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A Second War ‘1943’ D.F.C. group of six attributed to Stirling Wireless Operator, Flight Lieutenant J. A. Emery, Royal Canadian Air Force, who flew in two tours with 7 Squadron, the majority of operations being as part of Pathfinder Force, before being shot down and taken P.O.W., 24 June 1943. He was imprisoned at Stalag Luft III when the ‘Great Escape’ took place Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, and additionally privately engraved ‘F\Lt....
Hammer Price: £1,700
A scarce Second War 1943 ‘Northwest African Coastal Air Force’ D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Beaufighter pilot Wing Commander H. Woolstencroft, 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his gallantry in leading a formation of 8 Beaufighters against an Italian shipping convoy, 23 July 1943, which lead to the destruction of ‘One merchant vessel blown up and the other left sinking. The stern of one destroyer blown off and the ship left burning fiercely. One escort ship set on fire and an...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Second War ‘1944’ D.F.C. group of five attributed to Pathfinder and Lancaster Wireless Operator, Warrant Officer, later Flying Officer, F. S. H. White, 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 39 operational sorties with the ‘marker’ Squadron, including Peenemünde 17/18 August 1943, and to Berlin and back on 13 separate occasions Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A good Second War 1945 ‘Path Finder Force’ Master Bomber’s D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Lancaster pilot, Wing Commander V. G. Owen-Jones, Royal Air Force, who first flew operationally in Wellingtons with 70 Squadron in the Middle East, before carrying on in the same role with 108 Squadron and amassing at least 35 operational sorties with the two squadrons over a variety of targets from Benghazi to Crete, 1941-42. Having carried out 2 operational sorties whilst serving with...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Second War ‘1945’ Lancaster bomb aimer’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Battle of Britain veteran, Flight Lieutenant L. L. Pearse, Royal Air Force, who had flown operationally as a Blenheim Observer with 236 Squadron from September 1940, before transferring to 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron in October 1944. He flew in at least 36 operational sorties with 460 Squadron, including his first - a daylight raid to Cologne, 25 October 1944 - which was piloted by Group Captain Hughie Edwards,...
A Second War ‘1942’ Test Pilot’s A.F.C. group of three awarded to Wing Commander W. P. Whitworth, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Royal Air Force Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’, and additionally engraved ‘W. P. W. June’, with Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with related miniature awards, both mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400
An unattributed Second War A.R.R.C. group of five Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (5) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £140
An Albert Medal Second Class for Sea awarded to Mr. F. Pitts, Chief Officer of the S.S. Pleiades, for gallantry in attempting to save the life of a seaman who had fallen overboard during a gale en-route from Calcutta to London, on 30 May 1881 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Presented in the name of Her Majesty to Mr. Francis Pitts Chief Officer of the Steam Ship “Pleiades”, of Liverpool, for his Gallant...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A good Albert Medal Second Class for Sea life-saving group of four awarded to Commander C. W. Robinson, Royal Naval Reserve, Third Officer of the S.S. Teutonic, for his great gallantry in attempting to save the life of a lunatic passenger who jumped overboard in St. George’s Channel on the night of 17 April 1895- leaping after him into the sea his efforts at rescue were met with violent resistance, and when picked up was in an exhausted condition, requiring two hours’ continuous exertion...
