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A fine Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross group of three awarded to Colonel J. C. Campbell Daunt, Bengal Native Infantry, for two acts of conspicuous gallantry in October and November 1857 Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed on two lines ‘Lieut. J. C. Campbell Daunt, 11 (late 70) Bengal Native Infantry’, the reverse centre dated on three lines ‘Oct. 2. & Nov. 2. 1857’, fitted with ribbon buckle, reverse pin broken on this; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £110,000
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, G.C.S.I., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 102mm x 58mm, the central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria set within an openwork and ornamental oval border of gold bearing the motto of the Order ‘Heaven’s Light Our Guide’, surmounted by, and pendant from, a five-pointed star with large gold suspension loop, the whole badge being lavishly set with diamonds; and breast star, 90mm, the body worked entirely...
Hammer Price: £36,000
The unique and highly important Ashanti C.M.G., Dawkita 1897 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Commander F. B. Henderson, Royal Navy: the extraordinary defence of Dawkita, over four days and nights, with 40-odd men pitched against an army of Sofas 7000 strong, stands out as one of the great epics of Empire, so too Henderson’s extraordinary bravery in giving himself up to the enemy to parley for the freedom of his men - he refused to kneel before the Samory and his elders, even having been...
Hammer Price: £32,000
The extremely rare New Zealand Cross pair awarded to the noted Bushman and Scout Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides and Wanganui Rangers New Zealand Cross, silver, with gold crown and appliqué decoration, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides’, the reverse of the suspension bar with Phillips, Cockspur St. oval cartouche, complete with original gold ribbon buckle; New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse (T. Adamson, Wanganui Rangs.) correct locally...
Hammer Price: £28,000
The excessively rare Lake Tanganyika 1915-16 Expedition D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. E. Wainwright, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, “The Old Loco Driver” and mainstay of that remarkable team of Jack Tars who transported two gunboats through 100 miles of African jungle to successfully challenge German superiority on Lake Tanganyika - and inspire C. S. Forester’s “The African Queen” Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.); British War...
Hammer Price: £26,000
An excessively rare 1940-41 bomb and mine disposal operations George Medal and Bar group of three awarded to Able Seaman W. H. Bevan, Royal Navy: the Bar was for making safe a parachute mine that was suspended over the stage of the London Palladium Theatre - when the clockwork in the fuse whirred into action, ‘Bevan slid down the ladder and took a 10 foot drop in his stride’ George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. William Henry Bevan Bevan, P/SSX. 12136); War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet...
Hammer Price: £22,000
The highly emotive Norway 1940 ‘V.C. action’ C.G.M. awarded to Petty Officer W. T. W. Scott, Royal Navy, whose guns were seen to re-engage the enemy after his destroyer H.M.S. Glowworm rammed the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, and was sinking: he was one of a handful of survivors from this magnificent but hopeless duel against overwhelming odds Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R., 1st type (P.O. W. T. W. Scott, P/J. 113793) good very fine £12,000-15,000
Hammer Price: £20,000
The outstanding Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant the Honourable E. C. Hardinge, 15th Hussars, who won probably the first D.S.O. of the war for a daring reconnaissance on 22nd-23rd August and for gallantry on 27th August, 1914, when he was mortally wounded in assisting the Munster Fusiliers during their legendary withdrawal to Etreux Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. Hon. E. C. Hardinge, 15/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £18,000
A rare Benin River 1894 operations D.S.O. pair awarded to Lieutenant J. D. Hickley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Phoebe) extremely fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £14,000
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal for Nivelle to Major Dudley Ackland, 57th Foot, killed in the battle whilst gallantly leading the Light Companies of the Brigade Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Nivelle (Major Dudley Ackland, 57th Foot) fitted with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Imperial Order of the Crown of India awarded to Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst The Imperial Order of the Crown of India, oval breast badge, 67mm x 40mm, in gold, the central Royal Cypher set alternately with diamonds, pearls and turquoises, encircled by a pearl set border, the whole surmounted by Imperial Crown with red enamelled caul, the band set with emeralds and rubies, the orb set with a pearl, mounted on original ribbon bow with gold suspension brooch, one pearl...
Indian States, Patiala, Nishan-i-Phul, The Royal Family Order of the State of Patiala, an extremely rare set of insignia by Garrard’s, London & Calcutta, badge, 85 x 44mm., gold and enamel, with central double-edged khanda above two crossed tulwars separating a trident, star and crescent, enclosed by the Sikh weapon, the chakram, bearing the inscription in Gurmukhi script, ‘Your home is my Refuge’, the whole being surmounted by an ornate crown; breast star, 90mm., gold and enamel,...
