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An extremely rare West African Frontier Force D.C.M. and Bar awarded to Company Sergeant-Major Momadu Kukawa, Nigeria Regiment, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the Cameroons in October 1914 and at Behobeho in German East Africa in January 1917, on which latter occasion he was shot through both knees West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (6410 Sjt. Momadu Kukawa, Nigeria Regt.), the Bar directly affixed to the suspension, good very...
Hammer Price: £4,000
The impressive Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of ten awarded to Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, the Conservative politician and Government Minister who served as Governor-General of Ceylon 1949-54: his O.B.E. and M.C. were awarded in respect of his services in the Bedfordshire Regiment and on the Staff The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as...
Hammer Price: £4,200
An outstanding and well documented Second War 1944 Lancaster Pilot’s ‘Immediate’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader R. C. ‘Pin’ Chopping, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who spent the first part of the war flying Bombays and Hudsons over Africa as part of Transport Command, before transferring to Bomber Command in September 1943. He was to prove an exceptional Lancaster pilot with 514 Squadron, and flew in 28 operational sorties with the Squadron, with his Air...
A Crimea D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. Gow, 79th Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (T. Gow. 79th Highlanders.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Thomas Gow 79th Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, top lugs removed; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt. Thos. Gow 79th Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1751. Serjt. T. Gow. 79th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued,...
The Great War D.S.O., ‘Presentation of the Colours’ M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Captain T. C. FitzHugh, Royal Irish Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘44’; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (2d. Lieut. T. C. Fitzhugh 2d. Bn. Ryl. Ir: Regt.); Queen’s...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A scarce ‘Abu Klea’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major R. O. Chislett, 19th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt. R. O. Chislett. 19th. Husrs. Jan: & Feb: 1885.) edge bruise, light contact marks; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1340. Sergt. R. O. Chislett. 19th. Hussars); Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse impressed ‘1340. Sergt. R O Chislett 19th. Hrs.’, small...
A ‘Tirah’ 1898 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant W. Milton, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (C: Sgt. W. Milton. K: O: S: B’drs); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2261. L/Corpl. W. Milton. 2/K.O..Bords.); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2261 Sergt. W. Milton 2nd Bn. K.O. Sco: Bord:), with contemporary clasp carriage links between...
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (J. Spires, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise and minor nicks, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Whitney, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension and silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £4,800
A fine C.B., Great War ‘Adriatic’ operations D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Vice-Admiral H. G. C. Somerville, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with neck cravat; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. H. G. C. Somerville, R.N., H.M.S. Waterwitch.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Commr. H. G. C....
An outstanding ‘Battle of the Barents Sea’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker J. J. Colley, Royal Navy, for gallantry when H.M.S. Achates was sunk by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper on 31 December 1942, while on escort duty protecting convoy JW 51B to Murmansk; the 81 survivors included Stoker Colley, who led community singing of ‘Roll Out The Barrel’ whilst awaiting rescue from the icy waters by the trawler Northern Gem Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX.77619...
A good ‘Malaya’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Colour Sergeant T. A. ‘Ozzie’ Want, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, for his gallantry during operations Springtide and Broderick; as a result of which he accounted for a number of ‘bandits’ in arguably the worst jungle conditions possible Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (PO.X.3951 Cpl. (A/Sgt) T. A. Want R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45;...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A good 1957 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal J. C. Tucker, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for his gallantry during an ambush on 5 Platoon Malayan Races Liberation Army, 9 March 1957, during which he ‘allowed the leading man to come to within 8 yards before shooting him dead with his shotgun.’ He was also wounded during this night-time engagement Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (22823444 A/Cpl. J. C. Tucker. R.W.F.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps,...
A Great War 1916 ‘Squadron Commander’s’ M.C., A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Major, later Wing Commander, T. O’B. Hubbard, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a published author on aviation prior to the Great War, he went on to command 11 Squadron in France, December 1915 - August 1916, during which time he claimed at least 1 ‘Victory’ and had Albert Ball under his command. After a brief stint as 44 (Home Defence) Squadron’s first CO, Hubbard returned to the front to...
Pair: William E. Hyne, Master, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (William E. Hyne, Volr.); China 1842 (W. E. Hyne, Actg. Master, H.M.S. Nimrod) original suspension, minor marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1800-2200
An outstanding Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Sergeant David Watson, Royal Irish Regiment, formerly Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was killed in action aboard H.M.T. Lancastria when she was bombed and sunk by German JU-88s in June 1940, at which time he was serving as a Warrant Officer in the Cameron Highlanders with the B.E.F. having been evacuated from St Nazaire - The loss of the Lancastria was the largest single-ship loss of life in British...
The N.G.S. awarded to Commander Molyneux Shuldham, Royal Navy, Lieutenant of the Edgar at Copenhagen, who was a prisoner of war at Verdun from March 1806 until April 1814, during which time he invented a carriage propelled by sails and an ice-yacht; his subsequent inventions were recognised by the gold Isis medal and two silver medals of the Society of Arts, and many years later he was an exhibitor at the Great Exhibition of 1851 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Sepoy Gunness Kuttree Bengal 43rd N.I.) contemporary engraved naming in running script, fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, extremely fine £3000-3600
A Boer War ‘Colenso’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. F. Meiklejohn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Mons in August 1914, and interned in Switzerland for the duration of the war; he afterwards served with the North Russia Expeditionary Force and was later an intelligence officer in the Baltic Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. R. F. Meiklejohn, 1/R....