Hammer Price: £9,000
An Albert Medal for Land awarded to Second Lieutenant S. M. Reekie, M.M., Royal Fusiliers, for gallantry in saving life following a military training accident at Newmarket on 19 July 1918- he deliberately entered the bomb pit and shielded his pupil from the blast, sustaining significant wounds in the process Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to 2nd. Lieut. Stanley Martin Reekie,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A scarce Second Afghan War ‘Deh Khojah’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Private Denis Regan, 2/7th Foot Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (49 Bde./893 Pte. D. Regan. 2/7th Foot. 16th Aug: 1880.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (893. Pte. D. Regan. 2/7th Foot.) light contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £4,000-£5,000
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private Thomas Boulton, Devonshire Regiment, who served with the Maxim Gun Detachment in South Africa Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2551 Pte. T. Boulton. Devon Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2551 Pte. T. Boulton 1st Devon Regt.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (2551 Pte. T. Boulton. Devon Regt.); King's South Africa...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. Whitney, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (21337 Sjt. J. Whitney. M.M. C.122/Bde: R.F.A.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (21337 Sjt: J. Whitney. 83 By: R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (21337 Bmbr: J. Whitney. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (21337 Sjt. J. Whitney. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (21337 Sjt. J. Whitney. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, together with related cap...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant O. Jones, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (22193 L. Cpl. - A. Cpl. - O. Jones. M.M. 1/L.N. Lan: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (22193 L. Cpl. O. Jones. 1/L.N. Lanc: R.); 1914-15 Star (22193 Pte. O. Jones. L.N. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (22193 Sjt. O. Jones. L.N. Lan. R.) mounted for display, generally very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major E. Simpson, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was wounded at the Second Battle of the Scarpe in April 1917, and was reportedly taken Prisoner of War. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10959 C.S.Mjr: E. Simpson. 7/Linc: R.); 1914/15 Star (10959 L. Cpl. E. Simpson. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medal (10959 W.O. CL. 2. E. Simpson. Linc. R.) well polished therefore generally good fine (4) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War 1918 Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. Allen, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was twice wounded and decorated for gallantry at Vraucourt during the Battle of St. Quentin in March 1918, when several times he took his Lewis Gun out into the open under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and inflicted considerable casualties on the enemy. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (201107 Pte. H. Allen. 4/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3652 Pte. H. Allen....
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal George Bullimore, Seaforth Highlanders, late Cameron Highlanders, for gallantry at Buzancy in July 1918, whilst attached 44th Trench Mortar Battery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (238096 A. Cpl. G. Bullimore. 8/Sea: Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (3048 A. Cpl. G. Bullimore. Camerons) very fine (3) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War 1918 ‘Battle of the Hooge’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Corporal H. Chapman, Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2310 Cpl. H. Chapman. 1/Lan: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (2310 Pte. H. Chapman. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2310 Cpl. H. Chapman. Lan. Fus.) BWM suspension loose; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, generally nearly very fine (5) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘October 1918 Beaurevoir’ operations D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal Tom Phelps, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (24446 Cpl. T. Phelps. 9/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (24446 Cpl. T. Phleps. Devon. R.) extremely fine (3) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £850
A superb Great War and Anglo-Irish War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Brigadier-General G. Adamson, Irish Free State Army, late Private, Machine Gun Corps and Leinster Regiment, who was murdered in Athlone in April 1922 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48507 Pte.-A.L. Cpl. G. Adamson, 10/M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (4941 Pte. Pte. G. Adamson, Leins. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4941. Pte. G. Adamson. Leins. R.); Ireland, Free State, General Service Medal 1917-21, combatant’s type...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A fine Second War 1941 ‘North Africa’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Gunner P. Dunn, Royal Horse Artillery, for single-handedly destroying five enemy tanks, despite having to lay and fire his gun on his own. Dunn was taken POW in June 1941, and interned at Stalag IV, Oschatz, Germany Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (887694 Gnr. P. Dunn. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (8876694 Gnr. P. Dunn. D.C.M. R.A.)...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Second War ‘1940’ G.M. awarded to Corporal R. J. Farley, 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron, Royal Air Force, for the rescue of a trapped pilot and his air gunner from a flaming Lysander - ‘Farley unhesitatingly ran to his assistance and, plunging his arms into the blazing cockpit, released the legs of the pilot, who was apparently stunned and whose clothes were in flames.’ Both Farley and Aircraftman 1st Class T. W. Coop were awarded the George Medal for their gallantry at...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Second War ‘Swansea Blitz’ G.M. awarded to G. A. Peters, who was employed as a lorry driver for the Swansea Gas Light Company, and was rewarded for his bravery at the top of a flaming gas holder, pierced by an incendiary bomb, 21 February 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Peters.) in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £2,800-£3,200
