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The Property of Squadron Leader N. F. Duke, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C. The historic archive, career memorabilia and Second World War fighter ace’s D.S.O., D.F.C. and 2 Bars, Czech M.C., post-war test pilot’s O.B.E., A.F.C., Queen’s Commendation group of twelve awarded to Squadron Leader Neville Duke, late Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and Royal Air Force, the famous record-breaking Chief Test Pilot at Hawkers: his wartime score of 27 confirmed victories and two shared placed...
Hammer Price: £120,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (H. Towsey, Asst. Surgeon, R.N.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle and original ribbon, nearly extremely fine and rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £14,000
An extremely rare Great War Q-Ship operations D.S.M. and Bar group of four awarded to 2nd Hand A. McKechnie, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of this officially impressed ‘20 June 1917’ (D.A. 8199 A. McKechnie, 2nd Hd., R.N.R., English Channel, 2 Dec. 1916); 1914-15 Star (DA 8199 D.H., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (8199 D.A. 2 Hd., R.N.R.), the third with officially corrected surname, edge bruising, generally very...
Hammer Price: £9,200
A very rare Great War anti-submarine operations D.S.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Commander W. T. A. Bird, Royal Navy: as captain of the torpedo boat destroyer Ouse, he was credited with the destruction of at least two enemy submarines - both of them as a result of close liaison work with the Royal Naval Air Service, including the airship R. 29 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A superb North Russia 1918 ‘fighting commander’s’ C.M.G., 1920-21 “Irish Troubles” C.B.E., Great War Battalion Commander’s D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Squadron Leader F. H. W. Guard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Scots, Chief of Staff to Ironside in North Russia and 2nd in command of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary: in his latter capacity as a Squadron Leader, he commanded one of the R.A.F’s Armoured Car Sections in Iraq in the 1920s The Most...
Hammer Price: £8,800
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (536 Pte. E. Ivatts, 1/24th Foot) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Charles Wilson) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare Great War seaplane carrier operations D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander J. Jenkins, Royal Naval Reserve: as captain of Raven II, he worked in close liaison with Lawrence of Arabia in Palestine 1916-17, the latter on one occasion providing a sketch of Turkish positions to assist the aim of his seaplane pilots Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (James Butters) two minor rim bruises, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Henry Mills, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £6,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (George Borthwick) brooch marks to the obverse, suspension re-affixed, otherwise nearly very fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A scarce Second Afghan War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Sergeant William McGillivray, 92nd Highlanders, ‘for gallantry and forwardness during the capture of Ayub Khan’s camp’ at the battle of Kandahar, on which occasion he was dangerously wounded Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. W. McGllevray, 92nd Foot); Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Ahmed Khel (1539 Corpl. W. McGillivray, 92nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1539 Corpl. W. McGrillivray...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A rare ‘Order of the Lion and Sun’ group of three to Major C. Duperier, 80th Regiment, late 26th Regiment, and 4th Light Dragoons China 1842 (Ensign, 26th Regiment), with replacement ornate straight bar suspension; India General Service 1854-951 clasp, Pegu (Captn., 80th Regt.), these two with matching ornate top bars; Persia, Order of the Lion and Sun, Gold Medal, 32mm., obverse: the lion and sun, exergue: engraved, ‘Augst. 28th 1835’, reverse: band of Persian script,engaved in...
An important Great War “Battle of Texel” 1914 D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. L. Davidson, Royal Navy, the only officer to receive the D.S.C. for this spectacular victory off the Dutch coast, when four German destroyers were sunk within 90 minutes: he remained at his post in the destroyer Loyal, encouraging his gun crew - after having his left foot shot off Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, privately engraved on the reverse ‘G....
A Cut Glass Water Carafe Said to Have Been Used by Lord Nelson Aboard H.M.S. Victory, 25cm high, of ovoid shouldered form engraved with the initial ‘N’, the base cut with flutes, the neck and shoulder with arched facets and concentric bands, old ink written paper label glued to base, inscribed ‘water carafe used by Lord Nelson on board H.M.S. Victory. Given to me by his great niece, Mrs Girdlestone about the year 1889, [signed] C. Berney Brown’ some chips to rim, otherwise good...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine K.B.E., C.B., Gallipoli operations D.S.O. group of fourteen awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir George Swabey, Royal Navy: having served ashore with distinction in Gallipoli as a Naval Observation Officer, he rose to senior rank, serving as a Commodore of Convoys 1940-41 and as Flag Officer in Charge at Portland 1942-44 - during the latter posting he successfully oversaw the embarkation of an entire U.S. Army Division bound for the Normandy beaches The Most Excellent Order of the British...
Hammer Price: £4,800
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (360 Pte. J. Jones, 1/24th Foot) nearly extremely fine £4000-4500
Hammer Price: £4,500
Five: Private William Edwards, 9th Lancers Punniar Star 1843 (Private William Edwards, H.M. 9th or Queen’s Royal Lancers) fitted with contemporary replcement bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Wm. Edwards, 9th Lancers; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Edwards, 9th Lancers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Wm. Edwards, 9th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (836 Willm. Edwards, 9th Lancers) naming...
