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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Martinique, 29 April Boat Service 1813, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (Thomas Francillon, Lieut. R.N.) dark toned, extremely fine and an unique combination of clasps £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £17,000
A fine Charge of the Light Brigade D.C.M. group of four awarded to Troop Sergeant-Major F. Short, 4th Light Dragoons, afterwards Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry: on reaching the end of the “Valley of Death”, he ‘disposed of several drivers, and their horses as well, thus materially preventing the enemy from removing the guns’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Fredk. Short, 4th Lt. Drags.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (T.S.[M.], 4th...
Hammer Price: £14,000
Five: Troop Sergeant-Major R. Williams, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, late 17th Lancers, who rode in the famous charge with a painful boil on his nose and wore a scarf round his face for protection: nonetheless, his ‘visage was so fearsome that the Russians even held their fire’ Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Troop Sjt.-Mjr., 17th Lancers), officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Troop Sergt., 17th Lancers); Army L.S. &...
Hammer Price: £12,000
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (R. Duke, 13th Lt. Dragoons), officially impressed naming, with original Bailey of Coventry riband fitment, edge bruising, about very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £10,000
A superbly documented Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Flight Commander G. H. Beard, Royal Naval Air Service, who flew operationally in No. 1 and No. 5 Wings from May 1915 until his death in action in September 1916: the accompanying archive of some 75 wartime photographs constitutes an important and hitherto unpublished record of active service in France with the R.N.A.S. Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Awarded to Flight Commander George...
Hammer Price: £9,000
An extremely rare Heavy Brigade French Medaille Militaire group of four awarded to Troop Sergeant-Major W. F. Stewart, 5th Dragoon Guards, who had three horses killed under him in the famous engagement at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Troop S.M. W. F. Stewart, 5th Dn. Gds.), contemporary engraved naming, with attractive Royal Coat of Arms riband device; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., large letter reverse (5555 Tp.-Sjt.-Mjr. W. Steward, 5th Dragn. Gds.),...
Hammer Price: £8,800
An extremely rare Indian Mutiny Order of Merit pair awarded to Naick Hinghan Khan, 2/8th Battalion, Bengal Artillery, for his loyal services during the defence of the Residency at Lucknow, June to September 1857 Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, fully hallmarked on lower obverse point for London 1859, maker’s mark for J. S. Hunt, with further silver marks on reverse of suspension bar and connecting ring, solid reverse type...
Hammer Price: £8,200
A rare Second World War ‘special operations’ D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant W. A. Gervaise, Royal Naval Reserve, a founder member of the African Coastal Flotilla, and the medals to his father who was killed in the Great War Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945 and hallmarked London 1943, additionally inscribed ‘Lieut., R.N.R. 1st May’, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal;...
Hammer Price: £7,800
A fine C.B. and battle of Ginnis gold D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel Edward Everett, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels, small flake to reverse lower arm and some chipping to green enamel wreaths; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut., 79th Highlanders); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Major,...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (M. Holland, 11th Hussars), officially impressed naming, suspension claw tightened, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, fair to fine £4500-5500
Hammer Price: £7,200
Four: Private J. Mortimer, 8th Hussars, a “confirmed charger” Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte., 8th Husrs.), contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (8th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (938, 8th Hussars), officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die (No. 938, 8 Hussars), depot impressed naming, all but the third with refixed suspension, severe edge bruising...
