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Four: Gunner’s Mate Joseph S. Cluett, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued,; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Joseph S. Cluett H.M.S. Valorous.) contemporary engraved naming in cross-hatched serif capitals; China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Canton 1857, Fatshan 1857, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued, one defective rivet repaired with wire; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jh. S. Cluett. Gunrs. Mate. H.M.S. Asia 20 Yrs.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £1,600
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. W. Wingfield, 10th. L. Cav.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise, good very fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Four: Blacksmith J. Franks, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (John Franks. Armr. “Fox”); Abyssinia 1867 (J. Franks Blksmith S.M.S. [sic] Satellite); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jn. Franks. Blacksmth.. H.M.S. Satellite 20 Yrs..), crude repair to suspension on third, otherwise good very fine (4) £800-£1,200
St. Thomas-in-the-Vale Light Horse (Jamaica) Presentation Guidon 1783. An extremely rare and historic example (one side only), presented by H.R.H. Prince William Henry, later King William IV. Swallow tailed format of ivory coloured silk splendidly embroidered, no doubt by the Ladies of the Parish, featuring a Royal Prince's coronet over the Star of the Order of the Garter, the initials 'WH' and the date 'March 1783', all within an oval of green leaves. Sun-burst decoration in the four...
The group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Colour Sergeant Deacon Cutterham, 1st Battalion, The Rifles, formerly Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R.; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Non-Article 5; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan; Jubilee 2012; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011, mounted as originally worn,...
A Great War Minelaying operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral W. R. G. Petre, Royal Navy, Senior Officer of Minelayers in the Mediterranean after the evacuation of Gallipoli, later Senior Allied Captain of the Port, Constantinople, under the Allied occupation 1921-23 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. R. G. Petre, R,N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. R. G....
Waterloo 1815 (Geo. Knights, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor marks and edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800
A scarce Great War 1916 Somme ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C. group of four awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major R. Turnbull, 6th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, for gallantry at Bernafay Wood and Longueval. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, and was killed in action by a bomb dropped from a German aircraft whilst assembling for an attack on the Somme, 25 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in damaged...
Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm, Soho Mint, fitted with gold loop and ornate gold scroll suspension and clasp inscribed ‘Seringapatam’, with Bath riband and gold three-pronged riband buckle, very fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Second War Coastal Command M.I.D. campaign group of six awarded to Stranraer and Catalina Air Gunner Warrant Officer F. C. Davis, Royal Air Force, who flew on a large number of Atlantic Convoy escorts and anti-submarine operational sorties with 240, 190 and 210 Squadrons - including as part of the flight that located and shadowed the Bismarck prior to her eventual sinking 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp,...
A scarce campaign group of four awarded to Police Constable A. H. Chamberlain, Shanghai Police, late Private, King Edward’s Horse. He was wounded during the Great War, and taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore, in February 1942 1914-15 Star (859 Pte. A. H. Chamberlain, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (859 A. Cpl. A. H. Chamberlain. K. Edw. H.); Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, with riband...
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. James Dawkins 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) pierced at 12 o’clock and fitted with contemporary silver barrel and straight bar suspension, some edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800
Five: Instructor Captain Oswald Tuck, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (Nl. Instr. O. T. Tuck, R.N., H.M.S. Goliath); British War Medal 1914-20 (Inst. Commr. D. T. Tuck. R.N.) with named lid of card box of issue also with incorrect first initial; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class neck badge with silk cravat, silver-gilt and enamels, this lacking one red ‘jewel’, otherwise good very fine or better (5) £400-£500
An interesting Great War ‘Egypt operations’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal J. G. Butcher, Army Service Corps, who both started and ended the war driving a Rolls Royce, and was wounded in the Alexandrian riots of March 1919 Military Medal, G.V.R. (M2-120788 Pte. J. C. Butcher A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (M2-120788 Pte. J. G. Butcher. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (M2-120788 A. Cpl. J. G. Butcher. A.S.C.) minor edge bruise to last, generally...
Anglo-Boer War Decoration for Loyal Service 1899-1902 (Dekoratie voor Troue Dienst), (Veldkornet J. F. Van Graan.) suspension tightened, otherwise very fine £500-£700
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2280. Pte. S. Rogan. 17th D.C.O Lrs.) toned, very fine £500-£600
A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Whitehead, 29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, a veteran of Gallipoli, he went on to distinguish himself at Morlancourt - going out in the night to rescue a wounded N.C.O. from no man’s land, despite seeing three men attempt the same thing and all become casualties Military Medal, G.V.R. (454 Pte. F. Whitehead. 29/Aust: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (454 Dvr. F. Whithead 1/A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. H. Royals, 27th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for his gallantry in and around Bayonet Trench, Flers-Guedecourt, 5 November 1916. Royals was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (1767 Pte W. H. Royals. 27/Aust: Inf: Bn:); 1914-15 Star (1787 Pte W. H. Royals. 27/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (1787 Sgt. W. H. Royals. 27-Bn....
A fine Great War ‘1918’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. V. Williams, 15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who as part of a section of 9 attacked and captured a German position taking 45 prisoners and 3 machine guns - by the end of the action, Williams was the only man of the section not killed or wounded and he single-handedly held the position and prisoners until help could reach him Military Medal, G.V.R. (6858 Pte E. V. Williams 15/Aust: Inf:);...
