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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...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., K.P.M. group of nine awarded to Assistant Commissioner W. V. Harrel, Dublin Metropolitan Police, later Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral E. F. Bruen, Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Bellerophon at the battle of Jutland The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. F. Bruen. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (R. Adml E. F. Bruen. R.N.); France, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels, the first with minor chipping to wreaths,...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Northey, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Boer War, and Commanded the 6th Battalion during the Great War; Wounded at the Battle of Loos on 27 September 1915, he relinquished command of the Battalion to Winston Churchill The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels,with neck ribbon, in its Garrard, London, case of...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral W. Parsons, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with Civil Division neck riband; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Commr. W. R. Parsons. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Capt. W. R. Parsons. R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
An outstanding Great War ‘Somme 1916’ D.S.O. and ‘Arras 1917’ Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. B. Daubeny, Royal Artillery, who was also Mentioned in Despatches four times, before being seriously wounded and evacuated home in 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, minor green enamel damage to wreaths; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. B. Daubeny, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Evans, Royal Engineers, who was wounded during the Great War and was four times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, minor red enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Lieut. G. F. Evans. R.E.); King’s...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Cleaver, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Cleaver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. W. Cleaver.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s related miniature medals, very fine (12) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Davey, Canadian Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse central medallion slightly depressed; 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: J. E. Davey. Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. E. Davey.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt (hallmarks for Birmingham 1921), the...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War 1918 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain C. A. G. Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (C. A. G. Roberts.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. A. G. Roberts, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. A. G. Roberts. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911, good very fine (6) ...
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...
Hammer Price: £5,000
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
A fine M.V.O. group of six awarded to Staff Captain T. J. H. Rapson, Royal Navy, who after service in both the Second China War and the Egyptian War of 1882, and having received the Royal Humane Society Medal in 1869, was awarded the M.V.O. for saving H.M.S. Victory from sinking in 1903 The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘207’; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; Egypt and...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Paymaster Captain T. A. Woolf, Royal Navy, for service on the Red Sea Patrol The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ast-Clerk: T. A. Woolf, H:M:S: Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (Clerk: T.A. Woolf, R.N., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (Payr. T. A. Woolf. R.N.) British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Lt....
Hammer Price: £800
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 post-War ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Wing Commander W. L. Milburn, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew during the Great War as a R.E.8 pilot with 16 Squadron, and later commanded the Durham Wing A.T.C. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. L. Milburn. R.A.F.) BWM with minor official correction, VM erased; Defence Medal; Coronation...
Hammer Price: £320
A Second War 1944 ‘Italian Campaign’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major S. O. Murphy, Devonshire Regiment, attached 7th (Machine Gun) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1940, and was wounded on 16 June 1944 at the Anzio Breakout The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2...
A Second War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major H. I. Palmer, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. H. I. Palmer. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver,...
Hammer Price: £420
A Second War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain J. N. White-Abbott, Royal Devon Yeomanry and Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches and was taken Prisoner of War in North Africa in 1942. He was later recognised for his services as Intelligence Officer at prisoner of war camp Oflag 79 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, privately engraved on reverse of the crown ‘Capt. J. N. White-Abbott R.D.Y.A.’;...
Hammer Price: £360
A fine post-War M.B.E., Great War ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. C. Faulkner, Devonshire Regiment, who was severely wounded and decorated for his gallantry at Sans Souci Farm during the storming of the Zonnebeke Redoubt in August 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Captain A. C. Faulkner – 2nd Devons – Sans Souci Farm Ypres...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A fine post-War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Major R. H. Coxhead, Devonshire Regiment, late Queen’s Royal Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major R. H. G. Coxhead. M.B.E. Devon.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Major R. M. Coxhead. M.B.E. Devon.); Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953;...
Hammer Price: £500
A post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Mr. S. Bayliss, Chief Warden, Bristol Civil Defence Corps, late Private, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (74083 Pte. S. Bayliss. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., British issue, unnamed as issued; together with a school attendance medal from St. Michael’s Handsworth...
