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The outstanding and rare ‘Afghanistan operations’ 2008 D.F.C., 2010 A.F.C. group of six awarded to Chinook pilot, Squadron Leader A. ‘Frenchie’ Duncan, Royal Air Force, who flew with 18 and 27 Squadrons on five operational tours of Afghanistan between 2006-2011. Regularly under rocket and small-arms fire, and often on flying duty under the most extreme conditions for periods of over 18 hours at a time, Duncan distinguished himself throughout his operational military career. Never...
Hammer Price: £40,000
A fine Korean War ‘Battle of Imjin River’ M.M. group of six awarded to Private D. M. R. Walker, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Black Watch and Highland Light Infantry, who served under age during the Second World War in North West Europe and was wounded; volunteering for service in Korea he engaged in a solo shoot-out with the enemy during the Battle of Imjin River, 24 April 1951: ‘slinging his Bren gun to the hip position, he sprang into position and started shooting- almost...
Hammer Price: £26,000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.B., Knight of the Bath, a magnificent large gold Collar Badge, circa 1780, 62mm x 43mm excluding large oval suspension ring, extremely fine and extremely rare £4000-6000
Hammer Price: £18,000
The Named Medal of Approbation Presented by Earl St. Vincent to his Personal Domestic Chaplain, the Reverend Cooper Willyams, a talented artist and author who wrote Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaigns in the West Indies and the Mediterranean. At the Battle of the Nile, Willyams was on the Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Swiftsure as she engaged the French Flagship, L’Órient, and he watched as one of the largest warships in the world Caught Fire and Blew Up Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The Third Mahratta War medal for the Defence of Corygaum to Physician General John Wylie, C.B., Indian Medical Service, who led the Sepoys to charges with the bayonet in the closing stages of the desperate action; he was the first medical officer of the Madras Army to be admitted to the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, a distinction conferred upon him by his Sovereign, ‘in reward more especially of his gallantry in the memorable conflict of Corygaum’ Army of India...
A Great War ‘Battle of Arras’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. S. R. V. de Gaury, Hampshire Regiment, later Essex Regiment, who was wounded once at Gallipoli and three times in France; a noted Arabist, explorer, historian and diplomat who shared in the creation of the Arab states that emerged between the wars, he was the author of many books on the Middle East including his autobiography Traces of Travel Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The well-documented Second World War M.B.E., Great War M.C. and Bar, D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander J. H. Norton, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Essex Yeomanry, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his gallantry in France and later in the Palestine campaign 1917-18, where he was detached for special duties with the Arab forces and placed under the direct command of Colonel T. E. Lawrence at Akabah The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.B., Knight of the Bath, a superb hinged Breast Star in silver, gold and enamels, circa 1800-05, 125mm x 112mm, good very fine and rare £4000-6000
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Defence of Legations medal awarded to Private C. W. Phillips, Royal Marine Light Infantry, one of only 2 Royal Marines to be killed in action in the Siege of Pekin China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Pte. C. W. Phillips, R.M.L.I.) two small edge bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Pair: Colonel James Steel, C.B., 2nd Bengal European Regiment, which regiment he commanded throughout the Punjab campaign and was made a Companion of the Bath Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Ava, Bhurtpoor (Capt. Jas. Steel. 41st N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Major J. Steel, Commg. 2nd Eur. Regt.) small edge bruise to the last, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £9,000
The South Africa medal awarded to Private T. Thornett, 24th Foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Isandhlwana, 22 January 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (34. Pte. T. Thornett. 1/24th. Foot.) good very fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £8,500
A rare ‘Guernsey’ Efficiency Medal to Bandsman W. A. Shepherd, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, who originally joined the Regiment with the scarce rank of ‘Boy’, aged just 14 Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Guernsey (324. Bandsman W. A. Shepherd.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine and rare, especially to someone who attested as a ‘Boy’ £260-300
Hammer Price: £7,500
A Second War 1944 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. M. Connor, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in trying to control and contain fire and explosions aboard a motor launch in Beirut harbour, 5 March 1944 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by The King to the late Lt. Douglas Mortimer Connor, R.N.V.R. H.M. M.L. 387 for Gallantry in saving life at sea, 5th...
