir William Peel, V.C., K.C.B. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with gold swivel-ring suspension bar and go...
Hammer Price: £18,000
A Knight Bachelor’s group of seven awarded to Sir Cyril Rupert English, Director General City and Guilds of the London Institute, late Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarked London 1971; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, together with silver identity disc (Lt. (E) C. R. English R.N.) and lid from named card box of issued for W.W.2 medals, good very fine (8) £300-400
Hammer Price: £280
A rare Queen’s Mediterranean C.M.G. pair awarded to Colonel John Massy-Westropp, commanding 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (Col: J. Massy-Westropp, C.M.G., R. Mun: Fus:) minor chipping to both centres of first and claw tightened on second, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
An inter-War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. McPoland, Indian Miscellaneous List, late Northumberland Fusiliers - an impressive group to a man discharged from the Royal Engineers after two months’ service on account of ‘not likely to become an efficient soldier’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (188 Pte. E. Mc Poland, 1 Bn. No...
Hammer Price: £380
A post-War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. L. Rule, Rhodesian African Rifles, late Suffolk Regiment and British South African Police, who as Commanding Officer obtained Colours for the Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5820215 Cpl. G. E. Rule. Suff. R.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration...
Hammer Price: £1,100
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘French Theatre’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I, Superintending Clerk, G. A. Woolgar, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1931; 1914-15 Star (11779 E.C.Q.M. Sjt. G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (11779 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (18511489 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A. Woolgar. R.E...
Hammer Price: £340
An inter-War M.B.E. and Great War M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major A. Stevenson, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was wounded during the Great War on the Western Front on 21 October 1914 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver (hallmarks for London 1932); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (10385 Sjt. A. Stevenson. 2/Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10385 Sjt. A. Steven...
Hammer Price: £600
A Second War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Gunner A. W. A. Brabant, Royal Artillery, later Principal Staff Officer at the War Office The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (931768 Gnr. A. W. A. Brabant. R.A.) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘410691’, extremely fine (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £200
The Second War 1945 ‘Advance through Italy’ M.B.E., M.C. group of eight attributed to Major D. H. Graham, South Staffordshire Regiment, who served as Brigade Staff Captain and Brigade Major in both North Africa and Italy - despite his craft being hit during the Salerno landings, 9 September 1943, he took part in the advance up through Italy, culminating in the attack on the Gothic Line The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver;...
Hammer Price: £900
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. S. Orr, Royal Irish Regiment, who famously captured the Boer General Ben Viljoen at Lydenburg in January 1902 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, top suspension bar adapted for mounting; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut. A. S. Orr,. 2/R. Ir: R.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lieutt. A. S. Orr. 2d Bn. R. Ir. R.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab F...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A superb Great War ‘1916’ D.S.O., and ‘Battle of Langemarck’ 1917 Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Ingpen, who despite being only a Captain commanded the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, March 1915, and subsequently the 1/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 1915-17. Twice wounded in action, once severely, and 6 times mentioned in despatches. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and e...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A good Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C., and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Major C. J. Graham, London Regiment, who served during the Great War as Intelligence Officer of 173rd Infantry Brigade, and in the Second War with 70th (H.A.A.) Cadet Regiment, Royal Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued, in case of...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., Second War American Bronze Star group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. Cassels, Royal Sussex Regiment, later Intelligence Corps, who served with the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre at Latchmere House during the Second War as part of the M-Room of Secret Listeners, and was awarded the American Bronze Star for training American intelligence personnel in his ‘highly specialized branch of interrogation’ Distinguished Service Order...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Second War 1944 ‘Italian Operations’ D.S.O. group of seven attributed to Brigadier-General C. A. Richardson, 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment, later Vancouver Militia Brigade, who served as Quartermaster during Operation Jubilee - the Dieppe Raid - 19 August 1942, where his ship was sunk beneath him, before recovering to lead his Regiment at the Battle of Monte Cassino, the crossing of the Arno, and the final advance through North West Europe Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-g...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War 1918 ‘North Russia Dvina Operations’ D.S.C. and scarce ‘Archangel Command’ Albert Medal for Sea group of six awarded to Lieutenant E. H. Richardson, Royal Naval Reserve, who helped extricate trapped and wounded seamen from a burning munitions ship in the Port of Archangel, 8 November 1916, despite small arms ammunition exploding all around him; he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage and enterprise as commanding officer of the Advokat during the...
