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The important ‘Magersfontein’ Victoria Cross group of nine awarded to Sergeant J. D. F. Shaul, Highland Light Infantry, one of three such awards for this desperate action in which the Highland Brigade suffered immense casualties (a) Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘Corporal J. Shaul, Highland Lt. Infty.’, the reverse centre engraved ‘11th Decr. 1899’ (b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (..3 Cpl. J. F. D. Shaul, High....
Hammer Price: £140,000
The highly important Light Brigade D.C.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major George Loy Smith, 11th Hussars, the ‘last man that returned up the valley,’ and a central figure for Lady Butler’s famous painting ‘After the Charge’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Troop Serjt. Major G. L. Smith, 11th Hussars); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Regtl. Serjt. Major. G. L. Smith XIth Hussars) regimentally impressed naming; Jubilee 1887, bronze, unna...
Hammer Price: £45,000
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., silve...
Hammer Price: £33,000
The General Officers’ large gold medal and other insignia awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Nightingall, K.C.B., later Colonel of the 49th Foot and Commander-in-Chief successively in both Java and Bombay, who fought under Lord Lake at Laswaree in 1803 and was wounded at Fuentes D’Onor in 1811 when in command of the 1st Division (a) General Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Roleia & Vimiera 1808 (Brigr. General Miles Nightingall) complete with original large suspension ring and length...
Hammer Price: £28,000
The Light Brigade group of three to Trumpet Major John Keates, 11th Hussars, who had his horse killed under him at Balaklava, where he was Orderly Trumpeter to the Earl of Cardigan Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Trumpter. J. Keates, XIth Hussars) regimentally impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (914 Trump. Major John Keates, 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (914 Trupt. John Kates XI PAO...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A well-documented and highly impressive C.B.E., Second World War “behind enemy lines” D.S.O., North Africa operations M.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. “Sailor” Kitcat, Royal Artillery, late Royal Navy, who was parachuted into Macedonia and Malaya with S.O.E. missions in 1944-45 and assisted U.S. special forces in the Korean War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Toye, Kenning & Spe...
Hammer Price: £11,500
The remarkable C.S.I., C.M.G., Great War D.S.O. group of sixteen awarded to Pilot Officer Sir Arnold Wilson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Army, who was killed in action as an Air Gunner in a Wellington of No. 37 Squadron in May 1940, aged 56 years: known affectionately to his fellow aircrew as “Sir Gunner”, in light of his additional entitlement to the K.C.I.E., he had first come to public notice for his daring exploration of unknown districts in S.W. Per...
Hammer Price: £7,800
The Army Gold Medal awarded to Field Marshal Francisco de Paula Azeredo, Portuguese Army, who commanded the 23rd Infantry at Salamanca and was severely wounded at Vittoria Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Salamanca (Major F. de Paula Azeredo) complete with gold ribbon buckle, the rim with contact marks from other decorations, otherwise good very fine and rare on the market to Portuguese officers £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant W. S. Smith, 10th Royal Reg. Hussars) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension and large ribbon buckle, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £3000-3500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Anthony Bacon, 10th Regiment Hussars) fitted with contemporary gold clip and ring suspension, together with a fine miniature portrait in oils on paper 110x85mm, of the recipient in the uniform of a General in the Portuguese Army, wearing orders and medals, contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £4000-4500
The extremely rare Georgian miniature bar worn by Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Coldstream Guards, comprising gold bar of seven oval gold plaques, each with blue enamelled border and appliqué decoration or medal, viz: Military Order of the Bath with crown, gold and enamels; Austria, Order of Maria Theresa, gold and enamels; Russia, Order of St George, gold and enamels; Waterloo Medal, silver, reverse with Wellington and Water[loo] both spelt with capital ‘V’; Bavaria, Order o...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A fine Second World War Arctic convoys D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander P. G. Satow, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of the destroyer Wild Swan and was also twice mentioned in despatches, once for his gallantry in “The Battle of Barents Sea”, the famous V.C. action in which the Hipper was repelled by Orwell and Onslow - as a result of the outcome of this David and Goliath contest, Hitler flew into a rage and ordered the scrapping of his High Seas Fleet Distinguished Service Cro...
