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South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877 (Tpr. D. McKay. Fort White M. Vol:) toned, very fine and rare £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Sahagun, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Town, 15th Hussars.) toned, very fine £1,800-£2,200
Five: Gunner’s Mate John James, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55 (Jno. James. H.M.S. Pss. Royal.) contemporary engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Jno. James. H.M.S. Pss. Royal.) contemporary engraved naming as before; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1864 (J. James , Gunrs. Mate., H.M.S. Curacoa); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jn. James Gunrs. Mte. H.M.S. Curacoa 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, good very fine or better...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Four: Sergeant George Bixby, 16th Lancers Ghuznee 1839 (George Bixby, Corporal, H.M’s 16th Lancer) fitted with contemporary wide silver bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private George Bixby H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Geo: Bixby 16th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (877 Sergeant George Bixby 16th Lancers) the three campaign medals each fitted with a small...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Captain F. H. C. Burne, Royal Engineers India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (Lieut. F. H. C. Burne, R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (Capt: F. H. C. Burn, R.E.) some light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and scarce (2) £600-£800
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Captain F. W. Stringer, Hampshire Regiment, formerly a ‘specially selected scout’ with the South African Light Horse and Field Intelligence Department, who was decorated for gallantry when he single-handedly captured a Boer on 5 February 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Tpr: F. Stringer. S.A. Lt. Horse); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s...
A scarce Defence of Ookiep pair awarded to Corporal J. T. Trent, Namaqualand Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (36 Cpl. J. T. Trent. Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (J. T. Trent.) very fine (2) £2,000-£2,600
Fourteen: Captain W. D. Stephens, Royal Navy, who as a young Midshipman left an account of the sinking of H.M.S. Formidable on 1 January 1915. After serving at the Battle of Jutland, in 1917 he joined the submarine service and at outbreak of the Second War was serving as a Captain in the Second Submarine Flotilla. After a time serving as Deputy Director, Naval Intelligence and Director of Trade Division, his final appointment was to the Command of the Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier, H.M.S....
A Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer H. O. Barber, Royal Navy, for his services during six war patrols in the Mediterranean Sea in H.M. Submarine Sibyl, 1942-43 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J.112515 H. O. Barber. P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.112515 H. O. Barber. A/ P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C.,...
A Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant Sampson J. Lee, Hampshire Regiment, who won his first award in 1915 whilst serving with 1st Hampshires in front of Le Gheer and Ploegsteert Woods, and the Second Award Bar whilst serving with the 7th Wiltshires at Bony in October 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (4335 A. Sjt. S. J. Lee, 1/Hants: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (4335 L. Sjt. S. J. Lee. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals,...
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. E. Smith, Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘17389 C.S.M. J. E. Smith 15th Hants Regt.’; British War and Victory Medals (17389 W.O. Cl. 2. J. E. Smith. Hamps R.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, a little polished, otherwise very fine or better (5) £800-£1,000
Pair: Second Lieutenant D. S. Fielden, 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery, the first New Zealander killed in battle in the Korean War, when he was Forward Observation Officer with “A” Company 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in action against a Chinese division at Kap’yong on 24 April 1951; he was awarded a Posthumous mention in despatches for his conduct Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (203624 2-Lt. D. S. Fielden); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (203624 2/Lt. D. S....
Hammer Price: £3,400
Waterloo 1815 (Richard Newell, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £1,800-£2,200
A rare Second War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Temporary Petty Officer D. Cox, 854 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services as a gunner in Swordfishes on offensive patrols off the French and Dutch coasts in 1944, and was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallantry during the attacks on enemy oil installations at Palembang, Sumatra in March 1945, flying Avengers operating from the aircraft-carrier H.M.S. Illustrious Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R....
Pair: Petty Officer Charles Whitlock, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (C. Whitlock. A.B. H.M.S. “Northumberland”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Liwondi 1893 (C. Whitlock, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Herald.) generally good very fine (2) £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £3,600
The important Indian Mutiny medal awarded to General Sir Edward Greathed, K.C.B., who commanded the 8th Foot at the assault of Delhi, and subsequently a ‘moveable column’ and an Infantry Brigade, for which he received the C.B. Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Col. E, H, Greathed, H,M. 8th Foot.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, nearly extremely fine £2,600-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Five: Colour-Sergeant James Austin, 15th Foot, late 93rd Highlanders and 78th Highlanders, a veteran of the ‘Thin Red Line’ at Balaklava, and of the relief and capture of Lucknow Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (2949. ...es Austin. 93 Sutherland. Highla...rs) regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Jas. Austin, 93rd Highlanders); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (C. Serjt. J. Austin. 2/15 foot.); Army...
Waterloo 1815 (Robert Temple 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, a few small bruises and light contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A rare ‘Crowned Head’ North West Frontier 1935 M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. Britten, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was wounded in action at Dand Banda, 23 August 1935, and died whilst on active service with the 10th Battalion in the UK during the Second War, 22 April 1943 Military Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (4611181 L. Cpl. F. Britten. 2-D.W.R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (4611181 Pte. F....
