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A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. D. Young, 6th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, later a Captain in Swansea Home Guard Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (265253 C.S. Mjr. G. Young. 6/Welsh R.); 1914 Star (1098 L. Sjt. D. Young. 1/6 Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (1098 W.O. Cl. 2. G. D. Young. Welsh R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (265253 C.S. Mjr. G. D. Young. 6/Welsh R.)...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1941, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated 1942, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
Germany, Third Reich, German Cross in Gold, by C. F. Zimmermann & Sohn, Berlin, silver, gilt, and enamel, the reverse retaining pin manufacturer stamped ‘20’, with faint traces of an owner’s name scratched into the lower reverse side, good very fine £600-£800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. gropup of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. A. Chetwin, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8031 C. S. Mjr: G. A. Chetwin. 1/N. Staff: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8031 Sjt. G. Chetwin. 1/N. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8031 W.O. Cl. 2. G. A. Chetwin. N. Staff. R.) mounted as worn, together with associated ribbon bar, the first with small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine (4) ...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Six: Sapper J. Harris, Royal Australian Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘VX37377 J. Harris’; together with a scarce ‘theatre-made’ Rats of Tobruk Medal 1941, the reverse numbered ‘148’, nearly extremely fine, the last scarce (7) £180-£220
Hammer Price: £1,600
A fine Second War ‘Immediate’ 1945 ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance Corporal B. Marson, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, who carried five wounded men across a river under heavy fire, having been ambushed whilst on patrol at Nabu, 18 February 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3386102 L. Cpl. B. Marson. E. Lan. R.) rank partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, mounted for display, generally...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Barrosa (John Wallis, 1st Foot Gds.) nearly very fine £800-£1,000
Waterloo 1815 (Alexander Urquhart, Royal Artillery Drivers) fitted with original steel clip and later replacement ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £1,200-£1,600
Ghuznee 1839 (David Crawford 2nd Queens Royal Regt.) neatly engraved in running script in reverse centre, original suspension, fitted with contemporary silver rectangular ribbon slide, the obverse with contemporary inscription ‘David Crawford Queens Royls. AFGHANISTAN GHUZNEE & KELATT Campaign of 1839’, the reverse central bar inscribed ‘D.C. 415.’, suspension a little bent at one side, otherwise very fine £600-£800
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. Duffett, Royal Navy, whose career in the Royal Navy spanned almost half a century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (E. Duffet [sic], Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Active.), this a slightly later issue impressed in the style associated with the Egypt and Sudan Medal; Egypt and Sudan...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Second War Wireless Operator’s D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant, later Flight Lieutenant, S. Albiston, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 35 operational sorties, including Operation Fuller, the Channel Dash in 1942, against the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1059463. Sgt. S. Albiston. R.A.F.) on original mounting pin; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24542221 Pte J Wood Para) small official correction to unit, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (T. Bridon, 3rd Foot Guards) a few marks in fields, otherwise very fine £1,600-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Messines - Hill 60’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Somme - attack on Contalmaison’ M.M. group of five awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major D. F. McKrill, 10th (Service) Battalion, West Riding Regiment, who was twice wounded during his D.C.M.-winning action and later commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13233 C.S. Mjr: D. F. McKrill. 10/W. Rid: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (13233 Sjt: D. F. McKrill. 10/W. Rid: R.); 1914-15...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, unnamed as issued, mounted on investiture pin, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine £1,400-£1,800
An interesting and scarce Norwegian War Cross, with related ephemera, awarded to Beaufort air-gunner Flight Lieutenant N. Kemp, Royal Air Force, for Coastal Command operations against German convoys in Norwegian waters in 1941 - during which he claimed to have destroyed several vessels and an Me. 109 Norway, Kingdom, War Cross, with Sword Emblem on riband, the reverse engraved ‘Awarded P/O Neville Kemp. R.A.F. 10.8.42’, in Spink & Son, London, case of issue; together with the...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A fine Great War ‘Battle of Neuve Chapelle, March 1915’ D.C.M. and Russian Cross of St George group of five awarded to Sergeant C. E. J. Faulkner, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13392 Sjt: C. E. J. Faulkner. 2/Middx; Regt.); 1914 Star, with unofficial miniature clasp (L-13392 Pte. C. E, Faulkner. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (13392 W.O. Cl. 2 C. E. J. Faulkner. Midd’x R.); Russia, Empire, Cross of...
A Great War ‘Italian theatre’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant A. Wanklin, 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action in France at the battle of Beaurevoir on 5 October 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240026 Sjt: A. Wanklin. 1/8 Worc: R.); 1914-15 Star (545 L. Sjt. A. Wanklin. Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (545 Sjt. A. Wanklin. Worc. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (545 Pte. A. Wanklin. 8/Worc: Regt.) together with...
Pair: Lance-Corporal P. A. Beatty, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24405338 Pte. P. A. Beatty Para.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24405338 L Cpl P A Beatty Para) official correction to number and rank, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
A Great War ‘Givenchy’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Richardson, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, for gallantry at Cuinchy in February 1915, during a counter attack in conjunction with the Irish Guards to recapture a section of trench known as the ‘hollow’, an action extensively covered in Deeds that Thrill the Empire and in which Lance-Corporal O’Leary of the Irish Guards won the V.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4796 Pte. F. Richardson. 2/C.G.); 1914...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant H. F. Bryan, 1st East Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers (T.F.), for gallantry during operations north of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 2nd/3rd March 1916, when he was buried by a shell explosion Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11 Sjt: H. Bryan. 1/1 E. Rid: F. Co. R.E.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (11 Sjt. H. Bryan. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (11 Sjt. H. Bryan. R.E.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R....
