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An Order of St. John group of three awarded to District Superintendent L. Pendlebury, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade issue (Pte.); St. John Service Medal (4631 D. Supt., Walkden Div., No. 4 Dist., S.J.A.B., 1923), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £90
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to County Staff Officer F. E. L. Newman, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s breast badge, silver, silver base metal, in its fitted case of issue; Civil Defence Long Service, E.II.R., unnamed as issued; St. John Service Medal, with 5 Bars (16620 A./Sis., Acton & H’smith Nsg. Div., No. 1 Dis.,...
Hammer Price: £110
An extremely rare Punjab Frontier R.R.C. pair awarded to Nursing Sister M. E. Barker, Indian Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Nursing Sister M. E. Barker, I.A.N.S.) good very fine (2) £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £3,500
A Great War A.R.R.C. to Assistant Matron Miss F. Prior, Westminster Hospital Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £160
A scarce gold D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major W. R. N. Annesley, Royal West Kent Regiment, for the defence of the Ambigol Wells and battle of Ginnis Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels, complete with gold top suspension brooch, pin lacking to reverse; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. W. R. N. Annesley, 1/Rl. W. Kent R.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, the first with usual chips to green enamel wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine, the second a...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare and impressive Sudan 1897-98 operations D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel H. A. Micklem, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Engineers, who was wounded in the foot at the battle of Omdurman while serving as a “galloper” to Collinson’s 4th Egyptian Brigade: on receiving another foot wound in the Boer War, he was signalled by his old friend, General Maxwell, V.C., ‘Your feet are altogether too big for military purposes’ - fortuitously, however, said feet avoided enemy fire during...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Property of John Wray, Esq. The magnificent and quite unique D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. and Bar, A.F.C. group of thirteen awarded to Air Commodore A. M. “Father” Wray, Royal Air Force, late East Kent Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, whose M.C. was an immediate award for bringing home his shot-up Nieuport Scout in May 1917, together with his knee-cap in his flying boot: an A.F.C. followed in 1919, a D.F.C. for Waziristan in 1924, and, in spite of his advanced age, an Immediate Bar to his...
Hammer Price: £62,000
A fine Great War D.S.O., M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel N. M. Vibart, Royal Engineers, who was attached to the 63rd Royal Naval Division 1916-18, latterly as Brigade-Major to 188th Brigade, work that undoubtedly brought him into close contact with such R.N.D. legends as Asquith, Beak and Buckle Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut., R.E.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £4,000
The highly impressive and rare Great War Palestine operations D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Pearson, Royal Engineers, who won a brace of “mentions” for the Boxer Rebellion, signed on behalf of Great Britain the treaty concluding the work of the Anglo-Liberian Boundary Commission in 1903, and afterwards embarked on a long and distinguished career as a Director of Surveys in the Sudan: but it was for his services as a Liaison Officer to the Arab Forces at...
Hammer Price: £19,000
An exceptional Battle of Guillemont 1916 immediate D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major W. H. L. Barnett, Bedfordshire Regiment, late Roberts Horse: the calibre of Barnett’s gallantry on the Somme may be gleaned from the fact he was a Lieutenant (Acting Captain) at the time of winning his decoration - and by the fact he received the second of his Great War tally of five wounds on the same occasion Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven to Lieutenant-Colonel P. F. Gow, Indian Medical Service Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; 1914 Star (Lt., I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Maj.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Major, I.M.S.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, all except first mounted for wear, good very fine (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,500
The unique and outstanding Great War ace’s D.S.C. and 2 Bars, D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander R. J. O. Compston, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, a supremely gallant Flight Commander of the famous “Naval 8”, who much preferred point-blank range encounters to any other (once using an enemy pilot’s head as his “marker” at 50 yards range), and who amassed 25 victories - destroyed, driven down out of control or otherwise - among them a “shared” with...
Hammer Price: £52,000
An unattributed Second World War D.S.C. group of six Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1941’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, very fine and better (6) £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
A most unusual Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain H. L. Norman, East Lancashire Regiment, late Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (20270 2nd Corpl., R.E.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (20270 F. of W. Q.M.S., R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (20270 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.); Khedive’s Star, undated, nearly very...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War M.C. group of seven to Major A. King, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late South African Constabulary and Transvaal Scottish Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-19022 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (861 2nd Cl. Tpr., S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., 8th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine and better (7) £900-1000
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain Sir George Craik, Lovat’s Scouts, late Chief Constable in the Metropolitan Police and formerly a Private with the C.I.V. in South Africa Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (97 Pte. G. L. Craik, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., 2/Lovat’s Scts.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (Chief...
Hammer Price: £2,700
A fine Great War capture of Baghdad operations M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Daboo, Indian Medical Service, attached 51st Sikhs Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt., I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., I.M.S.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Capt., I.M.S.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt., I.M.S.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, good very fine and...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Great War Pilckem Ridge operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Acting Major E. E. King, 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion, Welsh Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt., Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Defence Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style as worn, generally good very fine (7) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,800
A superb family group to brothers-in-law who served together as Pilot and Observer The well-documented Great War Observer’s M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant T. A. M. S. Lewis, Royal Flying Corps, late Royal Fusiliers and Royal West Kents, who shared in the destruction of several enemy aircraft, including that flown by the famous German ace Leutnant Karl Emil Schafer: his M.C. was an immediate award for bringing down two enemy aircraft on 27 July 1917, when he was ‘severely...
