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The superb ‘Iraq 2004’ Conspicuous Gallantry Cross group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 Terrence ‘Tommo’ Thomson, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, whose extraordinary bravery and powers of initiative came to the fore whilst commanding his Warrior vehicle as part of a Quick Reaction Force extraction in central Basra City, 9 August 2004. Answering the call to a succession of escalating insurgent ambushes, Thomson and his crew found themselves isolated...
Hammer Price: £140,000
The exceptional Falklands War D.S.M. pair awarded to Petty Officer (Sonar) (Submarine) Graham J. R. ‘Horse’ Libby, Royal Navy, the senior qualified diver in H.M. Submarine Conqueror, who volunteered to carry out a night dive in ‘dark, freezing, and terrifying conditions’ to free a floating wire aerial which had become trapped round Conqueror’s propeller, causing cavitation and noise which put the submarine at great risk of detection by the enemy; the only NATO nuclear-powered...
Hammer Price: £55,000
The extremely rare 14-clasp M.G.S. and ‘Ciudad Rodrigo’ Forlorn Hope Medal pair awarded to Private James Morris, 52nd Foot, who was slightly wounded in the left arm at Almeida, 24 July 1810, slightly in the left thigh at Badajoz, 6 April 1812, and severely in the left thigh at Ciudad Rodrigo, 19 January 1812; he was also a Volunteer at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz and St Sebastian, and was afterwards present at the battle of Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 14...
Hammer Price: £24,000
A particularly fine Second War 1943 ‘immediate’ D.S.O., 1941 ‘immediate’ D.F.C. and 1944 ‘immediate’ Second Award Bar, 1959 ‘Test Pilot’s’ A.F.C. group of nine awarded to Group Captain D. F. Dennis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 105 operational sorties, in Blenheims, Venturas and Mosquitoes, all of which were with 21 Squadron, the latter he commanded from July 1944. Dennis accounted for at least 8,000 tons of enemy shipping whilst based on...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The extremely rare Waterloo and ‘Badajos’ Forlorn Hope Medal pair awarded to Sergeant John Willox, 52nd Foot, who was severely wounded in the left leg at Pombal, 12 March 1811, severely in the head at Badajoz, 6 April 1812, and through both thighs at San Munoz, 17 November 1812 Waterloo 1815 (Serj. John Willox, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot.) fitted with later steel clip and ring suspension; 52nd Foot Forlorn Hope Medal for the Storming of Badajos, silver, on the obverse Light Infantry...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A rare ‘Iraq 2007’ Q.G.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2, later Captain, B. J. Campbell, Irish Guards, attached 4 Rifles Battlegroup, for saving the lives of a trapped crew of a Warrior armoured vehicle after it had slipped off a narrow bridge and upended into a stream in a high threat area of Basra on 15 June 2007 Queen’s Gallantry Medal, E.II.R. (24772251 WO2 B. J. Campbell. IG ); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24772251 LCPL B J Campbell...
An Albert Medal First Class for Land group of four awarded to Conductor A. E. Purkis, Indian Ordnance Department, for gallantry during the Hyderabad Cordite Explosions, Sind, 7 and 15 April 1906 Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Sub-Conductor Alfred Edwin Purkis for Gallantry in saving life at Hyderabad (Sind) on the 7th. & 15th. April, 1906.’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Cond. A....
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Gordon, 7th Hussars, who was severely wounded at Genappe on 17 June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. J. R. Gordon, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise toned, good very fine and a rare casualty £4,000-£5,000
The rare Army of India and Peninsula war pair awarded to Private James Edmunds, 94th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. Edmunds, 94th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James Edmunds, 94th Foot.) lower clasp carriage a little bent on the second, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An emotive Second War ‘Battle of Britain’ Spitfire pilot’s campaign group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. F. Soden, Royal Air Force, who flew with 266 and 603 Squadrons during the Battle, and claimed 2 enemy aircraft destroyed, 2 probably destroyed, and 1 shared destroyed, as well as being wounded during a crash landing, 17 August 1940, and being forced to bale out after combat, 25 October 1940. He went on to fly Tomahawks with 112 Squadron over the Western Desert, and added a...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 12 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Bernard Timmins, 43rd Foot) extremely fine £2,800-£3,200
An emotive and scarce Great War A.F.C. group of four awarded to airship pilot, Lieutenant-Commander N. ‘Grabby’ Grabowsky-Atherstone, Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service, who is credited with the destruction of at least 1 enemy submarine, and the damaging and possible destruction of another, whilst flying S.S. Z1 as part of the Dover Patrol. Having retired and emigrated to Australia after the war, Grabowsky-Atherstone returned to the service as First Officer of the ill-fated R. 101....
