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The rare 2-clasp Naval General Service Medal awarded to Carpenter Archibald Gray, who was on board the Arrow sloop on the occasion of her formidable defence, with the Acheron bomb-ship, of a convoy of 34 merchant vessels against two greatly superior French frigates on 3 February 1805; despite both Arrow and Acheron having to strike their colours after nearly five hours action, their noble defence allowed 31 sail of the convoy to escape capture - both the Commanders were promoted to Post-rank...
Hammer Price: £32,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Sybille 28 Feby 1799 (Samuel Butler.) very fine £16,000-£20,000
Hammer Price: £22,000
The superb Great War 1916 ‘High Wood’ M.C., ‘Life Saving’ A.M. group of seven awarded to Captain W. L. C. Rathbone, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), formerly Devonshire Regiment, who was awarded the Albert Medal for great gallantly in disarming a ‘madman’ who had run amok in a trench carrying a loaded rifle with fixed bayonet Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Captain W. L. C. Rathbone, 15th London Regt., 18th Sept. 1916’; Albert Medal,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Implacable 26 Augt 1808, Anholt 27 March 1811 (William Mear.) some edge bruising , otherwise good very fine £10,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £15,000
The emotive and rare Second War D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. J. Cook, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who as an Observer with 15 Squadron took part in numerous sorties against targets in France and Germany in 1941, for which he was awarded the D.F.M. Retraining as a pilot, he was assigned to 608 Squadron, piloting Mosquito’s in the elite Light Night Striking Force, being twice more recognised for his gallantry. Post-War, he continued to fly with...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The outstanding and rare Great War ‘Western Front’ Lovat’s Scouts ‘sharpshooters’ M.C., 1919 ‘Archangel’ D.C.M. and M.M. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Whammond, a Scot who served in the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Police, and during the 1914-15 campaign in German South West Africa as a Regimental Sergeant Major in the South African Mounted Rifles, before being commissioned into Lovat’s Scouts, where of his scouting work, one contemporary would write of...
The 3-clasp Naval General Service Medal awarded to Ordinary Seaman Alexander Burns, R.N., who was severely wounded in action at Trafalgar when serving aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon, resulting in the amputation of his left arm and the award of £40 from the Patriotic Fund Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Camperdown, Egypt, Trafalgar (Alexr. Burns) with silver buckle brooch bar, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine and a rare casualty £9,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Basque Roads 1809, Anse La Barque 18 Decr 1809, Guadaloupe (James G. Gordon, Lieut.) good very fine £12,000-£15,000
The scarce 2-clasp Naval General Service Medal awarded to Rear-Admiral John Skekel, who was wounded in action aboard the Hero during Sir Richard Strachan’s action on 4 November 1805, and ‘highly distinguished himself’ in the boats of Bellerephon during the cutting out of Russian gunboats off Percola Point in July 1809 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 4 Novr 1805, 7 July Boat Service 1809 (John Shekel Lieut.) note spelling of surname, nearly extremely fine £12,000-£15,000
The outstanding Second War fighter ace’s D.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader J. M. V. ‘Chips’ Carpenter, Royal Air Force, who scored a number of aerial victories flying Spitfires with 222 Squadron from Hornchurch during the most dangerous phase of the Battle of Britain; twice required to take to his parachute himself, on one occasion he was blown from his cockpit over Kent by anti aircraft fire. Having earlier flown Gladiators from frozen ice strips...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Blanche 19 July 1806 (William Longley.) small edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 4 Novr 1805, Basque Roads 1809, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (S. Wriford, Midshipman.) toned, extremely fine £8,000-£10,000
A scarce Northern Kurdistan and Battle of Britain group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader G. J. Grogan, Royal Air Force - also a veteran of the North West Frontier he went on to serve as a Blenheim Air Gunner with 23 (Night Fighter) Squadron during the Battle of Britain General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (560970 L.A.C. G. J. Grogan. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (560970 G. J. Grogan. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The Victory Medal and rare ‘She died’ lady’s Memorial Plaque awarded to Miss Mary Ferguson, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Victory Medal 1914-19 (33682 Wkr. M. Ferguson. Q.M.A.A.C); Memorial Plaque, ‘She died’ lady’s issue (Mary Ferguson) attempt to erase number, rank, and unit on VM, otherwise very fine, the plaque rare (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
The outstanding Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar, French Croix de Guerre, and Battle of Loos ‘Wauchope’ medal group of six awarded to Acting Colour-Sergeant Charles Easton, 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (1543 A. Sjt: C. Easton. 2/R. Hdrs.); 1914 Star (1543 Pte. C. Easton. 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1543 A.C. Sjt. C. Easton. R. Highrs.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre,...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Banda Neira, Java (James Cawley.) some small nicks and scratches, otherwise very fine £4,000-£5,000
An outstanding Second War ‘London Blitz’ mine disposal G.M. group of eleven awarded to Able Seaman R. E. A. Pearson, Royal Navy George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. Reginald Ernest Alfred Pearson, P/JX. 131423); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-39 (JX. 131423 R. E. A. Pearson. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (P/MX 803532 R....