Hammer Price: £5,800
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 Dieppe raids an...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The outstanding 1940 D.C.M., M.M. group awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major Charles Lamb, 11th Hussars, who was personally credited with shooting down five enemy aircraft from the ground Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (554456 Sjt. C. P. Lamb, M.M., 11-H); Military Medal, G.VI.R. (554456 Sjt. C. P. Lamb, 11-H); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya, unnamed; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue...
Pair: Major-General Bulstrode Bygrave, Paymaster of the Cabul Army, one of the few survivors of the massacre in the Jugdulluck Pass who, after days walking through the mountains with the loss of the toes of one foot from frostbite, became the last European prisoner of Akbar Khan Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieut. B. Bygrave, Pionrs.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; Ghuznee 1839 (Captain B. Bygrave, 5th Regt. N.I.) naming engraved in fine running script in the r...
Hammer Price: £5,200
Five: Colonel Ambrose Wolrige, Royal Marines, who served with the Marine Brigade in the Crimea and commanded the Royal Marines at the engagement with the forts at Kagosima during the operations in Japan in 1864 Baltic 1854-55, lightly named in rather crude but contemporary engraved capitals; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Ambrose Wolrige, Lieut. R.M.) contemporary engraved naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver and enamels, the reverse i...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A unique Albert Medal, Stanhope Gold Medal group of three awarded to G. H. Smith, an employee at the Woburn Sands Brick Works in Bedfordshire, who was decorated for his bravery in rescuing a comrade from a kiln in October 1908 - the latter had ‘practically all of the skin burnt off the lower portion of his body up to the waist’, while Smith himself was ‘a good deal burnt about the hands and feet’ Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare Second World War armed merchant cruiser action D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer (Pensioner) W. C. Mudge, Royal Navy, who commanded a 6-inch gun crew aboard H.M.S. Alcantara at the time of her clash with the enemy raider Thor in July 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (D/227540 W. C. Mudge, P.O., H.M.S. Alcantara); 1914-15 Star (227540 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (227540 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great War trio m...
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant C. Graves, Royal Berkshire Regiment: although gazetted under a P.O.W. Army Order in 1920, regimental sources clearly state that his D.C.M. was for his bravery in action at Marriolles Bridge in late August 1914, when he was wounded in the shoulder and taken prisoner Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5330 Sjt. C. Graves, 1/R. Berks. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5330 Sjt., 1/R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5330 Sjt., R...
Hammer Price: £4,400
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 fine Korea War immediate M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal R. S. Critcher, Essex Regiment, late Suffolks, attached 1st Norfolks, who, though wounded, continued to engage the enemy with his Bren gun from the hip Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (14190302 Pte. R. S. Critcher, Essex); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14190302 Pte., Suffolk); Korea 1950-53 (14190302 Cpl., M.M., Norfolk), these last two with single initial ‘R.’; U.N. Kor...
Hammer Price: £4,000
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 Sjt.,...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. G. L. D. Brancker, S. Staff. Rgt.) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James Divine, 88th Foot) polished, edge bruising and rim nicks, otherwise nearly very fine £1800-2200
A fine battle of Bardia D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant F. J. ‘Lofty’ Prouse, Royal Tank Regiment, who was later killed during the sortie from Tobruk in November 1941 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (7883485 Sjt. F. J. Prouse, R. Tank R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (7883485 Pte., R. Tank C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, together with original C-in-C’s Commendation signed by Wavell, awarding D.C.M. for Bardia, and Ministry of Pe...
An impressive Second World War cruiser night action D.S.M., B.E.M. long service group of eleven awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. A. Tomkins, Royal Navy, who was decorated for services in H.M.S. Penelope during the destruction of an enemy convoy off Cape Spartivento in November 1941 - such was the damage inflicted on the Penelope during her subsequent sojourn at Malta that she became known as “H.M.S. Pepperpot” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J. 34037 W. A. Tomkins, C.P.O., H.M.S. Pe...
