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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
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
The historically important 1914 Star awarded to Private J. Parr, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action near Mons on 21 August 1914 - believed to be the first British soldier to be killed in action during the Great War 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-14196 Pte. J. Parr. 4/Midd’x R.) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £17,000
The unique ‘Light Brigade’ group of four awarded to Captain T. G. Johnson, 13th Hussars, later Major, West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who was twice decorated by the French Emperor for his Distinguished Services in the Crimea- the only Light Brigade participant so honoured- and whose letter to his brother describing his participation in the Charge was one of the earliest to be published in the British Press Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, lugs removed from...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A rare four-clasp N.G.S. medal awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, K.C.B., Royal Navy, who as a Lieutenant distinguished himself during the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797, when he volunteered to ‘go in an open boat’ and capture the Dutch Fleet’s Commander-in-Chief, Admiral De Wet, before he could effect his escape from his stricken ship - Richardson presented De Wet to Admiral A. Duncan and in recognition of this was appointed as his Signal Lieutenant; he...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A superb Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar, M.M. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant W. A. Tapsell, 2nd Battalion, later 6th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was decorated with a trio of awards for gallantry on the Western Front in the summer of 1917. Commissioned in April 1918, he died five months later from wounds received in action with the 1st Battalion during the Second Battle of the Somme on 18 September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second...
Hammer Price: £10,000
Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria, naming erased, complete with integral gold riband buckle, nearly extremely fine except where stated £4,000-£5,000
An outstanding Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Epehy’ D.C.M., 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. and 1918 ‘Western Front’ Second Award Bar, Belgian Croix de Guerre group of six awarded to Sergeant F. L. Livings, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, an ‘Old Contemptible’ who was bombed, bayoneted, shot and gassed during the course of his distinguished service on the Western Front Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23186 Sjt: F. Livings. M.M. 9/Essex R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The exceptional and rare Indian Mutiny and Red River 1870 campaign group of three awarded to Staff Sergeant Instructor John ‘Mac’ McNaughten, Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers, late 60th Royal Rifles and ‘Meerut Elephant Corps’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (J. McNaughten, 1st Bn. 60th Rifles); Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (3192 Sgt. J. McNaughton, 1/60 K.O.R.) officially engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3192...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The unique Red River 1879 and Afghanistan campaign group awarded to Major H. S. Marsham, 60th King’s Royal Rifle Corps Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (Lt. H. S. Marsham. 1/60. K.O.R.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Captain. Hy. S. Marsham, 2/60th Foot) mounted for display purposes with an erased Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, the second with light pitting from star, otherwise very fine, the first nearly extremely fine and very rare (3) ...
An important 1914 ‘Le Cateau’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock K.C.B., Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), who, whilst a Captain on the Staff of the 4th Division, was decorated for gallantry in rallying disordered troops and leading them against the enemy at Haucourt, 26 August 1914 - seven times Mentioned in Despatches for the Great War, he subsequently rose to command the 55th (West Lancs) Division and the Deccan...
Hammer Price: £5,500
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;...
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.);...
A Sardinian Crimea and Independence of Italy group of seven awarded to Captain Giuseppe Jest Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Fifth Class breast badge, gold and enamel; Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Fifth Class breast badge, gold and enamel; Independence Medal, silver medal, by Canzani, with 5 clasps, 1848, 1849, 1859, 1860-61, 1866, Al Valore Militare, bronze medal within outer wreath, the reverse inscribed ‘Passaggio Della Sesia, 21 Maggio 1859, Jest Giuseppe’; Great...
Hammer Price: £5,000
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...
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...