A superb and well documented Second War 1940 ‘Norway Operations’ D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. Hare, Fleet Air Arm, who located the German cruiser Königsberg in Bergen harbour while on reconnaissance in April 1940 and returned the following day in the lead dive bomber of 800 Naval Air Squadron to take part in her destruction - he was subsequently taken Prisoner of War by the Vichy French in Algeria in 1941 and saw post-war service at Supreme Headquarters Allied...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Camperdown, Copenhagen 1801 (Joseph Neild.) some edge bruising, otherwise very fine £5,000-£6,000
A rare Second War ‘Bomber Command’ D.F.M., A.F.M. group of seven awarded to Manchester and Lancaster Air Gunner/ Wireless Operator Flight Sergeant, later Flight Lieutenant E. Preston, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who took part in the 1st (Cologne), 2nd (Essen), and 3rd (Bremen) 1,000 Bomber Raids; the Trondheim Fjord low level attack on the Tirpitz and other warships in 1942; and in anti-Terrorist sorties over Malaya Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1057166. [sic] F/Sgt. E....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Acre 30 May 1799, Egypt (Adam Sampson.) extremely fine £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
A good Great War O.B.E., R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron Miss Clara L. Ross, Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force, who, leaving Australia with the first hospital unit, served with No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Egypt and on the Western Front, and later as Matron of No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield Park The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks...
The rare ‘airships’ 1919 A.F.M. and 1921 Second Award Bar to Flight Sergeant S. J. Heath, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, an experienced hand who was instrumental in the test flights of both R.36 and R.38, and who was killed in the latter, 24 August 1921, when she ‘had flown over Hull and was cruising at around 1,000 feet over the Humber when she suddenly buckled, went into a slow nose dive and then broke into three pieces, spilling men, parts and debris into the river....
Hammer Price: £5,000
The important Meritorious Service Medal group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant Bernard Kilkeary, Mid-Ulster Artillery, Auxiliary Forces, late 73rd Regiment, a prominent survivor from the loss of the troopship Birkenhead off South Africa, who saved many lives in one of the ship’s cutters while carrying out Colonel Seton’s famous order “Women and children first!” - the King of Prussia ordered that the account of the sinking be read to every regiment in his army as an example of...
“A very meritorious feat”: The excessively rare 1920 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) and Second Award Rosette awarded to Constable W. Willis, Royal Irish Constabulary, firstly for his gallantry during the defence of the Gortatlea Police Hut, Kerry, on 25 March 1920, and secondly for his gallantry during the ‘well-conducted and very gallant defence’ of the Brosna Barracks, Kerry, on 19 June 1920; he had previously received a Second Class Favourable Record ‘for Courageous Conduct’ at...
