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The important and well documented G.M. awarded to Mr. R. G. Russell, for his spontaneous gallantry in defending the life of H.R.H. The Princess Anne during the kidnap attempt made on her on the Mall, central London, on 20 March 1974- rushing to the Princess’s assistance, he engaged her armed assailant with his fists, was fired upon, and then acted as her human shield: ‘I honestly thought that I was going to die. But I didn’t care. I still believe that the life of a member of the Royal...
Hammer Price: £50,000
The unique Spanish Civil War Albert Medal and Second World War D.S.O., O.B.E., and Polish Cross Of Valour group of nine awarded to Commander B. G. Scurfield, Royal Navy, who won the Albert Medal when H.M.S. Hardy was blown almost in two by a fascist naval mine in 1937, and the D.S.O. during the Battle of Pantelleria, June 1942, when, as Captain of H.M.S. Bedouin during operation ‘Harpoon’, he led a charge by destroyers escorting a Malta convoy directly towards the 7th Cruiser Division of...
Hammer Price: £22,000
The Small Army Gold Medal for Orthes 1814 awarded to Major the Hon. Edward Mullens, 28th Foot, who fought in fifteen battles in the Peninsula between 1809 and 1814, commanded a Light Battalion at Orthes, and was one of the heroes of the Battle of Barossa, where he was severely wounded while leading the elite Grenadier Company in a desperate attack on an entire French Division - ‘Of all the army the severest loss sustained was by the grenadiers and light bobs of the 28th Regiment;...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The Crimea medal awarded to Lieutenant and Adjutant John Chadwick, 17th Lancers, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner at Balaklava in the charge of the Light Brigade Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Lieut. & Adjt. John Chadwick. 17th Lancers.) official Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, very fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £14,000
The outstanding Second World War D.S.O., D.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Major H. C. “Nick” Knilans, United States Army Air Forces, late Royal Canadian Air Force, attached Royal Air Force, who somehow survived a spate of hair-raising sorties in 619 and 617 Squadrons in the period May 1943 to October 1944, the majority of them under Cheshire, V.C. and “Willie” Tait. On being ‘grounded’ after the attack on the Tirpitz in September 1944, he had flown over 50 operational...
Hammer Price: £13,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo, Malaga 29 April 1812 (Thos. Wiltshire.) a few edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise very fine and a unique combination of clasps £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Copenhagen 1801, Endymion Wh President (Geo. V. Oughton Purser.) good very fine £12,000-£15,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
A good ‘Iraq 2006’ M.C. pair awarded to Private R. J. Copping, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment,for his gallantry as a Warrior armoured personnel carrier driver during an arrest and search operation in central Basra, 18 July 2006. Driving the formation’s lead vehicle, Copping was subjected to a hail of fire but despite this he popped open his hatch, and directed his gunner onto target after target in an effort to break through Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse...
Hammer Price: £8,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Hydra 6 Augt 1807 (R. H. Goddard, Clerk.) minor edge bruise, extremely fine £8,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
Pair: Troop Sergeant-Major B. Nice, 22nd Light Dragoons, late 94th Regiment (Scotch Brigade) Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (B. Nice, 94th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, suspension claw refitted, marks around edge from a case fitting; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (B. Nice, Troop Serjeant Major, 22nd Light Dragoons) mounted for wear from a silver brooch bar, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) ...
Replica Silver Eagle of the Imperial French 22nd Regiment of the Line captured by the 30th Regiment of Foot (Cambridgeshire) at Salamanca. This very fine depiction is cast from the original that was in the East Lancashire Regimental Museum, one talon missing from the eagle’s left foot and all three lacking on the eagle’s right foot (most likely as per the original eagle). It measures 24 x 26 cms and is mounted on a rectangular wooden pedestal, this bearing a hall marked silver plate...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A well-documented G.M. group of five awarded to Major J. C. Rhodes, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry in coming to the aid of a dying Police Constable, and subsequently helping to capture an armed man, during a ‘gun battle’ at a house in Brisbane, Australia, 19 February 1962 George Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Lieutenant John C. Rhodes, (35853) R.A.A.M.C.); Vietnam 1964-73 (35853 J. C. Rhodes); Defence Force Service Medal (35853 Rhodes J. C.); National Medal (35853...
