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A fine Second World War 1940 operations D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. R. “Bill” Caister, Royal Air Force, a Spitfire pilot who was involved in the destruction of several enemy aircraft during the “Phoney War” and the Battle of Britain: in common with fellow No. 603 Squadron pilot Richard Hillary - author of The Last Enemy - he was shot down in September 1940, following a running combat over the Channel which ended with him making a crash landing in...
Hammer Price: £16,000
An outstanding Special Forces Second World War Litani River raid M.M. awarded to Sergeant Frank Worrall, Royal Artillery, attached ‘C’ Battalion ‘Layforce’ (11 Scottish Commando), who was severely wounded and taken prisoner in this famous action, in which Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Keyes, later to win a posthumous V.C., and Lieutenant Blair ‘Paddy’ Maine, of subsequent S.A.S. legend, also participated Military Medal, G.VI.R. (877988 Sjt. F. W. G. Worrall, R.A.) extremely fine ...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The important campaign group of six awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, and Commanding Royal Engineer of the Suakin Field Force Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. J. B. Edwards, Royal Engrs.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Col. J. B. Edwards, R.E.); Imperial China, Order of the Button, Taiping Rebellion, Gold Merit Medal, coral centre, 36mm,...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The extremely fine and well documented Great War C.M.G., Uganda D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Colonel J. D. Ferguson, F.R.G.S., Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98 (Sur....
Hammer Price: £9,800
The rare Delhi D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant-Major J. H. Robinson, 8th Regiment, who was severely wounded in the assault of that city in September 1857 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. Indian Mutiny 1857-591 clasp, Delhi (Sjt.-Mjr. J. H. Robinson, 1st Batn. 8th Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi Serjt. Major Jas. Hy. Robinson, 1st Bn. 8th Regt.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Russia, Order of St. Anne, 1st Class sash badge by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 49 x 49mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s mark on reverse and ‘56’ gold marks for 1865-95 on the eyelet, with a full sash ribbon, good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Petty Officer B. Morton, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his services in the Tuna in 1940, he went on to win a Bar as Coxswain of the Shakespeare in the Mediterranean in 1943, the latter commission witnessing a victorious “Sub-on-Sub” encounter with the Italian Velella Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the latter with privately impressed date ‘1943’ (JX....
Hammer Price: £6,800
A fine Second World War Fleet Air Arm observer’s D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander H. E. H. “Pancho” Pain, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his part in the Battle of Cape Matapan, while operating in Albacores from the Formidable: he had earlier seen action in the Norwegian campaign in 1940, when he operated in Swordfish aircraft from the Ark Royal, and latterly won a “mention” as Air Staff Officer in the escort carrier Chaser during Russian convoys in...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The unique Great War ‘Dardanelles’ D.S.M. and ‘Kurdistan’ M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer J. R. Woollard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, which also includes the scarce clasp for Waziristan 1925 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K.15829 J. R. Woollard, P.O. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917); 1914-15 Star (K.15829 J. R. Woollard, A.M.1. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (K.15829 J. R. Woollard, L.M. R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £5,800
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal H. W. Fox, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Arras front 9 April 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8829 L. Cpl. H. W. Fox, 2/Wilts. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8829 Pte., 2/Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpl., Wilts. R.), together with Memorial Plaque (Herbert Wolton Fox) extremely fine (5) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,500
The K.C.B., C.M.G. group of five awarded to Surgeon General Sir John Andrews Woolfreys, M.D., Army Medical Department, Principal Medical Officer during the Ashantee and Zulu Wars The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and...
Hammer Price: £5,200
Russia, Order of Alexander Nevsky, breast star by Keibel, St. Petersburg, , 88mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, manufacturer’s name and ‘84’ silver mark on reverse, manufacturer’s name and double-headed eagle on pin, nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £5,000
An impressive Russian/Montenegrin group of seven Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge with swords, 36 x 36mm., gold and enamel; Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge with swords by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 35 x 35mm., gold and enamel; Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-05, silver, for defenders of Port Arthur; 300th Anniversary of the Romanovs 1913, bronze-gilt; 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Gangut 1914, bronze-gilt, complete with gilt support chain; Montenegro,...