Hammer Price: £6,800
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Balaklava, Sebastopol (D. Andrews, 11th Hussars), officially impressed naming, fitted with an old silver riband buckle, clasps in order stated, upper right hand side-carriage detached by last clasp, contact marks and edge bruising, better than good fine £4500-5500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John M’Donald, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 12 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Peter Robins, Serjt. 45th Foot) good very fine £4000-4500
Hammer Price: £6,400
An outstanding O.B.E., ‘operation Pedestal’ D.S.C. and Lloyd’s Bravery Medal group of nine awarded to Chief Engineer Thomas Spence, Merchant Navy, for gallantry when the S.S. Dorset was bombed and sunk after repeated attacks by Ju 87s and Ju 88s on this most famous of Malta convoys in August 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943 and hallmarked London...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A fine Great War Q-ship operations D.S.C. group of three awarded to Engineer Lieutenant N. S. MacKinnon, Royal Naval Reserve, who was lost in the Cullist in the Irish Sea on 11 February 1918, having already been decorated and ‘mentioned’ for services in her against enemy submarines: at the time of his death he had received at least one more bravery recommendation Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Eng. Lieut. Neil S. MacKinnon, 23rd Jan. 1918’;...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Pair: Sergeant William Lawrence, Scots Fusilier Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (W. Lawrence, Serjt. 3rd Foot Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Wm. Lawrence, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,500
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign W. M. Mathews, 1st Batt. 4th Reg. Foot) fitted with contemporary silver loop and wide bar suspension, contact marks to obverse, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £5,000
An important gold presentation cigar case given by General Baldomero Espartero, Duke of Victoria and Regent of Spain, to Lieutenant Frederick Lowe, R.N., on the occasion of the General’s flight from Spain to England in 1843 Presentation Gold Cigar Case, an impressive two-colour solid gold cigar case, applied on both sides with a finely cast and chased high relief knight in armour, the base with presentation inscription ‘Given by Genl. Espartero, Duke of Victoria, to Lieut. Fredk. Lowe,...
Hammer Price: £4,900
Waterloo 1815 (Jo. Taylor, 2nd Reg. Life Guards) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, polished, therefore good fine but scarce £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £4,800
Waterloo 1815 (Capt. J. Finucane, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot) contact wear to the obverse, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
Three: Permanent Staff Sergeant J. Wells, South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, late 1st Dragoon Guards and Troop Sergeant-Major, 4th Dragoon Guards, who was twice wounded in the charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt., 4th R.I. Dragoon Guards), contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1204 T.S. Major, 4th Dragoon Guards), officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian...
A fine Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major D. C. Stephenson, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action while commanding ‘Z’ Battery, R.H.A. near St. Quentin on 23 March 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), with related Memorial Plaque (Derek Charles Stephenson), nearly extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Waterloo 1815 (John Martin, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than good fine £2500-3000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Martinique, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (John Williams, 23rd Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
Pair: Quarter-Master Sergeant James Hay, 79th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Egypt, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (J. Hay, Qr. Mr. Serjt. 79th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Qr. Mast. Serj. Ja. Hay, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine (2) £4000-4500
Hammer Price: £4,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes (John Abrahams, 52nd Foot) good very fine £2000-2200
Hammer Price: £4,300
A very rare ‘Post-War Palestine’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major D. A. Windeler, Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, for saving the lives of at least 12 Jews who were under attack from a large number of armed Arabs ‘in a dangerous state of excitement’ Military Cross, G.VI.R., 1st type, reverse officially dated ‘1948’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine...
Hammer Price: £4,100
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Charles Billington, 40th Foot) good very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A very rare Great War ‘Kut-al-Amara’ operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Captain A. R. C. Poyntz, Royal Indian Marine Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (Sub-Lieut., R.I.M.S. ‘Hardinge’); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut., R.I.M.S. Minto); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut., R.I.M.); Royal Humane Society, Small Bronze...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (William Gunn, 14th Light Dragoons) extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,900
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Tho. Anderson, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Four: General H. P. Yates, C.B., Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Major, R.A.) contemporary engraved naming; Al Valore Militare, Spedizione D’Oriente 1855-56 (Bt. Major, Rl. Artry.); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy Bt. ‘J.B.’, these three mounted from a contemporary triple brooch pin; Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge by Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer, silver, gold and enamels, fitted with Hunt &...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Joseph Hill) good very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £3,700
A Great War C.B., D.S.O., M.C. group of ten to Major-General T. N. F. Wilson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar, obverse centre a little depressed; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); 1939-45 Star;...
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. J. C. Wallington, 10th Royal Reg. Hussars) fitted with contemporary silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Great War ‘North West Russia’ M.C., Russian Order of St Vladimir group of five awarded to Lieutenant G. Wilson, Tank Corps, formerly Royal Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘2/Lt.Geo. Wilson, Tank Corps, N. W. Russia 1919’; 1914-15 Star (S-5423 Sjt., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Russia, Order of St Vladamir, 4th class, with swords, in gold and enamels; together with named enclosure letter for award of M.C., generally good very...
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign A. Ormsby, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with large silver clip and bar suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2500-3000
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Charles Smith, 33rd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £2000-2500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (E. Denham, Serjt. 41st Foot) dark toned, minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine £3000-3500
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