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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Acting Sergeant Major J. Cooke, né Roberts, Military Mounted Police Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (367 Sjt: J. Cooke.. M.M.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Corpl: J. Cooke. Mil: Mtd: Police) surname un-officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (367 Corpl: J. Cooke. Mil: Mtd: Police);...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., 1916 M.S.M., French Medal of Honour group of six awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major M. Healey, Military Mounted Police - a regimentally unique combination Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (472 Sjt: - A.S.S. Mjr:- M. Healy [sic]. M.M.P.); 1914 Star (472 Sjt M. Healey. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (472 A.W.O. Cl. 1. M. Healey M.M.P.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (472 Sjt: M. Healey....
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Major F. Lundy, Military Mounted Police, late Squadron Sergeant Major, 18th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (P-4712 L. Cpl F. Lundy. M.M.P.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6465 L. Cpl. F. Lundy. 18/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6465 A. Sjt. F. Lundy. 18-Hrs.) mounted for display, generally very fine (4) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major E. Canning, Military Mounted Police, later Lieutenant, Labour Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (449 Sjt: E. Canning. M.M.P.); 1914-15 Star (449 Sjt. E. Canning. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. E. Canning.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (449 Sjt: E. Canning. M.M.P.) mounted for display, toned, generally very fine or better (5) £800-£1,200
The exceptional and important Second War S.O.E. ‘Force 133’ Balkan Operations D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant K. A. J. B. Scott, Royal Signals and Special Operations Executive, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was ‘dropped’ into Eastern Serbia in April 1944, linking up with Major Frank Thompson’s ill-fated Operation Claridges in support of Bulgarian Communist Partisans. As anti-partisan reprisal operations closed in, Thompson took the fateful decision to lead his...
Hammer Price: £95,000
The unique ‘Defence of Legations’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Chief Signal Bosun H. Swannell, Royal Navy, who ran into No Man’s Land beyond the British Legation defence lines to help a wounded man under “close and accurate” enemy fire; he twice stood up on the Tartar Wall in full view of the enemy, first to re-hoist the British flag after it had been shot away and the next day to use his signal flags to direct British units of the International Relief Force, ensuring that they...
Hammer Price: £30,000
A Great War ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Subadar Hanumantu, 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subdr: Hanumantu No. 13 Co. 2nd Q.V.O. S.&M.) minor official correction to ‘No.’; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (1773 Havdr. Hainumantu [sic] 12 Co. 2nd Q.O. S&M.) surname partially officially corrected on last, generally very fine or better (2) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Naik Khan Bahadur, 30th Brigade Signal Company Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (105 Sapper Khan Bahadur 30th Bde. Signal Sec.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5137 Naik Khan Bahadur, I.S.C.) very fine (2) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
A Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Petty Officer A. C. Barrett, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (182937, A. C. Barrett, P.O. H.M.S. Orotava. Dec. 1915 - June 1916); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (A. C. Barrett, A.B., H.M.S. Widgeon); 1914-15 Star (182937, A. C. Barrett P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (182937 A. C. Barrett, P.O., H.M.S. Scylla) contact wear, about very fine and better (4) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer E. C. Saunders, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his services in Merchant Armed Cruisers in 1916 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (124595. E. C. Saunders. Lg. Sig. H.M.S. Victorian. 1916.) minor official correction to rate; 1914-15 Star (124595, E. C. Saunders, P.O.,2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124595 E. C. Saunders, P.O.2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (124595 E. C. Saunders, P.O. 2Cl. (C.G.)...
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Harris, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded on the Western Front in October 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (26470 Sjt: A. Harris. 393/Sge: By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (26470. Sjt. A. Harris. R.A.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280
Hammer Price: £300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. H. Baber, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches, was twice wounded, and was taken Prisoner of War on the first day of the Third Battle of Aisne, 27 May 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (359 2 Cpl. W. H. Baber, 1/H.C.F. Co. R.E. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (359 Spr. W. H. Baber, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (359 Cpl. W. H. Baber, R.E.), generally very fine (4) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £460
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M., M.S.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant C. Issac, Military Mounted Police, late 7th Dragoon Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (650 Sjt: C. Isaac. M.M.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (4377. Pte C. Isaacs [sic 7/D.G..]); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4347 [sic] Pte C. Isaac. 7th Drgn: Gds: ); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (650 Sjt. C. Isaac....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War 1917 ‘Gouzeaucourt - Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance Corporal R. W. Kershaw, Military Mounted Police, late County of London Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (P-13309 L. Cpl. R. W. Kershaw. No. 2 Sqn: T. C. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (2784 Pte. R. W. Kershaw. C. Of Lond. Yeo.) with official typed copy of citation and enclosure letter from The War Office, dated 11 October 1926, toned, generally very fine or better (3) £300-£400
A Great War ‘Western Front, 1916 trench raid’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. W. Teasdale, 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (119040 Pte. J. W. Teasdale. 75/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (119040 Pte. J. W. Teasdale. 75-Can. Inf.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (John William Teasdale) and 75th C.E.F. cap badge, this lacking lugs, nearly extremely fine (5) £500-£600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. L. Coomber, 4th South African Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (5303 Sjt: E. L. Coomber. 4/S.A. Inf:); 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. L. Coomber 12th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. E. L. Coomber. 4th S.A.I.); together with an erased Memorial Plaque, good very fine (5) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £850
A Second War 1940 ‘Fall of France’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant V. H. Clare, Corps of Military Police, for the rescue of two men via the pillion of his motor cycle whilst under fire from the air and advancing tanks Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7684623 Cpl. V. H. Clare, C.M.P.) suspension loose, officially renamed; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7684623 Sjt. V. H. Clare. M.M. M.M.P.) mounted for display, very fine...
