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Six: Second Lieutenant R. E. L. Mabey, Honourable Artillery Company, late Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence Medal (2nd Lieut. R. E. L. Mabey); Coronation 1937, unnamed; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1396291 Bmbr., H.A.C. Art.) on ‘H.A.C. ribbon’; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1940 (Reginald E. L. Mabey) mounted as worn, slight contact marks, very fine (6) £280-320
Hammer Price: £360
Three: Corporal W. J. McCarthy, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, wounded and missing in action in N.W. Europe, January 1945 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (5437939 Sgt., KOYLI); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5437939 Cpl., K.S.L.I.) service number and rank corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (3) £260-300
Six: Acting Lieutenant-Commander A. McMurtry, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Minesweeping 1945-51, Near East (A/Lt. Cmdr., R.N.V.R.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, mounted court style as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £320-380
A King’s Police Medal awarded to Foot Constable 4th Grade Zabta Khan, North West Frontier Province Police King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Zabta Khan, Foot Const. 4th Gde. No. 1099 Peshawar Dist. N.W. Front. Prov. Pol.), in its case of issue, scratch to obverse, otherwise very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £370
Four: Captain J. P. Brown, Army Education Corps, late West Yorkshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (1857 L. Cpl., W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1857 Cpl., W. York. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Capt., A.E.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £300-350
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (23909504 Pte. T. C. Guy, A. & S.H.) extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Private J. Phipps, Royal Leicestershire Regiment. late Royal Warwickshire Regiment, wounded in action in Italy, 16 May 1944 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5830821 Pte., R. Warwick.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5830821 Pte., R. Leicesters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (3) £260-300
Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (6825493 W.O. Cl. II D. J. Brannan, H.A.C. (Inf.)) on ‘H.A.C.’ ribbon, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £390
Pair: Private Elijah Edwards, Army Service Corps, formerly 94th Foot South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (T/3573 Pte. E. Edwards, A.S. Corps); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3573 Pte. E. Edwards C. & T.C.) nearly very fine (2) £350-400
Eight: Serjeant D. Lamb, Royal Highlanders 1914 Star, with clasp (1635 Cpl., 2/R. Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (1635 Sjt., R. Highrs.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 8th Army clasp; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Delhi Durbar 1911 (1636 L Cpl, RH) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (8) £200-240
Three: Constable C. Smith, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. H Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. H Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) good very fine and better (3) £150-200
Hammer Price: £400
The Royal Humane Society Medal awarded to Major E. B. Nixon, 33rd Burma Regiment, late Bengal Staff Corps, who was murdered by a Pathan soldier who ‘ran amok’ on 11 February 1891 Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Lieut. E. B. Nixon, Bengal Staff Corps, 1 August 1871) slight edge bruising, very fine £300-350
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (15724 Sjt. B. H. W. Eastwood, R.E.) in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £300-350
The mounted group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Admiral Henry Blackett, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20, 7 clasps, Red Sea, North Sea 1914, North Sea 1915, Jutland 31 May 16, North Sea 1916, North Sea 1917, North Sea 1918; Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, silver; Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, all unnamed, mounted court style as worn, about extremely fine (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £410
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Michl. Duncan. Bombard. Arty. Gd. “Zenobia”) nearly extremely fine and rare £300-350
The original D.S.O. warrant appertaining to Major Roy Farran, the highly decorated S.A.S. officer, in the name of ‘Roy Alexander Farran, Esquire, on whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Captain (Temporary Major) in our Army’, dated 29 March 1945, and signed by the King and the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, in good condition £300-400
Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, by Paul Stopin, Palais Royal, 66mm., silver, gold and enamel, short length of ribbon, ‘crescent’ suspension with enamel damage, very fine £200-250
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (2695 Pte. F. Wright, 20th Hussars); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, first pitted, good fine; second good very fine (2) £220-260
Four: Acting Squadron Leader L. W. N. Walker, Royal Air Force India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (341715 Sgt. L. W. N. Walker, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (341715 Sgt. L. W. N. Walker, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (4) £300-350
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, ‘St. Michael’ centre depressed, slight enamel damage, very fine £150-200
A Second World War casualty’s group of four awarded to Corporal of Horse M. Staples, Royal Horse Guards, onetime attached the Commandos and killed in action in Tunisia with the 1st Special Air Service (S.A.S.) in January 1943 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with Household Brigade prize medals (2), one in silver for Junior Cup Winners 1932-33, named to ‘543 Tpr. Staples’, and the other in bronze for 220 Yards Race, named to ‘543 Tpr. Staples’,...
