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An extremely rare Peninsula Gold Medal by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, for the battles of Roleia, Vimiera and Talavera General or Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, the seated figure of Britannia finely cast and chased in gold, signed ‘RB&R’ in the exergue, the plain reverse engraved in cross-hatched capitals ‘roleia’ and ‘vimiera’, integral gold loop with gold clasp attached, similarly engraved ‘talavera;, this with two further rings attached for suspension, 37mm x 21mm...
Hammer Price: £2,800
The unique Bronze Cross of Rhodesia and Second Award Bar awarded to Lance-Corporal D. Ndhlovu, Selous Scouts, a veteran of countless internal contacts with terrorists, and also a leading member of a ‘snatch party’ during an abduction raid in Botswana, 12 April 1979 Rhodesia, Bronze Cross of Rhodesia, with Second Award Bar, reverse of cross officially inscribed ‘644777 Tpr D. Ndhlovu’, in original box of issue, good very fine £3000-4000
Pair: Private William Aldridge, 82nd Foot, wounded in the head by a musket ball at Barrosa in 1811 Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Barrosa, Pyrenees, Orthes (William Aldridge, 82nd Foot.); 82nd Foot Military Merit Medal 1815, silver, engraved, 42mm; Obv: The Prince of Wales’s plumes and motto, below ‘82’, surrounded by ‘Prince of Wales’s Volunteers’; Rev: ‘Military Merit. William Aldridge 1815.’, on a scroll below, ‘Barrosa Pyrenees Orthes’, fitted with...
Seven: Major F. V. Young, Canadian Light Horse, late Manitoba Grenadiers and Royal Canadian Dragoons, wounded at Rietfontein in July 1900 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (1099. Commt. Sergt. F. V. Young) renamed in upright capitals; North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Lieut. F. V. Young, 95th M.G.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Lieut: F. V. Young, Rl. Candn: Dgns:); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps,...
Pair: Lieutenant F. L. Fryer, Grenadier Guards, killed in action in the assault on Gun Hill at the battle of Belmont in November 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (Lieut: & Adjt: F. L. Fryer, Gren: Gds:) officially impressed naming; Jubilee 1897, unnamed, this good very fine, the first extremely fine (2) £2800-3200
A rare Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery-Sergeant-Major W. Smith, Elswick Battery, 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, 1 of 2 awarded to the Battery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2731 Bty: Serjt: Major W. Smith. Elswick Bty:); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (117. Ag. Br. W. Smith. L/5. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (7183 Bty: S. Major. W. Smith, 1st Nthld: Vol: Art:) mounted for wear,...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A fine Second War ‘Far East’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. L. Jerrard, Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, who served in H.M.S. Achilles throughout the war - a veteran of the Battle of the River Plate, when the cruiser ‘Achilles opened fire on the German ‘pocket battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, at 6.21 am on 13 December 1939, it became the first New Zealand unit to strike a blow at the enemy in the Second World War. With the...
The MacGregor Memorial Medal for 1913 awarded to Captain B. N. Abbay, 27th Light Cavalry MacGregor Memorial Medal, silver, large type, 70mm (Awarded to Captain B. N. Abbay 27th Light Cavalry, for Valuable Reconnaissance Work, 1913) good very fine and scarce £1800-2200
A Second War Battle of France and Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot’s campaign group of four awarded to Sergeant Pilot, later Squadron Leader, W. J. Etherington, 17 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who shared at least one enemy aircraft probably destroyed, 18 May 1940. 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on a board for display, generally very fine or better (4) £2000-2400
The United States of America Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Private G. Bussell, 27th Maine Volunteer Regiment, who took part in the defence of Washington D.C. during the Civil War, October 1862 to July 1863, and was one of 864 men of the Regiment who received the Medal of Honor in 1863, before having the award cancelled by Congress in 1917 United States of America, Congressional Medal of Honor, Army, 1st (1862-96) issue, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘The Congress to Pvt. George...
The Crimea Medal awarded to Gunner J. G. Twine, Royal Navy, who also received the Arctic Medal for his service in H.M.S. North Star during the Franklin Search Expedition of 1849 Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (John G. Twine. Gunner) officially impressed naming, good very fine £600-800
An important C.M.G. pair awarded to Lieutenant Colonel S. Browning-Smith, Medical Officer of Colonel Kelly's force at the relief of Chitral in 1895 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Waziristan 1901-2 (Surgn. Captn. S. B. Smith 32d Bl. Infy.) mounted for display, very fine (2) £2000-2600
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Preston, 6th Gurkha Rifles, late 40th Pathans, with whom he served in the Tibet campaign, was wounded at Gyantse and mentioned in despatches Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Captn. G. A. Preston 40th Pathans); 1914-15 Star (Major G. A. Preston. 6/Gurkha. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. G. A. Preston.) court mounted, extremely fine (4) £1800-2200
The General Service Medal awarded to Captain Lord Frederick Cambridge, Coldstream Guards, the nephew of King George V and Queen Mary, who was killed in action in Belgium on 15 May 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. Lord F. C. E. Cambridge. C. Gds.) extremely fine £600-800
A fine Second World War Italy operations Immediate D.C.M. group of six awarded to Corporal W. Crockett, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated for his gallantry during the River Savio operations of October 1944, when he displayed an ‘utter contempt for the enemy’ and a ‘savage and intense eagerness’ to close with him: several fell to his gun at close quarters - he was a ‘real tiger for killing Germans’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6141418 Cpl. W. Crockett, R. Fus.);...
Hammer Price: £3,200
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
A fine K.P.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Daniell, Chief Constable of the Hertfordshire Constabulary, late 3rd Bombay Cavalry King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Lieut. Col. Henry Smith Daniell, late Ch. Const. Herts.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Cornet H. S. Daniell. 3rd Lt. Cavy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Cornet H. S. Daniel, 3rd Regt. Bombay Cavy.); Coronation 1911, County & Borough Police, unnamed as issued,...
A scarce ‘Siege of Malta’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Colour-Sergeant F. O. Smith, Royal Marines, for gallantry ashore with the Bofors’ guns’ crews at Fort St Angelo Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (PO. 22472 F. O. Smith. T/C. Sgt. R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (P.O. 22472 F. O. Smith. Clr. Sgt. R.M.) mounted court style, very fine (6) £2400-3000
An outstanding Second World War D.F.C. and Bar group of eight awarded to Flight Lieutenant D. C. Savage, Royal Air Force, who completed over 80 operational sorties in Blenheims and Bostons, many of them of the low-level variety over North-West Europe: post-war he served in the Federation of Malaya Police before rejoining the Royal Air Force and being killed during an operational sortie in Kenya during the Mau Mau troubles Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the...
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 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 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 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...
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
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
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
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...
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....
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...
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