A Second War North-West Europe ‘assault crossing of the Noord Canal’ Immediate M.M. awarded to Private A. M. Manning, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, presented to him ‘in the field’ by Field Marshal Montgomery in December 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14499270 Pte. A. M. Manning. A. & S.H.) on its original investiture pin, extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £3,200
A post-War ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Rifleman Thambahadur Gurung, 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, who was recognised for his repeated acts of gallantry carried out over a period of ten years’ service against ‘bandits’ in Malaya, including in Gelang Pateh, 14 April 1955, ‘Partap killed one and I opened fire. The daku returned fire and wounded Partap who slumped down. They scattered and tried to escape. I killed some and then chased a couple of them as they ran...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Second War ‘Cruiser Operations’ B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Mechanician G. Hammond, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Mech. George Hammond, D/K. 59991 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 59991 Ch. Mech. 2, H.M.S. Royal Oak), together with two related prize medals, one in silver for a cutter competition mounted by H.M.S. Caledon in 1926, generally good very fine...
Hammer Price: £400
A Second War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer L. R. Grove, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.E.R.A. Leonard R. Grove. C. 347548); 1914-15 Star (347548, L. R. Grove, C.E.A. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (347548 L. R. Grove. C.E.A. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (347548 L. R. Grove, C.E.A. H.M.S. Crescent.), this last officially...
Hammer Price: £320
A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant Major E. F. Peagram, Corps of Military Police British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (2611276 Coy. S.M. Edgar F. Peagram); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, generally very fine or better (5) £200-£300
Hammer Price: £260
A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal J. Simpson, Royal Military Police British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (7690971 L/Cpl. James Simpson.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on a display board, with CMP Collar Badges, and Military Police Cap Badge, generally very fine or better, the badges polished (5) £200-£300
A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal H. Mellor, Corps of Military Police British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (5600827 L/Cpl. Harold Mellor. C.M.P.) edge prepared prior to naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, good very fine (5) £200-£300
Hammer Price: £240
A post-War ‘Aden’ B.E.M. for Gallantry pair awarded to Private A. D. Kent, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, who on two separate occasions gave essential initial first aid and care to comrades who had been grievously wounded in terrorist explosions, keeping them alive during the crucial ‘golden hour’ until they could receive skilled medical care British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (23921727 Pte. Anthony D. Kent, R. Anglian); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps,...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, partial maker’s mark ‘TD’ [over HD] for Thomas and Henry Davies, fitted with wide gold swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, refurbished overall, minor chips to several arms and some loss of enamel to both wreaths, otherwise very fine and a very presentable badge £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, top ring suspension slightly bent, otherwise very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £600
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, white enamel damage to central medallion and two arms of reverse, therefore nearly very fine, the obverse better £240-£280
Hammer Price: £340
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, breast star, by Storr & Mortimer, London, 78mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with gold crossed swords, the reverse inscribed ‘Storr & Mortimer, 13 New Bond Street’, with gold retaining pin, very minor green enamel damage to wreath, otherwise about extremely fine £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross, set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘485’; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘485’, with gold pin for wearing, with evening dress sash, a little tarnished, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,400
The D.B.E. insignia attributed to Dame Janet Vaughan (1899-1993), Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, 1945-67, a distinguished haematologist and radiation pathologist, and pioneer of the wartime blood transfusion service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, D.B.E. (Civil) Dame Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamels, on lady’s bow ribbon, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co....
Hammer Price: £950
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, minor blue enamel damage to top of right arm, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-£240
The Second War O.B.E. attributed to R. C. Bowden, Esq., Assistant Director of Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Supply The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£120
Hammer Price: £140
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, extremely fine £80-£120
Hammer Price: £150
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, slightly tarnished, otherwise extremely fine £80-£120
Hammer Price: £110
Hammer Price: £120
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918, very fine £80-£120
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, extremely fine £80-£120
Hammer Price: £130
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