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The outstanding Great War 1918 ‘Final Advance to Victory’ V.C. group of five awarded to Private James Towers, 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who, with utter disregard for his own safety, volunteered to carry a vital message, under continuous heavy fire, to a stranded platoon at Mericourt in October 1918 whilst in the knowledge that five of his comrades had already been killed in turn making their attempts to carry out the same task. Setting out under heavy enfilading...
Hammer Price: £200,000
A very rare and important M.G.S. medal for the capture of Martinique in 1809, awarded to Major-General John Robyns, K.H., Royal Marines, one of only 15 M.G.S. medals issued to Royal Marine recipients; he was afterwards actively employed in North America 1813-14, where he commanded a battalion of 400 marines at the capture of Washington in August 1814, and in the action before Baltimore in September 1814, when he was severely wounded and General Ross was killed - for these services he...
Hammer Price: £28,000
The rare M.G.S. medal for ‘Chrystler’s Farm’ awarded to Lieutenant Hector Munro, 49th Foot, who carried the colours and was slightly wounded in this action, for which only 7 officers of the regiment lived to claim the clasp; he was later a Captain in the Royal Canadian Rifles and settled in Canada Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler’s Farm (Hector Munro, Lieut. 49th Foot) clasp face slightly bent at left side, small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £20,000
The excessively rare MGS with ‘Benevente’ clasp awarded to Lieutenant-General John Chester, who was present in the action with Eveleigh’s C Troop Royal Horse Artillery, and was one of only two officers to receive this clasp, Captain Eveleigh himself being the other recipient, whose medal is in the Royal Artillery museum Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Benevente (J. Chester, 2nd Capt. R. Arty.) nearly extremely fine £12,000-£16,000
The rare M.G.S. medal for ‘Chrystler’s Farm’ awarded to Captain J. M. Shand, 89th Foot, one of only three officers of the regiment who lived to claim the clasp for this action Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler’s Farm (I. M. Shand, Capt. 89th Foot) correction to first initial, some very minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £14,000-£18,000
Hammer Price: £19,000
The Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander C. G. Cuthbertson, Royal Naval Reserve, commanding H.M.S. Zinnia, whose meeting with Nicholas Monsarrat immediately following the disastrous Gibraltar convoy OG. 71 inspired the latter to write his best selling novel, “The Cruel Sea”: Cuthbertson was one of only 15 survivors from his torpedoed ship, and was fortunate to be picked up by a dinghy from H.M.S. Campion after clinging to the trunk of a body...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The extremely rare Naval General Service Medal awarded to John Joyce, Midshipman aboard the 36-gun frigate Phoebe at the capture of the French 36-gun frigate Néréide after a long running fight and a severe close broadside contest in the Bay of Biscay on 21 December 1797 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Phoebe 21 Decr 1797 (John Joyce.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £14,000-£18,000
Hammer Price: £15,000
The rare M.G.S. medal for ‘Fort Detroit’ awarded to Major Ebenezer Reynolds, 1st Essex Militia, who commanded the Flank companies of the 1st and 2nd Essex Militia at the first battle of Frenchtown on the River Raisin; he is the only Canadian officer of Field rank on the rolls for Fort Detroit Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (E. Reynolds, Major, Canadn. Militia) extremely fine £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Two German Second War Adolf Hitler Presentation Photograph Frames. Two identical official photograph frames from the office of Adolf Hitler, designed by Professor Gerdy Troost and manufactured by the high quality jewellers the Brothers Franz and Hermann Wandinger. Both frames measure 342mm x 240mm, the inner frame with three steps in a hand hammered finish overall, the lower plate having to the centre the outspread winged national eagle and swastika with the letters AH to either...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The rare M.G.S. medal for ‘Chateauguay’ awarded to Captain Stephen McKay, 2nd Battalion, Select Embodied Militia of Lower Canada, later acting 1st Major in the 8th Battalion (Division of Three Rivers) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chateauguay (S. McKay, Capt. Canadn. Militia.) toned, nearly extremely fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
A particularly fine Second War D.F.C and Second Award Bar, A.F.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander W. J. “Marmaduke” Alington, Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Reserve, who, having shot down two Dornier 217s flying Beaufighters at night in 1942, converted to Mosquitos, destroying or damaging seven locomotives in May 1943. Rated an ‘exceptional’ pilot, the following month he led the four most experienced Mosquito crews of 264 Squadron...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A scarce Napoleonic Wars group of three awarded to Private J. Gosnell, 42nd Highlanders, who was severely wounded at Toulouse, and by a lance at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Giosnell, 42nd. Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (James Gosnell, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) with hinged silver straight bar suspension; 42nd Foot Medal 1819, by Parkes, 32mm, silver, the obverse featuring St. Andrew with his cross at top, legend above,...
