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Pair: Rifleman W. Cresswell, 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), late 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment, who was killed in action on 3 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (306264 Pte. W. Cresswell. 5-Lond. R.) in paper packets in damaged named card box of issue, all in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Cresswell, 91 Wellington Road, Bromley by Bow’; Memorial Plaque (William Cresswell) extremely fine (3) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £320
Pair: Private L. P. Hewett, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who was reported missing, presumed dead, after heavy fighting at Messines Ridge on 31 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (1310 Pte. L. P. Hewett. 14/Lond: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1310 Pte. L. P. Hewett. 14-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Leonard Percy Hewett) with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Leonard Percy Hewett 14 London Regt.’ in OHMS transmission tube, address...
Hammer Price: £750
Three: Private L. G. M. Wilkins, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who was wounded and captured at Messines on 31 October 1914, and died in captivity on 7 March 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (2235 Pte. L. G. M. Wilkins. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2235 Pte. L. G. M. Wilkins. 14-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Leslie Guy Millward Wilkins) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280
Hammer Price: £1,500
Three: Bugler W. A. Marshall, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), later 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force) 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (1856 Bglr. W. A. Marshall. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1856 Pte. W. A. Marshall. 14-Lond. R.); together with a London Scottish Reel Club medallion, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Juniors Sword Dance. Bugler W. A. Marshall.’, good very fine or better (4) ...
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Sergeant P. W. Turner, 17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (Territorial Force) who died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 June 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2779 L. Sjt: P. W. Turner. 17/Lond: R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2779, Pte. P. W. Turner, 17-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2779 Cpl. P. W. Turner. 17-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Percy William Turner) with...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A fine Great War April 1918 ‘Aveluy Wood’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. and 1919 ‘North Russia Archangel Command’ Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Johns, 1/22nd (The Queen’s) Battalion, London Regiment, later 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (682490 Sjt: J. Johns. M.M. 1/22 Lond: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (5238 L.Cpl. J. Johns. 1/22 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Three: Private P. J. Robinson, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force), who met his death by shell-fire near Ypres on 17 November 1914 - the first member of his regiment to be killed in action during the Great War 1914 Star, with clasp (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. Herts. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £900
Three: Corporal A. E. Boardman, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres on 18 November 1914 - a member of 12 Platoon, E Company, he is clearly identifiable in the well known photograph of his unit taken at Letchworth Train Station immediately following the outbreak of War 1914 Star (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. Herts. R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Ernest Boardman) with Buckingham...
Hammer Price: £1,300
An important early aviator’s Great War group of three awarded to Major F. G. ‘Freddy’ Small, Connaught Rangers, attached Royal Flying Corps: a member of the original British Expeditionary Force, on 26 August 1914 he delivered a message to Haig’s H.Q. by audaciously landing between the lines of I Corps and the pursuing Germans, and was the first Royal Flying Corps airman to shoot down an enemy aircraft with a machine-gun 1914 Star (Lieut. F. G. Small. C. Rang. Attd: R.F.C.);...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Great War group of three awarded to Miss Emily J. Haswell, St. John Ambulance Association and French Flag Nursing Corps, who served as Matron-in-Chief of the British Committee of the French Red Cross in 1918 1914 Star (E. J. Haswell. B.R.C.S & O.St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (E. J. Haswell); together with a British Red Crescent Society 1913 medallion with brooch bar; a Bulgarian Red Cross badge; a French Flag Nursing Corps badge; a Great War Paris 1914-16 ‘Médaille...