Delhi Durbar 1903, gold, unnamed, complete with gold ribbon buckle in its fitted case of issue, buckle a little bent, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £7,000
A post-war O.B.E., ‘1940’ Battle of Britain pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Sergeant Pilot, later Group Captain, R. C. ‘Dickie’ Haine, Royal Air Force. A Blenheim night-fighter pilot, Haine took part in the first defensive night patrol of the Second War, 4 September 1939, and the first fighter attack of the war on Germany - the successful raid on Borkum seaplane base, 28 November 1939. During the latter he claimed a He. 59 probably destroyed on the water. Having...
A fine K. St. J., Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, the 5th Lord Cromwell, who, as a Company Commander in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was severely wounded and taken P.O.W. at the gallant defence of Calais in May 1940 - ‘He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected, and yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen, were...
An Albert Medal Second Class for Land and Great War ‘French theatre’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Staff Sergeant P. J. Fitzpatrick, Military Works Service, later Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, who was awarded his Albert Medal for gallantry during the Ferozepore Arsenal Fire, 31 August 1906. 2 Albert Medals in Gold and 11 Albert Medals in Bronze were awarded for the operations to extinguish the fire and prevent the explosion of over 300,000lbs. of gunpowder Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The extremely rare First Class Gold Medal of Merit and 1813 Iron Cross group of five awarded to Lieutenant C. G. Haeckel, 2 Leib Hussaren Regiment, who served as Aide-de-Camp on the Staff of General Blücher’s Silesian Army Germany, Prussia, First Class Gold Medal of Merit 1793, 30.5mm, gold (22ct); Iron Cross 1813, Second Class breast badge, 43mm, silver with iron centre; War Merit Medal 1813-14, combatant’s type, 29mm, bronze; War Merit Medal 1815, non-combatant’s type, oval, 32mm...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A rare Battle of Maharajpoor C.B. group of three awarded to General Charles Hamilton, Indian Army, who commanded the 2nd Regiment of Grenadiers, Bengal Native Infantry, throughout the Gwalior campaign of 1843-44, and during the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46; the Grenadiers captured two regimental standards at Maharajpoor The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William...
A fine Great War K.C.M.G., C.B. group of eight awarded to Surgeon-General Sir Robert S. F. Henderson, Army Medical Services, who served as Director-General of the New Zealand Medical Services 1915-19; an Honorary Physician to H.M. the King, he was also a 19th Century England Rugby International The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Star, silver, gold...
A very rare ‘Burma 1930’ operations M.C. group of six awarded to Major G. E. Sankey, The Buffs, attached 2/15th Punjab Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. G. E. Sankey. The Buffs. Burma. December 29th 1930’; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. E. Sankey.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. G. E. Sankey. M.C. The Buffs.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal, mounted for display, nearly very fine or better and...
Baronet’s Badge of Nova Scotia, a magnificent and particularly large late 18th century neck badge, gold and enamels, fitted with large oval swivel-ring for suspension, 50mm x 41mm excluding suspension, some restoration to one Lion, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, Java (James Chapman.) traces of lacquer, extremely fine £4000-5000
An interesting Boer War D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Bart., The Rifle Brigade, who was wounded at Vaal Krantz and afterwards became an Intelligence officer, a career he pursued throughout and beyond the Great War Distinguished Service Order, V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt: Sir T. A. Cuningham, D.S.O. Rif: Bde:); King's South...
A rare Niger 1897 and Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General E. I. de S. Thorpe, Bedfordshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (Lieut. E. I. De S. Thorpe. Bedf: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major E. I. De S. Thorpe. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Brig. Gen. E. I. De S. Thorpe.); Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, clasp, Nigeria 1886-1897 (Captain...
The outstanding and unique ‘Atbara’ casualty D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant, later Major, G. Hilton, Scots Guards, attached Egyptian Army, later Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was wounded at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 May 1898, was commissioned during service in South Africa, was present during operations against the Mullah in Somaliland, and was twice wounded on the Western Front Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt. G....
A rare and impressive Second World War Albanian operations M.M. group of six awarded to Private B. Hendry, Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached No. 2 Commando, 2nd Special Service Brigade, who, firing his Tommy gun from the hip, stormed and captured two enemy gun positions in an attack on Sarande in October 1944 - an operation carried out alongside local partisans Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5337785 Pte. B. Hendry, R. Berks. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A superb ‘Dargai Heights’ V.C. action D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Keeling, Derbyshire Regiment, for his conspicuous gallantry at the storming of the Chagru Kotal, on 20 October 1897, when he was severely wounded as part of the storming party led by Captain Smith and Lieutenant Pennel - charging out ‘of cover and across a heap of dead and wounded men into a perfect hail of bullets‘ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Cr. Sgt. J. Keeling. Derbys: R.); India...
