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The excessively rare Second World War escaper’s D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. “Ronnie” Littledale, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who famously made a successful bid for freedom with “Pat” Reid and two others from Colditz in October 1942 - a breakout enacted under the cover of the P.O.Ws’ orchestra conducted by Douglas Bader and culminating with the four men squeezing naked through a narrow air vent ‘like toothpaste out of a tube!’: believed to be one...
Hammer Price: £33,000
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...
The rare ‘South Arabia’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant R. C. ‘Bunny’ Austin, 79 (Kirkee) Commando Light Battery, 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, formerly Special Air Service, who gained the award of his Military Medal in Aden whilst supporting 45 Commando, Royal Marines in the night action at Wadi Taym, when due to the elevated position of his battery and with his sangar under heavy fire including sustaining a direct hit from an anti-tank rocket he was forced to depress the...
Hammer Price: £27,000
The campaign pair to Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home, V.C., Bengal Engineers, Hero of the Kashmir Gate at the assault of Delhi, who was killed in an explosion shortly afterwards Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd Lieut. D. C. Home, Engrs. 3rd Cy. Sappers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lt. D. C. Home, Bengal Engrs.) the first with some edge bruises and surface marks, very fine, the second nearly extremely fine (2) £16000-18000
Hammer Price: £22,000
A Great War period Albert Medal 1st Class for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Richard Shaw Warden, Royal Navy Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by His Majesty to Lieutenant Commander Arthur Richard Shaw Warden, R.N. for Gallantry in Saving Life at Boulogne on the 26th October 1915’, gold and enamel, in case of issue; 1914 Star (Lt. Cdr., A. R. Warden, R.N. Transport Staff);...
Hammer Price: £20,000
‘Throughout the struggle, whenever and wherever there was serious trouble and danger, the chances were that an open car, flying a faded R.A.F. Ensign, would arrive bringing Air Vice-Marshal Lloyd driven by the gallant little Maltese driver, Sergeant Aquilina - no one, I think, more bravely upheld the courage of Malta than did Aquilina, with the highest form of courage, the courage that overcomes fear. The two together, A.O.C. and driver, typified the unconquerable team that was...
Hammer Price: £19,000
A rare Malabar 1921 operations G.C. (exchange E.G.M.) group of six awarded to Private T. “Dusty” Miller, The Dorsetshire Regiment, who dislodged several enemy snipers during an ambush George Cross (No. 5718907 Pte. Thomas Miller, The Dorsetshire Regt., 2nd June 1923 ), with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (8417 Pte. T. Miller, Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (8417 Pte. T. Miller, Dorset R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5718907 Pte. T....
Hammer Price: £16,000
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. Kelly, 66th Regiment, who was wounded while commanding the 2nd Battalion at Talavera and afterwards lent valuable service in the Kandian War as a Major in the 4th Ceylon Regiment Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Talavera (Captn. Richd. Kelly, 66th Regt.), complete with gold riband buckle, suspension with old repair, extremely fine £8000-10000
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
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Patrick Deuchar, Midshipman) old lacquer, otherwise nearly extremely fine £7000-9000
Hammer Price: £11,000
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
A rare Great War D.F.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant H. C. Hunt, Royal Air Force, late Bedfordshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, a Gunner/Observer ace who claimed five enemy aircraft destroyed and three out of control Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (P/6434 Sergt. Mech. Hunt, H. C., R.A.F.); British War and Victory Medals (317030 Sgt. C. E. Hunt, R.A.F.), good very fine (3) £6000-7000
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, K.C.S.I., Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge in gold and enamels with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star with small gold ring and original gold ribbon loop with spring-catch; and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, the set contained in its Garrard & Co. Ltd case of...
A rare and unusual E.G.M. awarded to Mr. Adrian Trapman, Vice-Consul at Addis Ababa at the time of the Italian invasion in 1936 Empire Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R., Civil Division (Adrian S. G. R. Trapman), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £9,500
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 Great War period Albert Medal 2nd Class for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea awarded to Artificer Engineer Edmund John Pysden, Royal Navy Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by His Majesty to Artificer Engineer Edmund John Pysden R.N. for gallantry in saving life after an explosion in the engine room of H.M.S. “Sandhurst” on the 27th February 1917’, bronze and enamel, good very fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £8,000
An outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations O.B.E., Great War M.C. and two Bars group of nine awarded to Colonel C. V. Stewart, Royal Engineers, late Royal Artillery, who was thrice wounded on the Somme in July 1916 and again at Ypres in June 1917: recalled in September 1939, he saw action in Norway and rose to be a Senior Transport Officer on D-Day The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R.,...
Hammer Price: £7,800
An extremely rare Naval Long Service medal for Gallantry in the Crimea awarded to Private John McElroy, Royal Marines, who was dangerously wounded at Inkermann and had his left arm amputated, one of only seven such awards for gallantry Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (John McElroy, Pte. R.M. Woolh. Divn. Crimea) edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £7,500
The P.D.S.A. Dickin Medal for Gallantry, awarded to ‘Judy’ a boxer dog, for thwarting a terrorist attack on British officers, and for protecting her wounded brother, at risk to her own life, in Palestine, 5 August 1946 P.D.S.A. Dickin Medal for Gallantry, reverse inscribed, ‘Judy, Army H.Q. Palestine 5-8-46 AFMC.1195 No. 44’, pierced with ring suspension, with a short length of ribbon; together with a brass cross, 48 x 48mm., obverse inscribed, ‘For Canine Valour 5.8.46’,...