Hammer Price: £1,900
The British War Medal awarded to Elisabeth M. Stewart, Scottish Churches Huts British War Medal 1914-20 (E. M. Stewart.) mounted as worn; together with a silver identity bracelet ‘Martin Stewart, Scottish Churches Huts, France, 12-3-17.’, extremely fine, scarce £60-£80
Hammer Price: £190
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant T. H. Brown, Royal Canadian Dragoons, who saw earlier campaigning with the 7th Dragoon Guards in South Africa and Somaliland Military Medal, G.V.R. (23 Sjt. T. H. Brown. R. Can: Dns.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4475 Pte. T. Brown. 7/D. Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4475 Pte. T. Brown. 7/D. Gds:); Africa General Service...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Pair: Private J. K. Hull, 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (5111 Pte. J. K. Hull. 3 Bn. A.I.F.) spots of verdigris to reverse of VM, otherwise very fine (2) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £300
Three: Lieutenant A. V. Warrington, 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was wounded in action in August 1916 and April 1917 whilst serving in France and gassed in 1918 1914-15 Star (2333 Cpl. A. V. Warrington. 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. V. Warrington. A.I.F.) last with correction to name and unit, very fine (3) £280-£320
A Great War ‘French Resistance’ Allied Subjects’ Medal and Croix de Guerre pair awarded to Madame Jeanne Cleve, who ‘hid 150 British prisoners of war in an attic and guided them to the coast right under enemy noses’ Allied Subjects’ Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, together with the recipient’s riband bar, good very fine (2) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,200
The ‘mine rescue’ George Cross (exchange Edward Medal) awarded to Sydney Blackburn, a Shotfirer at the Barnsley Main Colliery, Yorkshire, who guided survivors to safety and gave assistance to injured men after an explosion occurred at the mine in May 1947, killing 9 men and injuring 23 George Cross (Sydney Blackburn 1947) mounted on original investiture pin and in its Royal Mint case of issue; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued in its Royal Mint card box of issue; together with St John...
Hammer Price: £18,000
A scarce ‘Relief of Chitral 1895’ C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General H. B. ‘Jackal’ MacCall, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who commanded the 1st Battalion in the battle of the Malakand Pass The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ens: H. B. Macall. 4/60 Regt.); India General Service...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A post-War C.S.I., inter-War C.I.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant A. H. Layard, Royal Sussex Regiment and Indian Civil Service The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, with silver star and ring suspension, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd...
A fine Second War ‘Tobruk’ Brigade Major’s D.S.O., Order of St. John, group of eight awarded to Major G. Bestford, 6th South African Infantry Brigade Heaquarters, 2nd South African Division, a veteran of the Great War who was wounded in action whilst serving in the ranks of the 20th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish) on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. Subsequently commissioned in to the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major A. S. Mills, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was twice wounded, and was Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Major A. S. Mills.) suspensions slightly damaged on both campaign medals, generally very fine (3) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
An inter-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Major C. H. H. Harold, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. H. H. Harold. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. H. H. Harold.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Maj. C. H. H. Harold. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn (although the...
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Nurse Miss Gertrude E. Holmes, South African Military Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (P/Nurse G. E. Holmes.); together with the recipient’s cape badge and riband bar, the latter including the riband for the British War Medal and a...
Hammer Price: £260
A post-war M.B.E. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer J. J. Rudd, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, later 203 (Elswick) Field Battery T.A. and 101 (Northumbrian) Field Battery T.A. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, with its Royal Mint case of issue; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (23691815 Bdr. J. J. Rudd. R.H.A.); Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (23691815 WO2 J J Rudd...
Hammer Price: £460
A scarce Second War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander J. Staniforth, Royal Naval Volunteer (Supplementary) Reserve, who served as a Landing Craft Flotilla Officer in the Sicily, Italy and South of France Landings Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the original Buckingham Palace...
A Second War 1942 ‘Western Desert Campaign’ D.F.C., ‘1945’ A.F.C., K.C.V.S.A. group of eight awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. McGill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, whose low level attacks in Hawker Hurricanes of 73 Squadron inflicted much damage to enemy mechanised transport during the advance to Tripoli Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1946, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star;...