Hammer Price: £4,400
An unusual and interesting group of nineteen awarded to Alexander Gault MacGowan, an accredited War Correspondent in the 1939-45 War, whose extraordinary career commenced with service as a subaltern in the Manchester Regiment and as an R.A.F. Observer in the Great War: having been wounded in North Africa in 1943, he was captured by the Germans in France in 1944, but escaped ‘through a series of adventures that would make a Hollywood scenarist bite his nails with envy’ - and briefly...
Hammer Price: £4,300
A Great War posthumous Italian Al Valore Militare group of four awarded to Commander R. G. Fane, Royal Navy, who was killed aboard the cruiser Dartmouth in the Adriatic in May 1917, when an Austrian squadron attacked the Otranto barrage 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr., R.N.); Italian Al Valore Militare, silver, the reverse upper surround field engraved ‘Basso Adriatico 15 Maggio 1917’ and the centre ‘R. G. Fane’, together with an engraved silver...
Hammer Price: £4,100
Pair: Private James Robertson, 71st Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna (James Robertson, 71st Foot); 71st Regimental Medal, silver, hallmarks for London 1808, obverse, engraved central crown and ‘71 / 10 Years Service / Light Infantry’ below, and ‘For Courage, Loyalty and Good Conduct’ around, reverse, engraved central thistle, shamrock and rose, with ‘Tria Juncta In Uno’ above, with hinged-buckle bar suspension, this further engraved...
Hammer Price: £4,000
An extremely rare Baltic 1855 operations C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel J. M. Wemyss, Royal Marine Artillery, whose innovative command of the R.M.A’s mortars at the bombardment of Sveaborg achieved spectacular results: ‘In the thirty daylight hours, during which the bombardment continued, the guns and mortars discharged on either side averaged between 20 or 30 a minute, which will convey some idea of the furious nature of the engagement’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath,...
A fine Great War Ypres 1914 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. C. Williams, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, who ‘was struck in the head by shrapnel, several pieces of which penetrated his skull, but continued fighting for eight hours longer’: he was accidentally shot and killed instantly a few days after returning to the Front in October 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with case of issue; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., The Queen’s R.);...
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Sibley, 64th Regiment, second in command at the defence of the Alum Bagh in 1857-58, late 13th and 62nd Regiments Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Ensign C. W. Sibley, 13th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845 (Capt. Chas. W: Sibley 62nd Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. Coll. C. W. Sibley, 64th Regt.) good very fine or better (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (W. Doran) toned, good very fine £2000-2500
Three: Captain T. B. Ryley, Bengal Commissariat Department, who witnessed the annihilation of the Cabul Force in 1842 and became one of the European prisoners of Akbar Khan in Afghanistan Ghuznee 1839 (Conductor) with original suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Actg. Depy. Afs. Comy. of Ordce., Delhie Magazine) fitted with original brass hook and silver bar suspender; Sutlej 1845-46, reverse Sobraon 1846 (Act, Depy. Asst. Com., Ord. Comt. Dept.) light contact marks, otherwise good very...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A very rare Second World War Fleet Air Arm pilot’s B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander (A.) P. H. Parsons, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his attack on a French Vichy submarine in H.M.S. Devonshire’s Walrus aircraft in November 1940 and went on to serve as a Flight Deck Officer on carriers in the Korea War British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (P.O. Airman Peter Henry Parsons, C/FX. 79963); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea...
Four: Captain G. M. Marston, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Widgeon), single initial ‘G.’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.N.); Coronation 1911, the first with edge nicks, otherwise generally extremely fine and extremely rare (4) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine relief of Arnhem operations M.M. group of five awarded to Guardsman D. H. Bartlett, Coldstream Guards: he engaged an enemy machine-gun post with his Bren gun - firing from the hip Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2662218 Gdmn. D. H. Bartlett, C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, the first with edge bruising, contact marks and polished, good fine, the remainder very fine and better (5) £1800-2200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chateauguay (Saro Thostosoroton, Warrior) heavily lacquered, otherwise very fine and scarce £2000-2500
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Havildar Said Tahil, 43rd Bengal N.I.) naming engraved in running script, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500
An Indian Mutiny C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel C. H. Barchard, 20th Bengal Native Infantry The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, complete with gold ribbon buckle, one or two very minor chips to wreath, otherwise near perfect condition; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Ensign C. H. Barchard, 20th Bengal N.I.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. H. Jones, 6th Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4231 C.S. Mjr., 6/R. Lanc. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3472 Sejt., R. Lanc. Regt.) small official correction to unit; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3472 Serjt., Rl. Lamc. Regt.);...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A rare C.V.O., Great War Palestine operations D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Captain R. T. Down, Royal Navy The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘C780’, in its Collingwood, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Mid., H.M.S. Terrible); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Mid.,...
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. James Smillie, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1600-1800
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Joseph Smith, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. William Scott, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot), fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine £1600-1800
A fine long service C.B. group of six awarded to General Sir George Corrie Bird, Indian Army, who commanded the Tochi Field Force on the Punjab Frontier in 1897 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1887, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Jubilee 1897, silver; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lt. G. C. Bird, 35th Madras N.I.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (Maj. G. C. Bird, 1st Punjab...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Heyes, 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise better than good fine £2000-2500
A fine C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel W. Adye, Royal Irish Rifles, who was recommended for the V.C. in the Second Afghan War and was taken P.O.W. at Nicholson’s Nek in the Boer War - ‘the most humiliating day in British military history since Majuba’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt., Trans. Dep.);...
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