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Five: Warrant Armourer F. Andrews, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Blksth., H.M.S. Turquoise); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Blacksmith, H.M.S. Turquoise); British War Medal 1914-20 (Wt. Arm., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Actg. Ch. Armr., H.M.S. Sirius), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, mounted as worn, contact marks, particularly to the first two, otherwise generally about very fine or better and...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Waterloo Letter, written by Ensign Charles Short, Coldstream Guards, aged 16 years, addressed to his mother and dated Monday 19th June, Nivelle; a single sheet, 420 x 330mm., with approx. 1800 words, written on both sides in a clear hand, in ink, now faded to sepia, in an easy descriptive almost matter of fact style Short describes the actions as he saw them at Quatre Bras, Genappe and Waterloo, a personal view of this climactic battle, with a tear and old repair, generally in good...
Black Watch, The Wauchope Medal for Gallantry, silver, the reverse inscribed (Pte. T. Miller, for Conspicuous Gallantry in the Battle beyond Bagdad, March 14, 1917. Presented by Colonel A. G. Wauchope) with silver loop suspension and ribbon in regimental colours, good very fine and rare £400-500
Three: Lieutenant G. H. C. Hart, 12th Battalion A.I.F., who, having been wounded at Gallipoli, died of wounds in France April 1918 1914-15 Star (934 L./Cpl., 12/Bn. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut., A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., 12-Bn. A.I.F.), extremely fine (3) £350-400
The campaign group of three awarded to Sergeant C. Mason, Selous Scouts, late Royal Marines and Australian Special Air Service, killed in action in Mozambique Vietnam 1964 (311619 C. Mason); South Vietnam Campaign Medal 1964, with clasp, 1960- (311619 C. Mason); Rhodesian General Service Medal (726873 Sgt Mason C.) the second chipped in the centre, otherwise good very fine (3) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,050
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (John May) clasp poorly re-fixed to carriage, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
Three: John Bourne, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Actg. Chf. Bosn’s. Mte. H.M.S. Condor); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Cap. Main Top H.M.S. Spartan); Khedive’s Star 1884-86, unnamed as issued, the first two impressed, good very fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Second World War Aegean operations D.S.M. awarded to Temporary Acting Leading Seaman L. M. Carroll, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp./A. Ldg. Smn. L. M. Carroll, P/SSX. 27005) extremely fine £1000-1200
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal R. H. Cole, 9th Lancers Military Medal, G.V.R. (5058 Cpl. R. H. Cole, 9/Lrs.); 1914-15 Star (L-5058 L-Cpl., 9th Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpl., 9-Lrs.); Defence Medal, good very fine (5) £800-1000
An attractive mounted group of three miniature dress medals, Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 17 x 16mm., gold and enamel, the arms embellished with red stones, the apex, ball finials and inter-arm eagles set with diamonds; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 26 x 17mm. (excl. suspension ring), silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with arms and suspension ring embellished with diamonds; France, Academic Palms, 16 x 11mm., gold and enamel, set with diamonds, the three suspended from a...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (David Haddon) edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £980
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Toulouse (Josh. Culbertson, Arty. Drivers) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £600-700
Six: Private A. Mitchell, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, a member of the Royal Household working on the Sandringham Estate, who served with the famous ‘Vanished Battalion’ at Gallipoli 1914-15 Star (2038 Pte., Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2038Pte., Norf. R.); Coronation 1937, with original card case of issue; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., dated 1911-1931, with ‘Thirty Years’ bar (Mitchell, Arthur Edward) with original fitted case of issue;...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Trumpet Major Wm. Banner, 11th Lt. Dragns.), long hyphen reverse, impressed naming in small capitals in the style of a “Pegu” award, good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £950
Germany, Third Reich, German Cross in Silver 1941, enamelled pin-backed badge, 4 rivet construction, stamped ‘1’ on pin, good very fine £700-800
Three: Able Seaman P. Monahan, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Ord., H.M.S. Alexandra); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (A.B., H.M.S. Widgeon); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, about very fine and better, the second rare (3) £500-600
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant H. H. Whytehead, Royal Flying Corps, late North Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action in July 1917 while engaged on an offensive patrol in No. 29 Squadron, very probably a victim of Oberleutnant Eduard Ritter von Dostler, a holder of the “Blue Max” British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Hugh Holtum Whytehead), extremely fine (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £920
Pair: Lieutenant R. H. Coles, Royal Flying Corps, late West Somerset Yeomanry, who was killed in action on 9 May 1917, when his B.E. 2e was ‘smashed to pieces in the air’ by the marksmanship of the famous ace Werner Voss: the latter had recently been awarded the “Blue Max” and would ultimately become the fifth highest scoring German pilot of the War British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), extremely fine (2) £400-500
British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Rundum, silver (Private 42 Bahadur) officially impressed naming, very fine and rare £800-1000
Trans-Jordan Frontier Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (S.Q.M.S. Shaker Nasrallah Serouji) edge bruising and several bad edge cuts, scroll suspension damaged, therefore good fine but extremely rare, believed to be the first of its type offered for sale £200-300
Hammer Price: £900
A most unusual Coronation 1902 C.B. pair awarded to Paymaster-in-Chief G. P. Martin, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Second Burmese War who for many years acted as Deputy Judge Advocate to the Fleet The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Geoe. P. Martin, Secy., “Hastings”), the first with edge nicks and a little polished, very fine, the...
