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The extremely rare ‘Mesopotamia 1916-17’ D.C.M. and Two Bars group of five awarded to Sergeant William Logan, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), who was also three times ‘mentioned’ and awarded the Russian Cross of St George Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (2702 Cpl. W. Logan, 2/R. Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (2702 Pte. W. Logan, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (2702 Pte. W. Logan, R. Highrs.) the B.W.M....
Hammer Price: £18,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant R. J. Cook, 1st/7th Battalion, London Regiment, late Army Service Corps, who served with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War and received a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (56 Pte. R. J. Cook. C.I.V.); 1914 Star (TS-2048 Pte. R. J....
Hammer Price: £7,000
Bucks Militia Officer’s Gorget and Shoulder Belt Plate c.1780. Superb and most rare examples of the officer’s gorget and shoulder belt plate. The gorget in copper gilt has lined decoration around the inside perimeters, centrally within a raised oval are the pierced Royal Arms pre 1801, at the base of the Arms, ‘Bucks’. The oval has a backing of rich blue vitreous enamel, this is secured at the reverse with a stout metal plate screw post and an eight-pointed star shaped nut. The...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A scarce Albert Medal Second Class for Land and Gold Bravery Cross pair awarded to Police Constable J. Dee, Swansea Police Force, for his heroic conduct in attempting to save life during a fire at Swansea on 20 January 1883 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented in the name of Her Majesty to Police Constable James Dee for gallantry in attempting to save life at a Fire at Swansea on 20th of January...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A Second War C.B.E. and Great War ‘Tigris Gunboats’ D.S.O. group of thirteen awarded to Captain R. N. Suter, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, centres loose and with minor repair; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Midn. R. N. Suter, R.N. H.M.S. Doris)...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Waterloo 1815 (David Anderson, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) with original steel clip and split ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £3,600-£4,400
A superb Great War ‘Asiago’ operations D.C.M. and M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant G. Bowery, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (265791 Sjt: G. Bowery. M.M. 1/1 Bucks. Bn: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (265791 Cpl.-L.Sjt.-G. Bowery. 1/Bucks: Bn: O&B:L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2519 Sjt. G. Bowery, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted for wearing, light contact marks, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A scarce Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. H. Hobbs, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was thrice wounded in the course of winning his D.C.M. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs. 1/1 Herts: R. - T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (265954 Cpl.- A. Sjt.- J. H. Hobbs, D.C.M. 1/Herts: R.); 1914-15 Star (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3318 A.W.O. Cl. 2 J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.), a little polished but generally toned, very...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A remarkable and rare Second War D-Day D.S.M. awarded to Leading Seaman R. H. D. Cullimore, Coxswain of an L.C.A. (H.R.) at the assault on Gold Beach in the Normandy Landings when, after completing his primary task of discharging his ‘Hedge-Row’ battery of 24 spigot mortars, he volunteered to assist clearing the beaches of obstacles using “sticky” bombs Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L.S. R. H. D. Cullimore, D/JX. 363000) mounted on original investiture brooch, extremely...
Hammer Price: £4,200
24th (or 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Officer’s HM Silver Gorget 1794. A magnificent and most rare example, correctly constructed on a wire frame all details are engraved and feature the Royal Arms, pre 1801, trophies of arms and knightly helmets on the shoulders, ‘24th’ in the wearer’s right hand chaplet of laurels and ‘Regt’ in the left hand chaplet. The gorget carries the contemporary full hall mark cycle for London in use 29 May 1793 to 28 May 1794, and was made by Francis...
A scarce Albert Medal Second Class for Land awarded to Pumpman W. Simons, for his gallantry during the Abercarn Colliery Disaster, 11 September 1878 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented in the name of Her Majesty to William Simons, Pumpman, for saving life at the Abercarn Colliery, September 1878’, reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouché Phillips, Cockspur St., and officially numbered...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant D. Kerr, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5405 Sjt: D. Kerr. Can: E.); 1914-15 Star (5405 Spr. D. Kerr Can. E.); British War and Victory Medals (5405 Sgt. D. Kerr. C. E.) together with post card photograph of recipient in uniform, extremely fine (4) £1,600-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Pair: Carpenter First Class W. F. Thomlinson, Royal Navy, who served in the Investigator in the Franklin Search Expedition of 1848-49 South Africa 1834-53 (W. F. Thomlinson. Actg. Carpenter 2nd. Class.); Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £1,500-£2,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Martinique, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Deveney, Corpl. 23rd. Foot.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £3,600
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1828. Pte. J. Barber. 2-24th. Foot.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £800-£1,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Wm. Dean, Corpl. 34th. Foot) minor abrasion to high relief point on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2,800-£3,400
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ I.O.M. group of four awarded to Havildar Prem Singh, 36th Sikhs Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on two lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, and additionally impressed ‘3648 LAENSS Pirem Singh 36th Sikhs’; British War Medal 1914-20 (3648 Nk. Prem Singh, 36 Sikhs.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nile (James Gilham.) medal removed from a circular mount, edge plugged at 6 o’clock, suspension re-affixed, light rubbing to naming, otherwise nearly very fine £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £3,000
Six: Lieutenant Lucy B. Joynson, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps 1914-15 Star (L. B. Joynson, F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals (L. B. Jounson. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with star emblem on riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Decoration, 1st Class, 1 clasp, 1914-1915, enamel chipped and reverse centre lacking; Queen Elizabeth Medal, bronze, with red cross suspension; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted...
