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A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel The Honourable R. T. Lawley, 7th Hussars, who commanded his regiment in South Africa and was later 4th Baron Wenlock 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; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Hon: R. T. Lawley, 7/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Hudson, Indian Medical Service The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn: C. T. Hudson. I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. T. Hudson.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, good...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel J. D. Pitman, Canadian Ordnance Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (34803 Sgt. Maj. J. D. Pitman. 1/Can: Div: H.G.) rank corrected; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. D. Pitman.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, generally very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
A rare inter-War North-West Frontier ‘V.C. Action’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton, 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides), for his gallant conduct on 29 September 1935 when he advanced under heavy fire across a narrow Col in an attempt to support two platoons of Guides Infantry under the command of Captain G. Meynell that occupied a summit point and were in grave danger of being overwhelmed; having secured his own...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant F. Terrill, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Cornwallis when she was torpedoed and sunk by U32 on 9 January 1917, and was awarded the O.B.E. whilst serving on the Staff of the Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (208946. F. Terrill.,...
Hammer Price: £460
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Surgeon Captain R. J. E. Hanson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (St. Surg. R. J. E. Hanson. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. R. J. E. Hanson. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Surgeon R. J. E. Hanson. R.N.V.R. London Division.) mounted as worn,...
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Surgeon Captain W. E. Harker, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (St. Surg. W. E. Harker. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. W. E. Harker. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920, mounted for display, good very fine (5) £460-£550
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander C. S. Brewer, Mersey Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Surg. Lt. Cr. C. S. Brewer, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. C. S. Brewer. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Surgeon C. S....
Hammer Price: £900
A rare Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Commander (E.) G. P. Blake, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who served ashore in 1944 as a Forward Air Control Officer and thence in support of carrier operations off Korea - a distinguished career that was tragically curtailed in early 1953 when his Sea Vampire crashed into the ground near the R.N.A.S. Culdrose The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37,...
A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. G. Chapman, C.I.E., Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. R. C. G. Chapman. R.E.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style, about extremely fine (5) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
A Second War ‘Normandy campaign’ O.B.E. group of eight attributed to Colonel C. W. King, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1984, with integral top riband bar; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s...
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An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Colonel (Quartermaster) F. W. Price, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (S-21925 Sjt. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-21925 W.O. Cl.1. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued;...
A Second War ‘Civil Defence’ M.B.E. pair awarded to T. Kennett, Esq., Assistant Town Clerk and Re-Housing Manager, Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160
Hammer Price: £180
A post-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) A. M. Lambert, Royal Corps of Transport, late Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (T/22811780 Sgt. A. M. Lambert. R.A.S.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Capt (QM) A M Lambert MBE RCT); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army...
Hammer Price: £420
A scarce ‘Korea’ Fleet Air Arm Firefly Observer’s D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Commander J. G. C. Harvey, Fleet Air Arm and Royal Navy, who having served in Swordfish with 813 Squadron in North Africa during the Second War, went on to distinguish himself with 812 Squadron off Korea on many operational sorties carried out from H.M. Carrier Glory Distinguished Service Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1952’, hallmarks for London 1952, with Spink & Son...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant A. McKendrick, Highland Light Infantry, attached Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1686 Sjt. A. Mc Kendrick. Q.O.R. Glasgow Y.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. Mc.Kendrick.) good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. S. Gunn, Canadian Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. S. Gunn.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £600-£800
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain G. E. Henderson, 102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. E. Henderson.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £600-£800
A Second War A.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader R. K. Potter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated '1946'; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lt. R. K. Potter. R.A.F.V.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,300
The extremely well-documented and scarce Helicopter Winchman’s ‘Search and Rescue’ 1969 A.F.C., 1957 A.F.M. group of six awarded to Master Engineer P. E. J. ‘Chalky’ White, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his gallant rescue of a watchman on a drilling barge, in the midst of a violent storm, off Dubai Jetty, Persian Gulf, 25 January 1969. In a career of over 28 years, White amassed thousands of flying hours in at least 37 different aircraft Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A very scarce inter-war A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who was decorated by the French Government for services on board the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury. Q.A.R.N.N.S.); France, Third Republic, Medaille d’Honneur des...
A Kaisar-i-Hind pair awarded to Superintendent G. Bowen, Calcutta Police Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 2nd class, silver, the edge contemporarily engraved ‘Griffith Bowen. Calcutta 1909’, with integral top riband bar; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Griffith Bowen Supt. of Police) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge bruise to latter, otherwise extremely fine (2) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £550
A post-War Order of St John group of six awarded to Surgeon Captain T. F. Davies, Royal Navy The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, heraldic beasts in angles; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (Surg. Cdr. T. F. Davies. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
The unique ‘Gedid operations 1899’ D.C.M. group to three awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor (later Captain) S. W. McConnell, Army Gymnastic Staff, attached XIII Sudanese Battalion, Egyptian Army, late Durham Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (St-Sjt: S. W. M’Connell. A. Gym: Staff.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt: Instr. S. W. McConnell. A. Gym: St.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 3 clasps, Gedaref, Gedid, Sudan 1899, unnamed as issued,...
