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An impressive Second World War O.B.E., Great War M.M. group of eleven awarded to Wing Commander D. F. Allen, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Medal, G.V.R. (); 1914-15 Star (44727 Spr. D. Allen, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (44727 Spr. D. Allen, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937; Royal Air...
Hammer Price: £820
An interesting post-war civil O.B.E. group of six awarded to Major G. C. Lawrence, Colonial Civil Service, late Middlesex Yeomanry, Royal Signals and Somaliland Camel Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Captain G. C. Lawrence, Gen. List), mounted as worn, contact marks, generally very fine or better (6) £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
A post-war military M.B.E., Great War M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fox, India Miscellaneous List and Simla Volunteer Rifles, late Cheshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. Fox); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. James Fox); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Sub-Condtr., India Misc...
Hammer Price: £850
A post-war “Arab Legion” M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain W. M. Holman, Royal Artillery, who was posthumously mentioned in despatches for his great gallantry and self-sacrifice in Korea The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. W. M. Holman, R.A.); Korea 1950-53 (Capt. W. M. Holman, M.B.E., R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54;...
Hammer Price: £3,900
A good post-war M.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Captain W. H. D. Millar, Royal Irish Rangers, late Royal Ulster Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (7014073 S. Sgt. W. H. D. Millar, R.U.R.); Korea 1950-53 (7014073 Sjt. W. H. O. Millar, R.U.R.), note third initial: U.N. Korea 1950-54;...
£600–£700
A rare inter-war civil M.B.E. awarded to Mr. D. A. T. Lee, Foreign Office, for services in the Addis Ababa disturbances of 1936 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £350
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Gunner E. H. Holmes, Royal Artillery, latterly believed to be Chief Constable of Accrington and Blackpool The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (3405 Gnr., R.A.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, dark toning, very fine and better (5) £100-140
Hammer Price: £100
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Mrs E. H. Saunders, nee Strickland, British Red Cross Society The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silvered base metal and enamel, unnamed, slight enamel damage; British War Medal 1914-20 (E. H. Strickland); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed, extremely fine except where stated (5) £140-180
Hammer Price: £220
A Great War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander L. J. Pitcairn Jones, Royal Navy, for his distinguished services as a Navigating Officer aboard H.M.S. Cleopatra in the Baltic Sea 1919 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,600
A good Second World War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander D. J. B. Jewitt, Royal Navy, who, having won a “mention” for gallant services off Norway in 1940, shared in the destruction of the U-314 when in command of the destroyer Meteor on the Arctic run in 1944 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Lieut. D. J. B. Jewitt, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. N. Roe, Coldstream Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence Medal, unnamed, mounted for display; together with a mounted set of three miniature dress medals (lacking Victory Medal), good very fine (7) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare and impressive Great War pilot’s Western Front M.C., North Russia D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Major F. S. Moller, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an American who was twice wounded in combats over France Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major F. S. Moller, R.A.F.); Russia, Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class neck badge, with swords, by Albert Keibel, St....
Hammer Price: £12,000
A rare Great War Mesopotamia operations M.C., A.F.C. group of six awarded to Major J. O.C. Orton, Royal Air Force, late Norfolk Regiment and Royal Flying Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Major J. O. C. Orton, 2/Norfolk R. & R.F.C., Mesopotamia 1918’; Air Force Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Major J. O. Orton, Buckingham Palace, 1919’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. O. C. Orton), an official replacement; British War and Victory Medals,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
An extremely rare and interesting Great War M.C. group of twelve awarded to Major T. S. Laycock, Secret Intelligence Service, late Royal Artillery, who served as right hand man to the founder of the British S.I.S., Captain Sir Mansfield ‘C’ Cumming from 1912-15, prior to undertaking secret missions to Russia and Roumania Military Cross, G.V.R., privately inscribed, ‘Captain T. S. Laycock, 1918’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Brigadier C. M. Vallentin, Royal Artillery, who made a successful bid for freedom from captivity in Italy in late 1943, travelling in disguise as a local peasant, a ruse ably enhanced by his fellow escaper and batman, Lance-Corporal W. Snailum - as related to M.I. 9 on his return to the U.K., the Brigadier had instructed Snailum ‘to look like a half-wit - and he acted the part admirably’ Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star,...
