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The fine Crimean War Naval Brigade V.C. group of four awarded to Seaman James Gorman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Albion, who was decorated for his gallantry while defending the Right Lancaster Battery at the Battle of Inkermann on 5 November 1854 when, declining the order to withdraw and leave the wounded, he proceeded to mount the defence works banquette and, using the weapons of the disabled who he was protecting, helped repel the Russian advance ‘not trusting any Ivan to get in bayonet range of...
Hammer Price: £240,000
The important Crimea ‘Light Brigade’ C.B. group of five awarded to Major-General John Douglas, who commanded the 11th Hussars during the Crimean War, and led them in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, on which occasion, with a remnant of some forty men of his regiment beyond the Russian guns, he charged further down the valley and ‘advanced against the entire force of Russian Cavalry! Indeed the Russian Army!’ The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £38,000
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. B. Christie, 1st New South Wales Regiment (Citizen’s Bushmen Contingent), who ‘stayed with a man whose horse was shot and brought him out of fire, his shoulder being dislocated while doing so’ - he later died on active service with the Remount Service during the Great War Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony,...
Hammer Price: £4,400
An Omdurman Charger’s D.C.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal Harold Penn, 21st Lancers, for his gallantry in helping to bring a wounded man out of action, 2 September 1898 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Lce. Cpl. H. D. Penn. 21/Lancers./ 2nd Sept: 1898.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3613. Lc. Cpl. H. Penn. 21/Lancers.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3613 Pte. H. Penn 21st Lrs) together with a 21st Lancers cap badge, suspension re-fixed on the first two, minor...
Hammer Price: £17,000
An extremely rare Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Lieutenant J. W. Porter, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt.-Maj. J. W. Porter, N.S. Wales Cont.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (R. Sjt. Maj. J. W. Porter, N.S. Wales I.B.), one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
A rare ‘Aro Expedition’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant C. Crowley, Royal Munster Fusiliers, attached Southern Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Clr-: Serjt: C. Crowley. S. Nigeria Regt.); Ashanti 1900 (Sgt. C. Crowley. W.A.F.F.) high relief bust; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Aro 1901-1902, S. Nigeria 1902-03 (Clr-:Serjt: C. Crowley. S. Nigeria Regt.); Coronation 1902, bronze, the three named medals...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A rare Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Humberstone, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for gallantry during the initial landings at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and for subsequently carrying out dangerous missions near Kaba Tepe - he died in 1917 having been invalided back to Australia following the loss of his left eye to a Turkish sniper at Lone Pine Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1293 Pte. R. Humberston. 3/Aust: I.B....
Hammer Price: £9,000
A very rare Great War 1918 ‘Palestine Operations’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Trooper G. A. Hill, 12th Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign, whose regiment saw action in several notable battles in the Palestine campaign including the charge at Beersheba on 31 October 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (620 Tpr: G. A. Hill. 12/Aust: L.H.R.); 1914-15 Star (620 Pte G. A. Hill. 12/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A Great War 1917 ‘Ypres - Battle of Broodseinde’ M.M. pair awarded to Driver R. Loton, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Amiens, 9 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (4875 Dvr: R. Loton. 1/By: Aust: F.A.); 1914-15 Star (4875 Dvr. R. Loton. 2/F.A. Bde. A.I.F.) nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £550
A Superb Great War Palestine operations M.M. pair awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major S. Vialls, 4th Australian Light Horse, late 3rd Dragoon Guards who was recommended for an M.I.D. for his gallantry at the capture of Beersheba, 31 October 1917 and decorated for leading a bold and mortiferous charge with drawn swords at Kaukab, September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2222 S.S.Mjr. S. Vialls. 4/ Aust: L.H.R.; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2222 WO-2. S. Vialls 4 L.H.R. A.I.F.) light contact marks...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Archibald Anderson) with contemporary top silver riband bar, good very fine £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
The Crimean War pair awarded to Private J. Ford, 4th Light Dragoons, who was trapped by his felled horse and rescued by a comrade during the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Ford. 4th Lt. Dragns.) officially impressed naming, clasp carriage fractured; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with ring suspension, both with top silver riband buckles, contact marks, nearly...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The Crimea Medal awarded to Private R. Gwinnell, 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, who was killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (R. Gwinnell. 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, fitted with Bailey, Coventry silver top riband brooch, a few edge nicks, otherwise very fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
Three: Acting Warrant Officer F. C. W. Ballerum, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October 1917; he had earlier served with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in the capture and occupation of German New Guinea 1914-15 and before that with the New South Wales Naval Contingent in China during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900-01 1914-15 Star (695 Pte F. C. W. Ballerum. 1 A.N. & M.E.F.) ; British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £700
Four: Lieutenant C. A. Nichols, Australian Imperial Force, who served with the 6th Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli, was wounded during the Second Battle of Gaza, and confirmed on the strength of the 12th Australian Light Horse at the time of their charge at Beersheba 1914-15 Star (12 LH AIF Lt Nichols) note name lacking initials; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Nichols. A.I.F.); Defence Medal; together with a Royal Masonic Hospital Jewel 1930, silver, hallmarks for London...
