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A Great War ‘Egypt’ D.C.M. to Acting Serjeant J. Stirling, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (201302 Cpl.-A. Sjt., Arg. & Suth’d. Highrs.) very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War D.C.M. to Company Sergeant-Major W. Portlock, Gloucestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4607 C.S. Mjr., 14/Glouc. R..) naming rubbed, edge bruising, about very fine £450-500
Hammer Price: £580
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. pair to Company Sergeant-Major H. Edwards, Essex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5247 C.S. Mjr., Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5247 C.S. Mjr., Essex R.) good very fine (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £700
A Second World G.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant F. C. Hodgson, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for his part in the rescue operations following the explosion of a merchantman in the Port of Bari in April 1945 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (1877511 Sgt. Frederick C. Hodgson, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (6) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,500
A Great War I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Subedar-Major Abdul Jabbar Khan, 19th Lancers (Fane’s Horse) Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Abdul Jabar Khan, 19th Lcrs.); Indian Title Badge, G.V.R., 3rd Class, Khan Sahib, silver and enamel (Subedar Major Abdul Jabbar Khan, 2nd Jany. 1928); British War Medal 1914-20 (Jemdr. Abdul Jabbar, 19 Lcrs.) nearly very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A North West Frontier I.D.S.M. awarded to Subedar Mir Afzal, Tochi Scouts Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Subdr. Mir Afzal, Tochi Scouts) lacking top suspension brooch, very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £900
A rare Great War D.S.M. and Bar awarded to Leading Signalman I. Overton, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his part in H.M.S. Wear’s gallant rescue of the survivors of mined consorts in the Dardanelles in March 1915 - under a heavy fire - he became the first man to win a Bar to the D.S.M. for his deeds as a member of a boarding party a little over two months later Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of this original Bar unofficially engraved with...
Hammer Price: £2,700
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 Q-ship action D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Able Seaman E. J. Bunting, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his bravery in the Penshurst, aboard which ship he was still serving on the occasion of her loss Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.S. 4999 E. J. Bunting, A.B., Atlantic Ocean, 19 Aug. 1917); 1914-15 Star (SS. 4999 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS. 4999 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C.,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
An important Great War Q-ship operations D.S.M. pair awarded to Chief Steward A. C. Townshend, who was decorated for his part in all five actions fought by Gordon Campbell, V.C. Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Ch. Stwd. A. C. Townshend, Atlantic Ocean, 8 Aug. 1917); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Alfred C. Townshend), very fine or better (2) £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £2,600
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...
Hammer Price: £3,400
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 Second World War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Seaman W. C. Garrett, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Berkeley Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (PJ.100916 W. C. Garrett, T/A. L.Smn.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage head (J.100916 (PO.B. 18722) A.B. R.F.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £880
A good Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M., post-war B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Electrician H. J. Justice, Royal Navy: his captain, Lieutenant-Commander R. B. Stannard, V.C., the hero of the Norwegian operations of 1940, was awarded a D.S.O. on the same occasion Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.128514 H. J. Justice, T./P.O.); British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (Ch. Elect. Henry J. Justice, D.S.M., P/MX 803817); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A good Second World War Aegean 1943 operations D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Stoker J. S. Palethorpe, Royal Navy, who had earlier served off Dunkirk and won a “mention” for North Russia convoys in 1942: his ship, the destroyer H.M.S. Intrepid, was sunk by enemy aircraft off Leros in September 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ch. Sto. J. S. Palethorpe, C/KX. 64952), in its case of issue; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K. 64952 Ch. Sto.,...