£5,000–£7,000
A fine Great War ‘Havrincourt Wood, September 1918’ D.C.M. and ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Private J. Schlencker, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. M.M. 4/Midd’x R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. 4/Middx: R.); 1914-15 Star (G-10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. Midd’x...
A fine Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Joseph Thelwell, 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Bourlon Wood in January 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (200721 Sjt. J. Thelwell, D.C.M. 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (7723 L/Cpl. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.) mounted for display, nearly...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A fine Great War ‘Old Contemptibles’ 1914 D.C.M. group of five awarded to Corporal A. A. Page, 4th Hussars, for gallantry at Houdeng-Aineries, at St. Christophe-a-Berry, and again in the action near Hollebeke on 30 October 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5748 Cpl. A. A. Page. 4/Hrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5748 {te. A. A. Page. 4/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (5748 Pte. A. A. Page. 4-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (H-5748...
A scarce Great War ‘Battle of Jerusalem 1917’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. C. Windows, 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240116 C.S. Mjr: W. C. Windows. 1/5 Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (240116 W.O. Cl. 1 W. C. Windows. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1246 C. Sjt. W. C. Windows. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1246 Sjt. W. C. Windows. 5/Som: L.I.) mounted on...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Godley, Leicestershire Regiment, for gallantry at Bazentin on 14 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20005 Cpl. H. Godley. 1/4 Leic: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (14217 Pte. H. Godley. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14217 Cpl. H. Godley. Leic. R.) medals unmounted, good very fine (4) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
A most unusual Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant W. A. Taylor, Border Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment, who, hearing that the officers and senior N.C.O’s of his company had become casualties, immediately took command of the company during a heavy barrage; later, during lulls in the action, he ‘produced a piccolo, and by playing popular airs cheered and put new spirit into his men’; he afterwards joined the Royal Air Force and received one of only 8 Army L.S. & G.C....
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. F. Evans, Royal Air Force, late North and South Staffordshire Regiments and Royal Flying Corps: having been awarded his D.C.M. for bravery at La Boiselle on the Somme in July 1916, and been wounded as a Subaltern at Ypres in 1917, he qualified as an Observation Officer in the R.F.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9713 A.C.S. Mjr: W. F. Evans. 8/N. Staff: R.); 1914-15 Star (9713 C. Sjt. W. F. Evans. N. Staff. R); British...
£2,000–£2,400
A Great War October 1918 ‘Famars operations’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. D. Wylie, 6/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (260124 Pte. J. D. Wylie. 6/7 Gord: Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (252601 Pte. J. D. Wylie. A. & S.H.) mounted on card for display, very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private E. Jones, Leinster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6-584 Pte. E. Jones. 2/Leins: R.); 1914-15 Star (584. Pte. E. Jones. Leins. R.); British War and Victory Medals (584 Pte. E. Jones. Leins. R.) medals unmounted, good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,500
An early Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private A. E. Holton, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who, having been decorated for gallantry at Armentieres in February 1915, died of wounds the following September Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (B-431 Pte. A. E. Holton, 3/Rif: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (B-431 Pte. L. E. Holton. Rif: Brig:) not first initial shown as ‘L.’; British War and Victory Medals (B-431 Pte. A. E. Holton. Rif. Brig.) generally good very fine (4) £1,200-£1,600
A Great War ‘German Spring Offensive’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal A. O. Porter, 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps, for gallantry at Vélu 23 March 1918, in which action he was also killed Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (125582 Pte.-A. Cpl. - A. O. Porter. 51/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (125582 A. Cpl. A. O. Porter. M.G.C.) with Memorial Plaque (Arthur Osgood Porter) extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War ‘Canal du Nord, September 1918’ D.C.M. and ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major A. L. Watkin, 50th Battalion (Alberta Regiment) Canadian Infantry, late Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry; ‘After being wounded he single-handed attacked an enemy machine-gun nest, killing a number of crew and capturing twelve of them’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (434222 C.S. Mjr. A. L. Watkin. M.M. 50/Can: Inf.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (434222 C....
Hammer Price: £4,200
An outstanding and rare Great War ‘Gallipoli’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Acting Leading Seaman W. J. Pierce, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Defensively Armed Merchant Ships and a veteran of the Battle of Antwerp in October 1914, for his great gallantry during the Third Battle of Krithia, in which his Battalion suffered over 80% casualties; one of only a handful of men who reached and held the Turkish front-line trench, when a withdrawal...
Hammer Price: £18,000
A fine Second War ‘Bomb Disposal’ G.M. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. N. Bennett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in rendering mines safe off the west coast of Wales, December 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Lieut. William Norman Bennett. R.N.V.R.) engraved naming; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, contact marks and edge bruising to the GM, therefore very fine and better (3) £2,000-£2,400
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Deputy Chief Constable R. Hannah, Warwickshire Constabulary King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Robert Hannah. Deputy Ch. Const. Warwick. Constab.); Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (Robert Hannah. Deputy Ch. Const. Warwick. Constab.) mounted as worn and housed in a fitted case; together with the related miniature awards, good very fine (2) £500-£700
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