Hammer Price: £11,000
An outstanding Second War submariner’s D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant and Navigating Officer A. K. Peterkin, H.M.S. Triumph, Royal Naval Reserve, who as one of W. J. W. Woods’ key men shared in Triumph’s great success when she accounted for at least 30,000 tons of shipping, destroying and damaging upwards of 20 enemy vessels between January 1941 - January 1942. Highlights of which were undoubtedly the ‘sub-on-sub’ action leading to the sinking of the Italian submarine Salpa in Jun...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of three awarded to Major H. S. Lewis, Royal Sussex Regiment and Tank Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Major H. S. Lewis.) edge bruising, good very fine (3) £1400-1800
Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. Way, Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (6747 S:S:Major F. Way, A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1st. Cl: S.S.Major. F. Way. A.S.C.); 1914 Star (Hon: Lieut: & Q.M. F. Way. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Meda...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War 1916 ‘Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. S. Woodley, Royal Munster Fusiliers, an English poet of the Uranian school Military Cross, G.V.R., privately engraved (Capt. F. S. Woodley, The Somme - 3 Sept: 1916); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. S. Woodley. R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. S. Woodley.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War 1917 ‘Third Battle of the Scarpe’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major W. G. Wright, Canadian Field Artillery, for his gallantry as a forward Liaison Officer on 3 May 1917; he had previously been wounded at the Battle of Pozières, 26 September 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut: W. G. Wright. 2/Can: Div: A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major W. G. Wright.) mounted as worn and housed in a glazed display frame with the recipient’s cap badge...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War 1917 ‘Polderhoek’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain E. N. Ashe, Manchester Regiment, who was later killed in action at the heroic Battle of Manchester Hill, 21 March 1918 - out of a force of 8 officers and 160 men tasked with stemming the German advance just 2 officers and 15 other ranks survived. Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. E. Neville Ashe, 16 Manch. Reg. Polderhoek, Dec. 28th. 1917.’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. N. Ashe.), BWM w...
A scarce Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain, late Sergeant, A. F. Davidge, 12th Lancers Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. F. Davidge.) good very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain P. A. Burton, Royal Field Artillery, attached British Mission to Portuguese Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Lt (A/Capt) P. A. Burton); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. A. Burton.); Jubilee 1935; Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with enamel damage; Portugal, Republic, Victory Medal 1914-19, with gilt star on riband, good very fine, unless otherwise stated (6) £80...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A good 1943 ‘Sangro River’ Immediate M.C. group of seven awarded to Major G. W. Munro, Black Watch, attached 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. G. W. Munro. M.C. B.W.); Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse officially dated ‘1963’, with top Territorial riband bar, mounted court...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Second War 1944 ‘North West Europe’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain J. Walsh, Lancashire Fusiliers Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and further inscribed ‘Lieut. Joseph Walsh, XX The Lancashire Fusiliers’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last four all impressed in Boots’ style naming ‘Lieut. J. Walsh, Lancs. Fus’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. J. Walsh, L.F.) mounted as worn, very f...
A good Second War 1942 Coastal Command D.F.C., 1944 ‘D-Day Operations’ A.F.C. group of nine awarded to Squadron Leader C. J. Mackenzie, Auxiliary Air Force and Royal Air Force, who as a Hudson Captain spotted and destroyed an enemy U-boat in the North Atlantic, 28 April 1942, before converting to Dakotas and playing a lead roll in both the Airborne Landings at Normandy on D-Day, and at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942;...
A Second War Bomber Command 1943 D.F.C., 1941 D.F.M., and United States of America D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander R. C. Smylie, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 51 operational sorties ‘against the most strongly defended targets in Germany and the occupied countries’, firstly as a Whiteley navigator with No. 51 Squadron, and latterly as a Halifax Air Bomber with No. 158 Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R. 2nd issue, reverse officially dated 1943 and...
