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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...
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...
Hammer Price: £18,000
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 rare Second War “D” Day, Normandy Beaches Naval Frogman’s D.S.M. group of four awarded to Petty Officer S. C. Eagles, Royal Navy, who was one of the first men ashore, 6 June 1944, and who attempted, unarmed, to clear underwater obstructions from the beach under mortar and systematic sniper fire, whilst in rough sea subject to rising tides Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. S. C. Eagles. R/JX. 180766.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal...
Hammer Price: £13,000
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...
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Major J. A. Warwick, 8th South African Infantry, a member of the 1893 Pioneer Column, who raised and commanded Warwick’s Scouts in South Africa, was severely wounded at Hartebeestfontein, and afterwards served with the Field Intelligence Department Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, mounted with second award bar (see note below); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £11,000
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...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Wm. Sheppard.) edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £8,000
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’, D.C.M., 1916 ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. Home, Dorset Regiment, who was twice wounded by Gun Shot, the first during the Dorsets opening action at the Battle of the Somme, where over the course of the first two days of the Battle, 1-2 July 1916, the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5655 C. S. Mjr: J. Home. M.M. 1/Dorset R.); Military...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare Rhodesia 1896 D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major H. E. Vernon, Rifle Brigade, who played a leading role in the storming of Makoni’s Kraal in August 1896 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Captn. H. E. Vernon. Rif. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Capt: H....
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1957 Pte. J. Lewis. 2-24th Foot.) a few small edge bruises, otherwise toned, good very fine £6000-7000
A fine Second War 1945 ‘Immediate’ North West Europe Commando’s M.M. group of five awarded to Private R. F. Thomas, Gloucestershire Regiment and No. 3 Commando, who armed with a Bren Gun, and despite being wounded in the shoulder, accounted for 4 enemy killed and 6 wounded, during the operations to force a passage across the River Aller at Essel, 10/11 April 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5180266 Pte. B. F. Thomas. Glouc. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (615 Const....
Hammer Price: £6,500
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...
Hammer Price: £6,000
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...
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...
Six: Captain J. W. ‘Jack’ Barry, South African Forces, one of the last surviving members of the 1890 Pioneer Corps British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893 (Tpr. Barry, J. W. Pioneers.) the second clasp a cast copy; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Capt. J. W. Barry, Imp: Lt: Horse); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
Pair: Captain J. J. F. Darling, Enkeldoorn Garrison Troop (Salisbury Field Force), a well-documented Pioneer and a survivor of the defence of the settlement at Alice Mine in Mazoe country, where a dozen or so guns held off at least a hundred rebels until relieved by Captain R. C. Nesbitt, the latter being awarded the V.C. on the same occasion British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Rhodesia 1896 (Tpr. Darling, J. F. - Pioneers); Jubilee...
Capture of Louisbourg 1758, silver, by T. Pingo, toned, extremely fine and very rare £3000-3600
Pair: Trooper J. Schulz, Rhodesia Regiment, late Victoria Column and Gwelo Volunteers, a member of the Shangani Patrol who left a dramatic account of the last stand of Major Allan Wilson’s party and of their own retreat under Major Forbes and Commandant Raaf; he was subsequently killed in the relief of Mafeking British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Corpl. J. Schulz. Victoria Column.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
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...
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 outstanding Second War ‘Commando’ Landing Craft Coxswain’s D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Seaman E. Smith, Royal Navy, who operating from H.M.S. Princess Beatrix as part of the ‘Moonlight Squadron’, was mentioned in despatches for Operation Jubilee - the Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942, and further distinguished himself during Operation Romeo - the French Commando raid on Cape Nègre, 14/15 August 1944 - when he safely landed his complement under heavy fire before being...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The extremely rare Second War ‘Pathfinder Force’ D.F.C., Army Best Shot Medal group of eight awarded to Hampden and Lancaster Navigator, Flight Lieutenant R. V. Allan, 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron and 97 (Strait Settlements) Squadron, who flew in at least 50 operational sorties - including the first three Thousand Bomber Raids. Very much a Lancaster Specialist, he also took part in the famous Le Creusot Raid, 17 October 1942, and a number of daylight operations. Returning to Southern Rhodesia...
Hammer Price: £4,600
The important K.C.B. group of twelve awarded to Sir William Hoy, Controller of the Imperial Military Railways during the Boer War and Director of Military Railways in South Africa in the Great War, and General Manager of the combined South African Railways and Harbours, 1910-27; he was made K.C.B. for his services during the Rand Revolt of 1922 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and...
Hammer Price: £4,400
An important Great War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Judson, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers, Commander of the first Mazoe Patrol sent to the assistance of the refugees besieged at the Alice Mine, whose eventual rescue by a second party under Inspector R. C. Nesbitt was rewarded with the Victoria Cross - an epic episode in Rhodesian history The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A rare Second War Burma Gallantry Medal awarded to Lance Naik Aung Thein, Burma Rifles, for his intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, after he had been listed as missing in action on Mount Bhopi Vum Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (7907 Lance-Naik Aung Thein. The Burma Rifles.) very fine £2800-3200
A scarce Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Sergeant T. O’Donnell, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, late Royal Ulster Rifles, for repeated gallantry in Tunisia, including personally storming a heavily defended farmhouse whilst leading a night patrol Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (7013443 A/Sjt. T. O’Donnell. R. Innis. Fus.) minor repair to suspension claw; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (7013443 Rfmn....
Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation 1800, gold, unmounted, very fine and scarce £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 2nd Class, gold, 48mm., with original chain and hook suspension, minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £2600-3000
A fine Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Corporal S. C. Ford, 280 (London Brigade) Royal Field Artillery (T.F.) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (940240 Cpl. S. C. Ford. D.280/Lond: Bde: R.F.A.-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (944 A.Bmbr: S. C. Ford. 283/Bde: R.F.A.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (944. Gnr. S. C. Ford, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (944 Cpl. S. C. Ford. R.A.) together with Silver War Badge, No. ‘B37411’, toned, extremely...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Royal Irish Constabulary Badge of Merit, silver, reverse with four loop fasteners for attaching to leather backing, orb lacking from top of crown, otherwise very fine and rare £200-300
A post-War A.F.M. group of seven awarded to Master Engineer L. V. Martin, Royal Air Force Air Force Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (985355. Act. F. Sgt. V. L. Martin. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (985355. Sgt. V. L. Martin. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (M. Eng. V. L. Martin (985355). R.A.F.) mounted court-style as originally worn, generally very fine or better (7) ...
The extremely rare Messina Earthquake and Great War group of five awarded to Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds, West African Medical Service, attached H.Q. Nigeria, ‘one of the first women to land in German West Africa’ in 1915, a veteran of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, and the Balkan War of 1912-13. Fluent in seven languages she found employment as an interpreter during the Second World War, despite being in her 70’s 1914-15 Star (Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds. W. Afr. M.S.);...
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,...
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...
A fine Second War 1941 ‘London Blitz’ G.M. awarded to George Davis, a Trunks Mains Inspector for the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. whose gallant deeds were enacted amidst ‘a rain of incendiary bombs’ - and within 15 yards of an UXB - at Ilford, just to the north of London’s East End, on the night of 19 March 1941: to date the heaviest raid mounted by the Luftwaffe - with a resultant loss of ‘some 750 lives’ - the catastrophic events of the 19th were simply recalled as “The...
Hammer Price: £3,600
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.,...
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893 (Tpr. C. G. Macpherson, B.S.A.C.P.) a few light scuffs, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £3,400
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant W. ‘Winnie’ Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; First Aid Nursing...
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
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