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A Second World War ‘May 1940’ M.M. group of seven to Serjeant L. J. Brabham, Reconnaisance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps, late the Buffs Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6285495 Sjt., Recce C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6285495 Pte., The Buffs); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine and better (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,000
A fine Second World War capture of Tunis operations M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Corporal L. A. Burden, Royal West Kent Regiment - armed with a grenade and a bayonet, he rushed an enemy machine-gun post Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6104545 A. Cpl. L. A. Burden, R.W. Kent R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,100
A superb Second World War Sicily operations M.M. group of seven awarded to Troop Sergeant-Major E. G. “Lofty” King, Rifle Brigade, attached No. 3 Commando, who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for his bravery in the successful but costly Commando raid on the Punta Dei Malati in Sicily in July 1943: ‘a hard fellow in many ways’, he knocked out an Italian soldier with a ‘terrific uppercut’ on the day he won his M.M. - he had earlier participated in the Lofoten, Vaagso and...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A most unusual Second World War immediate D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. R. Youens, Royal Air Force, who piloted Wellingtons of No. 38 Squadron on torpedo strikes in the Mediterranean Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1376216 Sgt. W. R. Youens, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine or better (6) £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,300
A rare and early Korea War D.F.M. awarded to Master Signaller G. J. F. McCourt, No. 205 Squadron, Far East Flying Boat Wing, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (1625446 Sgt. G. J. F. Mc Court, R.A.F.), an official replacement, in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,900
A rare “Irish Troubles” Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of five awarded to Police Sergeant C. J. Keeney, Royal Irish Constabulary, late Irish Guards Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Civil), unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (6472 Pte., I. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (6472 Sjt., Ir. Gds.); Visit to Ireland 1911, unnamed as issued, very fine or better (5) £800-1000
A superb Second War Merchant Navy B.E.M. and Scott’s First Antarctic Expedition group of eleven awarded to Chief Petty Officer Thomas Kennar, Royal Navy, also decorated by the Russians for services at Jutland, who first went to sea in 1887 and who died at sea in 1945 British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas Kennar); 1914-15 Star (171801 C.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (171801 C.P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal; Polar Medal 1904, E.VII.R.,...
Hammer Price: £33,000
A good Second World War B.E.M. awarded to Chief Steward A. W. Wiltshire, Merchant Navy, who survived several days in an open boat following the loss of the Houlder Brothers’ ship Beacon Grange to torpedo attack in the North Atlantic in April 1941 - he was 59 years of age at the time of being recommended for his award British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur William Wiltshire), with original wearing pin, nearly extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £410
A Second World War B.E.M. group of six to Chief Stoker H. Watson, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when the battlecruiser Hood was sunk in action with the German battleship Bismarck at the battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Sto. Harry Watson, P/K.61055 R.N.), in damaged card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, extremely fine (6) £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,500
A fine Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant R. Linsley, 12th (Yorkshire) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (A.A.C.) and Green Howards, who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day where his unit was heavily engaged at Ranville - he was subsequently wounded British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (4385293 C.Q.M.S. Robert Linsley); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4385293...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A B.E.M. group of four to Private J. Rafferty, Kings Regiment British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (3766534 Pte. John Rafferty, K.R.); Defence and War Medals; Army L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (3766534 Pte., Kings) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-200
Hammer Price: £330
A good Second World War B.E.M. awarded to Section Leader T. I. R. Melville, National Fire Service (Scotland): as a Section Leader, he would have commanded 5 pumps, his rank being denoted by two narrow red bands painted on his khaki helmet British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas Inglis Russell Melville), with original wearing pin, extremely fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £190
British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Charles Burn), in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Nelson Testimonial Medal 1844, by E. Avern, obv. bust of Nelson facing left, enclosed by a garter, ‘England Expects Every Man Will do His Duty’; rev. View of the Column in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the background, ‘To Commemorate the Opening of the Nelson Testimonial in Trafalgar Squ.’; exergue, ‘21 October 1844’, 60mm., pewter, pierced for ring suspension, ref. Hardy 97, M.H.531, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £920
‘Poet Laureates’ Badge’, oval openwork badge, 50 x 41mm., gilt metal laurel wreath, with a crowned harp in the centre decorated with paste stones and gold appliqué, reverse inscribed, ‘Charles Doyne Sillery, K.M. and K.C.[?]. Poet Laureat(e)’, with fixed ring at apex for suspension, additionally with a brooch fitting to the reverse which obscures some of the inscription, nearly extremely fine, a rare and interesting piece £200-250
Hammer Price: £460
Tower Ward Association Volunteers Medal 1798, silver, 57mm, obv. finely engraved, the White Tower, Tower of London, legend around ‘Tower Ward Association Volunteers. Founded 1798’; rev. ‘This shooting badge was presented by Lieut. Col. Curtis to Edward Swift, Esq., best shot in the Corps’, fitted with large ornamental loop suspension, good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Manchester & Salford Volunteers Medal 1802, laureated bust of George III facing right , ‘G.R.’ in the field, enclosed by a chain of hands and hearts; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name, rank and ‘Royal’ engraved) ‘Ensign Gerrard Bancks, a testimony of gratitude from his fellow townsmen for spirited and patriotic services 1802, Royal Manchester & Salford Volunteers’, 36mm., gold, glazed and mounted within a silver-gilt frame, with loop suspension, in red leather case,...