Hammer Price: £6,000
A rare Great War ‘North Russia’ O.B.E. and remarkable Second World War D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. E. Lockington, Royal Naval Reserve, who in 1942 commanded the two-masted schooner Farouk which, at his own suggestion, had been converted in Alexandria to a Q-ship, armed with two hidden guns, and was sunk by U-83 in a heroic but futile action in June 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, the...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A post-War ‘Malaya’ O.B.E. and Second War ‘Dunkirk’ M.C. in a rare group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. ‘Swazi’ Waller, Duke of Wellington's Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. W. A. Waller. D.W.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 2...
A scarce ‘Archangel Command’ Albert Medal for Sea awarded to Able Seaman M. Thompson, Royal Navy, who helped extricate trapped and wounded seamen from a burning munitions ship in the Port of Archangel, 8 November 1916, despite small arms ammunition exploding all around him Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Malcolm Thompson Able Seaman for Gallantry in saving life from the...
Hammer Price: £5,000
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 £4,000-£5,000
An extremely rare Second War 1940 Battle of France ‘Posthumous’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Hurricane ‘Ace’ Flight Lieutenant I. S. Soden, 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who over the course of 48 hours in France achieved at least 5 enemy aircraft destroyed and 1 shared destroyed, before being killed in action during an attack on his aerodrome, 18 May 1940 - ‘Flight Lieutenant Soden jumped out of a shelter trench and called to a crew to start up an aircraft. He got into the first...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Charles Cotesworth, Volr.) toned, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £3,600-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
An excessively rare 1859 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) awarded to First Head Constable J. Crowley, Irish Constabulary, an ‘active and indefatigable officer’ who played an important part in apprehending offenders during the Great Hunger/Potato Famine and the subsequent Young Ireland Revolt of 1848, arresting Terence Bellew McManus on board a ship bound for Boston Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 1st type, ‘Reward of Merit Irish Constabulary’, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by His...
The Sudan campaign medal to Private H. Hunt, 21st Lancers, killed in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3569 Pte. H. Hunt. 21/L’crs.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £5,000-£6,000
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (R. W. Hitchcock. A.B. H.M.S. Discovery.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000
An extremely rare Battle of Tamaai C.G.M. awarded to Private Daniel Drady, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who assisted in carrying Dr. Prendergast to safety with a ‘great number of rebels’ in close proximity: shortly afterwards his service record was endorsed ‘run’ but he ‘claimed the benefit of the Queen’s pardon’ in August 1887 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (13th Co. Private Daniel Drady, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Cleopatra) officially impressed naming, edge bruising...
A 1919 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) awarded to Sergeant J. Curtin, Royal Irish Constabulary, for his gallantry during the defence of the Inch Police Post, Clare, on 20 July 1919: ‘We did our duty to the best of our ability, and without fear, we will continue to do so’. Eighteen months later, Curtin was mortally wounded in an I.R.A. ambush, led by Michael Breen, at Cratloe on 13 January 1921 Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 2nd type, ‘Reward of Merit Royal Irish Constabulary’...
A good Albert Medal for Land awarded to Gunner J. Fairclough, Royal Artillery, for saving three boys from a raging petrol fire at a warehouse in Ambala, India, 27 April 1927, which necessitated entering the collapsing building on three separate occasions despite suffering severe burns to his body. Still alive in 1971, he was one of only 15 living Albert Medallists who declined to exchange their awards for the George Cross Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A superb Second War Arctic convoy Fleet Air Arm Air-Gunners D.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Petty Officer Airman C. A. Vines, Fleet Air Air, for the sinking of U-973 by his Fairy Swordfish of the escort carrier H.M.S. Chaser, off Narvik on 6 March 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp. A.P.O. Airmn. C. A.Vines. FAA/FX 115046); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £2,000-£2,400
3rd Foot Guards Officer’s Copper Gilt Gorget, a very fine and rare example correctly constructed on a wire frame, the shoulders engraved with be-ribboned military swags, additionally that on the left with laurels enclosing ‘3rd.’ and on the right, laurels enclosing, ‘Gds.’. To the centre the Arms of Great Britain pre 1801, approx. height 10.2cm, width 8cm minute gilt loss on the upper rim and Royal Arms otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,500
The Gordon Highlanders Officer’s Full Dress Dirk in silver coloured metal, the 29 cm bright blade with single fuller and saw back edge is fully etched on both sides with battle honours to Afghanistan 1878-80, Egypt 1882, the Sphinx and Tel-El-Kebir, a crowned tiger, unit title, Sphinx/Egypt and the VR cypher, retailed by Joseph Starkey, Conduit St., London, bog oak handle with silver pins (one lacking), ornate bulbous finial with facetted stone, the black leather scabbard with four chapes,...
