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A Sutlej campaign C.B. group of three awarded to Brevet Colonel G. S. Laurenson, Bengal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and riband buckle; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieutt., (1st) Regt. of Arty.), short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming in running script; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An outstanding ‘El Alamein’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant S. G. J. Davies, Royal Sussex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (553755 Sjt., R. Suss. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (553755 W.O. Cl. 2 (D.C.M.) R. Suss. R.) good very fine (6) £3000-3500
A Fine C.B. and Scinde Campaign Medal pair to Major-General R. Henderson, Madras Sappers and Miners, who captured an Enemy Standard at the Battle of Meeanee The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, with hallmarks for London (year date obscured), manufacturer’s mark ‘W.N.’, circa 1845, complete with a wide bar swivel ring suspension, with a gold buckle on ribbon; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Bt. Captn. R. Henderson, Engrs.),...
Hammer Price: £2,900
Pair: Private Jurgen Journeick, 1st Light Battalion, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (J. Journeick, 1st Lt. Bn. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Jurgen Journeick, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine (2)
Pair: Joseph Bottomley, 32nd Regiment Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Joseph Bottomley, 32nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Bottomley, 32nd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, the first with neat repairs to rivets and carriage, nearly very fine, the second good very fine (2) £1800-2200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Martinique, Pompee 17 June 1809, Guadaloupe (James Lay) considerable edge bruising and heavily polished, fair to fine, the carriage and clasps better £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Great War M.C. group of five to Lieutenant S. W. Applegate, North Somerset Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., N. Som. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut.); Defence, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine (5) £700-900
A superb but poignant family group to a series of Grand National jockeys: A rare Second World War Coastal Command pilot’s D.F.C. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer W. H. A. Jones, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who fought in several engagements with U-Boats prior to being posted missing in November 1944: he had been unseated from “National Night” in the 1940 Grand National Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943, in its Royal Mint case of issue;...
An excessively rare and well-documented inter-war Polar Medal awarded to Horace William Sandford Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1925-35 (Horace William Sandford) nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Pair: Quarter-Master Sergeant William Marshall, Rifle Brigade Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Marshall, Qr. Mr. Serjt. 95th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (W. Marshall, Q. Master Serjt. Rifle Brigade 1834) fitted with replacement silver claw and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,100
A Crimea War C.B. group of five awarded to Major-General J. N. A. Freese, Royal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1816, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and riband buckle; China 1842 (Lieutenant, Royal Artillery); Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. Coln., R.A.), contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, unnamed, fitted...
An outstanding campaign group of five to Corporal James Lake, 53rd Foot Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (James Lake, 53rd Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (James Lake, 53rd Foot); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2293 J. Lake, 53rd Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (James Lake, 53rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2293 Corpl. James Lake, 53rd Foot) the first two with contact marks and edge bruising,...
Pair: Private George Faulks, 32nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Toulouse (George Faulks, 32nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (George Faulks, 32nd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise about nearly very fine (2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,200
A C.B., C.M.G. group of eight to Colonel J.A.M.A. Clark, Royal Marines The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; Queen’s South Africa, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., R.M.L.I.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Capt., Rl. Dub. Fus); 1914-15 Star (Maj., R.M.); British War...
An early Western Desert operations M.M. awarded to Squadron Sergeant-Major D. Hanford, Royal Tank Regiment, attached 3rd Hussars: he was killed in September 1942 when his tank hit a mine Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7882294 Cpl. D. Hanford, R. Tank R.), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
An outstanding campaign group of five awarded to Major H. J. Frampton, 50th Foot, who had an arm amputated after the battle of Aliwal, was again wounded at Inkermann, and taken prisoner in the trenches before Sebastopol Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt., Her Ms. 50th Regt.); Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal (Lieut., 50th Regt.); Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Capt., 50th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Legion of Honour, Knight’s...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A rare Royal Niger Company service group of four awarded to Major J. H. Ewart, Seaforth Highlanders Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse (Capt., Sea. Highrs.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Major, Lagos Hausa Force); Royal Niger Company’s Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1886-1897 (Major J. H. Ewart); Khedive’s Star 1882, minor contact marks, good very fine or better, extremely rare (4) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,500
An excessively rare Tynemouth Gold Medal, Great War Russian Gold Medal of St. George group of five awarded to Corporal E. S. Scorfield, Royal Engineers, who was one time a forward for the English Rugby Football Squad and in later life a famous newspaper cartoonist in Australia 1914-15 Star (42142 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (42142 Cpl., R.E.); Russian Medal of St. George, Nicholas II, 2nd class, gold, the reverse officially numbered ‘22117’; Tynemouth Medal, gold, the...
Hammer Price: £3,900
Pair: Private John Squires, 13th Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Toulouse (J. Squires, 13th L. Dgns.); Waterloo 1815 (John Squires, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruise to the last and both with light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Sutlej operations C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General W. J. Gairdner, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and riband buckle; Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Ava (Capt., 10th N.I.), short-hyphen die, officially engraved naming; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Colonel, 14th Regt. Native Infantry), modified...