A very rare and important South Russia 1919 operations D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier H. N. H. Williamson, Royal Artillery: attached to the Don Army under General Sidorni, he ‘took part in cavalry charges, steamed over most of Southern Russia in armoured trains and skimmed over the Steppe in biplanes searching for shell dumps mislaid by imbecile staff officers’, an extraordinary chapter of active service vividly described in his published journals Farewell to...
The unique Napoleonic and early Indian campaign group of five to Lieutenant James Foster, Veterans Department, late Governor-General’s Body Guard and formerly Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (J. Foster, Serjt. Majr, 11th Lt. Dgns); Waterloo 1815 (Serjt. James Foster, 11th Regiment Light Dragoons) contemporarily renamed, fitted with later silver bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Sergt. J....
A rare and important K.C.B. group of four awarded to General Sir Thomas Pratt, commanding officer of the 26th Regiment in the First Opium War and G.O.C. in New Zealand at the time of the Taranaki Wars 1860-61 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gold and enamel, and breast star, by R. & S. Garrard & Compy., 25 Haymarket, London, silver, with gold and enamel applique centre; China 1842 (T. S. Pratt, C.B., Lt....
Hammer Price: £7,200
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
The Sudan campaign medal to Private H. Hunt, 21st Lancers, killed in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3569 Pte. H. Hunt. 21/L’crs.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £5500-6500
Hammer Price: £6,800
Pair: J. Higgins, Royal Regiment of Artillery Spain, Kingdom, Order of Maria Isabella Louisa, silver cross, reverse inscribed, ‘RRA J. Higgins’; Cross for the Liberators of Bilbao 1836, silver cross, reverse inscribed, ‘RRA J. Higgins’, this with incorrect ribbon, mounted for display, about very fine (2) £400-450
An early ‘Northern Ireland’ M.M. pair awarded to Bombardier (later Acting Sergeant) H. A. Barczynski, 25th Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, who was awarded an M.M. in the first Northern Ireland gallantry list and subsequently served as a member of ‘Cracker Battery’ in the Dhofar War Military Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (24113581 Bdr., R.A.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24113581 Bdr., R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £5000-6000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Egypt, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (J. Dodd, Coldstm. Guards) suspension rather crudely re-fixed, heavy edge bruising and contact wear, therefore fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A unique Second World War Burma operations C.B., C.B.E., Mohmand 1933 D.S.O., Black Sea 1920 operations M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major-General H. L. “Taffy” Davies, Indian Army, who, having played an important role as Chief of Staff to the G.O.C. in the retreat from Burma in 1942, commanded with distinction the 25th “Ace of Spades” Indian Division in the Arakan 1943-44 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel;...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A remarkable Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain E. C. Lance, Somerset Light Infantry, late King Edward’s Horse and West Yorkshire Regiment, who was twice honoured by Franco for his part in rescuing a hundred nationalists in the Spanish Civil War: high on the republicans’ wanted list as “The Man in the Tartan Jacket”, Lance was eventually captured by them and sentenced to death, but ultimately lived to tell the tale after 15 months of hellish imprisonment - an...
Hammer Price: £6,000
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
A fine Victorian K.C.B. group of seven awarded to General Sir Richard Kelly, 34th Foot, who was wounded and taken P.O.W. in the Crimea and again wounded in the Mutiny, during which conflicts he held senior command and was many times mentioned in despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gold and enamels, and breast star, by R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, silver, with gold and enamel applique centre, the...
Hammer Price: £5,800
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 rare British South Africa Company Medal awarded to Trooper Henry St. John Tuck, Salisbury Horse, killed in action at the Shangani River, 4 December 1893 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (Trooper H. St. John Tuck, Salisbury Horse) extremely fine £2400-2800
A rare Burma Gallantry Medal awarded to Naik Tun Nyunt, Burma Rifles, who served behind enemy lines with a G.S.I.(Z) unit Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (50460 Naik, The Burma Rifles) good very fine £3000-3500
A fine C.B., Boer War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Brigadier-General R. M. B. F. Kelly, Royal Artillery, who was twice wounded and had two horses shot from under him at Faber’s Put in May 1900 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Captain R. M. B. F. Kelly,...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A fine Battle of Jutland group of five awarded to Commander R. W. Bromley, Royal Navy, whose gallant actions aboard the heavy cruiser Warrior, in spite of serious wounds, earned him Italian and Russian decorations Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Sub. Lieut. R. W. Bromley, R.N., H.M.S. Gibraltar); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. R. W. Bromley, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr. R. W. Bromley, R.N.); Russian Order of St Anne, 3rd class with swords in...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A good Second World War Air Gunner’s and Observer’s campaign group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. C. O. Medworth, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Battle of Britain and shared in the destruction of two enemy aircraft 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Plt. Off. J. C. O. Medworth, R.A.F.V.R.), extremely fine (5) £2000-2500
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Lieutenant-General F. M. Milman, Coldstream Guards, severely wounded at Talavera and a prisoner in France until 1814 Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Talavera (F. M. Milman, Capt. Coldst. Gds. & A.D.C.) nearly extremely fine and the first three clasps unique to the regiment £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,700
A superb ‘Delhi’ C.B. group of four awarded to General H. F. Dunsford, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1857, fitted with privately made wide swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Lieut. H: F: Dunsford 59th Regt. N:I:); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lt. Col. H. F. Dunsford, C.B. Com. Jheend & Puttiala Fce.); India General...
Hammer Price: £4,600
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
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