A fine Second World War ‘Bath Blitz’ G.M. pair awarded to Company Sergeant-Major, later Second Lieutenant J. A. Leslie, 6th Somerset (Bath Admiralty) Battalion, Home Guard George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Coy. Sgt. Major James Adamson Leslie); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £3,000-£3,600
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Mahomed Issra, 128th Pioneers, for gallantry at the successful forced crossing of the River Tigris at Shumran Bend against heavy Turkish opposition Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4970 Lce. Naik Mahomed Issra. 128th Pioneers.) very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Colour Havildar Sharaf Khan, 104th Wellesley’s Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1170 Colr. Havr. Sharaf Khan 104th Wellesley’s Rfls.) nearly extremely fine £500-£600
Hammer Price: £460
A 1918 ‘South Persia’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Dafadar Saif Ali, Burma Mounted Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (15 Dafdr Saif Ali Burma Mounted Rfls.) very fine £400-£500
A Great War ‘Egypt’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Sowar Chanan Singh, 31st Lancers Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1129 Sowar. Chanan Singh, 31 Lcrs.) officially re-impressed naming, very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War ‘Kut-al-Amarah’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Naik Indar Singh, 1-66th Punjabis, who was a prisoner of war in Turkey Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1501 Nk. Indar Singh, 1/66/Pjbs.) very fine £600-£700
£600–£700
A Great War ‘Kut-al-Amarah’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Havildar Jamna Das, 1-76th Punjabis, who was a prisoner of war in Turkey Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (881 Havr. Jamna Das, 1/76/Pjbs.) nearly very fine £600-£700
Hammer Price: £500
An inter-War ‘Peshawar District’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Mall Singh, 2-11th Sikh Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (8815 Sep. Mall Singh, 2-11 Sikh R.) nearly very fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £340
A ‘Burma 1932’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Sardar Khan [O.B.I.], 3-10th Baluch Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Sardar Khan (I). 3-10 Baluch. R.) lacking brooch bar, worn, good fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £440
A scarce ‘Burma 1930-32’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar Wazir Singh, 1-17 Dogra Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subdr. Wazir Singh, 1-17 Dogra R.) test mark before naming and small area of erasure after naming, suspension claw tightened, nearly very fine £300-£400
A ‘North West Frontier 1938’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Naik Khan Zaman, 1-10th Baluch Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (9661 Naik Khan Zaman, 1-10 Baluch R.) good very fine £500-£600
Hammer Price: £700
A Second World War ‘Eritrea 1941’ campaign Immediate I.D.S.M. awarded to Naik Ajaib Khan, 3/2nd Punjab Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (10556 Naik Ajaib Khan, 3-2 Punjab R.) nearly extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War ‘1915’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. Harvey, Royal Navy, for services at the Torpedo Boat destroyer base H.M.S. Columbine Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (140080. W. Harvey, Ch. P.O., H.M.S. Columbine.); 1914-15 Star (140080 W. Harvey, D.S.M., C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (140080 W. Harvey, C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (William Harvey, Ch. P.O., H.M.S. Hecla.) BWM officially renamed, generally good very fine...
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War ‘Minesweeping’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Engineman A. E. Arnold, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (E.S.3244. A. E. Arnold, Engn. R.N.R. “Donalda” Minesweeping. 1917.) surname partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1951’, nearly extremely fine (7) ...
Hammer Price: £650
A fine Second War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman W. J. Baugh, Royal Navy, for his gallantry on board the gunboat H.M.S. Ladybird, when she was attacked and sunk by a force of 47 enemy dive bombers, whilst harboured at Tobruk, 12 May 1941. She ‘went down with what guns we could firing to the last’, and accounted for 2 of the bombers, suffering 4 men killed and 14 wounded in the process Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J. 95783 W. J. Baugh. A.B. H.M.S. Ladybird.) good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Second World War ‘Operation Torch’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker A. L. B. Burman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cadmus Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX. 79507 A. L. B. Burman, Ch. Sto.) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX. 79507 A. L. B. Burman, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Cadmus) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Second World War ‘Special Operations’ D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer F. S. Smith, Royal Navy, 15th M.G.B. Flotilla, who was tragically killed when M.G.B. 2002 struck a mine just four days after V.E. Day in May 1945 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O., F. S. Smith, C/JX. 143074) on original investiture pin, extremely fine £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
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