Loyal London Volunteers Medal, 8th Regiment, 1803, silver, 48mm, finely engraved with two crossed flags between two cannon supporting scalloped target or shield inscribed ‘3 Compy. 8 Regt. L.L.V.); rev. hallmarked London 1803, otherwise plain, fitted with later scroll suspension, sctatched over ‘Regt.’, otherwse very fine £80-120
Loyal London Volunteers Medal, First Regiment, 1803, silver, 34mm, struck with name engraved in space on reverse, obv. oval garter surmounted by royal crown, inscribed ‘First Regiment’, ‘LLV’ within the garter with rays above and below, the whole surrounded by a trophy of arms; rev. ‘To perpetuate the memory of Samuel Tomkins as a voluntary defender of his country. 1803’; together with another struck shooting medal, silver, 46mm, obv. kneeling rifleman wearing bell top shako...
Hammer Price: £50
51st Foot Medal, obv. bust of George III in armour left; rev. engraved, ‘Serjt. Landy, a Faithful Soldier of the Fifty First Regt.’, 41mm., silver, hinged straight bar suspension, ref. Balmer R.382, nearly extremely fine and probably unique £250-300
Hammer Price: £650
Society for the Defence of the Country Medal (1804), silver, 53mm, obv. Volunteer firing right, undulating ground behind, six tents in the righ middle distance, a thistle and rose in the foreground, legend above ‘Best shot at ball practice’; rev. crowned garter with usual motto, engraved around ‘Prize Medal - Third Best Shot’, and within the garter ‘Shot for by the HC & SV Rifle Company’, rim pierced at top for suspension but this lacking, very fine £80-120
St Sepulchre Volunteers, Reward of Merit, 1805, silver, 72mm x 55mm, obv. ‘Saint Sepulchre Volunteers’ on outer garter, this hallmarked London 1804, the centre engraved with GR cypher within garter and motto ‘Pro Patria’, surmounted by crown and surrounded by trophy of arms; rev. ‘The Reward of Merit’ on outer garter, the centre engraved within a garter and motto ‘Pro Aris’, ‘To the best shot for the year 1805’, ornamental loops for suspension, detail a little weak in...
Hammer Price: £130
Sheerness Volunteers Medal 1807, silver, engraved, thin, 43mm, obv. within an ornamental border, a crown encircled by two laurel branches, legend around ‘Sheerness Volunteers’; rev. within an ornamental border, ‘Prize medal for skill at arms. The gift of Capt. J. Williams, 12 Sept. 1807, hallmarked London 1807, fitted with small loop for suspension, very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
22nd Foot Order of Merit 1820, silver for 14 years good conduct, unnamed as issued with hinged bar suspension (Balmer R246b), edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £40
26th Foot Medal 1823, by Narcisse, obv. ‘Religion’ seated on a rock presenting a medal to a soldier, legend ‘Thou Art Worthy’ and in exergue, ‘Be Thou Faithful Unto Death’; rev. crown above crossed regimental colours, inscribed, ‘Cameronian 26th Regt.’ and the battle honours, ‘Egypt, Corunna’, in exergue ‘1823’, manufactured by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, 43mm., silver, unnamed, with replacement rings for suspension (Balmer R.265a), some edge bruises, otherwise very...