Hammer Price: £2,400
A fine Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Thomas Hutchinson, King’s African Rifles, who won an immediate award for his part in the desperate action fought on “Pagoda Hill” in March 1944 - ‘such was his determination that even during the brief period his wound was being dressed he broke off to seize the opportunity of killing two more Japanese who came into view’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (10330 C.Q.M. Sjt. T. Hutchinson,...
A particularly fine Second War ‘Arakan and Kohima operations’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major T. Casey, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, who later commanded the lead Company in the assault crossing of the 2,000 yards wide River Irrawaddy, 14 February 1945, and was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry during the assault Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa...
An extremely rare Great War ‘East Africa 1916’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Sergeant D. Grant, South African Aviation Corps, attached 26 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps; he served as a Captain in the 2nd Transvaal Scottish during the Second War and was captured at Tobruk in June 1942 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Z185 F/Sjt. D. Grant. S.A.R.F.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sjt. D. Grant. S.A.S.R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star;...
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24487520 Pte C J Weekes Para) in its named card box of issue, extremely fine £1,600-£2,000
A fine Second World ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal A. H. Ford, West Yorkshire Regiment, who, as a member of his battalion’s “Guerilla Platoon”, regularly penetrated enemy lines in the Arakan Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4390907 L. Cpl. A. H. Ford, W. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp 8th Army; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4390907 Cpl. A. H. Ford, M.M., W. Yorks), generally very...
Pair: Private R. Ratcliffe, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24576869 Pte R Ratcliffe Para); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24576869 Pte R Ratcliffe Para) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain A. G. “Jock” Howitt, East Surrey Regiment, a gallant officer of the 12th Battalion who was killed in action at Hollebeke in August 1917 - ‘If there was anything to be done needing courage and a cool head, Jock was the man for the job’ Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2nd Lt. A. G. Howitt, 6th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. G. Howitt), extremely fine (4) £2,000-£2,600
Arctic Medal 1818-55 (Jas. Lee HMS Pioneer) contemporary hand engraved naming, good very fine £1,200-£1,600
Four: Private Robert Kennedy, 72nd Foot, late 93rd Highlanders, with whom he was present at Balaklava as one of the ‘Thin Red Line’ Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (No. 1966 Robert Kennedy 93rd Highlanders) regimentally engraved naming in a style normally found on medals to the 72nd; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Robt. Kennedy, 72nd Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3623 Robt. Kennedy 72nd Foot); Turkish...
A fine Second War D-Day ‘Operation Neptune’ D.S.M. awarded to Acting Temporary Corporal R. H. Davies, Royal Marines, for gallantry whilst serving as Coxswain of Landing Craft (Assault) 1139, part of L.C. Flotilla 541, on ‘King Gold beach’, 6 June 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Mne. (A/Temp/Corpl) R. H. Davies, R.M., PLY/X.103785) mounted on original investiture pin in it case of issue, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Second War ‘Battle of Cape Bon’ D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Petty Officer E. P. Moseling, Royal Navy, later Admiralty Constabulary, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War off Tobruk in September 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J.101594 E. P. Moseling. P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.101594 E. P. Moseling. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma...
Three: Colour Sergeant H. Evans, Royal Marine Artillery Queen’s Sudan 1896 (3339 Sgt. H. Evans, R.M.A.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Hugh Evans, Col. Sergt., No. 3339 R.M.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 4 clasps, Hafir, Sudan 1897, Khartoum, Sudan 1899 (3339. Sgt. H. Evans. R.M.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare (3) £800-£1,000
A good Great War ‘Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant J. A. B. Paul, East Surrey Regiment, late Honourable Artillery Company, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 October 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘2nd Lieut. John Andrew Bowring Paul, 7th East Surrey Regt., Ovillers, 1916, 29th July, 2nd Aug., 13th Aug., Killed at Geudecourt 10th Oct. 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2384 Pte. J. A. B. Paul, H.A.C.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A rare Second War ‘Ayrshire Home Guard’ M.B.E., Great War ‘Egypt and Palestine operations’ D.C.M., and ‘Sinai battle of Romani’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Major T. Auld, Royal Scots Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240082 C.S. Mjr: T. Auld. 1/5 R.S. Fus:-T.F.)); Military Medal, G.V.R. (6764 Sjt: T. Auld. 1/5 R. Sco: Fus:-T.F.)); 1914-15 Star (6764 Pte. T. Auld,...
Four: Colonel H. W. R. de Coëtlogon, Egyptian Army, who served as Governor and Commander at Khartoum prior to the arrival of General Gordon in February 1884; and following Gordon’s murder in January 1885 was the last living Englishman to have seen General Gordon alive Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Col: H. de Coëtlogon.) partially officially corrected; Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Third Class neck badge, silver and enamel, unmarked, significant green enamel...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Street, 74th Foot.) fitted with three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, edge bruising and pawnbroker’s mark in reverse field, otherwise very fine £2,400-£2,800
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (Pte. R. Moore, Ont. R.) Canadian style impressed naming, dark toned, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,400
A superb Great War ‘Second Battle of Bapaume 1918’ M.C., ‘Somme 1916 - Schwaben Redoubt’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain T. G. Stewart, 1st Battalion Royal Marines, late 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (G-2542 Sjt: T. G. Stewart. 7/E. Kent R.); 1914-15 Star (G-2542 L. Cpl. T. G. Stewart. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. G. Stewart. R.M.) mounted court-style for display,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A scarce Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant G. H. Johnston, 1st Canadian Railway Troops, for ‘great gallantry’ during a night bombing raid on the railway at Marchelepot in September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1081026 Cpl. G. H. Johnston. 1/Can: R.T.); British War and Victory Medals (1081026 Sjt. G. H. Johnston. C.R.T.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
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