The rare ‘Bechuanaland Expedition 1884-85’ C.M.G. group of four awarded to Colonel F. G. S. Curtis, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, late 6th Dragoon Guards The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, in a later Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Cornet F. G. S. Curtis, 6th Dragn. Gds) contemporary engraved naming; Indian...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. H. Lavis, 8th (Railway) Company, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (19016 Q-Mr:-Serjt: W. H. Lavis. 8th Coy. R.E.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (19016 Srgt. H. Lavis, R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (19016 Sjt. W. H. Lavis. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 19016 Serjt:-Maj: W. H. Lavis. R.E.);...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Waterloo medal awarded to Captain James MacGregor, 2nd Battalion, 59th Foot, who was severely wounded at Vittoria and was lost in the wreck of the Sea-Horse in Tramore Bay, near Waterford, Ireland, on 30 January 1816 Waterloo 1815 (Capt. J. Macgregor, 2nd Batt. 59th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
A rare ‘Niger 1897’ and Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Major T. A. G. Sangster, Leinster Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: T. A. G. Sangster. 1/R.W. Kent R.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (Capt: T. A. G. Sangster. Leins: R.); Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria...
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Corporal Doris Moody, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (D. Moody F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star emblem on riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth, bronze; France, Third Republic, Medaille de Secours aux Blesses Militaries, mounted as worn, generally good fine (5) £220-£260
A Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Stoker 1st Class W. H. L. Leslie, Royal Navy, who had previously been mentioned in despatches in 1943 for his services during Mediterranean war patrols in H.M. Submarine Sibyl, 1942-43 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sto.1., W. H. L. Leslie. C/KX. 80374); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (KX. 80374 W. H. L. Leslie. Sto.1, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, Java (James Chapman.) edge bruise, traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
The General Service Medal awarded to Warrant Officer P. D. ‘Gypsy’ Smith, Special Air Service Regiment, a noted explosives expert in the Borneo campaign who extended his talents to creating a still for making alcohol from the metal frame of his Bergen rucksack General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Radfan, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod between first and second clasps (22718514 Sgt. P. D. Smith. SAS.) light contact marks, good very fine £1,500-£1,800
A scarce and well-documented Great War R.N.A.S. Observer’s 1917 D.S.C. and 1918 Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Wing Commander C. Chapman, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, for his skill and gallantry in flying photographic reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines, combined with spotting for Monitors and Naval Siege Guns on successful shoots over the Belgian coast. Based at Dunkirk and operating in Sopwiths with 2 Squadron, Chapman was regularly subjected to...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler’s Farm (A. Gilstrain, Qr. Mr. Serjt. 49th Foot.) suspension re-fitted with replacement claw, scratching under claw both sides, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine and scarce £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £4,800
Pair: Private William Purnell, 32nd Foot, who received a gunshot wound in the leg at Waterloo, 18 June 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes (William Parnell, [sic] 32nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (William Purnell, 32nd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (2) £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
A Great War C.M.G., ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General C. A. Elliott, Royal Engineers, who was mentioned in despatches for his service as a Field Engineer during the Tibet Expedition of 1903-04, and mentioned in despatches a further five times during the Great War The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £5,500
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig (J. Atkins, 76th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, naming lightly rubbed, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Seven: Chief Petty Officer P. E. Dealey, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (P. Dealey, Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Adventure); China 1900, no clasp (P E. Dealey, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (128969 P. E. Dealey. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (128969 P. E. Dealey. C.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P. E. Dealey. P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Excellent.) impressed naming, some light contact...
Pair: Sapper A. S. Rumbellow, Royal Engineers, one of just 105 recipients of the Operational Service Medal for the Democratic Republic of Congo Operational Service Medal 2000, for the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1 clasp, DROC (24944492 Spr A S Rumbellow RE); Jubilee 2002, unnamed, mounted as worn, extremely fine and extremely rare (2) £3,000-£4,000
The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp group of three awarded to Warrant Officer 2nd Class D. C. Robson, Adjutant General’s Corps, late Royal Army Pay Corps, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who, together with his wife, was taken hostage following the invasion and held as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24610570 Sgt D C Robson RAPC); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (T. Holmes, 95th Foot, Rifles.) a few small edge bruises and contact marks to obverse, otherwise very fine £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Twelve: Warrant Officer Class I P. W. Griffiths, Royal Corps of Signals, who served as a Special Forces Communications Officer attached to the S.A.S. for the majority of his 21-year operational career, from the ‘Bravo Two Zero’ patrols in the First Gulf War in 1991, to a final tour of Afghanistan in 2012, for which he received a Major-General’s Commendation Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24816801 Sig P W Griffiths R Signals); U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR riband; N.A.T.O....
The rare ‘Raised Dates’ Q.S.A. awarded to Private T. H. A. Williams, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, who was wounded at Rietfontein in July 1901 and was later a Captain in the Canadian Scouts Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, reverse with dates in relief ‘1899 1900’, no clasp (425 Pte. T. H. A. Williams, Ld. Strathcona’s H:) inverted apostrophe as normal, nearly very fine £5,000-£6,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (John Dwyer, Corpl. 41st Foot) lightly toned, good very fine £2,400-£3,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. Ford, 94th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
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