Hammer Price: £8,800
The outstanding Boer War C.B., Great War C.B.E., Nandi 1895-96 operations D.S.O. group of fifteen awarded to Brigadier-General G. G. Cunningham, Derbyshire Regiment, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and onetime attached Uganda Rifles and West African Rifles, whose extensive campaigning in Africa led to numerous wounds, ‘mentions’ and a quite unique combination of medals and clasps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military), Companion’s neck badge, converted from...
Hammer Price: £8,500
A rare Royal Household Badge for a Lady of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra worn by Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst Badge of a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, gold and enamel cross of the Dannebrog, on each arm the crowned reversed cypher ‘A’ in gold, superimposed with the letter ‘A’ crossed and reversed and set with diamonds, the whole surmounted by a gold and enamel crown set with diamonds in the arches, fleur-de-lis and cross patee, and with...
A rare Naga Hills D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Bombardier John Watts, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Actg. Bombr. J. Watts, R.A. 22nd Novr. 1879); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Naga 1879-80 (1783 Bombr. John Watts, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (23379 Sergt. J. Watts, 6th Bde. Sco. Div. R.A.) contact marks, otherwise very fine and very rare (3) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,000
A superb Great War Brigade Commander’s C.B., C.M.G., Battalion Commander’s D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General C. E. Heathcote, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was attached to the West African Frontier Force between 1904-09, when he was a key player in the extraordinary Anglo-German West Africa operations of 1908, and who in the Great War commanded several units of the K.O.Y.L.I., in addition to the 4th Lincolnshires and 7th Leicestershires: his D.S.O....
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare Kelat-i-Ghilzie pair awarded to Gunner William Atkinson, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Gunner William Atkinson, 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Bengal Foot Arty.) fitted with original steel clip and straight bar suspension; Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner William Atkinson, 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Arty.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about very fine and very rare (2) £4000-5000
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Seetabuldee & Nagpore, Bhurtpoor (Captn. L. H. Smith, 6th Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division,1st type (1837-1912), Reward of Valor, 1st Class, 18 carat gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved in three lines ‘1st Class Order of Merit’, and ‘18 Ct.’ over maker’s mark ‘ISH’ with crown over, for J. S. Hunt, complete with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine and very rare £2000-2500
The extremely rare and highly important K.C.M.G., C.B. group of eight awarded to Sir Frederick Jackson, arguably the founding father of Uganda, where he was ultimately Governor and Commander-in-Chief from 1911-18: as a young pioneer in 1889, against strong international competition, he led the Imperial East Africa Company’s expedition to Uganda, re-establishing the power of King Mwanga, who signed in the following year a treaty placing his territories under the Company’s influence The...
Hammer Price: £6,800
An exceptional Second World War clandestine operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer A. “Jasper” Lawn, Royal Naval Patrol Service, who served as Coxswain of the trawlers N. 51, P. 11 and L’Angele-Rouge in a number of bold and hazardous operations to the waters off Occupied France, in order to embark or disembark a variety of “mail” and agents, the whole under the auspices of the Admiralty’s top secret “Inshore Patrol Flotilla” Distinguished Service Medal,...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Order of Burma, neck badge, gold and enamels, complete with full neck cravat and contained in its Garrard & Co. Ltd fitted case of issue, extremely fine and extremely rare £4000-5000
A rare 'Martiniere' group of three to Volunteer John W. Smith, a pupil at the Martiniere College throughout the Defence of Lucknow, and one of only three boys to be wounded Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Smith); Delhi Durbar 1911 (J. W. Smith, Mutiny Veteran) naming officially engraved in running script; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & Colonies), E.VII.R. (Voltr. J. W. Smith, N.W. Rly. Voltr. Rifles) edge knock to the last, light contact marks overall,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Inter-War K.C.B., Great War K.C.M.G. group of twenty-one awarded to General Sir William “Bill” Thwaites, Royal Artillery, who as a young Lieutenant ‘displayed great gallantry saving a gun at Lombard’s Kop’, fought in the Defence of Ladysmith and rose to senior command in the Great War, having seen extensive action at the Front and been twice wounded The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military), Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A fine Defence of Chitral I.O.M. pair awarded to Naick Bhola Singh, 14th Sikhs, for gallantry at the firing of the Gun Tower, 7th April 1895, on which occasion he was very severely wounded Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (1501 Naick Bhola Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.) the pair mounted on a silver...