The rare and unusual group of six to Dr W. H. B. MacDonald, Principal Medical Officer in the Imperial British East Africa Company East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Dr., British E. Africa Co.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895, unnamed; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Dr.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Uganda 1900, Jubaland (Doctor, E. Afr. Prot.); Imperial British East Africa Company Medal 1888-95, unnamed, swivel ring...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Six: Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant F. A. Jackson, 21st Lancers, late 20th Hussars, who rode in ‘C’ Squadron in the charge at Omdurman Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (2155 Pte., 20th Husrs.), single initial ‘F.’; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3974 S.S. Farr., 21/Lcrs.), single initial ‘A.’; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3974 Far. St. Sgt., 21st Lancers); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Farr. Q.M. Sjt.,...
The Great War pair and memorial plaque to Staff Nurse Martha Townsend, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who died in Salonika in September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse M. Townsend) together with ladies Memorial Plaque (Martha M. Townsend) the medals in their named card boxes of issue with transmission letter and Registered envelope addressed to her father, extremely fine (3) £1500-2000
The Crimean War Al Valore Militare group of five awarded to Major-General John Hackett, 44th Regiment, later commander of the troops in the West Indies Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Major John Hackett, Dy. Asst. Qr. Mr. General) contemporary engraved naming in the Hunt & Roskell style; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Major J. Hackett, 44th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Al Valore Militare, ‘Spedizione D’Oriente 1855-1856’, mint mark...
The Napoleonic War Medal awarded to Major-General George Dean-Pitt, K.H., Commanding the Troops in New Zealand 1847-51, late Royal West India Rangers Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Martinique, Albuhera, Badajoz, Vittoria (G. D. Pitt, K.H. Lieut. R.W.I.R. & A.D.C.) the only medal issued to an officer in this regiment, toned, extremely fine £3000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
A fine Second World War Murmansk convoys D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W. G. Ogden, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, whose wartime experiences as skipper of H.M. Trawler Lady Madeleine on the North Russia run are recorded for posterity in his published memoirs My Sea Lady Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, together with a...
Hammer Price: £4,500
An extremely rare Indian Mutiny Order of Merit pair awarded to Naick Hinghan Khan, 2/8th Battalion, Bengal Artillery, for his loyal services during the defence of the Residency at Lucknow, June to September 1857 Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, fully hallmarked on lower obverse point for London 1859, maker’s mark for J. S. Hunt, with further silver marks on reverse of suspension bar and connecting ring, solid reverse type...
Pair: Private H. Bradshaw, 21st Lancers, a member of ‘B’ Squadron who was killed in action in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4022 Pte., 21/Lancers); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4022 Pte., 21st Lcrs.), both with light pawnbroker’s mark on rim, nearly extremely fine (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,300
The Great War K.C.B., C.M.G. group of ten awarded to Major-General Sir Robert Porter, Royal Army Medical Corps and Army Medical Staff, Director of Medical Services of the 2nd Army, 1915-17 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Ashanti...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division,1st type (1837-1912), Reward of Valor, 1st Class, 18 carat gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved in three lines ‘1st Class Order of Merit’, and ‘18 Ct.’ over maker’s mark ‘ISH’ with crown over, for John S. Hunt, complete with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,100
A Great War M.C.and ‘North Russia’ Bar group of five awarded to Captain C. G. J. Luck, Royal Engineers, late Seaforth Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed;1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 40 x 40mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s mark on reverse, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant Thomas Westby, R.M.L.I., 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Royal Naval Division, killed in action in December 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lt. T. Westby, R.M.) nearly extremely fine (3) £1800-2200
Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd Class neck badge by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 44 x 44mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s name on reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet, minor enamel damage, good very fine £1000-1200
Aspeslet family group: The Canadian Star of Courage group of nine awarded to Michael Aspeslet, who was severely injured when he attacked a grizzly bear which was savaging his girl friend Canada, Star of Courage, silver and gold (M. Aspeslet, 30.IX.1971), in Spink, London case of issue; Royal Humane Society Stanhope Gold Medal (Malcolm Aspeslet, 1st October 1971), in Spink, London case of issue; Royal Canadian Humane Association, Gold Bravery Medal (Malcolm Aspeslet, Balu Pass, B.C.,...
