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An outstanding Second World War S.O.E. agent’s D.S.O., M.C., Fall of France and Battle of Britain D.F.C. group of eight to Squadron Leader Count Manfred Czernin, Royal Air Force, a 15-victory ace who was once downed by Adolf Galland, and later parachuted into German-occupied Italy to lead a group of partisans Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse of the lower suspension undated; Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944 and privately engraved ‘S./Ldr....
Hammer Price: £26,000
The unique five clasp Army of India medal awarded to Lieutenant-General Thomas Wilson, C.B., Indian Army, who led the right column of assault at the siege of Bhurtpoor Army of India 1799-1826, 5 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswaree, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. Coll. Thos. Wilson, N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, brilliant extremely fine and extremely rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £17,000
The excessively rare ‘Benghazi Raid’ ‘L’ Detachment S.A.S. Military Cross group of eight awarded to Major W. J. “Bill” Cumper, Royal Engineers and 1st S.A.S. Regiment, explosives expert and canoe specialist, who later took part in the raid on the Greek Island of Simi in July 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1943’ and additionally inscribed ‘Major W. J. Cumper, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The outstanding and historically important ‘Spion Kop’ D.S.O. and Great War group of eleven awarded to Air Commodore L. E. O. ‘Leo’ Charlton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Air Force, late Lancashire Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps, who fired probably the first aerial shots and dropped the first aerial bombs of the Great War, on 22nd August 1914, and on the same day discovered the encircling movement of Von Kluck’s II Corps which led to the great retreat by the B.E.F. from...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The historic pair to Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, K.C.B., C.S.I., Minister and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Kabul, massacred there with his Staff and Escort in September 1879, in defence of the British Residency, an incident which caused outrage and the immediate renewal of hostilities in the Second Afghan War India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (Major P. L. N. Cavagnari, Bengal Staff Corps); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Maj. Sir P. L. N. Cavagnari, K.C.B.,...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A fine ‘Western Front’ M.C., ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Captain J. C. Devoy, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, later Supply and Transport Corps Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10335 Sjt., 1/R. Dub. F.); 1914-15 Star (10335 L.-Cpl., R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21(Capt., S. & T.C.); War Medal 1939-45; France, Medaille...
Hammer Price: £9,800
An extremely rare Long Range Desert Group M.M. awarded to Sergeant J. M. ‘Tobruk’ Lowenthal, Union Defence Force, late Southern Rhodesia Military Forces and Cheshire Regiment Middle East Commando, who served with the L.R.D.G. in the Western Desert, Albania and Jugoslavia Military Medal, G.VI.R. (SR/ 599016V. A.Sjt. J. M. Lowenthal, U.D.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa Service Medal (SR.599016 J. M. Lowenthal) officially...
Hammer Price: £9,500
Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur, Ava (Lieut. Coll. John Woulfe, 3rd Lt. Infy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine and very rare £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £9,200
The excessively rare Great War ‘Lusitania casualty’ pair to Matron Anna Endersen, drowned when the S.S. Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland on 1 May 1915 British War Medal 1914-20 (Anna Endersen); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Anna Endersen); together with Bronze Memorial Plaque ‘She Died For Freedom and Honour’ (Anna Endersen) the plaque contained in an attractive contemporary ebonised frame, nearly extremely fine and a very rare group to a female...
Hammer Price: £9,000
An exceptional post-war test pilot’s A.F.C., Second World War fighter pilot’s D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader G. E. C. “Jumbo” Genders, Royal Air Force, a 9-victory ace who was killed in a De Havilland D.H. 108 in May 1950 during experimental work for the Comet airliner Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1949; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (754713 Sgt. G. E. C. Genders, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £8,200
A rare Second World War ‘Aegean’ operations D.S.C. and Southern Cross Medal group of nine awarded to Colonel F. N. Coulter, Chief Commandant Group 10 Commandos, S.A.D.F., late Lieutenant, S.A.N.F., seconded to the Royal Navy and in command of Special Service H.D.M.L. 1283 on more than 150 special forces landings and pick-ups in the Greek Islands with the Levant Schooner Flotilla Republic of South Africa, Southern Cross Medal, the edge officially numbered ‘339’; S.A.D.F. Good...
