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The superb Indian Mutiny V.C. group of seven awarded to Major General Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., one of the great heroes of the Victorian era, who was mentioned in despatches for every campaign in which he fought, gaining the award of the Victoria Cross for gallantry before Delhi on 9 July 1857 - When attacked by a column of the 8th Irregular cavalry who had mutinied at Bareli, he twice at the last moment saved the life of his wounded subaltern, shooting one assailant dead with h...
Hammer Price: £240,000
A fine Crimean War C.B. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral Thomas Wren Carter, Royal Navy, whose two campaign clasps span a remarkable period of almost 55 years The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with narrow gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Naval General Service 1793-18401 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (Thos. W. Carter, Midshipman.);...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A fine Boer War C.B., Great War C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel E. E. Carr, who commanded the Royal Scots Fusiliers at the Relief of Ladysmith, and was severely wounded at Pieter’s Hill leading his regiment in the final attack The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type neck badge; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Fro...
Hammer Price: £2,600
An interesting C.B. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry Horniman, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Paymaster H. Horniman, H.M.S. Barracouta.); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Payr. H. Horniman. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Commr. H. Horniman. R.N.); Jubilee 1935; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, silver-g...
Hammer Price: £2,800
The C.B., Kenya ‘Mau Mau’ C.B.E., Second War North West Europe 1944 D.S.O. and 1945 Second Award Bar group of thirteen awarded to Major-General the Lord Thurlow, Seaforth Highlanders, who served during the Second War in Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Eritrea, and the Western Desert, before landing with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders on D-Day, and serving as their Commanding Officer in France. Awarded the D.S.O. for securing a bridgehead across the River Vie in September 1944, he added a Bar t...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A superb Great War '1916' C.M.G., Boer War 'Magersfontein' subaltern's D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel W. G. Neilson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who rescued a wounded man during the Battle of Modder River on 28 November 1899, and was himself wounded later in the same action. The following month Neilson again distinguished himself when he led a bayonet charge at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899, which cleared an advanced post of 60 men, killing or wounding half of them. Neils...
£4,000–£5,000
A Great War C.M.G., 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. R Sedgwick, Royal Field Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R. silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, these all tailor’s copies...
Hammer Price: £1,400
The K.B.E., Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, Commissioner for Wales, Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns...
The important 1914 ‘Le Cateau’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Vallentin, commanding 27th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, for gallantry in saving guns under heavy fire at Ligny in August 1914, the fourth D.S.O. gazetted for the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major H. E. Vallentin. R.F.A.); British War and...
The unique Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain R. H. Struben, who raised and commanded Struben’s Scouts during the Boer War, before becoming Intelligence Staff Officer to Douglas Haig; he later served with the Remount Depot during the Great War, and was Member of Parliament for Albany, Eastern Cape; only 13 Q.S.A.s were awarded to Struben’s Scouts, of whom Struben was the only Officer The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War ‘Home Service’ O.B.E. pair awarded to Major A. M. A. Struben, South African Engineers attached Royal Air Force, late Kitchener’s Horse The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1918), in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Lieut: A. M. A. Struben, Kitchener’s H.) extremely fine (2) £400-500...
Hammer Price: £320
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Paymaster Commander H. A. Lockett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L1/3319. H. A. Lockett, C.P.O. R.N.V.R. Collingwood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Lt. Cr. H. A. Lockett. R.N.V.R.); Coronation 1911; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War ‘Salonika’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Major C. H. A. Hirtzl, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and East African Pioneer Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (23 Pnr. C. H. A. Hirtzel. E. A. Pnrs.); British War and Victory Medal, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. H. A. Hirtzel. R.A.F.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, the O.B.E. on 2nd type ri...
Hammer Price: £280
An O.B.E., Great War ‘Russian Intervention’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Colonel N. S. Henshaw, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. N. S. Henshaw’, with replacement ring suspension; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. S. Henshaw.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with top Territoria...
£1,500–£2,000
A fine Second World War ‘Arakan’ O.B.E. and ‘Burma’ Immediate M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. C. Lewin, 5th King’s African Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Lt.-Col. T. C. C. Lewin (O,B,E,) (M,C,)) with named ca...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War M.B.E., M.C. group of eight awarded to Major E. K. Laman, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. E. K. Laman. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Capt. E. K. Laman.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3800 S. Mjr: E. K. Laman. S.W Bdrs.); together with Army Rifles...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class II Charity G. James, Auxiliary Territorial Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (W.10072 W.O. Cl.2. C. G. James. M.B.E. A.T.S.) nearly extremely fine (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £380
A Post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Motor Mechanic A. G. Way, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 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 (M.B.2451 A. G. Way. M.M. R.N.V.R.), one digit on BWM officially corrected; Defence Medal, together with the related miniature awards, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140
Hammer Price: £120
A good Boer War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Fairweather, Kaffrarian Rifles, who was three times wounded and twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War, doing especially good service at the Relief of Wepener; he subsequently commanded the South African Railway Regiment in German South West Africa during the Great War and was later given the command of the South African Motor Cyclist Corps. He was killed in action on 18 February 1917, ‘dying as he would himsel...
A Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of four awarded to Major J. A. Roddick, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who was awarded his Military Cross at the Third Battle of Ypres, and afterwards commanded the defence of Limerick Post in November 1917, when his small garrison held out against overwhelming enemy forces for 18 hours, though entirely surrounded - ‘one of the epic actions of the War’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre loose, with int...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Lancers, attached to the Protectorate Regiment during the Defence of Mafeking, he was wounded there having fired the first shot of the siege; he afterwards served at Gallipoli with Godley’s Australian and New Zealand Division until wounded and evacuated, and later in France with Godley’s II Anzac Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of...