Hammer Price: £2,900
Family group: A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain A. H. Ayscough, Royal Fusiliers, late Honourable Artillery Company and onetime attached the South Nottinghamshire Hussars Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (751 L. Cpl. A. H. Ayscough, H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. H. Ayscough); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the first four mounted as worn, generally good very fine or better The Boer War Medal awarded to Lieutenant C....
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Egypt’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. G. Hills, Indian Army Reserve of Officers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., I.A.R.O.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Trooper, Surma V. Lt. Horse) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
An interesting Great War Italy operations M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel E. H. M. Clifford, Royal Engineers, who was Senior Commissioner on the British Somaliland-Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1931-36 and directly involved in the Walwal crisis that ‘set the chancelleries of Europe alight’: subsequently appointed Chief Engineer China, he was taken P.O.W. at Hong Kong in 1941 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. E. H. M. Clifford, R.E.); British War...
Hammer Price: £2,500
A fine Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander F. C. Farrington, Royal Air Force, late Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps, who flew as Observer-Gunner to the famous Canadian ace Captain F. R. McCall, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (63116 Bmbr. F. C. Farrington, R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. C. Farrington, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, contact marks, generally very fine or better (6) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,000
A rare Great War Serbia operations M.C. group of six awarded to Captain E. V. Mason, Royal Artillery, late South Irish Horse Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Capt. E. Vance Mason, R.F.A., ‘P’ Ridge, Serbia, 19th Sept. 1918’; 1914-15 Star (1138 Cpl. E. V. Mason, S. Ir. H.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. E. V. Mason); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, with silver star riband fitment; Russia, Order of St. Anne, Second Class badge, with swords, by...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Major C. R. Polhill-Drabble, Coldstream Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘C. R. Polhill-Drabble’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. R. Polhill-Drabble) very fine (3) £900-1000
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Colonel R. Dickie, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who was afterwards awarded a “mention” and the Order of St. Anne for services in South Russia in 1919-20 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. R. Dickie); Russia, Order of St. Anne, breast badge, with swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 44 x 44mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s name on reverse, ‘56’...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. S. Dyer, Gloucestershire Regiment, onetime attached North Staffordshire Regiment, who was awarded the Order of St. Anne for services in North Russia in 1919 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. Dyer); Russia, Order of St. Anne, Third Class breast badge, with swords, 35 x 35mm., bronze-gilt and enamel, unmarked, slight enamel damage to the last, otherwise good very fine or better and the...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A rare North Russia 1919 operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Colonel W. S. C. Curtis, Somerset Light Infantry, onetime attached Dorsetshire Regiment and Royal Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. S. C. Curtis); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, the second and third polished, thus good fine, the remainder very fine and better (7) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £2,200
A rare Second World War Somaliland operations M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. G. Molison, Royal Artillery, late Honourable Artillery Company, attached East African Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry in the “V.C. action” fought in the Tug Argan Pass in August 1940 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’ and privately inscribed, ‘Major A. G. Molison, 1st E.A. Light Bty.’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency...
Hammer Price: £2,400
An unusual Second World War D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. Beale (formerly Weinberg), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Manchester Regiment, who completed a tour of operations as an Air Gunner in No. 50 Squadron in 1943-44, including six trips to the “Big City”, the Peenemunde raid and no less than four combats Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3519463 Pte. A....
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private John Todd, 46th Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (John Todd, 46th Regt.) officially impressed naming, signs of brooch mounting, claw refixed, sometime gilded; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Todd, 46th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (John Todd, 46th Regt.) pierced with ring suspension, last two with old re-engraved naming, mounted for wear, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,100
The Defence of Lucknow D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant Major John Kelly, 32nd Light Infantry, one of only two ‘Original Defenders’ to be so honoured; Kelly was probably the only Australian-born defender at Lucknow Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Major John Kelly, 32nd Foot); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (John Kelly, 32nd Foot); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2763 Corpl. J. Kelly, 32nd Foot) edge bruising and contact...