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Nursing Sister Miss Millicent M. Graham-Smith, St. John Ambulance Brigade Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, silver and enamel; Coronation (St. John Ambulance Brigade) 1911 (Nurs. Sister. M. M. Graham-Smith); St. John Service Medal, silver (3459. L/Amb. Offr. M. Graham-Smith Southampton Nsg. Div. No. 2 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) nearly extremely fine (...
Hammer Price: £460
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Acting Matron Miss Margaret A. Rennie, Order of St. John Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, reverse additionally engraved ‘M.A.R.’; British War and Victory Medals (M. A. Rennie. O. St. J.); together with British Red Cross Society Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘22392 M. Rennie’, with ‘Proficiency in Red Cross First-Aid’ top riband bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £460-500
Hammer Price: £480
An Albert Medal Second Class for Land awarded to Mr. J. Carney, East India Railway Company, for saving the life of a native porter who had been knocked down by a shunted train at Dinapore Railway Station on 10 July 1881 and lay stunned between the rails under the wheels of the moving wagon - Carney jumped down on him, and held the struggling and injured man down until the train had passed safely over them Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the...
Family Group: An Albert Medal Second Class for Land awarded to Miss Hannah Rosbotham, for gallantry following the destruction of the Belfry at the Sutton National Schools, St. Helens, Lancashire, that fell into the Infants’ Schoolroom during a violent gale on 14 October 1881- she remained at her post until all 200 children had been safely evacuated, including rescuing one infant who had been completely buried under the falling débris. Only 16 Ladies received the Albert Medal - Miss Rosboth...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A Great War 1918 Albert Medal for Land awarded to Private J. McLaughlin, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached 157th Trench Mortar Battery, in saving the lives of his gunpit crew when a stokes mortar shell was set to explode - he ran with it out of the pit and threw it away the very second it exploded, blowing off his hand Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Pte. James McLaughli...
A Crimea D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant J. Gilbert, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (...rjt. James Gllbert, ...al Arty.) with ornate silver top riband bar, edge details worn in places, therefore good fine £700-900
Hammer Price: £700
A Crimea D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. Cherry, 4th Foot Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Wills Cherry. 4th Re..) edge details worn in places, contact marks, therefore good fine £700-900
Hammer Price: £950
Family Group: A Crimea D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. B. Mumford, 42nd Highlanders, for gallantry as a sharpshooter before Sebastopol, 17 to 24 October 1854; he was later severely wounded by a musket ball through the neck at Lucknow, 11 March 1858. Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Co... Joseph Mumford. 42nd. Highlanders.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Serjt. J. Mumford, 42nd. Highlanders) heavy contact marks, suspension post re-pinned, good fine or better An Egypt D.C...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Rare First Boer War ‘Siege of Potchefstroom’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Private H. Bush, Royal Scots Fusiliers, for his gallant conduct in bringing in the wounded following an attack on the Boer positions on 22 January 1881, on day 38 of the 98 day siege of the Fort of Potchefstroom Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. H. Bush. 2/21st Foot. Jany. 1881.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2418. Pte. H. Bush. 2-21st Foot.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £16,000
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. H. Jones, North Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3469 Corpl: J. H. Jones. N. Staffs: Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3469 Serjt: I. H. [sic] Jones. N. Stafford: Regt.) last with official corrections, nearly very fine (2) £1000-1400
Family Group: A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery Sergeant Major H. Golesworthy, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (25864 B: Sjt: Maj: H. Golesworthy. 2nd. B: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (25864 B.S. Major. H. Golesworthy, 2nd. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (25864 B. Serjt:- Maj: H. Golesworthy. R.F.A.) QSA and KSA both partially officially corrected, minor edge bruisi...
Hammer Price: £800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private T. Aldridge, 19th Hussars, later Sergeant-Major, South African Constabulary Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. T. Aldrdge. 19th. Hussars.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3801. Pte: T. Aldridge. 19/Hrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (813 T. Sjt. Mjr. T. Aldridge. S.A.C.) contact marks and heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £1400-1800
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