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An outstanding and rare Second War ‘Dieppe Raid’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal C. H. Blunden, No. 4 Commando (The Rifle Brigade) who, in the final assault on the “Hess” Battery, despite being wounded, ‘continued to destroy the enemy until there were no Germans left alive.’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6905806 Cpl. C. H. Buunden. Rif. Brig.) note spelling of surname; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (5349 Pte. C. H. Blunden. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; France and...
Hammer Price: £17,000
A fine and rare Naval K.C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral Sir John Kingcome, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge in 18-carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1864, with length of silk neck ribbon and original gold clasp for wearing, and breast star in silver with gold and enamelled appliqué centre, the reverse inscribed ‘R & S. Garrard & Co. Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25,...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The Waterloo medal to Captain William Stothert, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Foot Guards, who was severely wounded at Bergen-op-Zoom in March 1814, and mortally wounded at Waterloo where he was Adjutant and Brigade Major to the 2nd Brigade of Guards Waterloo 1815 (Capt. William Stothert, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £10,000-£14,000
The post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘Chindit operations’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain H. C. Marshall, Border Regiment: during the course of prolonged operations behind enemy lines, his platoon once accounted for 25 of the enemy in a 48-hour period The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The unique C.I.E., O.B.E., K.P.M. and Two Bars group of five awarded to Inspector General of Police Frederick W. O’Gorman, Bombay Police, the only recipient of the K.P.M. and two bars, all three awards being for gallantry The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, with Second...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Burma Gallantry Medal awarded to Naik Walu Naw, Northern Kachin Levies Burma Gallantry Medal (Levy Walu Naw N. Kachin Levies) officially impressed naming, in its somewhat damaged Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine and rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
The outstanding ‘Gardiner Family Group’ to Sergeant-Major A. Gardiner, wounded with the Scots Greys at Waterloo; to his son Private A. D. Gardiner, who lost a leg with the Greys at Balaklava and was plucked to safety by Private Ramage who thus won the Victoria Cross; and to his grandson W. E. Gardiner, who served with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War (a) Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Alexander Gardner, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and straight bar...
A fine Great War C.M.G., scarce ‘North West Frontier 1908’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier-General P. T. Westmorland, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Bedfordshire Regiment and West India Regiment, attached Army Pay Department, who served as a Brigade Commander during the Great War, and over the course of his career was three times Mentioned in Despatches for services on three different continents The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G.,...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare First China War and ‘Franklin Search’ Arctic Medal pair awarded to Captain William Chimmo, Royal Navy, F.R.G.S., F.L.S., F.R.A.S., F.M.S., an energetic hydrogapher and explorer for many years China 1842 (W. Chimmo, Clerk’s Asst, H.M.S. Cornwallis.) original suspension neatly re-affixed; Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, each fitted with contemporary brooch pin, the first with some obverse pitting from tunic buttons, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
A fine Second War ‘Burma operations’ Immediate M.C. and Immediate I.D.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Subadar Sherbahadur Rai, 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (1288 Q.M. Hav. Sherbahadur Rai, 1-7 G.R.) complete with integral top brooch bar, this lacking pin; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, these four unnamed as issued, good very...
Hammer Price: £7,000
An interesting Peninsula War medal awarded to Major-General J. C. Victor, who served with the Royal Engineers in the latter part of the Napoleonic war, and afterwards in Canada under Colonel John By on the construction of the Rideau Canal, and in Tasmania as commander of the Royal Engineers and Director of the Public Works Department, where he left a legacy in Hobart of some fine archicture Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. C. Victor, Lieut. R....
Hammer Price: £6,500
A Great War stretcher bearer’s D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private Ernest Stockman, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (28796 Pte. E. Stockman. 2/Devon: R.) minor official correction to number with ‘8’ over ‘3’; British War and Victory Medals (28796 Pte. E. Stockman. Devon. R.) medals unmounted, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £6,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chateauguay (J. B. St. Hilaire, Canadn. Militia.) toned, good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Four: General W. E. Mulcaster, Bengal Cavalry, who commanded the first expedition to Bhootan in 1865 Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut. W: E: Mulcaster, 64th Regt. N:I:); Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Capt. W. E. Mulcaster, 7th Irregular Cavy.); India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Bhootan (Bt. Lt. Col. W. E. Mulcaster, 5th Bengal Cavy.) all...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A rare and well-documented Second War evader’s D.F.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. R. Laws, Royal Air Force, who took to his parachute over Belgium after his Halifax was attacked by night fighters returning from Pilsen in April 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (745880 Sgt. W. R. Laws, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted court-style, good very fine (5) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
A rare Great War ‘Hamel, March 1918’ D.C.M. and ‘Somme, 1916’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Joshua Fishwick, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (D6581 Sjt: J. Fishwick. M.M. 2/D. Gds:); Military Medal, G.V.R. (6581 Cpl. J. Fishwick. 2/D. Gds:); 1914 Star, with clasp (6581 L. Cpl. J. Fishwick. 2/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-6581 Sjt. J. Fishwick. 2-D. Gds.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, together with Silver War Badge...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Vincent (Robert Marsh.) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £2,000-£2,400
Pair: Farrier-Major Thomas Lea, Royal Horse Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (T. Lea, Farrier, R.H. Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Lea, Royal Horse Guards.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and ring suspension, the first with light contact marks, nearly very fine, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine (2) £3,400-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare and unusual Great War C.B.E. and Messina Earthquake ‘Order of the Crown’ group of ten awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral G. C. A. Boyer, Royal Navy, who also served with the small naval contingent in the Dongola Expedition of 1896 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (G. C. A. Boyer, Asst. Paymr. R.N. H.M.S. Briton.); China 1900, no clasp...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Henry Heise, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A German Second World War Hitler Youth Leader’s Dagger A magnificent blade, all bright finish remaining, marked ‘RZM 7/36’ which is the company of Carl Eickhorn. All of the grip wire intact, a small number of gaps in the wire. The leather to the scabbard again very good, some minor indentations. No damage to any of the scabbard fittings. Some slight loss of the nickel finish to the cross guard. Good detail to the Hitler Youth lozenge insignia on the upper grip mount, excellent...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Seven: Colour Sergeant James Byrne, 13th or Prince Albert’s Light Infantry Cabul 1842 (Pt. Byrnes J. Byrne 13th P.A.L.I.) ‘Pt. Byrnes’ regimentally impressed, otherwise engraved, fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Pt. James Byrne P. A.) regimentally impressed naming with some loss to unit, fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Cr. Sergt. James Burnes (sic) 13th or P.A. Lt. Inf.)...