Hammer Price: £9,200
A Second Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Pioneer Serjeant T. W. Ward, Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4670 Pr. Serjt. T. W. Ward, 2nd Coldstream Gds.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (.... T Ward, 2/C....); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (4670 Pnr. Sejt. T. W. Ward, Cldstm. [G]ds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small...
A unique Great War D.C.M., long distance flight A.F.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major 1st Class H. A. Gamon, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (723 Fl. Sjt. H. A. Gamon, R.F.C.); Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (723 S.M. 1 H. A. Gamon, R.A.F.); 1914 Star (723 2 A.M. H. A. Gamon, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (723 T.S.M. H. A. Gamon, R.A.F.); Defence Medal 1939-45, contact marks, very fine and better (6) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Serjeant W. H. Fenton, Coldstream Guards, who was granted the King’s Pardon for desertion in 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7303 L. Sjt., 2/C. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7303 Pte., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7303 Cpl., C. Gds.) good very fine (4) £1400-1800
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Richardson, Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4796 Pte., 2/C.G.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (4796 Pte., C. Gds.); together with a loose original clasp; British War and Victory Medals (4796 Pte., C. Gds.) very fine and better (4) £1200-1500
A Great War ‘Portuguese East Africa’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal Chapotera, 1/2nd King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1851 Cpl. Chapotera, 1/2 K.A.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1851 Cpl. Chabotela, 2/K.A.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 ( 1851 Cpl., Cherotela, 2/K.A.R.) note variation in spelling of name, good fine, rare (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £800
A fine African D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Masauri, 2/1 King’s African Rifles King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (28 C.Q.M. Sjt. Masauri, 2/1 K.A.R.); Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (92 Pte. Masouri, K.A.R.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10, Nyasaland 1915 (92 L. Corpl. Masauri, 1st K. African R.); 1914-15 Star (BR 28 Sjt. Masauri, 1/K.A.R.); British War and Victory Medals (BR...
£3,500–£4,000
The Second World War “self-made spy’s” D.C.M. group of four awarded to Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant J. H. O. Brown, Royal Artillery, who, as a P.O.W., fooled the Germans into believing he was a staunch supporter of the “British Free Corps”, thereby obtaining freedom of movement in Berlin and elsewhere - in point of fact he had established contact with British Military Intelligence and, at the risk of discovery by the Gestapo, regularly sent back important information to London:...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A very rare Second World War Commando operations D.C.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Houseman, Royal Army Service Corps, a very gallant German-Jew who served in the “Palestine Brigade”prior to winning his decoration and being twice wounded in No. 2 Commando Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (PAL. 1344 L. Cpl. F. S. Houseman, R.A.S.C.), minor official correction to unit, edge bruise, good very fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £11,000
The unique Ashantee War C.G.M. awarded to Coloured Seaman Tom Dollar for gallantry whilst serving with Lord Gifford’s Scouts Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Tom Dollar, Able Seaman R.N. Ordashu) minor official correction to final two letters of ‘Ordashu’, mounted for display with erased East & West Africa medal with Coomassie clasp, good very fine £7000-8000
£7,000–£8,000
The outstanding Second World War C.G.M., D.F.M. group of six awarded to Pilot Officer G. F. Dove, Royal Air Force, who, having been decorated for a tour of operations in Whitleys of No. 10 Squadron, was recommended for the V.C. for his extraordinary courage as a Mid-Upper Gunner in a Lancaster of No. 101 Squadron after it was attacked and set on fire by an enemy night fighter in February 1943 - so, too, his pilot: in the event, in a unique chapter in the annals of awards for gallantry in the...
Hammer Price: £33,000
An unusual Second World War G.M. awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. P. Lewin, Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, for saving life after the largest ever ordnance explosion in the United Kingdom - namely that which occurred at the R.A.F’s underground bomb store at Fauld, near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944 and resulted in over 60 fatalities George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lieut. John P. Lewin, R.A.F.O.), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £4,200
A fine K.P.M. for gallantry to Sub. Inspector William Bryant, City of London Police, whose close encounter with armed burglars in Houndsditch led to him being seriously wounded and thereafter to the famous Sidney Street Siege King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (William Bryant, Sub.-Inspector), in its case of issue, with gallantry riband, good very fine £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £4,600
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