Family Group: A Great War April 1915 ‘Chapelle d’Armentiéres’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. G. Cox, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), late Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme on 3 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13999 Cpl. H. G. Cox. 21/R. Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-13999 Sjt. H. G. Cox. 1/R. Fus.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £4,400
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (W. Hagar, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. North Star) nearly extremely fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £4,000
A very rare ‘August 1918’ American D.S.C. group of four awarded to Gunner E. W. R. Auty, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (17106 Gnr: E. W. R. Auty. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (17106 Gnr. E. W. R. Auty. R.A.); United States of America, Distinguished Service Cross, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘6278’, in case with gold debossed lettering ‘D.S.C.’, together with badly damaged box of issue, officially numbered ‘6278’ with spare brooch bar, good very...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Ginchy’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Smith, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, whose meritorious deeds also resulted in the award of the 16th (Irish) Division Gallant Conduct Certificate Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8222 Sjt: A. Smith. 9/R. Dub: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (8222 Sjt. A. Smith. R. D. Fus); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B151301’, medals...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Family Group: A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major M. Higgin-Birket, Lancashire Fusiliers, a Boer War veteran who was wounded with the 2nd Battalion in 1914 and was three times Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst on attachment as Cipher Officer with G.H.Q. Staff, British Salonika Force, 1915-17 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Three: Lieutenant C. A. Campbell, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Audregnies during the Retreat from Mons on 24 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut C. A. Campbell, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieutenant C. A. Campbell.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Arthur Campbell); together with a Cheshire Regiment cap badge and a framed portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, this last contained in a small bronze oval frame, plaque with small...
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
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...
The Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh First Class set of insignia bestowed upon Field Marshal Lord Grenfell, who served as Sirdar and Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army 1886-92 Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, First Class set of insignia, by Kretly, Paris, comprising sash badge, 80mm including Crescent suspension x 62mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, maker’s cartouché on reverse, the star lacking from the suspension; Star, 94mm x 89mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel,...
Family group: Four: Captain Sir Edward A. Stewart-Richardson, Bart., 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), late Queensland Mounted Infantry, who died on 28 November 1914, from the effects of wounds received the previous month at Ypres Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, the date clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt: Sir E. A. S. Richardson. Q’land M.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt Sir E. A....
Pair: Canadian Boatman A. McCallum, Ottawa Contingent Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (257, Boatn. A. Mc.Callum, Ottawa Contgt.) with minor official correction; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘257, Boatn. A. Mc.Callum, Ottawa Contgt.’, good very fine, scarce (2) £1,200-£1,600
Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Military Division, Second Class neck badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 44mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s name and mark to reverse, gold mark to suspension ring, housed in a slightly damaged Civil Division case, extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
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 Boulton’s Trafalgar Medal together with an unusual collection of items belonging to Able Seaman Thomas Fletcher, H.M.S. Defence, including what is believed to be the oldest known ships’ biscuit i. Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, unnamed, contained in a removable hinged gilt-metal watch-type case, now lacking suspension loop and one glass, some damage to edge affecting inscription, otherwise good very fine ii. Manuscript Booklet, predominantly in...
Six: Regimental Sergeant Major F. S. Gaiger, 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Territorial Force) British War and Victory Medals (146 T.W.O. Cl.1. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (146 C. Sjt. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (240016 R.S. Mjr. F. S. Gaiger. 1/6 E. Surr. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1019 Serjt. F. S. Gaiger. 3rd V. B. E. Surrey Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal,...
1 clasp, Battle of Britain, good very fine £1,600-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
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...
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
Three: Assistant Matron Miss Florence Winterborne, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914 Star (Miss F. Winterborne. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Asst. Matron F. Winterborne.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Gravesend Hospital for Nursing Award of Merit bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘Florence Winterbourne [sic].’, with integral suspension bar, in Elkington, London, fitted case, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £2,200
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
Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, silver, a slightly later striking with full edge inscription, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine, scarce £1,400-£1,800
A Pair of German Second War Kriegsmarine Binoculars. A magnificent set of Kriegsmarine 8 x 60 binoculars, individually numbered 2161015 Carl Zeiss Jena, also marked and with their own identification code of BLC. The optics absolutely perfect, the lenses with their original rubber covers with some light degrading to the rubber. It would appear that the main body may have been re-coloured black. Adjustable eye pieces in good working order, complete with its original...
An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain the Honourable I. J. L. Hay, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, whose account of his capture at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, and subsequent imprisonment, was published in the Daily Telegraph after his release in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1927; 1914 Star, with clasp (2.Lieut: Hon: I. J. L. Hay. 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt....
Hammer Price: £2,000
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...
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