A fine Second World War ‘sinking of the Bismarck’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Commander (E) A. D. Merriman, Royal Navy, Engineer Officer of H.M.S. Suffolk during this classic action Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse of the lower suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, complete with top suspension brooch; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. A. D. Merriman. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal, mounted as...
A rare ‘dated reverse’ Q.S.A. group of three awarded to Corporal J. H. McMullin, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, later Colonel, North British Columbia Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (384 Corl. J. H. Mc’Mullin, Ld. Strthcona’s H:); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, about extremely fine (3) £5000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,500
The South Africa medal awarded to Private J. Hind, 24th Foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Isandhlwana, 22 January 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1857. Pte. J. Hind. 1/24th Foot.) extremely fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £7,000
The outstanding immediate 1952 ‘Korea’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major H. R. ‘Russ’ Gardner, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, for leading a textbook snatch patrol behind enemy lines near Chinese positions on Hill 227, 23/24 September 1952. He ‘bagged’ his prisoner after 60 hours of lay-up just yards from an enemy field kitchen. Gardner had already been wounded, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, during the Chinese assault on Hill 163, 25/25 March 1952, but he was...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo (John Morgan.) good very fine £4000-5000
Six: Paymaster Captain T. J. Stovin, Royal Navy, one of only nine British recipients entitled to a subsequent East & West Africa clasp to the Ashantee Medal of 1873-74 Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (T. J. Stovin, Clerk R.N., H.M.S. Barracouta, 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (T. J. Stovin, Asst. Paymr. R.N. H.M.S. Starling.); British War Medal (Paymr. Capt. T. J. Stovin. R.N.); Khedive's Star 1884-6; Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Sultan Hamad, 4th...
An extremely rare and important Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of four awarded to Sergeant, later Major, Martin Chikondo, a ‘Selous Scouts legend in the art of close-in reconnaissance,’ who was one of the early pioneers of the Selous Scouts and pseudo-warfare. He helped Reid-Daly implement his initial training programme and selection course for the Selous Scouts, prior to being one of the original members of the Recce Troop, Selous Scouts, with his mentor Chris Schulenburg. Chikondo...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Pair: John Cameron, 78th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Assye, Argaum, Gawilghur (John Cameron, 78th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (John Cameron, 78th Foot.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2 £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare and well-documented inter-war Polar Medal awarded to Horace William Sandford for services in the Antarctic 1925-35 Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1925-35 (Horace William Sandford) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
A scarce Great War M.C., 1914 ‘H.M. Visit to the Front’ R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Inspector J. T. Curry, Metropolitan Police, who served during the Great War firstly in the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Intelligence), before being commissioned Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps; he subsequently served as a Detective Inspector in the White Slave Department Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with...
Three: Farrier Major William Seaker, A ‘Chestnut’ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (W. Seaker, Farrier Majr. H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Will. Seaker, Farrier, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver ball and bar suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., large letter reverse ([W]. Seaker, Farrier Major Royal Horse...
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Part Full Dress & Mess Dress Uniforms Of Honorary Lieutenant (QM) Peter Fraser Fleming. Appointed 21st February 1894. Comprising Full Dress black bearskin this complete with QVC period gilt plume holder, 9” white feather plume and carrying case, the bearskin with buff leather lining, correct pattern gilt brass chin chain (stitching faults). Full Dress scarlet tunic complete with all lacing and gilt regimental buttons and rank badges. Full Dress pouch belt &...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The unique ‘Light Brigade’ group of four awarded to Captain T. G. Johnson, 13th Hussars, later Major, West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who was twice decorated by the French Emperor for his Distinguished Services in the Crimea- the only Light Brigade participant so honoured- and whose letter to his brother describing his participation in the Charge was one of the earliest to be published in the British Press Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, lugs removed from...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Historic ‘Boer War’ Albert Medal pair awarded to Railway Fireman A. J. Stewart, Natal Government Railways, who, together with the Engine Driver (Charles Wagner) received his Albert Medal for gallantry in saving the armoured train and with it numerous lives at Chieveley following a Boer ambush on 15 November 1899, their heroic deeds famously being presided over by the young Winston Churchill, who was at the time a reporter for the Morning Post - When the driver’s face had been cut...
Hammer Price: £32,000
An impressive Peninsula Wars C.B., K.H. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Robert Barclay Macpherson, 88th Foot The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards, fitted with replacement gold wide suspension bar and gold ribbon buckle; The Royal Guelphic Order, K.H. (Military) Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamels, fitted with ring suspension and gold...
Hammer Price: £34,000
The rare General Officers’ Gold Medal awarded to General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bt., G.C.B., a veteran of the Siege of Gibraltar 1780-83, who, after a long and distinguished career in the West Indies, including command of the First Division at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, whilst en-route to India in the frigate H.M.S. Java in 1812, was captured by the U.S.S. Constitution after an action lasting nearly four hours; he was subsequently Commander-in-Chief at Madras and led the Army of the...
Hammer Price: £85,000
The exceptional Afghanistan 2013 ‘Army Sniper’s’ C.G.C. pair awarded to Lance Corporal of Horse S. G. Moloney, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), for his gallantry in July 2013 following a night-time helicopter assault operation deep into an insurgent stronghold, where, although himself shot through the neck by an enemy sharpshooter, the force of which threw him off the roof from where he was providing covering sniper fire for his troop, he quickly re-entered the...
Hammer Price: £130,000
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