Hammer Price: £440
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
A Great War R.R.C. group of four awarded to Charge Sister J. L. Freshfield, British Red Cross Society & Order of St. John of Jerusalem Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue, minor red enamel damage; 1914-15 Star (J. L. Freshfield, B.R.C. & St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (J. L. Freshfield. B.R.C. & St.J.J.) campaign awards mounted as originally worn, otherwise very fine or better (4) ...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A rare Second War R.R.C. group of six awarded to Wing Officer Hilda Adams, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Sister H. Adams. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine and rare (6) £800-£1,200
A fine Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. R. Ainslie, Royal Naval Reserve, who whilst in charge of an armed drifter in the Ionian Sea, distinguished himself in disabling an Austro-Hungarian submarine on the occasion it had attacked the S.S. Clifftower, on 29 August 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918, unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. R. Ainslie. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George R. Ainslie);...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A fine Great War ‘Adriatic operations’ D.S.C. group of thirteen awarded to Captain A. R. Farquhar, Royal Navy, who had previously received a Royal Humane Society Medal for saving the life of a seaman who fell into the river in Shanghai in 1914 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘A. R. Farquhar’, with hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut, A. R. Farquhar, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Commr. A. R....
A Second War ‘Little Ships’ evacuation of Dunkirk D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander C. J. Carp, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his services as Skipper of the then H.M.S. Princess Elizabeth, a peace time paddle steamer requisitioned for war service, and subsequently died from injuries sustained in the preparation for the D-Day landings Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’, silver, hallmarks for London 1940;...
A fine long service Great War M.C., B.E.M. and M.S.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer W. G. Prescott, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (William G. Prescott, M.C.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2374 Sapr. W. G. Prescott. Tel: Bn: R.E.) suspension claw and post repaired with solder; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2374...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War ‘Battle for Hill 60, Ypres 1915’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. Hutton, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, late Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded during the Battle for Hill 60, 17 April 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (6454 Cpl (A.Sjt.) T. Hutton. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. T. Hutton.) very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
A scarce Great War ‘Gallipoli operations’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain, late Sergeant Major, H. Cooper, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, later attached as an Equipment Officer with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. Cooper. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lieut. H. Cooper.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4391 S. Mjr: H....
A Great War Warrant Officer’s M.C. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major (Artillery Clerk) T. A. Hartgrove, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (2374 Q.M. Sjt. T. A. Hartgrove. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2374 W.O. Cl. 2 T. A. Hartgrove. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2374 Q.M. Sjt: T. A. Hartgrove. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2374 S.Mjr:-A.C. - T. A. Hartgrove, M.C. R.G.A.) mounted as...
A Great War 1916 Battle of the Somme ‘High Wood’ M.C. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant G. B. Mason, Gloucestershire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, late 12th Lancers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘George Bowstead Mason. Gloster Regt. & M.G.C. High Wood, France, Sep. 3rd. 1916.’; 1914-15 Star (L-8218 L.Cpl. G. B. Mason. 12-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. B. mason.) BWM renamed; Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s...
A Great War 1916 ‘Somme’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain S. F. Peshall, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. F. Peshall.) mounted for wear, BWM officially renamed, generally good very fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. N. Prior, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. N. Prior. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. N. Prior.) good very fine (4) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. Walker, 1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. Walker. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf (Capt. J. Walker.) mounted as worn, VM medal riband frayed and therefore detached, with riband bar, good very fine (4) £800-£1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. Stedman, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 56th Punjab Rifles and 1/4th Gurkhas, who was wounded in three places whilst leading his men in a frontal attack on a stockade during the Kuki Rising, 1917-1919 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. H. Stedman, I.A.R.O.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lt. H. Steadman [sic].) BWM partially officially corrected; India General...
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. M. Shackel, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was decorated for his bravery as a Company Commander in the attack on Bois-en-Hache in April 1917, when he was wounded after his battalion went ‘over the top’ in a blizzard Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. M. Shackel, R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. M. Shackel); together with a Canadian ‘Little Black Devils’...
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War September 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain R. J. Keates, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action near Albert on 20 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. J. Keates.) nearly extremely fine (3) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £900
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