Family group: Pair: Gunner J. Pine, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Gunner); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) China 1842 (John Pine, H.M.S. Belleisle) edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-800
Seven: Officer’s Cook 1st Class W. H. Barrett, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Asst. Baker, H.M.S. Tamar); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (Asst. Cook, H.M.S. Tamar); British War and Victory Medals (98894 O.C. 1, R.N.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Wd. Rm. Cook, H.M.S. Malabar), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, the fourth with a scratch over end of surname, otherwise generally extremely fine and...
Three: Leading Stoker H. Austen, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Stkr., H.M.S. Penelope); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Turquoise); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks and edge bruising, good fine or better (3) £250-300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (James French, Carpenter) good very fine £600-700
A rare Second World War P.O.W.’s B.E.M. awarded to Company Havildar-Major Amir Ali, 7th Rajputs British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (9797 C.H.M. Amir Ali, 7th Rajput Regt.) slight edge bruise, good very fine £180-220
Pair: Private H. C. Carter, Bedfordshire Yeomanry British War Medal 1914-20 (1092 Cpl., Bedf. Yeo.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (111 Cpl., Bedford I.Y.) good very fine (2) £220-260
Seven: Chief Petty Officer S. G. Lambert, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. St. George); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Terpsichore), last clasp loose on ribbon; 1914-15 Star (187454 C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (187454 C.P.O., R.N.), emblem loose; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (187454 C.P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke); France, Medaille...
Hammer Price: £880
A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral Hon. Arthur Stopford, Royal Navy, who also served with the R.N.A.S. and held the rank of Colonel in the R.A.F. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lieut. Hon., R.N. H.M.S. Doris); 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.N.) good very fine (5) £700-800
A Great War Western Front D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel L. E. Warren, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. (Lt. Col.) good very fine (5) £1000-1200
Bavarian Infantry High Ranking Officer’s Picklehaube, the black leather skull with silver plated mounts, the frontal plate with a frosted finish and similar to the lions’ masks chin scale side ornaments, a State cockade in frosted silver plate and pale blue enamel above the wearer’s left side lion’s mask tooled brown leather sweat band with orange silk lining, the skull with minute surface crazing and the silk liner with some fraying, otherwise quite excellent state £800-1200
Six: Painter 1st Class S. Abraham, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Paintr. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Dolphin), surname spelt ‘Abrahams’; British War Medal 1914-20 (125441 Ptr. 1, R.N.); The Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver, inscribed ‘Presented to S. Abraham by Edward VII, H.M.Y. V. & A., Feb. 1 1901’; Coronation 1902, bronze, the reverse field inscribed, ‘Presented to S. Abraham by H.M. King Edward VII’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow...
Three: Able Seaman R. Hood, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Yangtze 1949, Malaya (D/SSX. 838657 Ord. Smn., R.N.); Korea 1950-53 (D/SSX. 838657 A.B., R.N.); U.N. Korea, generally good very fine (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War patrol boat operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Seaman Rigger A. L. Levin, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 14107 A. L. Levin, A.B., H.M.S. P. 32, 1917); 1914-15 Star (J. 14107 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 14107 A.B., R.N.); Coronation 1937, privately inscribed ‘J. 14107 A. L. Levin, Sea. Rig., H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 14107 Smn. Rgr., H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert), the...
A Second World War withdrawal from Greece operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Engineer L. F. Bartlett, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L. F. Bartlett, Ch. Engn. Room Art., H.M.S. Hero); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust (M. 34517 E.R.A. 1, H.M.S. Courageous), this last with minor official correction to ship’s name, generally good very fine and better (7) £800-1000
A Second World War North Russian convoys D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Yeoman of the Signals W. G. Wakeford, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ch. Y. Sig. P./J. 105550); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (J. 105550 L. Sig., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 105550 A./Y.S., H.M.S. Iron Duke), light contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise generally good very...
Six: Sergeant G. W. Berfert, Yorkshire Hussars, late Trumpet-Major, 10th Royal Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb (1643 Tpr., 10th Rl. Hussars); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen ([1]643 Sgt.-Tptr., 10th Hus[sars]), single initial ‘G.’; 1914-15 Star (2328 Sjt. Tptr., York. Hrs.), ‘Sjt.’ officially added soon after original issuance; British War and Victory...
Three: Trumpeter H. Smith, 1st Life Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea ([684 Tru]mpr., 1st L[ife Gds.]); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse ([684 C]orpl., 1/Lif[e Gds.]); Khedive’s Star 1884-86, the first with bent replacement suspension post and the second with slack suspension claw, heavy contact marks and edge bruising with resultant loss of some naming detail, fair, together with two related prize awards, comprising 1st...
A fine Second World War Gothic Line immediate M.M. group of ten awarded to Havildar M. Ashfar, Pakistan Army, late 15th Punjab Regiment Pakistan Independence Medal 1947; Pakistan General Service, 1 clasp, Kashmir 1948; Pakistan National Day Medal; Military Medal, G.VI.R. (11722 Hav. Mohd. Ashraf, 15 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, the M.M. with edge bruise and somewhat polished, thus about very fine, the remainder very fine and...
Six: Shipwright 1st Class J. Pile, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, for M’wele 1895, 2 clasps, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897 (Car. Crew, H.M.S. Barrosa); China 1900, no clasp (Lg. Shipwt., H.M.S. Rosario); 1914-15 Star (174397 Shpt. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (174397 Shpt. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (174397 Carp. Mate, H.M.S. Vivid), the earlier awards with contact marks and one or two edge bruises, otherwise generally very fine or better, the...
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