The important K.P.M. pair awarded to Head Constable M. Boyle, Royal Irish Constabulary, who was a leading protagonist in the rising tide of violence from the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising through to the height of the War of Independence; Boyle was present at Listowel in October 1917 when the R.I.C. opened fire on a belligerent crowd; in April 1918 he was in command of the first rural R.I.C. barracks to be attacked by Republicans since 1916, when he showed conspicuous gallantry,...
A rare post-War B.E.M. and ‘Antarctic 1929-35’ Polar Medal group of seven awarded to Boatswain H. V. Moreton, Royal Research Vessel Discovery II, who served during the Great War as a Signaller, Royal Navy, and in the Second World War as a Gunner, 532 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Harold Vale Moreton); British War and Victory Medals (J.64268 H. V. Moreton. Sig. Boy. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R.,...
A Second War Immediate Burma campaign M.C. group of nine awarded to Subadar-Major Wali Dad, Bahadur, M.C., O.B.I., 24th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (19151 L. Naik Wali Dad. R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Wali Dad, 18 Mtn. Bty.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal, with M.I,.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Second War I.D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Subadar-Major Khan Mir, O.B.I., I.D.S.M., 3rd Royal Battalion (Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Jemdr. Khan Mir, 3-12 F.F.R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (2411 Sep. Khan Mir, 3-12 F.F.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-39 (Jemdr. Khan Mir, 3-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf;...
A Rare-to-Unit 1921 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) for Gallantry awarded to Temporary Cadet F. Scott, Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, late Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, for ‘Pre-eminent Valour’ at Rathcoole on June 16 when his A.D.R.I.C. platoon was ambushed by the I.R.A., all its vehicles immobilised, and heavy casualties inflicted. Despite being severely injured by a landmine blast that had destroyed the armoured truck he was travelling in, Scott volunteered to set out...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War 1916 ‘Easter Rising’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant P. Brophy, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, for his gallantry during the struggle to secure the Daily Express building from the rebel garrison, 25 April 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4907 Sjt: P. Brophy. 5/R. Dub: Fus:) contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £1,400-£1,800
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Drummer J. May, Gordon Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5237 Dmr: J. May. 2nd Gordon Highrs:); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (5237 Pte. J. May 1st Bn. Gord: Hrs.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (5237 Pte. J. May, Gordon Highrs:) nearly very fine (3) £2,000-£2,600
A fine C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General H. St. G. Schomberg, Royal Marines, who saw a great deal of action during the Egypt and Sudan campaigns, and was recommended for his services in command of his company at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai, where the Royal Marine Light Infantry bore a conspicuous part The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel (hallmarks for London 1896), complete with swivel-ring...
A German Third Reich Teno Officer’s Dagger. An exceptionally good example of the difficult to obtain Teno officers dagger. The blade is mint bright with all its original cross grain finish remaining. The large outspread winged Teno insignia plus the Eickhorn insignia below is deeply etched with a dark grain matt field, set off against the brightness of the dagger blade, the blade is correctly stamp numbered ‘0411’ and is number matched to the upper throat ‘0411’. The orange grip is...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Stewart, 7th and 13th Rajputs, Indian Army India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieutt. J. A. Stewart, 7th Bl. Infy.); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Captn: J. A. Stewart, 7th Rajput.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (Major J. Stewart, I.A. H.M.S. Perseus.); 1914-15 Star (Maj. J. A. Stewart. 13/Rajputs); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt-Col. J. A. Stewart); Delhi...
A rare ‘Burma 1886’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Major, later Lieutenant and Quartermaster, E. W. Bath, Somerset Light Infantry, for gallantry at Quingyee, 26 June 1886 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt E. W. Bath. 2/Som: L.I. (26th June 1886.)); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (30 Sergt. E. W. Bath. 2nd Bn. Som. L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal...
A rare Great War A.F.M. group of four awarded to Leading Mechanic W. J. Baker, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, a qualified Airship radio operator who flew patrols as a crewman of SS-15 in 1915 and later C-15 when this airship crashed into H.M.S. Phaeton during towing trials in 1917 Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (205926 Corpl. Mech. Baker. W. J., R.A.F.); 1914 Star (F.5926 W. J. Baker, A.M.1. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (F.5926 W. J. Baker....
Hammer Price: £3,400
60th Bengal Native Infantry Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c1843-1857. A superb example the rectangular copper gilt back plate with silver overlays, crowned laurels enclose a strap ‘Bhurtpore’ in the centre on a domed gilt ground floreated numerals ‘60’. At the bottom across the extended laurel branches, swags and a double scroll ‘Caubul’ ‘1842’. Two hook and two stud fasteners, complete with original leather liner, very fine £800-£1,200
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