Hammer Price: £1,600
Eight: Lance Corporal R. E. Toombs, Australian Army Service Corps, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, who died as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese on 23 May 1945 1914-15 Star (3938 Pte. R. Tombs. 10/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (3938 Pte. R. Tombs. 10 Bn. A.I.F.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, the Second War awards all officially named ‘SX9105 R. E. Toombs’; together with a Female Relatives’ Badge, with one star by G...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (873 Cpl. A. R. Emmett 39 Bn A.I.F.) dark toned, good very fine Five: Lance Bombardier A. A. Emmett, 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, who was executed by the Japanese at Tavoy, Burma on 6 June 1942 and awarded a posthumous Commendation for Gallantry in 2011 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘VX38444 A. A. Emmett’; together with a copy Australian...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The important group of Orders and Medals awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay, G.C.B., Royal Navy, a recipient of the rare ‘China 1842’ clasp and later Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean during the operations in the Sudan 1884-85 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge in 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1886, with display sash, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The D.B.E. pair attributed to Sylvia, Countess de la Warr, formerly Countess of Kilmuir The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, D.B.E. (Civil) Dame Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising shoulder badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow ribbon, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with accompanying full neck ribbon and wearing instructions card; Coronation 1953, unnamed, on Lady’s bow ribbon, extremely fine (3) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £2,000
A ‘Military Division’ C.B. pair awarded to Colonel A. D. B. Buckley, Hampshire Regiment, who Commanded the 2nd Battalion during the Second Boer War, for which he was M.I.D. and appointed Brevet Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with narrow swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A well-documented Great War C.B., Boer War C.M.G., and Great War French Legion of Honour group of three attributed to Major-General P. E. F. Hobbs, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, fitted with later large ring for conversion to neck badge, but lacking smaller link ring, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast...
Hammer Price: £950
A post-War ‘Palestine’ C.B. group of nine awarded to Major General J. M. Kirkman [C.B.E.], Royal Artillery, who served as Chief of Staff H.Q. British Forces in Palestine, 1947-1948, and as Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces, 1948-1950. M.I.D. for both of the previous appointments, he subsequently served as Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor white enamel...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War C.B.E. group of three awarded to Colonel M. E. O’Donoghue, Indian Army, late 67th Foot The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2nd. Lieut: M. E. O’Donoghue, 67th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt M. E. O’Donoghue 30th Madras Infy) clasps mounted in this order as usual,...
Hammer Price: £650
A fine Great War D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon N. Macready, Bt., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., Royal Engineers, who served during the Great War with the British expeditionary Force and later on the Staff of the 66th Division, being five times Mentioned in Despatches, before attending the Supreme War Council, at Versailles in 1919. During the Second War, Macready served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London, and Chief of British...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A fine Second War ‘Withdrawal form Dunkirk’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major G. S. Jones, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment (Territorial Army), late Royal Field Artillery, who, on the night of 1-2 June 1940, directed the embarkation of many officers and ordinary ranks from the beach at Dunkirk: ‘standing up to the chest in water and under heavy shell fire he assisted exhausted soldiers into the boats who in sodden clothing with equipment and arms might otherwise have...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A good Second War ‘Sind 1942-43’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Brigadier G. L. Tomkins, 10th Baluchis, late 128th Pioneers, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was wounded in Waziristan in 1937 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. L. Tomkins) minor official...
