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A scarce honorary Waterloo medal to the Rt. Honble. Sir Charles Long, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Loyal Lewisham and Lee Volunteers, Privy Councellor and Paymaster-General, later Baron Farnborough, P.C., G.C.B. Waterloo 1815 (The Master of the Mint to The Rt. Hon. Cha. Long) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor scuffing, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £2,700
The Civil K.C.B. and Afghanistan C.B. group to Major-General Lord Ralph Kerr, who commanded the 10th Hussars at the disastrous crossing of the Kabul River, and led them into action at Futtehabad The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1902, and breast star, silver, gold and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London...
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain L. T. Whelan, F.R.C.S.I, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. L. T. Whelan, R.A.M.C. Attd. 8th London Regt. (P.O.R.) 29.5.1917’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (L. T. Whelan, F.R.C.S. Surgeon); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals,...
A fine Second World War D.F.C. and Bar awarded to Squadron Leader L. J. Saltmarsh, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a veteran of 53 operational sorties, many of them as pilot of a Marker Crew in the Path Finder Force, and of numerous “unspecific” top secret sorties - a reference from “Bomber” Harris refers Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1944’ and the reverse of the Bar ‘1945’, in its Royal Mint case...
A Second World War Norway 1940 operations D.S.M. awarded to Signalman D. Hawkey, Royal Navy, who was lost aboard H.M.S. Hood in May 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 151228 D. Hawkey, Sig., R.N.) surname officially corrected, one or two edge bruises, very fine £3000-3500
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (J. Montague, 11th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Four: Captain H. P. Bennitt, Seaforth Highlanders, late Devon Artillery Militia, who died of wounds in France in October 1915 Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Gambia, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (Lieut. H. P. Bennitt, Devon Art. Mil.) high relief bust, and a rare combination of clasps from West and East Africa; 1914-15 Star (Capt., Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt) nearly extremely fine and rare (4) £1200-1500
Punjab Medal to General R. W. D. Leith, 106th Foot, who led a storming party and was dangerously wounded at the Capture of Mooltan Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Capt. R. W. D. Leith, 1st Eur. Fusiliers) good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,500
A ‘Bombardment of Scarborough’ Boy Scout’s “Bronze Cross” group of three awarded to Patrol Leader Percy Robertshaw, 3rd Scarborough Troop, in 1914 - he went on to serve in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War British War and Victory Medals (101998 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Boy Scouts’ Association Gallantry Cross, 1st Class, bronze, the reverse inscribed, ‘Percy Robertshaw, Scarboro., 16-12-14’, in its original J. A. Wyllie, London red leather case of issue, generally...
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mortimer, Yorkshire Regiment, late East Yorkshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt., Vol. Co. 2nd E. Yorkshire Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., York. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major, 2/V.B. E. York. Regt.) good very fine and better (7) £600-700
The R.N.L.I. Silver Medal, R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal and Second Service clasp and Daily Star Gold Award Medal group of three to Helmsman Frank Dunster of the Hayling Island Lifeboat Station Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, silver (Frank Dunster voted 19th January 1993), in case of issue; Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Frank Sidney Dunster - voted 19th March 1981), with ‘Second Service’ clasp, reverse inscribed, ‘Voted 27th...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Corporation of West Ham Bravery Medal awarded to Sub-Officer H. Vickers of the Corporation Fire Brigade, for the Silvertown Explosion, 19 January 1917 Corporation of West Ham Bravery Medal, obv. heraldic shield, ‘Corporation of West Ham’; rev, ‘Presented for Bravery’, with shield bearing fireman’s helmet and axe, engraved ‘To Sub-Officer Henry Vickers’; edge inscribed, 19th January 1917’, 38mm., silver, with silver buckle on ribbon, in fitted case, slight edge bruising,...
Pair: Gunner Samuel Hammersley, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (S. Hammersley, R.H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Sam. Hammersley, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, steel clip re-fixed, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better (2) £1600-1800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four to Captain H. W. Wilson, East Yorkshire Regiment, late Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4157 Serjt., 1st York. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4157 Sgt., Yorkshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps (4157 Sjt.-Inst.-Musky., York. Regt.); Army L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4157 C. Sjt., York. Regt.) contact...
A fine Great War M.S.M., inter-war M.B.E. and long service group of eleven awarded to J. W. Dunk, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (F. 2144 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (202144 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, these three privately engraved, ‘W./Cdr. J. W. Dunk, R.A.F.’; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937;...