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ A.R.R.C. group of five attributed to Sister Annie Dogherty, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, the reverse of the lower arm officially dated ‘1946’, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £400
A Serving Brother of St John group of seven awarded to Sapper E. L. Price, 21st Company, Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers, late Shropshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamels; British War and Victory Medals (604121 Dvr. E. L. Price. R.A.) official correction to both initials and first letter of surname; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (604121 Dvr. E. L. Price. R.A.); Defence Medal;...
Hammer Price: £600
The regimentally unique ‘Northern Ireland’ D.C.M., ‘Meritorious Service’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant Mick ‘The Rat’ Rattigan, 3rd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (23738257 A/Cpl. M. Rattigan. R.G.J.); British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (23738257 S. Sgt. M. Rattigan, D.C.M., R.G.J.); General Service Medal 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23738257 Cpl. M. Rattignan. R.G.J.); Oman, Sultanate, Tenth...
Hammer Price: £32,000
A Great War D.S.M. pair awarded to Trimmer Christopher Pratt, Royal Naval Reserve, for services aboard H.M. Trawler Scott which was sunk by a mine in the outer Thames Estuary on 22 October 1915 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (T.S.3680. C. Pratt, Trimr. R.N.R. H.M. Tr. Scott.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, this added for display purposes, light pitting from Star, otherwise very fine (2) £600-£800
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Engine Room Artificer J. N. Reed, Royal Naval Reserve, for services aboard the destroyer Moresby when she and her sister ship Michael sank the German submarine U-110 in the North West Approaches on 15 March 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (EA.1163. J. N. Reed, E.R.A. R.N.R. “Moresby” Atlantic. 15. Mch. 1918) nearly very fine £700-£900
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant W. J. Whear, “D” Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, later Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, who was Mentioned in Despatches in January 1942 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10977 Cpl. W. J. Whear,. D. 14/Bde: R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (L-10977 Cpl. (A. Sjt.) W. J. Whear. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10977 Sjt. W. J. Whear. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937,...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal Henry Smurthwaite, Royal Horse Artillery, attached “C” Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (187066 Cpl. H. Smurthwaite. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (99684 Gnr. H. Smurthwaite. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (99684 Cpl. H. Smurthwaite. R.A.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Supt. Henry Smurthwaite) mounted court-style, good very fine (6) £500-£700
Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant L. Norris, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (93068 Sjt: L. Norris. 58/Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (93068 Sjt. L. Norris, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (93068 Sjt. L. Norris. R.A.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. Norris, Royal Scots, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 February 1915 1914-115 Star (10107 Pte. J. Norris. R. Scots.); British War and Victory...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Sergeant T. Pearson, Grenadier Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (13414 Cpl-L. Sjt: - T. Pearson. 2/G. Gds:) Rhodium plated, two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £240-£280
A post-war B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Staff Sergeant George Bulger, 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (LS/837015 S/Sgt (Lcl) George Bulger, R.H.A.; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (837105. Gnr. G. Bulger. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (837105 Sgt. G. Bulger. R.A.) together with case of issue for...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) a rare William IV Knight Grand Cross breast star, by Rundell Bridge & Co., London, c.1834-37, 91mm x 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Co., Jewellers to their Majesties and all the Royal Family, Ludgate Hill, London’, and fitted with gold retaining pin, some enamel loss to ‘Ich Dien’ motto and central wreath, otherwise good very fine and rare for this period £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, minor green enamel damage and traces of restoration to wreath, otherwise good very fine £600-£800
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, obverse central medallion loose and minor green enamel damage to wreath, otherwise very fne £600-£800
The C.B. awarded to A. E. Tollerfield Esq., Assistant Comptroller, Patent Office, Board of Trade The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue, extremely fine £200-£240
The G.C.V.O. set of insignia awarded to Lord Rennell, H.M. Envoy to Sweden, on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. Princess Margaret of Connaught to H.R.H. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1905 The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘146’; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘146’, with gold retaining pin, with full sash...
Hammer Price: £2,600
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