A rare Boer War R.R.C. and Great War bar group of seven awarded to Matron A. S. Bond, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, edge of lower arm inscribed, ‘A. S. Bond’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister); 1914-15 Star (Matron, R.R.C., Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Matron); Queen...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A fine Second World War Typhoon pilot’s D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flying Officer L. Richardson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who ‘personally dropped 53,000lbs. of bombs on the enemy’ (his recommendation refers) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1335505 F./Sgt. L. Richardson, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, together with a wartime painted wooden 197 Squadron wall-plaque and a coloured portrait photograph,...
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 J. Clayton, Army Service Corps, late 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘A’ Squadron, alongside Winston Churchill, in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3315 Pte., 21/Lcer.); 1914 Star, with clasp (CMT-709 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-709 W.O. Cl. 2, A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (CMT-709 W.O. Cl. II, R.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (CMT-709 C.S. Mjr., R.A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare R.R.C. group of three to Nursing Sister J. King Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on bow ribbon; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse,1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Nursing Sister J. King); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, good very fine and better (3) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War ‘North Russia Expeditionary Force’ O.B.E., Order of St. Stanislaus group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. Richmond, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Scottish Hospital The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Sgt., Scottish Hos.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory...
Five: Sergeant W. Kelly, 16th Lancers, late 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘A’ Squadron, alongside Winston Churchill, in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3554 Pte., 21/Lcrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (4412 Pte., 16th Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4412 Corpl., 16th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4412 Sjt., 16/Lrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1...
An important Great War D.S.M. group to Brigadier-General Walter Drew McCaw, Chief Surgeon of the American Expeditionary Forces 1918-19, who had previously been cited for gallantry in action during the Cuban campaign of the Spanish American War of 1898-99 U.S.A., Army Distinguished Service Medal, numbered on the edge ‘99’; Spanish Campaign Medal, Army, with silver Citation Star, numbered on the edge ‘No.10’; Philippine Campaign Medal, Army, numbered on the edge ‘No.52’; Army of...
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. William Tressler, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,500
A Russian group of four Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 39 x 39mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s name and double-headed eagle on reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet; Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge with swords, 38 x 38mm., gold and enamel, unclear marks on eyelet; St. George Cross for Bravery, 4th Class, rev. numbered, ‘No.49826’, silver, on incorrect ribbon; St. George Medal for Bravery, 3rd Class, rev. numbered,...
A fine Second World War capture of Elba D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander P. W. Spencer, Royal Navy, who added a “mention” to his accolades for the invasion of the South of France and went on to witness further active service in the Korean War Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53 (Lt. Cdr., R.N.); U.N. Korea, contact marks, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Three: Engineer William J. Barrett, Merchant Navy, 2nd Engineer aboard the American Ladies Hospital Ship Maine during the Boer war and Boxer rebellion Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, China 1900, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. Barrett) note single initial but as given on the roll; British War and Mercantile Marine Medals (William J. Barrett) official correction to part of surname, together with hospital ship Maine white metal commemorative medal, nearly extremely fine and rare (4) £2500-3000
A rare Great War submariner casualty’s D.S.M. pair awarded to Petty Officer C. E. Ellis, Royal Navy, who perished in the North Sea when the E 34 strayed into a minefield on 20 July 1918: two months earlier, the E 34 had torpedoed the UB-16 while returning from a minelaying mission off Harwich Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (220405 C. E. Ellis, P.O., H.M. Submarines, Aug.-Dec. 1917); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (220405 G. E. Ellis, P.O., H.M.S. Maidstone), extremely...
The K.C.B. group of twelve awarded to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Percival Thomas Nicholls, Royal Navy, Medical Director-General of the Navy, 1937-41 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmark for London, date unclear; Order of St. John, Commander’s neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £3,300
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