A scarce post-War M.B.E., Helicopter Pilot’s A.F.C. group of four awarded to Major A. G. Wiles, Army Air Corps, late Sergeant Pilot, Royal Marines, who served with 45 Commando in Aden and Radfan, and as part of Naval Party 8901 on the Falklands - when he was taken hostage by 25 members of the El Condor Group in 1966, an event that was extensively covered in the National Press at the time. Qualifying as a Pilot in 1970, Wiles was attached for service with 660 Squadron, A.A.C., in Northern...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A fine Second War 1941 ‘Defence of Maleme Airfield, Crete’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Aircraftman 1st Class M. G. Comeau, Royal Air Force, for his for bravery during the pre-invasion bombing of Maleme on 18 May 1941, when he left his slit trench during a heavy bombing and strafing raid in an attempt to rescue Greek soldiers who had been buried in a bomb blast, digging out two men with his bare hands; he later recovered under fire a Vickers machine gun which he used to great effect,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of six awarded to Aircraftman 1st Class R. Quigley, 2744 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, who was awarded the Military Medal for dismounting a Bren light machine-gun from his knocked out armoured car and engaging an enemy attack until his ammunition was expended; he subsequently evaded capture in no-man’s land supporting a wounded comrade for 24 hours Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1513587 A.C.M. 1 Cl. R. Quigley. R.A.F.) on original mounting...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An unusual Second War 1943 ‘Immediate’ Night Fighter’s D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer, later Flight Lieutenant, R. C. Moss, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Battle of Britain with 29 Squadron, he went on to form a successful partnership with Flying Officer C. A. Crombie as his pilot with 89 and 176 Squadrons - accounting for at least 8 enemy aircraft destroyed in Beaufighters. Having destroyed a number of German aircraft earlier in the war, Crombie and Moss...
Hammer Price: £5,000
An exceptionally rare Great War 1918 ‘Logeast Wood’ M.C., 1917 ‘Miraumount’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sub-Lieutenant R. H. Brewer, Hood Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was twice wounded, and was the recipient of one of only three M.C./M.M. combinations awarded to the Royal Navy Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Military Medal, G.V.R. (T.Z-6450 A.P.O. R. H. Brewer. Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (C.Z. 6450 R. H. Brewer,...
A superb and rare Second War ‘Arctic Convoys’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Commander A. P. Colthurst, Royal Navy, who, in June 1942, while escorting the forty merchantmen of the famous PQ-18 convoy to North Russia, handled the aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Avenger, and employed his aircraft, in the most masterly manner while in the face of relentless attacks by enemy aircraft and submarines – the sky was so thick with enemy aircraft that they were likened to ‘a cloud of phantom...
Hammer Price: £4,600
The important Indian Mutiny medal awarded to George Schilling, Principal of La Martinière College throughout the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (G. Schilling) edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £3,600-£4,600
A rare Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. J. Gallagher, Hood Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a survivor of service with the ill-fated Collingwood Battalion on Gallipoli, described by General Hamilton as being “practically destroyed” during the attack of 4 June 1915, and was recipient of one of only two D.C.M./M.S.M. combinations awarded to the Royal Navy Distinguished Conduct...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Great War ‘Adriatic Operations’ D.F.C. group of five awarded to Major W. Man, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. W. Man, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Man. R.A.F.); Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Third Class breast badge, with swords, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, marker’s mark and court stamp to reverse, gold mark to...
Family group: A C.B., Second War ‘1943’ O.B.E., ‘1942’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral K. St. Barbe Collins, Royal Navy, who was a specialist in Hydrographic Surveying and served as Hydrographer to the Navy, 1955-60 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt enamel, minor white enamel damage, in Collingwood case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast...
A Second War ‘Battle of Cape Matapan’ D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant G. E. Allen, Royal Navy, Gunnery Officer in H.M.S. Warspite during the battle of Calabria in July 1940 when the ship achieved one of the longest range gunnery hits from a moving ship to a moving target in history, hitting Giulio Cesare at a range of approximately 24 km; and also in the same battleship at the battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 when he was decorated for his ‘efficiency and successful...
Hammer Price: £4,000
The 88th Foot Order of Merit awarded to Private Thomas McKenna, ‘a brave and very good soldier’ who distinguished himself at Vittoria by the capture of a Gun and formed one of the storming party at the taking of Fort Picurina at Badajoz; he was severely wounded in the neck at Ciudad Rodrigo, in the legs at Badajoz, in the head at Salamanca, and in the hand at Vittoria 88th Foot Order of Merit 1818, 2nd class medal, 38mm diameter, the reverse inscribed with 10 battle honours for...