Hammer Price: £420
South Africa 1834-53 (M. Lawler, 6th Regt.) toned, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £300-350
An interesting campaign group of four awarded to Major R. C. B. Crosse-Kelly, Head of the Clan O’Kelly, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, late Border Regiment and onetime Military Intelligence Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major The O’Kelly, Innisks.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Radfan (Maj. R. C. B. Crosse-Kelly, Innisks.), this last an official later issue, in its card box of issue, the first three mounted as...
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (Lieut. & Adjt. N. N. Bedingfeld, 1st Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), together with related miniature dress medal and K.R.R.C. helmet plate, traces of fire damage to the Medal, clasps and naming, the latter partially re-engraved as a result, otherwise very fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £430
Family group: A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Bedingfeld, Devonshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star (Major H. H. Bedingfeld, Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. H. Bedingfeld), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, the Victory Medal with minor traces of corrosion /...
Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., 3 clasps, Malaya, Near East, Cyprus (R.M.10246 J. O. McColl, Mne., R.M.) good very fine £240-280
A Second World War campaign service group of six awarded to Sergeant F. G. Kingett, Royal Tank Regiment and a member of the Raiding Support Regiment 1943-45 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6141601 Sjt. F. G. Kingett, R. Tank R.), generally very fine and better (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £440
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Lt. S. Pulley, R.N., H.M.S. Simoom, 73-74) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £250-300
Six: Rifleman E. Akid, Royal Ulster Rifles, who was taken prisoner of war in Korea on 3 January 1951 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (780018 Rfn., R.U.R.); U.N. Korea, good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £450
A Royal Humane Society Medal in Silver awarded to Lieutenant Aubrey A. D. Grey, Royal Navy, for gallantly saving the life of a fellow officer following the sinking of the destroyer H.M.S. Partridge, 12 December 1917 - Lieutenant Grey was subsequently awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal for 1919 for this action Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Lieut. Aubrey A. D. Grey, R.N. 12 Dec. 1917) with silver buckle on ribbon, lacquered, nearly extremely fine £400-500
The mounted miniature dress medal group of five worn by Brigadier-General R. M. B. F. Kelly, Royal Artillery Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, straight bar suspension, gold buckle on ribbon; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, complete with gold top bar; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Rel. of Ladysmith; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, mounted as worn,...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Major T. Martin, Royal Signals, late Royal Field Artillery, wounded in action in both wars Military Medal, G.V.R. (9715 A. Cpl., B.71/Bde. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (9715 A. Bmbr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, ‘W.W.2’ M.I.D. oak leaf (9715 Sjt., R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D., oakleaf, these unnamed, mounted for wear; together with a similar mounted set of miniature...
R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Gunner Leslie Painter, 1962) crude engraved naming, with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine £220-260
Hammer Price: £460
Pair: British Constable V. J. Sanders, Palestine Police General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1754 B. Const. V. J. Sanders, Pal. Police); General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus (717 B/Const. V. J. Sanders, Pal. Police) last two clasps loose on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £260-300
A Second World War ‘North Africa’ B.E.M. group of five awarded to Private J. Miley, Pioneer Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (No.13096293 Pte. John Miley); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, some edge bruising, very fine (5) £350-450
Hammer Price: £490
General Service 1962, 3 clasps, South Arabia, Dhofar, Northern Ireland (23982996 Pte. D. Shaw, PWO.) unofficial connection between 2nd and 3rd clasps, good very fine; rare clasp combination to unit £300-350
Six: Sergeant A. P. Gibson, Royal Engineers, killed in action by a sniper in Palestine, 24 February 1948 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (1876129 Sjt., R.E.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine (6) £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
An unusual General Service Medal duplicate issue pair awarded to Private R. J. Farmer, King’s Regiment, late the Loyal Regiment, who was injured on coming under fire on patrol in Belfast May 1972 General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (24034444 Pte. R. J. Farmer, Loyal); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24074444 Pte. R. J. Farmer, King’s), good very fine (2) £400-500
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
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (T. A. Sedgewick, A.B., H.M.S. St. George) nearly extremely fine £180-220
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