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Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R, lady’s issue with wreath, silver, gold and enamels, very fine and very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four to Private H. W. Green, 10th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11558 Pte., 10/Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (11558 Pte., 10th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11558 Pte., 10-Hrs.) nearly extremely fine, rare (4) £1800-2200
A rare and historic Commission document appointing Mr C. D. Lucas, Royal Navy, as Acting Mate on the steam sloop Hecla, in which vessel, one month later, he won the very first Victoria Cross Commission Document, signed by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, appointing Mr C. D. Lucas as Acting Mate on the steam sloop Hecla, dated 21 May 1854, folded and repaired but generally in good condition £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. T. C. Scott, Rifle Brigade, later 5th Earl of Clonmell India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. The Hon. T. C. Scott, 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.); Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lieut. The Honble. T. C. Scott, 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde. 73-4) the last with slightly bent suspension bar, contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £900-1200
A fine Arnhem P.O.W’s group of seven awarded to Lance-Corporal S. J. Wyatt, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshires, 1 Air-Landing Brigade, 1st Airborne Division - two members of his Battalion were awarded the V.C. for “Market Garden” 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6204532 Pte., S. Staffords), this last with minor official correction to surname, very fine and better (7) £600-800
A Jameson Raider’s group of three awarded to Captain G. V. Drury, British South Africa Police British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Lieut., B.B. Police); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (Capt., B.S.A. Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., B.S.A. Police), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (3) £1200-1500
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Bailey, 32nd L.I.), naming off-centre, some edge bruising, in part caused by the naming being so close to the rim, light contact marks, very fine £1200-1500
Baronet’s Badge of Nova Scotia, 15 carat gold and enamels, with gold and blue enamelled loop for suspension, 51mm x 35mm excluding suspension loop, an attractive late c19th badge complete with neck cravat, some minor enamel chips, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
A fine Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. Gardner, Highland Light Infantry, who, according to regimental records, was wounded on no less than five occasions Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8264 Sjt. T. Gardner, M.M., 12/High. L.I.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (8264 Sjt. T. Gardner, 12/High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8264 Sjt., H.L.I.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, contact wear, edge bruising and polished, otherwise generally good fine (5) ...
Badge of the Certificate of Honour, for Hong Kong, G.V.R., silver-gilt, complete with full neck cravat, good very fine and rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Herbert, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1200-1400
Waterloo 1815, two fine contemporary miniature dress medals, 22mm, the first named in running script (Lieut. Anthony Bacon, 10th Royal Hufsars), the other engraved in serif capitals (Lieut. Anthony Bacon, 10th Regiment Hussars) both with silver ball and ring suspension and fitted with original wide ribbons as worn, the first polished, nearly very fine, the second good very fine (2) £400-500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar group of four to Private J. M. Darrell, 2nd & 20th Battalions Durham Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar (4-9081 Pte., 2/Durh. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9081 Pte., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (4-9081 Pte., Durh. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John Mark Darrell) good very fine (5) £1100-1300
A good Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. Ross, New Zealand Forces Military Medal, G.V.R. (4-22A C.S. Mjr. D. Ross, 1/Fd. Co. E. N.Z.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (432 Tpr., 2/N.Z.M.R.); 1914-15 Star (4/22A Lieut., N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (4/22A Lieut., N.Z.E.F.), polished, thus generally good fine (5) £700-800
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
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (W. Smyth, Ensn. 31st Foot) clasp carriage a little buckled, light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1200-1400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (S. Radcliff, Ensn. 6th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Waterloo 1815 (Paymaster Serj. R. White, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact wear and pitting to the reverse, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
Pair: Paymaster in Chief F. R. C. Whiddon, Royal Navy, a recipient of the ‘Witu 1890’ clasp to his Ashantee Medal Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (F. R. C. Whiddon, Asst. Payr. R.N. H.M.S. Himalaya. 73-74); British War Medal (Payr. in Ch. F. R. C. Whiddon, R.N.) nearly very fine or better and very rare (2) £900-1200
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, G.C.S.I., Knight Grand Commander’s mantle star, 190mm. dia., in gilt buckram with gilt wire trim and with a central star formed of silver sequins, red cloth backing, good very fine £400-500
Three: Sister Jessie Shepperd, Auxiliary Hospital Unit Antwerp 1914 Star (Sister J. Shepperd, Aux. Hosp. Unit. Antwerp); British War and Victory Medals (J. Shepperd) official correction to the second, otherwise extremely fine and rare (3) £600-800
A Great War M.C. group of four to Captain W. N. J. Moscrop, late Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Maizy, in the Battle of the Aisne, 27 May 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) extremely fine (4) £1400-1600
A rare Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. E. Lister, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, a Wireless Operator attached to 202 Siege Battery, R.G.A., who manned his post under fire at Ypres Military Medal, G.V.R. (10220 1/Cl. A.M. W. E. Lister, No. 7 Sqn. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (10220 Cpl., R.A.F.), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, good very fine and better (6) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,400
Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver ‘Humanity’ medal (Captain John Ramsey Gordon wreck of the “Oriana” on the 26th November 1880) some faint scratches to Queen’s face, generally good very fine, scarce £500-600
Waterloo 1815 (John Osborn, 10th Royal Reg. Hussars) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £1000-1200
Waterloo 1815 (James Morris, 51st Reg. Light Infantry), original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, minor edge bruising, good very fine £1000-1200
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Goninge, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement clip and bar suspension, some heavy edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine £1200-1400
A well-documented Second World War Bomber Command veteran’s group of five awarded to Master Navigator R. O. Rudd, Royal Air Force, who, having completed an operational tour in Halifaxes 1944-45, flew 250 missions in the Berlin Airlift 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (M. Nav. (1801752), R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (M. Nav. (1801752), R.A.F.), mounted as worn, together with related Bomber Command...