A post-War O.B.E., M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal J. P. Morrison, Royal Army Service Corps, later Town Clerk for Paisley The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (M2-100733. Pte. J. P. Morrison. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-100733 Cpl. J. P. Morrison. A.S.C.); Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (M2-100733 Cpl J. P. Morrison....
Hammer Price: £240
A post-War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Alderman F. W. A. Cushman, Chief Constable, Brighton Special Constabulary The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Inspr. Frederick W. A. Cushman) mounted as worn, gilding somewhat rubbed on first, edge bruise to last, very fine (4) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £320
A post-War O.B.E. group of nine attributed to Brevet Colonel A. D. S. Mangnall, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1951, with two Additional Award Bars, one G.VI.R., dated...
Hammer Price: £400
A well-documented Second-War ‘Customs and Excise Inspector’s’ I.S.O., Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. Lindsay, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Lancashire Fusiliers, who served with the Volunteer Company, Scottish Rifles during the Boer War, and was wounded in action during the Great War The Imperial Service Order, G.VI.R., silver, gold, and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Lt.-Colonel David Lindsay, M.C. 12th. June 1941.’; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse...
A Second War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain G. E. Johnson, Mercantile Marine, late Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, who was severely injured during the Great War during a Germany Torpedo Boat Raid in the English Channel The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. E. Johnson. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. E. Johnson. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £420
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain the Reverend T. Walters, Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment, attached HQ 14 Indian Division, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (IEE-160170 Rev. T. Walters, I.E.E.), mounted...
A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Chief Superintendent D. Ritchie, Liverpool City Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (S-17265 Pte. D. Ritchie. A. & S.H.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Ch. Supt. David Ritchie) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, 1 clasp, Service...
The remarkable Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Captain Robert Hughes, Mercantile Marine, Master of the S.S. Woodfield when attacked and sunk by U-38 off the coast of Morocco on 3 November 1915; following a 2 hour pursuit under constant shell-fire, during which eight men were killed and fourteen wounded, including Captain Hughes in the right leg and shoulder, the survivors abandoned ship in four small rafts, all of which reached the Moroccan shore, whereupon all were captured and...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The extremely rare ‘Sino-Japanese Conflict 1938-39’ D.S.C. group of six awarded to Surgeon-Lieutenant V. J. R. Sheridan, Royal Navy; after service in the river gunboats of the China Fleet, he joined Lord Louis Mountbatten’s famous destroyer Kelly, flagship of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, and was killed in action when Kelly was bombed and sunk by German dive-bombers off Crete in May 1941 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1940 and hallmarked London 1940;...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. pair awarded to Lieutenant A. J. T. Bland, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. J. T. Bland.) good very fine (2) £400-£500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. pair awarded to Captain G. W. Harvey, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action at Amiens on 12 April 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. G. W. Harvey.) good very fine (2) £600-£800
£600–£800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major D. W. Gunston, Irish Guards, who was later a Member of Parliament and made a Baronet for his services as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer 1931-36 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Gunston. I. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. W. Gunston.) edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,200
A Great War ‘Arras 1917’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant H. J. Lodge, Lincolnshire Regiment, late Armoured Car Section, Royal Naval Air Service, with whom he served in German South-West Africa in 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (F.947, H. J. Lodge, A.M.1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. J. Lodge.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last four all unnamed, mounted as worn,...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War ‘Beaumont Hamel, June 1916’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. H. Kelly, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. W. H. Kelly 2nd S.W.B. 1916’; 1914-15 Star (6767 C.S. Mjr. W. H. Kelly. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. H. Kelly.) mounted for display with unconfirmed M.I.D. oak leaves, good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,500
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