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The unique and exceptional 1891 ’Capture and Defence of Thobal’ V.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant, later Colonel, C. J. W. Grant, 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry, the ‘Hero of Manipur’ who, upon hearing of the treachery at Manipur, March 1891, immediately set out to relieve the presumed British captives and exact retribution; advancing his 80 man Tammu detachment towards Manipur under continued desultory opposition, he stormed the enemy position at the head...
Hammer Price: £420,000
The Crimea Medal awarded to Private John Brown, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and subsequently died of his wounds Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. Brown, 8th Hussars.) officially impressed naming, suspension claw neatly re-affixed, light edge bruising and field marks, otherwise good very fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Pair: Private James Gusterson, 11th Hussars, a confirmed charger in the Light Brigade at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1618. James. Gusterson. XIth P.A.O. [Hussa]rs.) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (1618 James Gusterson XI PAO Hussars) regimentally impressed naming, fitted with swivel-ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine (2) £3,000-£3,600
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (W. Ellard, Pte. R.M, H.M.S. “Active”) light contact marks, nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Second War D.S.M. and Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Acting Chief Petty Officer (Coxswain) Reginald Nott, Royal Navy, H.M. Submarine Triumph, who won the D.S.M. for Mediterranean War Patrols in February to July 1941, and was awarded a Bar for Mediterranean War Patrols in August 1941 in which the Commanding Officer was recommended for the Victoria Cross; C.P.O. Nott was lost aboard Triumph on 20 January 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J.107537 R. Nott. A/C.P.O....
Hammer Price: £4,600
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Goods. 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some minor marks and lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £3,800-£4,400
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Second War ‘Governor of Edinburgh Castle’ K.C.B., and Great War D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir R. H. Carrington, Royal Horse Artillery, late Hampshire and Isle of Wight R.G.A. Volunteers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, with full neck cravat in its R & S Garrard & Co case of issue,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
China, War Lord, Hebei Province, President Yuan Shih-Kai Inauguration Medal 1913, gilt and enamel, on original riband with hook and eye fixings, in rio-nuri lacquer fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine, scarce £500-£700
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Indian Mutiny Medal for the Defence of Lucknow awarded to John Phillips, an Uncovenanted original defender who fought bravely at Germon's Post and was considered one of the bravest men in the defence, accompanying sallying parties on no fewer than 3 occasions and being described by Captain R. P. Anderson, 25th N.I. as a ‘brave old volunteer’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (John Phillips) one very minor edge bruise, otherwise dark toned, nearly extremely fine ...
A Great War period copy Victoria Cross worn by Private D. R. Lauder, V.C., Royal Scots Fusiliers, contained in the recipient’s original V.C. case of issue Victoria Cross, copy, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘No. 7709 Pte. D. R. Lauder, 1/4th. Bn. R. Scots Fus.’, reverse of Cross dated ‘13. Aug. 1915’, engraved in the official style and housed in the recipient’s original Great War period case of issue, brown leather and gilt-tooled, the inner lid of the hinged case...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (E. Lawrence, Drumr. 5th Foot) minor edge bruise, better than good very fine £2,800-£3,200
A rare Boer War R.R.C. group of six awarded to Nursing Sister E. M. Whiteman, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for her services in Salonika during the Great War Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. M. Whiteman); King’s South...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Northern Russian Expeditionary Force ‘honorary’ M.C. group of six awarded to Marquis V. Vivien de Châteaubrun, a Russian national who served with the Slavo-British Allied Legion from July 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. V. Vivien de Chateaubrun.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1916, mounted court-style, good very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, a late Georgian K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s breast star, by Metcalf, 124 Regent Street, London, 80mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with polished steel retaining pin, the reverse central plate engraved ‘Metcalf (by Appointment) 124 Regent St.’, with the lid from the original case of issue, the inside silk with manufacturer's sticker ‘Metcalf, 124 Regent Street & 8 Pall Mall, Engraver & Jeweller’, some small blemishes...
A Great War C.B.E., ‘Murmansk operations’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain O. L. Beck, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt, with small section of neck riband for display purposes; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Commr, O. L. Beck, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. O. L. Beck. R.N.)...
A Civil C.B. group of five awarded to General Sir Richard V. T. Ford, K.C.B., C.B.E., Royal Marines The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1902; British War and Victory Medals (Maj. R. V. T. Ford. R.M.) mounted for display; Jubilee 1935, unnamed, mounted on original pin; Coronation 1937, unnamed, mounted on original pin, good very fine (5) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,400
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925, clasp loose on riband (349696 L.A.C. S. Warn. R.A.F.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £700-£900
The Great War D.S.C. and Lloyd’s M.S.M. group of four awarded to Captain W. J. Campbell, Master of the S.S. Rathlin Head when attacked by torpedoes on 25th and 26th May, 1918, by the U-46 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917 and engraved ‘CaptainW. J. Campbell July 1918) in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William J. Campbell); Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Services, 3rd type, silver (Captain Wm....
An Imperial German Prussian Wilhelm Order Citation. The citation for the Order awarded to Leopold Koppel measuring 470mm x 380mm, folded to the centre, attached to the folder is a 90mm cylindrical canister containing a great seal and this is attached to the velum citation with a run of Prussian black and white fleck cord. The canister has the Coat of Arms of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the face side. The citation is all hand illuminated, dated January 1906 and with a large pen signature of Kaiser...