Hammer Price: £7,500
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 3 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893, Rhodesia 1896 (Tpr. Christison, T. J. - Pioneers.) nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
A People’s Republic of China group of seven China, People’s Republic, Order of August 1st, Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘05907’, with pin-back suspension and riband bar; Order of Independence and Freedom, Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘10718’, with pin-back suspension and riband bar, in damaged case of issue; Order of Liberation, Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered...
A rare ‘Rhodesia 1896’ D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General R. H. F. McCulloch, C.M.G., Royal Artillery, who remained with his gun after having been wounded in the attack on Skimbo in August 1896 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar converted for mounting; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. R. H. F. McCulloch. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony,...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A most unusual Second War ‘Station Master’s’ M.B.E. and Great War ‘Railway Operations Division’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant James Bridger, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamels, in its case of issue; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (WR-269264 Sjt: J. Bridger, R.E.);...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.H. (Military) Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamels, fitted with gold ribbon bar, original silk ribbon, in its George Knauer, Hannover, red leather case of issue, a perfect badge in near mint condition, very rare thus £3,000-£4,000
Three: Lieutenant J. Glover, Driscoll’s Scouts, late British South Africa Police, a member of the Pioneer Column of 1890, who later fought in the Defence of Mafeking British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1890 (Tpr. Glover, J. - B.S.A.C.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (2519 Tpr: J. Glover. B.S.A. Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: J....
Hammer Price: £4,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (T. Horrocks, Corpl. 51st Foot) light contact marks, nearly very fine £2,000-£2,400
Hammer Price: £4,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Sahagun, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (Edmond Drewett, 15th Hussars.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £2,000-£2,600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nassau 22 March 1808 (Geo. Shreeves.) good very fine £3,000-£4,000
Five: Ordinary Telegraphist G. W. Pearce, Royal Navy, who was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for outstanding service during the operations which led to the capture of the Island of Elba when he was attached to 2 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit with the French Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Fourth Republic, Croix de Guerre 1939, with silver star, together with metal insignia of the Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique,...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Knight Bachelor, C.B., Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ D.S.O., M.C. group of fifteen awarded to Major-General Sir Frederick Gwatkin, 18th (King George’s Own) Lancers, Indian Army, later Colonel of the Royal Deccan Horse Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1940, in Royal Mint case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband;...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Egypt campaign pair awarded to D. M. Carley, a prominent Canadian journalist who volunteered to join the Canadian boatmen in 1884, becoming a ‘Nile voyageur’ with the Manitoba Contingent in addition to his work as a war correspondent Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (72. Boatn. D. M. Carley. Manitoba Contgt.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, polished, otherwise good very fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £3,400
Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Sergeant N. Gillies.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, very fine £1,800-£2,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain C. H. Lewis, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lieut. C. H. Lewis. D.C.M. 119th. Bty. R.F.A. 1918.’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (54513 Sjt: C. H. Lewis. 53/By: R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (54513 Cpl. C. Lewis. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. Lewis.) light contact marks, very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Major G. E. O. De Smidt, Indian Telegraph Department, later Royal Engineers and South African Corps of Signals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with unofficial top suspension brooch, pin lacking; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (Asst. Supdt. G. E. O. de Smidt Telg. Dept.); 1914-15 Star (Mr. G. E. O. Desmidt, Ind. Telgph. Dept.; British War and Victory Medals (Major G. E. O....