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Geo. Haasman, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, very minor edge bruise and light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (R. Furze, Midshipman.) nearly very fine £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,600
The important K.B.E, C.I.E., D.S.O., K.P.M. group of seven awarded to Sir J. A. Wallinger, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Police, Head of the Indian Political Intelligence, for which appointment he was specially selected as being one of the best detectives in India: Policeman, soldier, spymaster - foremost amongst his recruits was the author Somerset Maughan The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge,...
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Rich. Harrison, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip with contemporary ring and silver bar suspension, contact marks to obverse, otherwise very fine, reverse good very fine £4,000-£5,000
A very rare Second War ‘Chindit operations’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant C. McCluskey, Black Watch, a veteran of Crete and Tobruk who was twice wounded in the act of winning his M.M. in Burma in June 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2752845 Sjt. C. Mcluskey. Black Watch.) minor official correction to last two letters of unit; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, some contact wear but generally good very fine or better (6) £4,000-£5,000
A German Second World War Postschutz Official’s Dagger A superb blade by Paul Weyersberg of Solingen, all the cross grain finish remaining. Some very minor grey spots to the lower area of the blade. Original thin leather washer remaining between the blade and the cross guard, with very early number stamped on the guard. All of the metallic fittings, which include the upper pommel, cross guard and three scabbard fittings all retain good bright nickel finish with some surface abrasions. The...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A rare Second War ‘Burma operations’ Immediate M.C. and post-war Immediate Q.P.M. for Gallantry group of eight awarded to Assistant Superintendent of Police J. C. Willcock, Sierra Leone Police, late Captain, 10th Gurkhas, and Federation of Malaya Police Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; Colonial Police Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (Asst. Supt. John C. Willcock, Sierra Leone Police); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service...
A fine O.B.I. group of eleven awarded to Subadar Major (Hon. Captain) Bakhshish Singh, 2/2nd Punjab Regiment (late 69th Punjabis) Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel; 1914-15 Star (No. 1785 Nk. Bakhshish Singh, 1/69/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (1785 Nk. Bakhshish Singh 1-69 Pjbis.); India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1785...
The important Founder’s Maquette of ‘Troopie’, the Regimental Memorial of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, presented to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. W. Aust, the last Commanding Officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry Founder’s maquette in resin used by the Fiorini Foundry in the design and casting of The Trooper ('Troopie'), the full-size bronze Regimental Memorial of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, 1978-79, the statue 235mm in height, mounted on a wooden plinth 115mm x 110mm x 60mm high,...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Banda Neira (William Parrott.) very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Second War C.B.E., scarce Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel B. S. Finn, New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Dental Corps, who previously served as a Trooper with the Victorian Mounted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.,...
Pair: Private W. Howey, 51st Light Infantry Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes (William Howey, 51st. Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (William Howey, 51st Reg. Light Infantry.) with original steel clip and split ring suspension, light contact marks, very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, good original frosted finish, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gluckstadt 5 Jany 1814 (Thos Stonnell.) very fine £2,200-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,000
A German Second World War Teno Officer’s Dagger A magnificent blade by Carl Eickhorn with its Organisation Todt style eagle and swastika with the Eickhorn logo below, both in matt grey, which illuminates against the brightness of the blade, which has all of its cross grain finish remaining. The etched numbers on the blade of ‘3319’ are very faint, however they do match the stamped ‘3319’ on the upper throat of the scabbard. The leather washer fitted between the blade and the cross...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (John Chatterton, 31st Foot.) good very fine £1,400-£1,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes (Robert Colquhoun, 94th Foot) toned, good very fine £2,000-£2,400
A superb Great War ‘Ypres, June 1917’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergerant-Major R. E. Page, 8th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5777 C.S. Mjr: R. E. Page. 8/E. Kent R.); 1914-15 Star (G-5777Sjt. R. E. Page. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5777 A.W.O.Cl.1. R. E. Page. E. Kent R.) medlas unmounted, the first with edge bruise and polished, good fine, otherwise very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
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