A ‘Heavy Brigade’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Wale, 1st Royal Dragoons Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (John Wale. 1st Rl. Drags); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (..rjt. J. Wale. 1st Rl. Dragoons.) officially impressed naming, suspension claw re-affixed, suspension slack; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged with fixed foliate suspension, edge bruising overall, good fine (3) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,800
An O.B.I., Great War ‘Attempted Relief of Kut-al-Amara’ I.D.S.M., R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Subadar-Major Bahadur Kishan Singh, Indian Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery, who served as Orderly Officer to H.M. King George V Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel, screw-nut fitting to reverse, with neck riband; Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr Kishan Singh 30th Mtn. By.); British War Medal 1914-20, erased; Victory Medal 1914-19,...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Pair: Colonel William Clark, 43rd Light Infantry, who was severely wounded at Gate Pa in New Zealand and later commanded the 52nd Regiment New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (Ensign & Lieut. Wm. Clark, 43rd Lt. Inftry.); India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (Major W. Clark, 1st Bn. Oxf. L.I.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £4,400
A scarce Great War 1918 ‘French theatre’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant L. A. Berg, 1st Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, for gallantry at Rossignol Wood in July 1918, and during the attack on the Masnières Line in October 1918, he was also twice wounded in action in 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1-457 S. Sjt L. A. Berg. M.M. 1/Otaco [sic] R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (1-457 Cpl. L. A. Berg. 1/Otago R.); 1914-15 Star (1/457 S. Sjt. L. A....
Hammer Price: £4,200
An outstanding and well-documented Great War Gallipoli operations C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General T. A. Andrus, North Staffordshire Regiment, a veteran of campaigns in the Sudan and on the North-West Frontier who, having raised the 7th Battalion, took it to Gallipoli, where he was severely wounded in the assault on Sari Bair in August 1915. He subsequently commanded the Battalion in the relief of Kut operations and held a Brigade Command in the ‘Tigris Corps’ at the...
A good Great War 1918 ‘Fighter Ace’s’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. G. Hegarty, Royal Air Force, who served as Flight Commander of No. 60 Squadron, and ‘achieved 8 Victories between 28 January and 1 July 1918’ Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. C. Hegarty. R.A.F.) generally very fine (3) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Egypt and Sudan D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private R. Harridine, Royal West Kent Regiment, for defence of Ambigol Wells Fort, 2-5 December 1885 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2551: Pte. R. Harridine. 1/Rl. W. Kent: R. Dec: 85) small area of erasure before number; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2551. Pte. R. Harridine. 1/Rl. W. Kent R.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, nearly very fine (3) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,800
A rare Russian intervention group of five awarded to Captain W. F. Richardson, Royal Engineers, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment and Middelsex Regiment, accompanied by an exceptional photographic archive British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. F. Richardson); Russia, Order of S. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by W. Keibel, St. Petersburg, 38 x 38mm., gold and enamel, with manufacturer’s mark and ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Four: Private Daniel Lamb, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (794. Private D. Lamb 1/60th Rgt.) Canadian style impressed naming; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (3611. Pte. D. Lamb. 3/60th Foot.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (794. Pte. D. Lamb. 3/K.R. Rif. C.); Khedive's Star 1882, first three medals professionally cleaned and lacquered, some light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine and a rare group (4) ...
China 1842 (Charles Bell, Commander H.M.S. Hazard.) fitted with original suspension, light marks, otherwise very fine £1600-2000
The unique and important M.S.M. and campaign group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer W. E. Moore, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, an ‘Early Bird’ in all senses - he was one of the R.F.C.’s first N.C.O.s, and served as the Senior Sergeant Major in the R.F.C. from February 1915, becoming the Senior Warrant Officer in the R.A.F. by both number (5) and length of service (9 December 1889) upon its’ formation. Having served with the Balloon Section, Royal Engineers during the...
A fine Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Vittorio Veneto’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and ‘Italian theatre’ Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant J. Walker, 10th (Service) Battalion, West Riding Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13710 Sjt. J. Walker. M.M. 10/-S-Bn: W. Rid: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (13710 L. Cpl. J. Walker. 10/W. Rid: R.); 1914-15 Star (13710. Pte. J. Walker. W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £3,400
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