Hammer Price: £6,800
A remarkable ‘Escape from Burma’ M.C. and MacGregor Memorial Medal group of six awarded to Subadar Tekbahadur Limbu, 10th Burma Regiment, for successfully leading a party of forty men of his battalion through 600 miles of enemy occupied territory Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1943’ and additionally inscribed ‘Sub. Tekbahadur Limbu, B.F.F., 10 Burma Regt.’, contained in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; MacGregor...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Pair: Private D. Skinner, 92nd Highlanders Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (92nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders), with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, with silver slip bar inscribed, ‘Quatrebras’ and ‘Peninsula’, minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £2000-2400
Hammer Price: £5,200
A superb Second World War glider-towing operations D.F.C., 1940 operations D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader R. E. Charlton, Royal Air Force, a three tour Navigator whose operational record included many sorties with No. 138 (S.O.E.) Squadron, in addition to transporting troops and supplies on D-Day, at Arnhem and during the Rhine Crossing Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (580858 Sgt. R. E. Charlton,...
An rare post-war A.F.C., successful Battle of Britain pilot’s group of six awarded to Squadron Leader P. H. Tew, Royal Air Force, who damaged or destroyed several enemy aircraft as a Spitfire pilot with No. 54 Squadron, one of his victims, a 109, hitting the home press in August 1940: the pilot, Oberleutnant Tiedmann, evaded capture for 12 hours after having crash landed in a Kentish field Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, the reverse officially dated 1948; 1939-45 Star, clasp,...
The Burma and Chin-Lushai campaign medal awarded to Colonel Sir Ronald ‘Mosquito’ Ross, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., late Indian Medical Service, whose discovery of the mosquito cycle in malaria won him the Nobel Prize for Medicine and universal acclaim as one of the greatest benefactors of mankind India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Surgeon R. Ross, 9th Madras Infy.) good very fine £1000-1500
Hammer Price: £5,000
An extremely rare and impressive Second World War immediate C.G.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer G. A. Downton, Royal Australian Air Force, who was thrice wounded in an enemy fighter attack that crippled his Baltimore aircraft: he survived the subsequent crash landing in enemy territory to become a P.O.W. Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying), G.VI.R. (Aus. 401206 Sgt. G. A. Downton, R.A.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45, the...
Eight: Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter-Master John Campbell, late Regimental Sergeant Major, Royal Dublin Fusiliers British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (2929 Cr. Sgt., 1/R. Dub. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-19025 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2929 C. Sgt., Rl. Dublin Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2929 Qr.-Mr.-Serjt., Rl. Dublin Fus.);...
Hammer Price: £4,500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo (W. Cochrane, Lieut. 40th Foot) with original ribbon and silver brooch buckle and in original named card box of issue, dark toned, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree (Lieut. M. Boyd, 2nd Bn. 15th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, very fine and rare £3500-4000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 12 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Geo. French, 45th Foot) nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,200
A scarce Fleet Air Arm D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer (Air Gunner) W. R. Astbury, No. 853 Squadron, for the carrier-borne air strike on the German U-boat base at Kilbotn, Norway, when he was wounded and his Avenger badly damaged Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp. C.P.O. Airman W. R. Astbury, FAA/SFX. 384); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal, together with R.N. Petty Officer’s brass cap badge, and Air Gunner’s bullion collar badge and...
A rare Second World War pilot’s D.S.O., D.F.C. and immediate Bar group of eight awarded to Wing Commander D. F. E. C. Dean, Royal Air Force, late Territorial Army, who latterly served as C.O. of No. 35 Squadron, Path Finder Force Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse of the lower suspension bar officially dated 1944; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated 1942 and the reverse of the Bar officially dated 1943;...
Hammer Price: £4,000
An outstanding Burma Gallantry Medal awarded to Naik Bagbir Rana, The Burma Regiment, for exceptional bravery during the Arakan campaign in 1943 Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (No. 54133 Naik Bagbir Rana, The Burma Regiment) contained in its fitted presentation case, together with original congratulatory letter from Lieut.-General W. J. Slim, G.O.C. 14th Army, extremely fine and very scarce £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,900
The important Hurricane pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader E. M. “Imshi” Mason, Royal Air Force, the bearded, saxophone-playing 15-victory ace who gained legendary status in the Desert Air Force prior to his death in action in February 1942: His nickname was Arabic for “Scram”, which word he tended to shout at the local pedlars Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1941, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star;...
Hammer Price: £3,800
An outstanding Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander R. B. Lovemore, 3rd London Regiment, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Air Force, decorated as a Lieutenant for saving the life of a fellow pilot after they had both been shot down, and a founding father of South African Airways Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Pte., 5th M.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
An extremely rare Fall of France 1940 operations immediate D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. T. Tomlinson, No. 12 Squadron, Advanced Air Striking Force, R.A.F., who, as a Corporal (W./O.-A./G.), rescued his pilot from the burning wreckage of their Fairey Battle after a gallant strike against advancing German troops: the pilot was Flight Lieutenant William Simpson, D.F.C., who later wrote the wartime best-sellers “The Way to Recovery” and “One of Our Pilots is...