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant R. Rees, Seaforth Highlanders, late Hertfordshire Yeomanry, who was killed in action at Bapaume in the German “Spring Offensive” of March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1709 Pte., Herts Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), good very fine (4) £1200-1500
Pair: Brevet Colonel H. Stiles, 2nd Bombay European Regiment Light Infantry, late 1st European Fusiliers Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Captn. Henry Stiles, Brig. Major 1st. Eur. Fusiliers); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut. Col., 2nd Bombay Eur. Regt. L.I.), last with minor official correction to rank, contained in fitted case, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £1400-1600
Six: Colonel A. M. Harington, Egyptian Army and Gendarmerie, late Rifle Brigade, who fought with distinction at the capture of Ordahsu in February 1874 and who captured an Ashantee Prince at Coomassie who was carrying a bag of gold dust valued at £500 Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt., 2nd Rifle Bde. 1873-4); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (Lt. Col., Egyptn. Army); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed; Turkey, Order of Osmanieh, 3rd Class neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Seven: Private H. H. Durham, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was taken P.O.W. at Imjin 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (4747926 Pte., Glosters); U.N. Korea, together with Gloucestershire’s cap badge, regimental and ‘Commonwealth’ shoulder flashes and American unit citation blue riband, with oak leaf cluster, the 1939-45 War awards mounted as worn, second initial and surname officially corrected on the sixth, generally very...
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
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Martinique, Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (M. Connors, 7th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of four to Major E. J. Bradley, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.) ; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); together with a set of four miniature dress medals, in fitted case, lid named, ‘Major E. J. Bradley, R.A.M.C.’, extremely fine (8) £1000-1200
A Second World War O.B.E. and Great War M.C. group of eleven to Brigadier C. W. Beart, Durham Light Infantry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, in case and card box of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (loose) (2 Lieut., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt., M.C., Durh. L.I.); 1939-45 Star;...
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
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)...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Groves, 40th Foot) solder repair to carriage between first two clasps, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
A good Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Captain T. W. Lonsdale, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who died of wounds in June 1916, several days after being hit by a sniper Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas Wilkes Lonsdale), illuminated Memorial Scroll and wartime portrait photograph, rank and initials corrected on the second,...
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Gayer, 2nd Bombay European Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut., 2nd Bombay Eur. L.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut., 2nd Bombay Eurn. Lt. Infy.), mounted as worn from a silver buckle bar, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £700-900
A fine Second World War Bay of Biscay night action D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer E. W. Perfitt, Royal Navy, Director-Layer in the cruiser H.M.S. Bellona Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.P.O. E. W. Perfitt, C./J. 70779); British War and Victory Medals (77079 Boy 1, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 77079 P.O., H.N.S. Calcutta), minor...
A very rare Second World War Channel Mobile Balloon Barrage operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Senior Commissioned Mechanician F. W. Leaversuch, Royal Navy, late Royal Navy Patrol Service Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P./K. 65527 F. W. Leaversuch, 1 Cl. Mechn., R.N.P.S.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 65527 Mech. 1, H.M.S. Penelope), generally good very fine (5) £1200-1500
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
Six: Private V. Osborn, Welsh Guards and Valet to the Duke of York British War and Victory Medals (2765 Pte., W. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Belgium, Royal Household Medal, Albert, silver; Serbia, Royal Household Medal, gilt metal; Romania, Loyal Service Cross, gilt metal, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (6) £200-260
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt. H. Ponsonby, R.N. 73-74) polished, therefore nearly very fine and an important medal for this campaign £900-1200
A Great War C.B.E. group awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. L. FitzPatrick, Commissioner of the British Red Cross and St John Salonika Commission 1916-19 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., Commander’s 1st type neck badge, enamels badly damaged; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace, breast star, silver and enamels, the reverse with maker’s mark ‘JBC’, together with an Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamels, by ‘AP’, this with badly...
A Second World War M.C. & Bar group of five to Captain H. R. R. Steele, Reconnaissance Corps and 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1944, with Second Award Bar, reverse additionally inscribed, ‘Capt. H. R. R. Steele. 5th Mahratta L.I.’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted Court style, in Spink, London leather case, minor contact marks, good very fine (5) £600-700
Five: Brevet Colonel F. G. A. Wiehe, Durham Light Infantry Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt., 1st Batt. D.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Bt. Col.); British War and Victory Medals (Bt. Col.); Afghanistan, ‘Silver Star’, silver, six-pointed star, 38mm. dia., unnamed, good very fine (5) £500-600
An extremely rare North West Frontier operations M.M. group of six awarded to Major M. G. Hooper, an Assistant Commandant in the Special Armed Constabulary of the Central Province and Berar, India, late Royal Signals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Medal, G.VI.R.(2319212 Sgln. M. Hooper, R. Signals); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2319212 Sgln., R....
Hammer Price: £1,800
Pair: Gunner Patrick Prendergast, 1st (or Leslie’s) Troop Bombay Horse Artillery Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Gunner Patrick Prendergast, 1st Troop Horse Brigade Bombay Arty.) naming engraved in fine running script, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension; Hyderabad 1843 (Farr. P. Prendergast, 1st T.H.A.) naming impressed in serif capitals, fitted with original silver clip and bar suspension, contact marks, otherwise very fine and a scarce pair (2) £800-1000
A very scarce Great War O.B.E. pair awarded to Miss Ida Mary Jermyn, Divisional Director, Women’s Royal Naval Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, the reverse hallmarked London 1919; British War Medal (Deputy Div. Director, W.R.N.S) good very fine and very scarce (2) £300-350
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