The important Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel Sir Thomas A. Bradford, Durham Light Infantry, the only surviving member of the ‘Bradford Boys’, the most decorated family of the Great War - between them the four brothers were awarded two Victoria Crosses, one Distinguished Service Order, two Military Crosses, and were thrice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt. T.A. Bradford D...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An extremely rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D., Great War German South-West Africa D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. de Jager, Piet Retief Commando, one of a handful of South Africans to be awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislas Anglo-Boer War Decoration voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); 1914-...
A Great War R.R.C. group of six awarded to Miss Gwendoline Williams, American Ambulance Hospital Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., gold and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Miss G. Williams.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, erased; 1914 Star (G. Williams. Amer. Amb. Hosp.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister G. Williams.) mounted as worn, toned, good very fine (6) £1200-1600
A Second War 1945 ‘Far East’ D.S.C. group of six attributed to Commander D. N. Penfold, Royal Navy, who distinguished himself serving with H.M.S. White Bear minesweeping and surveying the approaches to the Rangoon river, prior to the assault on Rangoon. Penfold had already been M.I.D. for operations during the assaults on the Arakan coast in March 1945, and was later to receive the Commander-in-Chief’s Commendation for his actions during the Great Flood of 1953 Distinguished Service Cross,...
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Major D. H. Russell, M.D., F.R.C.S., Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914 Star (Capt: D. H. Russell. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. H. Russell.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
A fine Great War M.C. and 1914 D.C.M. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. W. Hines, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action in October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. H. W. Hines, 174th Brigade, R.F.A.’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (44935 Sgt. H. W. Hines. 47th Battery R.F.A. September. 1914.) engraved naming as found on early awards presented in the Field; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (44935 Cpl. H. W. Hines. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals,...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major R. C. Rome, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: R. C. Rome. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major R. C. Rome.); Coronation 1911; Russia, Order of St Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamels, unmarked, lacking reverse centre; Russia, Order of St Anne, 4th Class breast badge, bronze-gilt and enamels, marks for Dimitri Osipov, ge...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War 1915 ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel O. W. D. Steel, Monmouthshire Regiment and Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Capt. O. W. D. Steel. Monmouth. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. O. W. D. Steel.); Territorial Decoration, silver, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1920, with integral top riband bar, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (5) £1200-1600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. J. 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 Medals, with M.I...
A Great War 1917 ‘Mesopotamian Campaign’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. O. Harris, 92nd Punjabis, Indian Army Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘2nd. Lt. F. O. Harris. 92 Punjabis 2.2.17’; 1914-15 Star (2/Lieut. F. O. Harris. I.A.R.O., Attd. 1/30/Punjabis.’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. O. Harris.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £1000-1400
A good Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. Barroll, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), attached Machine Gun Corps, late Sergeant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who engaged an enemy field artillery battery at close range with his section, and despite having been buried by shell fire early in proceedings, managed to successfully silence the German “heavies” Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Lieut. Amos Barroll. May 1917’; British War and Victory Medals...
A Great War 1918 ‘St. Quentin front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major J. M. Bevan, Royal Field Artillery, who played Minor Counties Cricket for Carmarthenshire, and went on to be appointed the Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan during the Second War Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. M. Bevan.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (6) £800-1000...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain H. W. Marsh, Durham Light Infantry, attached 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, late H.A.C. Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (4103 Pte. H. W. Marsh. H.A.C.-Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. W. Marsh.) together with companion miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, extremely fine (8) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,100
An outstanding Salonika M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. Round, 7th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry in the attack on Grand Couronne, 18 September 1918, when his commanding officer won the Victoria Cross and the Battalion was awarded the French Croix de Guerre Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. A. J. Round. 7th South Wales Borderers Salonika Sept. 18th 1918’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. A. J. Round.);...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second War Battle of Medenine 1943 ‘immediate’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major A. B. Shipton, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. Oak Leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. A. B Shipton. M.C. R.A.), mounted court-style for wear, partial riband bar, generally very fine or better (7) £1600-2000
A good Second War 1943 ‘Immediate’ Sicily M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain D. L. C. Price, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1943, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. D. L. C. Price. R.A.), on Honourable Artillery Company riband, mounted as worn and housed in a Harrods,...
A good Great War 1918 Handley Page pilot’s D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Captain, later Squadron Leader, A. W. Williams, Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Air Service, late 4th Dragoon Guards and Army Service Corps, for a low-level night raid on Ehrang Railway Junction, 2 September 1918, when he managed to drop four bombs on a moving train from 500 feet, before making several passes over the station and sidings from as low as 90 feet, all whilst under heavy machine-gun fire Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £3,000
An Order of St. John pair awarded to Commissioner C. I. Bull, Matabeleland District, St. John Ambulance Brigade, who conferred honour on Rhodesia by becoming the first Rhodesian to be awarded the Service Medal of the Order The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s (Brother’s) neck badge, silver and enamel, lion and unicorn emblems in angles, with neck riband, in case of issue; St. John Service Medal, with four Additional Award Bars (1364. D/Supt. C. I. Bull. Rhodesian Rlys. Dis. S.J....
Hammer Price: £260
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Colonel W. D. Steel, The Monmouthshire Regiment, who also served as Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire from 1914, and as President of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Branch of the British Medical Association The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver; Coronation 1911; Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1899, with integral top riband bar; St. John Service Med...
Hammer Price: £480
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