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s breast badge, gold, silver and enamels, with fine central cameo of Queen Victoria, the surrounding motto set with small diamonds, complete with gold top suspension bar and contained in its Garrard & Co. Ltd fitted case of issue, extremely fine and rare £2500-3000
A rare ‘Lubwa’s Fort’ Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Sahib Singh, 15th Sikh Regiment Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, complete with silver ribbon buckle; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Lubwa’s (3036 Sepoy Sahib Singh, 15: Sikhs Regt.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine 2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,100
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Dawkita 1897 (1592 Allassam Bichi) nearly extremely fine and very rare £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,800
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 87mm x 60mm, gold and enamels; and breast star, 91mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, complete with full dress sash, some very minor enamel damage to badge, otherwise extremely fine and rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,700
A scarce Nile Expedition casualty group of three to Private R. Blake, 94th Regiment South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1304 Pte. R. Blake, 94th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1304 Pte. R. Blake, Conn. Rangs.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, minor edge bruising to the second, otherwise extremely fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,600
A very rare Great War trio and plaque to Nursing Sister Alice Violet Hallam, 541 Voluntary Aid Detachment, St John’s Ambulance Brigade, who died in France on 18 December 1916 1914-15 Star (V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (V.A.D.); together with ‘She died for freedom and honour’ memorial plaque (Alice Violet Hallam) nearly extremely fine (4) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,500
A rare German South-West Africa operations D.S.O., East Africa operations M.C. group of eight awarded to Major E. W. “Ted” Hunt, South African Horse, an Australian who had earlier participated in the Defence of Mafeking and commanded “Hunt’s Scouts” in the operations of 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (Capt., A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (Maj., Hunt’s...
An extremely rare Uganda Rebellion 1897-98 C.M.G., Great War Egypt operations C.B.E., East Africa operations D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. Ainsworth, an early settler who served for many years in the Imperial British East Africa Company and as a Senior Officer and Administrator in the East Africa Protectorate The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with usual swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; The Order of the...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Russia, Empire, Order of St Alexander Nevsky, Grand Cross set of insignia by Edouard, St Petersburg, comprising sash badge, 53mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark beneath enamel on the reverse and ‘56’ zolotniki mark on ring, and breast star, 88mm, silver with silver, gilt and enamel centre, gilt reverse with maker’s marks and St Petersburg ‘84’ zolotniki kokoshnik mark, assayer A. Rikhter, complete with full length dress sash in its damaged red leather case of issue, the badge...
An interesting Afghan Boundary Commission and ‘Great Game’ group of five awarded to Mr E. H. S. Clarke, C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Department The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch, this converted for mounting; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, complete with ribbon buckle; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Mr. E. H. S. Clarke, Polal. Dep.); Afghanistan, Order...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Corygaum (Havildar Cundojee Mullojee, 2nd N.I.) short hyphen reverse, naming officially engraved in running script, very fine and very rare £2500-3000
Four: Sub. Commissioner K. MacDougall, Colonial Service, East Africa East and West Africa 1887-1900, edge impressed Mwele 1895-6, 1 clasp, Juba River 1893 (K. MacDougall, Dist. Officer); East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, 1898 (K. McDougall, Ogaden Expedition); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (Kenneth MacDougall, H.M. Sub. Commissioner); Imperial British East Africa Company’s Medal (K. MacDougall), mounted as worn, the first with refixed suspension claw, some...
A very rare Somaliland 1920 operations M.C. pair awarded to Lieutenant G. Godfrey, 6th King’s African Rifles, who detonated a 100lb. charge at the base of a tower of an enemy fort, the defiant, defending Dervishes having tried everyone’s nerves with streams of gunfire and abuse throughout the day Military Cross, G.V.R.; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (Lieut., 6-K.A. Rif.) edge knock to the last but generally very fine and better (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £4,100
A very rare Somaliland 1920 operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Acting Quarter-Master Sergeant H. Wood, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, attached 6th King’s African Rifles, and Lieutenant Godfrey’s partner-in-crime at the Baran Forts in January 1920 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (305039 Cpl. - A.Q.M. Sjt. H. Wood, 8 Notts. & Derby. R.); 1914-15 Star (1172 L. Cpl., Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1172 Cpl., Notts. & Derby. R.); Africa General...
A fine Second World War Immediate I.O.M. group of seven awarded to Subadar Milkhi Ram, 4-13th Frontier Force Rifles, for exceptional gallantry in Italy Indian Order of Merit, Military Divison, 3rd type, 2nd Class, Reward of Gallantry, silver and enamel, the reverse impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (9493 Sepoy Milkhi Ram, 4-13 F.F. Rif.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp,...
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