A Second World War D.S.M. to Temporary Leading Seaman C. F. James, Royal Navy, for ‘successful submarine patrols in the Far East’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp. L.S. C. F. James C/JX159338), mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant W. Alexandra, Royal Horse Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (51201 Cpl., F. By. R.H.A.); 1914 Star (51201 A. Bmbr., R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51201 Sjt., R.A.), B.W.M. suspension repaired, fine and better (7) £280-320
Hammer Price: £350
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal F. Rogers, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (16550 A. Bmbr., 113/Hy. By. R.G.A.); 1914 Star (16550 Gnr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (16550 Cpl., R.A.), mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £280-320
Hammer Price: £340
A Great War M.M. group of four to Private W. Corcoran, Royal Munster Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (9-5466 Pte., 1/R. Muns. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (5466 Pte., R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (5466 Pte., R. Mun. Fus.) very fine and better (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three to Staff Sergeant W. A. Watkins, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (512228 S, Sjt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (298 S. Sjt., R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-240
Hammer Price: £300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three to Corporal W. T. Dark, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (66923 Pte-A. Cpl., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (66923 Cpl., R.A.M.C.) good very fine (3) £220-260
Hammer Price: £330
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and bar to Serjeant A. H. Stevens, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. with Second Award Bar (955424 Sjt., A.236/Lond. Bde. R.F.A.-T.F.) good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar to Private F. Nutley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. with Second Award Bar (6-1282 Pte., 13/K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £480
A Great War M.M. to Corporal A. Burslem, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (278202 Cpl., R.G.A.) very fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £190
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant A. Hewlings, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (16-1746 Sjt. A. Hewlings, 16/R. War. R.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £260
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. to Private T. Rowntree, The Queen’s Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (L-11615 Pte., 11/The Queen’s R.) very fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War M.M. to Private J. Winning, Scottish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (11860 Pte., 9/Sco. Rif.) slight edge bruise, good very fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £230
A Great War M.M. awarded to Corporal G. W. Crabb, London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (350888 Cpl. G. W. Crabb, 7/Lond. R.) good very fine £180-220
A Great War M.M. awarded to Able Seaman P. Jackson, R.N.V.R., Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, later commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (L8-3278 A.S. P. Jackson, Drake Bn: R.N.V.R.) together with Drake Battalion pin badge, very fine £600-800
A Great War M.M. awarded to Able Seaman F. G. Sillence, R.N.V.R., Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division Military Medal, G.V.R. (PZ-2002 A.B. F. G. Sillence, Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.) polished, nearly very fine £600-800
A Great War M.M. awarded to Able Seaman J. H. Spicer, R.N.V.R., Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division Military Medal, G.V.R. (LZ-5101 A.B. J. H. Spicer, Nelson Bn: R.N.V.R.) good very fine £600-800
A fine North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Guardsman R. Dean, Coldstream Guards, who ‘remained totally indifferent to any personal danger’ as he went about his work as a stretcher-bearer in the battle for “Long Stop Hill” on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1942: he was born in Kensington in Philidelphia, U.S.A. Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2660024 Gdsmn. R. Dean, C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star, the reverse privately engraved, ‘2660024 Gdsmn. Richard Dean, M.M., Coldstream...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Second World War ‘Operation Crusader’ M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant L. Gosby, Royal Tank Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7883192 A. Sjt., R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted court style for wear; together with cap badge, good very fine (5) £1000-1200
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
A fine Second World War Italy operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant A. J. D. Gray, Royal Engineers, who gallantly cleared mines and booby traps under fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2193762 Sjt. A. J. D. Gray, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, good very fine and better (10) £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,000
An outstanding immediate M.M. for Italy awarded to Lance-Corporal C. H. Preen, Reconnaissance Corps and North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4920353 L.Cpl. C. H. Preen, Recce-Corps); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, together with relating mounted set of 6 dress miniatures, good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,300
A fine Second World War Italy operations M.M. group of five awarded to Fusilier A. C. Percy, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who led a charmed life over a four day period in June 1944, bullets penetrating his steel helmet and boot on one occasion, and a stick grenade bouncing off his rifle on another - he was originally recommended for an immediate D.C.M. Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6350578 Fsr. A. C. Percy, R. Innis. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn,...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A fine Second World War Italian theatre M.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant A. J. Gauthier, 48th Highlanders of Canada, who was later mentioned in despatches for services in Korea with the Royal 22e Régiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (B.73900 L.Sjt. A. J. Gauthier, C. Inf. C.) minor official correction to rank; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; Canadian War Service Medal, with clasp; War Medal, these last three all silver issues; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue (SB.73900 A. J....
Hammer Price: £2,400
A very rare Greek Civil War M.M. group of seven awarded to Gunner F. W. Mitchell, 276 L.A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery, for gallantry in Athens when H.Q. 23rd Armoured Brigade was attacked by ELAS forces in December 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2035671 Gnr. F. W. Mitchell, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.VI.R., 1st issue (2035671 Gnr. F. W. Mitchell, R.A.) extremely fine (7) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,000
A fine North-West Europe M.M. group of six awarded to Pioneer Sergeant W. J. P. Evans, 4th (Llanelli) Battalion, The Welch Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3958804 A/Sjt. W. J. P. Evans, Welch. R.) official correction to middle initial; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.VI.R., with additional service bar (3958804 Cpl. W. J. P. Evans, M.M. Welch) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
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