A Second War ‘Italian theatre’ Immediate M.M. group of seven awarded to Private John Hopkins, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late The Queen’s Regiment, for gallantry in attempting to save two badly wounded men under enemy fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5384688 Pte. J. Hopkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted on original investiture pin; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Egypt, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Jas. McLaren, 79th Foot.) small edge bruise, otherwise toned, extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
A rare Great War ‘Patrol Services’ D.S.M. and ‘U-boat action’ Bar group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. C. Campbell, Royal Navy, for gallantry as Gunlayer aboard H.M.S. Zinnia Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (191144. J. C. Campbell, Act. C.P.O. H.M.S. Zinnia. Patrol Services. 1915/6) with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially impressed ‘4. May. 1917.’; 1914-15 Star (191144. C. J. Campbell, Act. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (191144 C. J....
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Brigadier-General F. S. Thackeray, Highland Light Infantry, attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers and West Riding Regiment, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War, and later served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and Commander, Shanghai Area, British Troops in China Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.,...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Six: Colonel C. E. Baddeley, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Engineers India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 Lieutt. C. E. Baddeley R.E. No. 2 Coy Bo. Sappers & Miners); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 Captn. C. E. Baddeley. R.E.); 1914 Star (Col: C. E. Baddeley.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. C. E. Baddeley.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, suspension bent on British War...
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to ‘painter, etcher, raconteur and rifle-shot’, Mortimer Menpes, who accompanied the City of London Imperial Volunteers to the front during the Boer War as war artist for Black & White illustrated weekly magazine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, (Mr. M. Menpes “Black & White.”) very fine £1,400-£1,800
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (170 Corpl: W. Frankish. Protect: Regt. F.F.) extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £2,600
A ‘Battle of Britain’ casualty’s campaign group of three awarded to Flying Officer A. J. S. Pattinson, Royal Air Force, who, having earlier flown Blenheim nightfighter patrols with 23 Squadron, was killed serving with 92 Squadron when his Spitfire was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109 over Hawkinge, 12 October 1940 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council condolence slip in the name of ‘Flying Officer A. J. S....
Pair: Private M. Bradford, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24600710 Pte M Bradford Para); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24600710 Pte M Bradford Para) nearly extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
Pair: Private Angus McKay, 79th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Angus McKay, 79th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Angus M’Kay, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, fine, the first nearly very fine (2) £2,800-£3,200
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major D. Christie, Highland Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry under fire during the Occupation of Crete in September 1898, and received a further Mention during the Great War. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4737 A.R.S. Mjr: D. Christie. 1/6 H.L.I. -T.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, Transvaal, unofficial rivets...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Acting Company Sergeant Major C. Elles, Royal Engineers, who was wounded in 1915, and was later awarded the M.S.M. for his services with Eastern Command Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15129 Sjt: C. Elles. 54/F. Co. R.E.); 1914 Star (15129 2.Cpl. C. Elles. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (15129 Sjt. C. Elles. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1851953 Sjt. C. Elles. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal,...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War pair awarded to Lieutenant Arthur Cyril Ball, Royal Air Force, younger brother of Captain Albert Ball, V.C., D.S.O**, M.C., who was killed in May 1917; Arthur Ball was himself forced down on 5 February 1918 and made Prisoner of War British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. C. Ball R.A.F.); together with 9-carat gold and enamelled past-Lord Mayor’s Badge for the City of Nottingham, hallmarked Birmingham 1936, 53.78g gross weight, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the...
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