Seven: Chief Air Fitter W. S. Fussey, Fleet Air Arm and Royal Navy Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (L/FX.100622 W. S. Fussey L.A. (A) R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (FX.100622 W.S. Fussey. C.A.F. R.N.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasps, Borneo (FX.100622 W. S. Fussey. C.A.F. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (FX.100622 W. S. Fussey. C.A.F. (A) H.M.S. Gamecock.) mounted as originally...
Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, silver, unmounted, obverse toned, good very fine and scarce £1,500-£2,000
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of five awarded to Naik Mohammd Ashraf Khan, 3rd Bombay Grenadiers, Indian Army Military Medal, G.VI.R. (11459 Naik Mohd Ashraf Ind Gdrs.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the MM polished and worn, and the campaign medals somewhat corroded, therefore generally good fine (5) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Private J. Winter, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (23-791 Pte. J. Winter. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Winter) traces of verdigris, nearly very fine (3) £600-£800
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colour Sergeant, later Captain, J. F. Stevens, 86th Foot, who served with Gordon during the Taiping Rebellion in 1863, and was awarded the Imperial Chinese Decoration of the Red Button Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Colr. Serjt. J. F. Stevens, 86th. Regt.) very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,000
A scarce Boer War Militia Officer’s D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major M. A. Foster, 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony, officially engraved naming, unit officially corrected (Capt. & Adjt. M. A. Foster, D.S.O., Som. L.I.) engraved naming, unit officially corrected to include post-nominal letters;...
Family Group: A Second War ‘Hazebrouck 1940’ M.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class III J. H. Miller, Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5379962 W.O. Cl.3. J. H. Miller. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5379962 W.O. Cl.III. J. H Miller. 1-Bucks Bn. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine Three: Sergeant J. H. Miller, Army...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (James A. Hodgskin.) toned, good very fine £1,200-£1,600
Six: Petty Officer First Class H. Sayce, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (H. Sayce, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Wallaroo.); 1914-15 Star (132956. H. Sayce. P.O.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (132956 H. Sayce. L.S. R.N.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Henry Sayce. R.N. May. 3. 1907) with Second Award clasp dated ‘26th Nov 1918’, with bronze ribbon buckle; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd issue, silver (To Henry...
A Second War 1940 ‘Withdrawal from Dunkirk’ D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Petty Officer (Pensioner) R. E. Lines, Royal Navy, for services aboard H.M.S. Malcolm which made eight trips to Dunkirk, seven of them to the pier, and brought home a total of about 6,400 troops Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.142401 R. E. Lines. C.P.O. H.M.S. Malcolm) officially impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (J.14870, R. E. Lines. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.14870 R. E. Lines....
Hammer Price: £1,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Talavera (Hugh Cumming, Lieut. 3rd Dgn. Gds.) contained in named card box of issue, this a little squashed and reinforced with sellotape, small edge bruise, otherwise very fine £1,400-£1,800
Eight: Private S. A. Adams, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment, with whom he was wounded in Sicily in August 1943 and in N.W. Europe in June 1944; recalled for service with the Glosters in Korea, he was wounded and taken prisoner at Imjin River in April 1951 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (5501200 Pte. S. Adams. Glosters); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (8) ...
A post-War 1949 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. awarded to Private H. McPhee, Seaforth Highlanders, who rushed to the aide of his officer during a Company Contact in North Johore, 12 November 1949, accounting for at least 1 ‘bandit’ and probably several more Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2824888 Pte. H. McPhee. Seaforth.) minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
An inter-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E., ‘Salonika’ R.R.C. group of nine awarded to Principal Matron H. G. Palin, Ministry of Pensions Nursing Service and Territorial Army Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1926, on 2nd type lady’s bow riband; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type badge,...
Germany, Third Reich, Gothe Medal for Arts and Sciences, 70mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Wilhelm Benecke’, with silver and Prussian State Mint marks to edge, in fitted embossed case of issue, extremely fine £600-£800
A rare Second War ‘cloak and dagger’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Telegraphist W. H. Diggins, Royal Navy, for his gallantry aboard H.M. Submarine Regent during her daring enterprise in entering into the port of Kotor to try and embark His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Government of Yugoslavia, and in remaining there for nine hours though surrounded by large forces of the Italian army and subjected to attacks from the...
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Private J. Hegarty, 9th Lancers Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Pri... James Hegarty, 9th. Lanc...) engraved naming as issued, unusually for the Regiment, in India; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Jas. Hegarty, 9th. Lancers) heavy edge bruising and contact marks, especially to first, better than good fine (2) £800-£1,200
The K.C.V.O., C.M.G. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Leetham, Royal Monmouth Engineers, late 20th and 13th Hussars, attached to Personal Staff of the Secretary of State for War 1914-18, and for some time Personal Assistant to Lord Kitchener The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, both pieces officially numbered ‘1153’ [see note below]; The Most Distinguished Order...
Waterloo 1815 (Henry Bamford, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light traces of brooch marks removed from reverse, some contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1,600-£2,000
A Second War ‘Advance through the Gothic Line’ M.M. awarded to Corporal S. Manock, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his work at Cassino Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2346401 Cpl. S. Manock. R. Signals.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £800-£1,200
North West Canada 1885, no clasp (W. C. Mc.Cord Q.M. Sergt. Rocky M. Rangers N.W. Ty.) contemporarily engraved naming with minor correction to the recipient’s surname, good very fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,600
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