An early Indian campaigns C.B. group of three to General Augustus Andrews, who fought at Seringapatam in 1799, and commanded the Madras European Regiment at the battle of Maheidpoor in 1817 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, Georgian hallmarks but date letter obscure, maker’s mark ‘IN’, fitted with wide gold swivel-ring suspension and later ribbon buckle; Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A First Afghan War C.B. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. S. Sotheby, Bengal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London, young head Victoria but date letter indistinct, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and riband buckle; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Maheidpoor (Lieut., Nizam’s Contingent), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Ghuznee...
Russia, Order of St. Anne, Medal of Distinction for Foreigners, 1911 pattern, 41 x 27mm., gold and enamel, suspension eyelet bearing the ‘56’ gold mark for St. Petersburg (1908-17) and the mark for Varvara Dietwald of Edouard, St. Petersburg, in case of issue, extremely fine, scarce £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £4,300
An exceptional Hong Kong Plague and long service group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 J. R. Makin, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was decorated by the Royal Humane Society for his gallant deeds in the Colony in 1894 Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (John R. Makin), officially impressed in the usual style; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (6856 L. Cpl., R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa...
Waterloo 1815 (John Martin, Trumpeter, Royal Artillery Drivers) fitted with replacement silver clip but lacking ring, contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £4,400
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, an attractive 1st/2nd Class badge, 58 x 58mm., gold and enamelled both sides, badge unmarked but probably of French manufacture, suspension loop with French post-1838 eagle head stamp mark, with a short length of sash ribbon, slight enamel damage to centres, good very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £4,700
Sold by Order of the Sole Beneficiary of the Estate of the Late Air Commodore E. M. Donaldson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. A well-documented C.B., C.B.E., Fall of France 1940 fighter ace’s D.S.O., A.F.C. and Bar group of eleven to Air Commodore E. M. Donaldson, Royal Air Force, who also flew in the Battle of Britain: the winner of a World Air Speed Record in 1946, he was one of three famous pilot brothers, all of whom were awarded the D.S.O. in the 1939-45 War The Most Honourable...
Hammer Price: £4,800
An extremely rare Normandy June 1944 (D-Day Plus 1) operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Kreyer, Cheshire Regiment, late Indian Army and Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1944’; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt., 1-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (J. Rickets, 43rd Foot) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Boer War C.B. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General E. M. S. Crabbe, commanding 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, and a mobile column in South Africa The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Jubilee 1897, silver; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Lieut., 3/Grenr. Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Driefontein Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine C.S.I., C.I.E., Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain J. E. Pedley, Indian Army, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was latterly a senior member of the Indian Civil Service The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central cameo bust of Queen Victoria and rose diamond set legend, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel;...
Hammer Price: £5,800
A fine battle of Inkermann D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour-Sergeant Charles Walker, 55th Regiment, later a Yeoman of the Guard Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Colr-Serjt. C. Walker, 55th Regt.); China 1842 (55th Regiment Foot); Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (1500 Color Sergt., 55 Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, together with contemporary Colour-Sergeant’s stripes, lacquered and sometime possibly...
Waterloo 1815 (George Butler, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, light edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise about very fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £6,200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. C. Bowers, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and some contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £2500-3000
An outstanding Great War D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. B. Lawrence, Gordon Highlanders, onetime attached to the Liverpool Regiment: his D.S.O. citation states that he ‘personally shot a number of the enemy’, while his D.C.M. might have stemmed from a V.C. recommendation Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6401 C.S. Mjr. T. Lawrence, 2/Gord. Hrs.); Queen’s...
Hammer Price: £8,800
The important Boer War D.S.O. group of thirteen awarded to Colonel B. H. S. Romilly, Scots Guards and Egyptian Army Camel Corps, brother-in-law to Winston Churchill Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Lieut., Scots Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., Scots Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Major, S. Gds.); British...
Hammer Price: £9,000
An exceptional South Russia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander B. J. Littledale, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.) possibly officially renamed; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Russian St. George Cross for Bravery, silver, 4th class, the reverse officially numbered ‘166 551’; Russian Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, with swords and bow, gold and enamel, maker’s marks for Alexander Kordess, St. Petersburg,...
Waterloo 1815 (Surgeon I. G. Logan, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, note incorrect first initial, nearly extremely fine; together with his 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry officer’s sabre, the single edged curved blade bearing blued and gilt etched decoration of a crowned GR cypher, Royal Arms, mounted cavalry officer brandishing his sword and martial trophies, steel stirrup guard with plain pointed langets with wire bound wooden grip, in its original...
Hammer Price: £9,200
An extremely fine Peninsular War pair awarded to Major-General Sir Charles Greville, K.C.B., 38th Regiment and latterly Colonel of the 98th Regiment, a gallant Brigade Commander who twice had his horse shot from under him Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Roleia & Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria and Salamanca, 2 clasps, St. Sebastian, Nive (Colonel The Honble. Chas. Greville), complete with original gold swivel-ring suspension, riband buckle and neck riband fitments; Field Officer’s Small Army...
Hammer Price: £29,000
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