A Great War C.M.G., pre-War M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Vice-Admiral A. K. Macrorie, Royal Navy, who commanded the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert 1911-14, and was later Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Dardanelles Campaign The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Corunna, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nive, Toulouse (W. Griffiths, 23rd. Foot.) edge drilled at 6 o’clock, suspension claw re-affixed with later suspension bar, edge bruising, very fine £1,500-£2,000
The scarce Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal in gold awarded to Captain Edward Salmund, Merchant Navy Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, 1st type, gold (Edward Salmund Esq, 1855) straight bar suspension, slight edge bruising, good very fine, scarce £2,400-£2,800
First Regiment of Foot Guards Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1815. A very fine and most rare example, the burnished gilt back plate with rounded corners bears a single cast gilt metal mount, the crowned Garter Proper enclosing the Royal cypher, ‘GR’ reversed and interlaced, this in turn mounted with ‘III’ (Parkyn Fig.60). Standard double hook and stud fasteners, very good condition £2,000-£3,000
Four: Commander A. F. Marescaux, Royal Navy South Africa 1834-53 (Midshipman A. F. Marecaux.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Alfd. F. Marescaux. Midn. “Hermes”); Baltic 1854-55 (A. F. Marescaux, Mate. H.M.S. “Termagant.”) contemporary engraved naming; China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860 (Alfred F. Marescaux, Lieutt. H.M.S. Fury.) contemporary engraved naming, last clasp loose as issued, light contact marks, otherwise generally very...
78th Ross-Shire Buffs (The Duke of Albany’s) Officers Shoulder Belt Plate c.1860-81. Rectangular gilt back plate with seeded ground, silver mounted laurel wreath with Thistles and Crown with battle honours ‘Assaye, Java, Maida’, at the top a silvered scroll with ‘Cuidich n Phi’, standard hook and stud fasteners to the rear, gilt dull, otherwise good condition £240-£280
Hammer Price: £2,800
A superb Great War 1915 ‘Second Battle of Ypres, 1915’ D.C.M. campaign combination group of eight awarded to Sergeant H. J. Salter, Military Mounted Police, late 7th Hussars and 9th Lancers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (633 L. Cpl. H. Salter. M.M.P.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (..2 Pte. H. J. Salter. 7th Hus..) suspension loose, heavy edge bruising and contact marks; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps,...
A Second War ‘Dunkirk 1940’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I W. E. Bedworth, 60th (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5102817 A-Sjt. W. E. Bedworth. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5102817 W.O. Cl.1. W. E. Bedworth. D.C.M. R.A.) first...
18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1800. A superb and most rare example the oval gilt back plate with a raised and beaded rim, in the centre a mount featuring a crowned pierced strap, ‘Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium’, this in turn encloses the Harp and Maid resting on a shamrock leaf; the whole with a background of translucent rich blue enamel, two hook and two stud fasteners (Parkyn Fig. 181), very good condition £2,000-£3,000
A Great War ‘Ypres, April 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. Collins, Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7659 Pte. E. Collins. 1/Hants: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7659 Pte. E Collins. 1/Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7659 Sjt. E. Collins. Hamps. R.) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (4) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War C.M.G., inter-War ‘Royal Yacht’ C.V.O. group of five awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral H. G. Summerford, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘C.165’, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue;...
A rare Second War ‘Somaliland 1940’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. B. Harris-Rivett, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, attached Somaliland Camel Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Lt. Col. A. A. B. Harris-Rivett, D.S.O.,...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. H. C. Sandys, 14th. N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, traces of excess solder to suspension claw, minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,600-£2,000
Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver, 48mm., Soho Mint, contained in a contemporary red leather and wood hinged case, the inner silk lining of the lid with old ink inscription ‘Lt Cl McGrigor / Lieut 33d Regt / at Seringapatam / 1799’, the case with tear to leather on lid and otherwise scuffed, toned, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
A Second War fighter pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer J. S. Simmons, Royal Air Force Volunteer, who completed in excess of 80 operational sorties in Spitfires of No. 249 Squadron in support of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, many of them over the Balkans Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the last four in their original...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (G. Belcher, 24th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, minor edge bruising and surface marks, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800
The Sir Gilbert Blane, Bt., Gold Medal awarded to Fleet Surgeon O. Rees, Royal Navy The Sir Gilbert Blane, Bt., Gold Medal (Surgeon Owswald Rees, M.D., H.M.S. “Jackdaw” 1897-98) gold (22ct., 53.60g), fitted with a contemporary claw and small ring suspension, housed in its original presentation case, extremely fine, rare £2,000-£2,400
A rare Great War S.G.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant L. Crossley, Highland Light Infantry, for his services in helping to extinguish the fires that burned for several days on H.M.T. Catonia, May 1917 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Lee Crossley. H.M.T. “Caronia” May 1917); 1914-15 Star (187 Pte. L. Crossley, High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (187 Cpl. L. Crossley. High. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (187 Sgt. L. Crossley,...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Pt. Wm. Willoughby XIII. P.A.L.I.) regimentally impressed naming, pierced with ring and straight bar suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, therefore good fine £700-£900
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War ‘Kut al Amara’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Evenett, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches and subsequently died on the march in captivity Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8654 Cpl. A. Evenett. 1/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (8654 L. Cpl. A. Everitt [sic]. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (8654 T. Cpl. A. Everett [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) Star finely...
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Collier, South Wales Borderers, who was decorated for his gallant command of the 14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the closing months of the war: he had earlier served with distinction as C.O. of the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers in the period 1915-16 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free...
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