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Officiating Chapln. Revd. A. J. Wallace. 1873-4) good very fine and rare £500-600
A scarce Ashantee War gold C.M.G. pair awarded to Commissary H. F. Blissett, Commissariat and Transport Department, late Control Department The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Dy. Comsy. H. F. Blissett, Control Dept. 73-74) some very minor cracks and chips to the first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £1000-1200
A good Great War M.C. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant L. G. Holgate, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was seriously wounded at Martinpuich on 25 August 1918, when a fellow member of the 10th Battalion won a posthumous V.C. Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), good very fine (3) £700-900
A Great War Gallipoli operations D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman W. H. Clapp, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of H.M.S. Ocean in the Dardanelles in March 1915 and H.M.S. Cornwallis in the Mediterranean in January 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.S. 529 W. H. Clapp, A.B., Gallipoli Opns., 1915-6), edge bruising, very fine £600-800
A Great War M.M. group of six to Warrant Officer Class 2 A. E. Taffinder, Welsh Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (11232 Pte.-L. Cpl., 2/Welsh R.); 1914-15 Star (11232 Pte., Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (11232 Pte., Welsh R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3948368 Sjt., Welch R.); Army L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (3948368 W.O. Cl. II, Welch R.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) ...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Java, Navarino (Andrew Leith) edge bruising, otherwise about very fine £1000-1200
A R.H.S. Medal and R.N.L.I. Medal group of four to Captain O. S. Cameron, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), (Lieut. Orford S. Cameron, H.M.S. “Steady”, 25 Aug. 1861); Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Commander Orford S. Cameron, R.N., Voted 1st Feby. 1877), with uniface ‘dolphin’ suspension, each medal with a silver ribbon buckle, generally good very fine (4) £750-850
Eight: Acting Lance-Corporal N. Hunt, Royal Ulster Rifles, who was mentioned in despatches for Korea - although wounded, he brought a carrier machine-gun into action with good effect 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53, M.I.D. oak leaf (4127146 Rfn., R.U.R.); U.N. Korea, minor contact wear, generally good very fine (8) £600-800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four to Private J. H. Robson, Heavy Brigade Machine Gun Corps (Tank Corps), late Yorkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (76008 Pte., ‘A’ Bn. H.B. M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (8055 L. Cpl., York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8055 Pte., York. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Henry Robson) extremely fine; together with the Great War pair and Defence Medal awarded to his brother (252517 Dvr., R.A.) these very fine and better (11) £600-800
Pair: Private D. E. Whitehouse, Australian Forces, who was posted ‘missing, presumed wounded and P.O.W.’ in Korea in August 1952, but by 1955 was officially declared as ‘missing, presumed deceased’ Korea 1950-53 (3/10796 D. E. Whitehouse); U.N. Korea (3/10796 D. E. Whitehouse), good very fine or better (2) £500-600
An unusual Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander T. O. Lyons, Royal Air Force, late Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps, who invented the “Lyons Searchlight”, a lamp used to illuminate flarepaths at night The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.F.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (85644 Supt. Clk., R.G.A.); French Legion...
Buttons, Livery, a very fine and important selection comprising over 380 large and 70 small, plus over 130 ‘initial only’ types (mixed large and small), the early large examples include peers and foreign nobility, also some black composition mourning types, some dudlication, good overall condition (580+) £450-550
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