Hammer Price: £3,500
The campaign group awarded to Mr J. Angus Hamilton, the noted War Correspondent of the Siege of Mafeking and many other conflicts, including the Boxer Rebellion, the Campaign in Somaliland and the Russo-Japanese War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (Mr. J. Angus Hamilton, “Black & White”) copy clasp to which he is not entitled; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A. Hamilton, War Correspondent) copy clasp to which he is not entitled; together with a...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A rare and impressive Second World War Mosquito pilot’s immediate D.F.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer L. C. Doughty, Royal Air Force, who attacked a U-Boat passing through the harbour boom at Lorient at ‘30 or 40 feet’, amidst very intense flak: ‘To pursue the enemy to the very gates of his own harbour with a single aircraft is a most courageous act’ Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (935786 F./Sgt. L. C. Doughty, R.A.F.), in its card box of issue; 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £3,300
The campaign pair awarded to Mr H. S. S. Pearse, the Daily News War Correspondent throughout the Siege of Ladysmith, and a veteran of many campaigns, including the battle of Abu Klea where he was severely wounded Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. H. S. S. Pearse, “Daily News”); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £3,200
A rare Great War D.C.M. and New Zealand M.S.M. group of eight awarded to Captain G. C. Andrews, New Zealand Permanent Staff, late Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Scots Greys Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20858 S.S. Mjr. G. C. Andrews, 2/Dgns.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5817 Sjt., 2/Dgns.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (2DN-5817 W.O. Cl. 2, 2-Dns.); War Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (390655 W.O. Cl. II, D.C.M.,...
Indian States, Patiala, Nishan-i-Phul, The Royal Family Order (4), two sets of miniature insignia composed of the star and badge of the order, by Garrards, London; the badge, 28 x 15mm., gold, with central double-edged khanda above two crossed tulwars separating a trident, star and crescent, all diamond-set, enclosed by a blue enamel band within two diamond-set bands, bearing the inscription in Gurmukhi script, ‘Your home is my refuge’. the whole surmounted by a four-arched diamond-set...
A Great War M.C., D.C.M. group of six to Lieutenant A. Coucher, Essex Regiment, late Queen’s Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. A. Coucher, D.C.M., Essex Regt., Famars, Oct. 24th 1918’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8371 Sjt., 6/Queen’s Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Sjt., The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence, very fine (6) £1200-1500
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven to Major C. A. Mortimore, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal West Surrey Regiment and City Imperial Volunteers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Capt., C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., R.F.A.); 1914 Star with clasp (Capt., R.F.A.); British War...
A Second World War Mosquito pilot’s D.F.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant N. E. Litchfield, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who participated in 90 sorties as a Path Finder, more often than not in the role of “Marker” Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverses of the Cross and the Bar both officially dated 1945, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals extremely fine (5) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £3,100
A rare Second World War pilot’s immediate D.F.C., post-war A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander R. A. Slater, Royal Air Force, who was also the recipient of a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air in 1962 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; Air Force Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated 1954; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Oak Leaf on Blue Riband for Queen’s Commendation for...
The unique first type George V Edward Medal (Industry) in Silver awarded to Harry Parsons, for gallantry in attempting to save life at a Barrow steel works in 1912 Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st Class, silver, 1st issue with 1st type reverse (Harry Parsons) very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £3,000
An Anchor type Naval long service medal awarded to John Remfry, Boatswain’s Mate, Royal Navy, who was one of only 34 men to complete the entire voyage of the Beagle during Charles Darwin’s famous Circumnavigation of the World 1831-36 Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse (John Remfry, Boatswain’s Mate, H.M.S. Caledonia. 22 Years) pierced for ring suspension, very fine and rare £1500-2000
A rare Second World War pilot’s D.F.C., post-war A.F.C. group of ten awarded to Squadron Leader A. D. G. Stephenson, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1948; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.); Coronation 1953; Nigeria Independence 1960, mounted court-style as worn,...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant B. F. Bruen, 5th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1969 Q.M. Sjt. B. F. Bruen, 5th Rl. Dublin Fusrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-19023 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1969 Q.M. Sgt., Rl. Dublin Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1969 Q.M. Sgt., Rl. Dublin Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1969 Q.M. Sgt., Rl. Dub....
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