Hammer Price: £4,300
A Great War M.C. group of four to Warrant Officer Class 2 G. Osborne, Northumberland Fusiliers, who died as a prisoner-of-war Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (4-1107 Cpl., North’d. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (4-1107 W.O. Cl. 2, North’d. Fus.) extremely fine (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War ‘East Africa’ M.C. group of four to Lieutenant W. D. Duff, 6th South African Infantry, late 1st Mounted Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., revese inscribed, ‘Lieut. W. D. Duff’; 1914-15 Star (Pte., 1st M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Lieut.) extremely fine (4) £900-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.C. group of three to Captain J. R. Smith, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt., K.R. Rif. C.); Victory 1914-19 (Capt.) very fine and better (3) £800-900
£800–£900
A well-documented Great War M.C. awarded to Captain C. P. Sells, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1/8th Middlesex Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its case of issue, extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £480
A superb Second World War North Africa operations M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Lieutenant D. S. “Duggie” Low, Royal Tank Regiment (R.A.C.): in writing to his mother after his death in 1943, his C.O. spoke of ‘the finest subaltern in action I have ever known’, and of an officer who literally appeared not to know the meaning of fear, a contention more than justified by the remarkable nature of his M.C. recommendations, and by the story of his escape from six German guards -...
Hammer Price: £3,300
Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant Family group A fine Second World War ace’s Battle of Britain and Middle East operations D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander C. H. “Sammy” Saunders, Royal Air Force, who flew in the celebrated No. 92 Squadron from April 1940 until May 1941, prior to gaining further victories on Channel sweeps with No. 74 Squadron and with No. 145 Squadron in the Middle East: he was twice wounded by return fire Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R.,...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A fine Second World War Air Bomber’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader D. Eggleston, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: in a strike against St. Cyr in July 1944, he kept his Lancaster firmly on its bombing run, although it was hit at least three times by flak Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, these last in original...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Pilot Officer G. B. King, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and further engraved, ‘182393 P.O. G. King, No. 78 Sqdn.’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany, these two with engraved reverses, ‘182393 P.O. G. King, 78 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R.’; Defence and War Medals, cleaned and lacquered, extremely fine (5) £700-800
A scarce Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. T. Horsfield, Royal Air Force, onetime attached Worcestershire Regiment, late Royal Flying Corps Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.F.C.), generally good very fine (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,900
The unique A.F.C., C.G.M. group of six awarded to Flying Officer C. E. White, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who displayed outstanding gallantry as a W./O. Pilot in No. 100 Squadron during the raid on Leipzig on the night of 20-21 October 1943: much of his Lancaster was illuminated by a burning engine for most of his outward and all of his return trip - flying nearly 20 minutes behind the last aircraft of the main attacking force to depart the target area, his heavy bomber was ‘easy...
£14,000–£16,000
A fine Crimea D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Forrest, Scots Fusilier Guards, who was seriously wounded by a musket ball at the Battle of Inkermann, suffering the ‘loss of the ring finger and a portion of the middle finger and complete contraction of the little finger’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (John Forrest, Scots Fusr. Gds.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pvte., Scots [?] Gds.), contemporary engraved naming, faint in places due...
£3,000–£3,500
A rare El-Teb D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. G. Treadwell, 6/1st Scottish Division, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (25459 Actg. Bombr. W. G. Treadwell, R.A., 29th Feb. 1884); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb, Suakin 1885 (25459 Gunr., 6/1st Sco. Div. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sergt., R.A.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, the ribands fitted with original brooch-pin devices for wearing, edge bruising and...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Major G. A. M. Praed, 5th Light Infantry, Indian Army, late South Wales Borderers and East Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5845 Cpl. G. A. M. Praed, 2/E. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2nd Lieut., 2/S. Wales Bord.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2nd Lieut., 2/S. Wales Bord.); Natal 1906, clasp, 1906 (Lt., 5th Light. Inf. Regt....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War D.C.M. group of five to Serjeant W. Binnington (formerly T. Banks), Northumberland Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2340 Sjt. W. Binnington, 2/North’d. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (2340 Sgt. W. Binnington, North’d. Fus), rank and name re-engraved; British War and Victory Medals (2340 Sjt. T. Banks, North’d. Fus.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2340 Sjt. W. Binnington, 2/North’d. Fus.) very fine (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Family group: A Great War battle of Messines D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant T. R. Pells, East Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1433 Sjt. T. R. Pells, 8/E. Kent R.); 1914-15 Star (G-1433 L. Cpl., E. Kent R.), good very fine Three: Private R. Pells, Royal West Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3741 Pte., 2 R.W. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa...
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War “Hill 60” D.C.M. to Serjeant W. A. Norris, Cheshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8475 Sjt., 1/Ches. Regt.) nearly very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £920
A Great War D.C.M. to Serjeant J. Cowell, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14627 Sjt., 9/R. Dub. Fus.) good very fine, scarce to regiment £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. to Corporal H. Wilson, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (96035 Cpl., 222/F. Coy. R.E.) nearly extremely fine £350-450
Hammer Price: £520
The unique Somaliland 1920 operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Acting Quarter-Master Sergeant H. Wood, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, attached 6th King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (305039 Cpl. - A.Q.M. Sjt. H. Wood, 8 Notts. & Derby. R.); 1914-15 Star (1172 L. Cpl., Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1172 Cpl., Notts. & Derby. R.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (305039 Sjt., Notts. & Derby. R.)...
A fine Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman P. S. Fryer, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the “special service smack” I’ll Try during a successful encounter with an enemy submarine in February 1917: in all likelihood he was still serving in the same vessel when she was lost in another encounter with an enemy submarine later that year, an action that resulted in the award of a posthumous V.C. to Skipper Thomas Crisp, R.N.R. Distinguished Service...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Great War evacuation of Gallipoli operations D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman C. Gosling, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (177627 C. Gosling, A.B., Gallipoli Opns., 1915-16) minor contact marks, good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £360
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