An Indian Mutiny ‘50th Anniversary’ C.B. group of five awarded to Colonel Aylmer MacIver-Campbell (formerly Aylmer Vivian), 3rd Punjab Cavalry, who commanded a Ressala of Pathan Horse during the mutiny in 1857-59, and was mentioned in despatches for services in the march from Kabul to Kandahar and at the battle of Kandahar in 1880 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, lacking ribbon buckle; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A superb Second War escaper’s M.C. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer S. K. Gordon-Powell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, on the occasion that his Halifax was shot down by Germany’s top scoring night-fighter ace, Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, over Belgium in June 1943, was fortunate to survive - evading capture until betrayed in Paris and imprisoned in Stalag IVB. After five escape attempts and the threat of execution if caught once more, he immediately began plans...
A Northern Ireland Q.G.M. group of three awarded to Staff Sergeant H. A. F. McCutcheon, The Black Watch Queen’s Gallantry Medal (23728992 Sgt. Henry A. F. McCutcheon, B.W.); U.N. Medal for Cyprus; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23728992 S. Sgt. H. A. F. McCutcheon BW.) the first with official correction to first four digits of regimental number, otherwise good very fine (3) £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
The extremely rare ‘Mount Everest Expedition’ Coronation Medal attributed to Leading Sherpa Ang Norbu, British Mount Everest Expedition Coronation 1953, the edge officially impressed ‘Mount Everest Expedition’ and housed in its presentation case, extremely fine, rare £2,000-£3,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Centaur 26 Augt 1808 (Nichs. Roberts.) small bruise to obverse edge, otherwise generally very fine £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
The ‘Battle of Britain’ Caterpillar Club Badge issued to Group Captain T. F. Dalton-Morgan, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C. and Bar, Royal Air Force, the famous fighter ace, who, as ‘B’ Flight Commander of the celebrated 43 Squadron, based at Tangmere, scored 7 kills and 1 shared flying Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain: his membership of the Caterpillar Club being gained on a notable occasion in August 1940 when, having just shot down a Heinkel, he was forced to bale out of his damaged...
A Second War ‘Home Guard’ O.B.E and Great War ‘Italian Theatre’ A.F.C. and Al Valore Militare group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. J. Hope-Vere, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, a Seaplane Pilot with No 66 Wing in the Adriatic theatre in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Sq. Cr. R. J. J. Hope-Vere. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (James Mitchell.) contact marks to edge at 6 o’clock, otherwise lightly toned, nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Nile (John Barnes.) extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
Pair: Private John Keay, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded in Spain in 1813, and again at Quatre Bras in 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees (J. Keay, 92nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (John Key, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with a replacement straight bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 25 July Boat Service 1809 (David Hume.) toned, extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
A well-documented post-War ‘Malaya Emergency’ M.M. group of three awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major C. Helmn, Green Howards, a member of the Anti-Tank Platoon of Support Company, and a skilful jungle tracker and marksman, for gallantry and leadership during a series of fire-fights, in the course of which he personally killed four Communist terrorists Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (22547325 A/Cpl. C. Helmn. Green Howards.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R....
A fine ‘Second War’ G.M. and Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea pair awarded to Boatswain M. McCarthy, Mercantile Marine, for his gallantry in going to the rescue of a badly burned seaman following an explosion in the S.S. Baron Ruthven, on 29 June 1943 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Michael Mc.Carthy) on original mounting pin; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, silver (Boatswain Michael McCarthy, S.S. “Baron Ruthven:, 29th. June 1943.) in case of issue,...
Family Group: An extremely rare Chinese Civil War incident D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Baldock, Royal Navy, among those who boarded the captured steamer Wanhsien amidst ‘a hurricane of bullets’ in September 1926 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 108966 J. Baldock. Ord. H.M.S. Kiawo. Wanhsien. 5.9.26); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 108966 J. Baldock. P.O. H.M.S....
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister Miss Mary R. Stewart-Richardson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, who saw extensive service in France at Belgium, serving with the B.E.F. from the Retreat of Mons until the cessation of hostilities 1919 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914 Star (Sister M. R. Stewart-Richardson....
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