A Second War ‘sinking of the Scharnhorst’ D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Bandmaster 2nd Class C. J. Burley, H.M.S. Jamaica Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Bandmaster 2nd C. J. Burley, R.M.B.X.160); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (RMB.X.160 C. J. Burley. Bd. Cpl. R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (RMB.X.160 C. J. Burley. Bdmr. 2. R.M.); Efficiency Medal,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Waterloo 1815 (Robert Watt, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) with original steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £2,600-£3,000
A Great War 1918 ‘March Retreat’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. J. Wharf, 1st Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who served with the Royal Marines Brigade at Dunkirk and in the Defence of Antwerp in 1914; at Gallipoli in 1915; and on the Western Front 1916-18, where he was killed in action at Aveluy Wood on 6 April 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914 Star, with clasp (Ch.16660. Sergt. G. J. Wharf, R.M. Brigade.); British War and...
A Q.G.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. P. Hardy, Royal Ulster Constabulary, for his gallantry in apprehending four armed robbers after a car chase and an exchange of fire, in Belfast 22 November 1975 Queen’s Gallantry Medal, E.II.R. (James Patrick Hardy); Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt James P Hardy); Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal, E.II.R. (Sergt J P Hardy) 1st type riband, mounted for wear, generally good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Sutlej campaign and Indian Mutiny medal pair to Sergeant William Brett, late Bengal Artillery, Magazine Sergeant at Lucknow throughout the siege Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Gunner William Brett, 3d Co. 3d Bn. Bengal Arty.) naming officially engraved in running script; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Magazine Serjt. W. Brett) light contact marks overall, therefore very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
A Great War 1917 ‘Gavrelle Windmill’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private, later Lieutenant, W. H. Watts, 1st Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who served with the Royal Marines Brigade at Dunkirk and in the Defence of Antwerp in 1914; at Gallipoli, where he was wounded; and on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the Royal Marine’s disastrous attack on Gavrelle Windmill on 28 April 1917, in what was the bloodiest action in the...
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (A. M. Grieve, Commr. Clive, Sloop) edge nick, good very fine £600-£800
A fine Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ Nieuport Scout and S.E.5a Ace’s M.C. group of four awarded to Captain H. J. Hamilton, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and 28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles). Hamilton served operationally for 6 months as an Observer with 20 Squadron, before retraining as a Pilot and going on to be credited with at least 7 ‘Victories’ flown with 1 and 29 Squadrons. He was killed...
A Second War ‘France 1940’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Squadron Sergeant-Major Edward ‘Ted’ Lawrence, ‘A’ Squadron and Bandmaster, 1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry, one of the small handful of men of the regiment to escape from St Valery-en-Caux in June 1940; ‘A’ Squadron obtained the honour of the first cavalry unit to go into action in World War II Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (390399 W.O. Cl. 2. E. Lawrence. Loth. & Bord. Y.) numeral ‘2’ of rank...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The 88th Foot Order of Merit awarded to Private John Richardson, a remarkable soldier who was one of the Forlorn Hope and wounded at Buenos Ayres in 1807, was again wounded at Busaco and also in each of the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, he was afterwards present at Plattsburg in North America, and when discharged after more than 30 years service the regimental Surgeon described him as ‘perhaps the oldest soldier in the Army’ 88th Foot Order of Merit 1818, 3rd class, 26mm but...
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Liwondi 1893 (W. Gilley, A.B., H.M.S. Herald.) nearly extremely fine £2,800-£3,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Veitch, Serjt 94th Foot) minor edge nick, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,200
A rare ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. and Central Africa pair awarded to Mr S. H. Fletcher, H.M. Consul at Chinde and Agent there for the Nyasaland Government The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, in its Garrard & Co case of issue; Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (Vol. S. H. Fletcher, Civilian Vols.) officially impressed naming, good very fine and rare (2) £1,200-£1,500
A Great War C.B., C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General N. W. Haig, 6th Dragoons, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s silver medal for saving life in South Africa during the Boer War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, traces of white enamel restoration to tips of points of cross; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George,...
The interesting, unusual and well-documented Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Mr James Burton, Volunteer Cavalry, a member of the ill-fated Burton family of Kotah, Rajasthan; despite being a civilian, he was Mentioned in a General Order for his part in the defence of Neemuch Fort in November 1857; later, he succeeded in identifying and tracking down some of the ringleaders responsible for the murder of his father and two of his younger brothers; Government took more than five years to issue...
A 1921 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) group of three awarded to Constable P. J. Gallagher, Royal Irish Constabulary, later Palestine Gendarmerie and Palestine Police, for his gallantry during an ambush at Connor Pass, Dingle, co Kerry, where, to fetch help for his wounded comrades, he ran down, in the dark, a mountainside so precipitous that ‘even people born and reared locally would hardly risk travelling down it in daylight. How they were not killed I cannot understand.’ Constabulary...
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