H.C. European Regiment Medal 1837 (later 101st Foot, Royal Munster Fusiliers), silver, 43mm, fitted with rings for suspension, unnamed as issued (Balmer R581), die cracks to obverse, otherwise good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £230
37th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Medal 1862, silver, 38mm, obv. within a struck wreath of oak and laurel, and below a struck crown, engraved ‘37’ within a bugle over drum and sticks; rev. engraved around and within struck wreath ‘Presented by the 37th Middx. R.V. Drum & Fife Band. June 5th 1862. To Drum Major W. Cann as a mark of their esteem’, fitted with scroll suspension, very fine £60-80
Carmarthen Volunteer Rifle Association 1864, obv. inscription engraved within a wreath of laurel and palm leaves; rev, engraved, ‘Amalgamated Prizes, First Prize, High Sheriffs, won by Capt. R. E. Jones, 2nd C.R.V., August 16, 1864’; edge inscribed, ‘Open to the Battalion, ranges 200, 400 & 500 yds.’, silver, 44mm., unmounted, edge bruising, good very fine £30-40
West Somerset Yeomanry Medal, obv. mounted yeoman with sword raised, in exergue, ‘W. H. B. Portman Coll.’; rev. engraved, ‘Won by Arthur Hayes, Somerton Troop, Best Swordsman, June 2. 1864’, 35mm., silver, ornate scroll suspension, faded D.C.M. ribbon attached, Ref. Tancred p.381; H.I. p.411, slight edge bruise, very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
44th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Medal 1869, silver, 48mm, obv. struck within a beaded border a standing highlander and a kneeling volunteer, above ‘In Defence’; rev. engraved within beaded border and laurel wreath ‘Presented by Lt. Col. Murray to Captain Ladelle, 44th Middx. R.V., his being the highest score for the 7th Battalion Challenge Cup 1869’, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps Shooting Medal 1870, silver, 50mm, obv. three riflemen, two kneeling, one standing, struck with engraved details around ‘John Stephen Masters, Winner of the Challenge Cup. 1868. 1869. 1870’; rev. all engraved, shield of Middlesex within garter bearing unit title ‘The Uxbridge (24th Middx.) Rifle Volunteer Corps’, fitted with large ring for suspension, very fine £80-120
Presentation Box, silvered brass, 102 x 60 x 30mm (approx.), lid with embossed doves perched on a bowl, engraved, ‘Found on El-Teb battlefield, 29th Feby. 1884, Sergt. Major A. Geering, 10th Royal Hussars’, some silvering lost, good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £90
Conway Training Ship, The King’s Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, ‘Admiral’s bust’, by Bertram Mackennal, reverse: ‘Mercantile Marine Service Association Liverpool School Frigate H.M.S. “Conway”’ (1919 L. Scott Evans), 44mm., 18ct. gold, 56.87g., in fitted red leather case of issue, Ref: B.H.M. 4367 sim., test mark to edge, otherwise extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £450
Worcester Training Ship, The King’s Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, ‘Admiral’s bust’, by Bertram Mackennal; reverse: ‘Thames Nautical Training College H.M.S. “Worcester”’ (Cyril James Senior, 1928), 44mm., 18ct. gold, 56.76g., in fitted red leather case of issue, Ref: B.H.M. 4370 sim., extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £550
Royal Air Force College Cranwell, King’s Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, ‘Coinage head’, by Bertram Mackennal (Patrick J. K. Pike, 1935), additionally engraved on reverse plaque, ‘P. J. K. Pike’, 44mm., 18ct. gold, 57.51g., Ref: B.H.M. 4373 sim., nearly extremely fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,100
General Botha Training Ship, King’s Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, ‘Crowned bust’, by Bertram Mackennal (D. F. Davison, J.C.C., 1935) 44mm., 18ct. gold, 56.71g., hallmarks for London 1933, in red leather case of issue, minor marks to obverse, good very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £700
Four: Midshipman P. T. de la G. Grissell, Royal Navy, winner of the King’s Medal at the R.N.C. Dartmouth in 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star, clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45, the whole contained in an old leather fitted case, the inside lid with recessed original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Midshipman Pierce Thomas de la Garde Grissell’, together with Royal Naval College Darmtouth, King’s Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (P. T. de la G. Grissell), reverse...
Institute of Naval Architects Gold Medal, naval crest, ‘Institution of Naval Architects, founded A.D. 1860’; rev. within a wreath of laurel leaves, engraved, ‘Professor S. Dunkerley, 1902’, 49mm., gold, 75.10g., in Warrington, London, red leather case of issue, lid inscribed in gilt, ‘Presented to Professor S. Dunkerley by the Institution of Naval Architects 1902’, minor edge bruising and scarches to reverse, nearly extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £360
Royal Navy, Gedge Medal, port view of the light cruiser Amphion at full steam, small wreath below, ‘For Professional Merit’; rev. inscribed in raised letters, ‘To Commemorate the Loss of the First British Officer by Land or Sea in the Great War Staff-Paymaster Joseph T. Gedge R.N. who was killed in H.M.S. Amphion 6th August 1914’ (Paymaster Sub-Lieut. Alexander W. Richards R.N. 1931), 38mm., gold, 37.15g., in case of issue, Ref. B.H.M. 4110, extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £270
Three: Surgeon-Lieutenant Commander W. H. King, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr., R.N.), mounted as worn; Royal Naval Hospital Haslar Prize Medal, a naval crown with crossed trident and anchor upon a background of oak leaves, ‘Haslar Hospital’; rev. a torch entwined by a serpent, with legend (Surgeon William Herbert King. Admiralty Medal. Highest Award. September 1910), 49mm., gold, 71.64g., in leather case of issue, Ref. B.H.M. 3685, nearly extremely fine (3)...
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