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-9, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Capt. H. R. B. Donne. 2d Bn. Norf. R.) very fine £300-£400
Pair: Private William Tabb, 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1195 Pte. W. Tabb, 2/D. of C.L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, the first with some pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce (2) £600-£800
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Major C. H. H. Gough. Ind. S.C.) toned, extremely fine £260-£300
A Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. Demellweek, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (171809. W. Demellweek, C.P.O. H.M.S. Temeraire. 31 May - 1 June 1916.) good very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,200
Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver (Lieut. Jas. Pratt. R.N. Voted Dec. 17. 1840) with eyelet and ring suspension, nearly very fine £600-£800
The fine ‘Combined Operations’ group of twelve awarded to Captain C. A. Kershaw, Royal Navy, who played an important role on the Lofoten Islands raid, before commanding H.M.S. Bulolo during the invasion of Sicily and Normandy, and was a splendid all-round sportsman, playing Rugby for England and representing Great Britain at fencing at two Olympic games 1914-15 Star (Sub. Lt. C. A. Kershaw, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. C. A. Kershaw. R.N.);...
A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. S. Smith, 14th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, a veteran of Gallipoli, who was wounded, 11 February 1917, and distinguished himself on the Somme by bayoneting 5 Germans and capturing 2 during a raid on an enemy post. Sergeant Smith was killed in action during the attack on Morcourt, near Amiens, 8 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (293 A. Sjt: A. S. Smith. 14/Aust: Inf:); British War and...
A Great War casualty group of three awarded to R.K.8 Observer Second Lieutenant G. G. Ashton, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who received gun shot wounds to the hand, wrist and head whilst serving with the 1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (T.F.), 23 July 1916. He was commissioned in to the 1/6th Battalion, West Riding Regiment before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918. Ashton flew in a number of bombing sorties with 8 Squadron, including having to make a...
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed, suspension rather crudely re-fixed, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000
Three: Chief Armourer Arthur Hammond, Royal Navy, one of 27 men from Téméraire to serve with the Naval Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir (A. Hammond. Armrs. Crew: H.M.S. Téméraire); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. Hammond, Armr: H.M.S. Castor.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, light pitting from star, otherwise very fine and rare (3) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,100
General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (23915797 Pte. P. King. Para.) good very fine £300-£400
Pair: Lance-Bombardier W. A. Williams, 161 Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, who was wounded by gun shot to the left thigh on 31 July 1965, the first New Zealander casualty of the Vietnam War Vietnam 1964-73 (538644 L/Bdr W A Williams RNZA); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960- (538644 L/Bdr W A Williams RNZA) traces of lacquer, good very fine (2) £500-£700
Five: Chief Stoker F. J. Furzland, Royal Navy China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (F. J. Furzland, Sto., H.M.S. Fame); 1914-15 Star (292305 F. J. F. Furyland, Ch. Sto., R.N.) note spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (292305 F. J. F. Furzland. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (292305 F. J. F. Furzland, Chief Sto., H.M.S. Berwick) very fine and better (5) £600-£800
21st (Empress Of India’s) Lancers Officer’s Mess Jacket & Waistcoat. Two very fine quality garments, the jacket with gilt metal teat buttons is of blue cloth trimmed all round with gold lace, back seams, cuffs and stand-up collar in French Grey cloth, cuff buttons and those for the shoulder boards (the boards not present) are of the pattern 1897-1901. The waistcoat of French grey cloth trimmed all round with gold lace, the breast areas heavily embellished with gold gimp swags and...
A Great War 1917 ‘Ypres’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private P. Callinan, 8th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was later killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (5978 Pte P. Callinan. 8/Aust: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (5978 Pte. P. Callinan 8 Bn. A.I.F.) mounted for display, generally good very fine (3) £600-£800
National Rifle Association Medal, 47mm, bronze (Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. Mem. Council 1st Prize Meeting Wimbledon 1860) impressed naming, in Elkington case of issue, very fine £200-£300
A scarce Second War campaign group of five awarded to Petty Officer M. J. T. Fortune, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was M.I.D. for his services in the frigate H.M.C.S. Waskesiu whilst in operations against German U-Boats in the Atlantic 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (P.O....
Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1943, in Royal Mint case of issue, hinge defective on case, otherwise extremely fine £500-£600
Three: Leading Seaman J. Schofield, Royal Navy China 1842 (James Schofield, H.M.S. Blenheim.), original straight bar suspension; Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Jas. Schofield. Leag. Sean. H.M.S. Vengeance.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, with Crimea-style suspension, contact marks and pawnbroker’s mark to second, nearly very fine (3) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,000
Four: Ship’s Steward G. Brown, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (George Brown. Ship’s Steward. H.M.S. Algiers), contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ge. Brown. Ship’s Stewd. H.M.S. Pembroke. 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with wire suspension, good very fine (4) £700-£900
Pair: Chief Quarter Master J. Bew, Royal Navy China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (J. Bew. Chf. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Victoria. 23 yrs.), good very fine (2) £500-£700
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