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1138 Pte. J. Tompkinson, 58th Foot) suspension claw re-pinned, contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine and a rare casualty £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,500
Family group: A fine Second World War G.M. awarded to Henry Hook, a Port of London Authority employee who displayed great gallantry following a V.1 strike on the Royal Victoria Dock in June 1944 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Walter Hook), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine A Second World War campaign group of three awarded to Lance-Bombardier R. E. Hook, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action in the battle of El Alamein in November 1942 1939-45 Star; Afri...
A good Great War Ostend raid D.S.M., St. George’s Medal for Bravery group of six awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class R. C. Jeffreys, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (206540 R. C. Jeffreys, P.O. 1 Cl., “Whirlwind”, Ostend 9-10 May 1918); 1914-15 Star (206540 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (206540 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (206540 P.O., H.M.S. Columbine); Russian St. George’s Medal for Bravery, 4th class, the reverse of...
A Victorian C.B. pair awarded to Colonel Dudley North, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, dangerously wounded in the defence of Fomannah during the Ashantee War, latterly Assistant Adjutant General in Canada The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked London 1894, complete with ribbon buckle; Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Bt. Major D. North, 47th Foot 1873-4) very fine or better, one of only two Ashantee medals to the reg...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five to Serjeant A. Caldwell, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (325266 Sjt., 1/9 Durh. L.I.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (2501 Sjt., 9/Durh. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (2501 Pte., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9-2501 Sjt., Durh. L.I.) good very fine (5) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,200
Waterloo 1815 (James Williamson, 2nd Reg. Life Guards) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, sometime lacquered, edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £3,100
The C.B.E., D.S.C. group of thirteen awarded to Air Vice-Marshal C. W. Nutting, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type breast badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1915, and privately inscribed ‘Lieut. C. W. Nutting, Flanders 1...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal (P. Reynolds, Victory) contemporary engraved naming in reverse field, fitted with rings for suspension, corrosion and pitting, therefore fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Sahagun & Benevente, Corunna (Hon. H. F. C. Cavendish, Lieut. 10th Hussars & A.D.C.) nearly very fine £2000-2500
An interesting campaign and Arctic exploration group of three awarded to Vice-Admiral P. H. Colomb, Royal Navy, a brilliant “theoretical” tactician and strategist, and the inventor of “Colomb’s Flashing Signals System”, an important means of night signalling that was adopted by the Royal Navy at large in 1867 - ‘There is no one man perhaps to whom the Navy of today owes so much as it does to Admiral Colomb’ (his Times obituary refers) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu, naming er...
The Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major E. S. E. Harrison, 11th Hussars, Intelligence Officer and galloper to Major-General Brocklehurst, commanding 2nd Cavalry Brigade in South Africa Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. E. S. E. Harrison, 11th Hussars); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Major E. S. E. Harris...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five to Warrant Officer Class 2 A. Waddell, 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8804 Sjt., M.M., 2/Arg. & Suth. Highrs.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (8804 Sjt., 2/A. & S. Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8804 Pte., 2/A.& S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8804 W.O. Cl.2, A. & S. Highrs.) good very fine (5) £1800-2200
A good Great War Gallipoli operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 J. Clark, Scottish Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (969 Sjt. J. Clark, 1/7 Sco. Rif. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (969 L. Cpl., Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (969 W.O. Cl. 2, Sco. Rif.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (266420 Sjt. - A.C.S. Mjr., 7/Sco. Rif.), generally very fine (5) £1200-1500
An extremely rare Second World War France 1940 operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman J. Heaps, Royal Navy, a member of a special mine-laying party charged with delaying the German advance by laying fluvial mines in the Rhine, Meuse and Moselle rivers - an aggressive scheme instigated by Churchill while First Lord of the Admiralty Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (SSX. 22113 J. Heaps, A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medals 1939-45, extremely...
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