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An emotive Second World War “V.C. action” group of three awarded to Telegraphist P. A. Childs, Royal Navy, among those lost on the occasion of the celebrated action between HMS Glowworm and the Hipper off Norway in April 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their card box of issue addressed to the recipient’s father, ‘Mr. W. C. Childs, Trisco, Newland, Sherborne, Dorset’, the edge of the box further inscribed ‘D.N.A. Wills 3454/40’, together with original...
Hammer Price: £800
Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (SS6386 A. Wade, A.B., “Orlionok” Caspian 8 Aug. 1919) edge bruising, contact marks, about very fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £780
A Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Seaman Svenning Mathison of the steamship Heronspool, for rescuing the crew of the schooner Elsie L. Corkum, 26 December 1920 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Svenning Mathison, “Elsie L. Corkum” 26th December 1920) mounted as worn, in damaged case of issue, nearly extremely fine £350-400
A R.N.I.P.L.S. pair awarded to Lieutenant Frederick Henslow, Royal Navy, H.M. Coastguard, Dungeness, latterly a Naval Knight of Windsor Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver (Lieut. Fredk. Henslow R.N., Voted 30 Sep. 1832) pierced with ring suspension; Belgium, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver, gold and enamel, with ‘Espagnol’ type crown (inst. 1832), last with minor chipping to green enamel wreath, otherwise...
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1274 Pte. J. Shannon, 90th Foot) edge bruising, good very fine £350-400
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, By J. W. Benson Ltd., Ludgate Hill, London, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse engraved on four lines, ‘2nd Class / Order / of / Merit’, complete with silver riband buckle, extremely fine £300-350
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (John Roberts, Royal Artillery, 7th Batt.) very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £750
A rare Great War ‘Gas Operations’ M.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Corporal R. W. Careswell, ‘N’ Special Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (129131 2 Cpl., ‘N’ Spec. Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (129131 2 Cpl., R.E.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, with bronze ‘A’ palm on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (4) £350-400
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Percy Hefford) extremely fine £400-500
Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (Lt. Col. C. King, Bde Major) officially impressed naming, toned, good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £720
Federation of South Arabia, Gallantry Medal, 1st Class, gilt, nearly extremely fine and very rare £600-700
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (Lieut. The Hon. A. E. B. O’Neill, 2/L. Gds.) heavy edge bruise to reverse, about very fine £400-500
The General Service Medal awarded to Rifleman Deobahadur Ale, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who was mortally wounded in Malaya, 16 August 1954, and died the next day General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21136070 Rfn. Deobahadur Ale, 6 G.R.) official correction to service number, minor edge bruising, good very fine £250-300
Five: Sergeant M. H. J Herriott, Hampshire Regiment, who was taken P.O.W. in France in May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5496412 Pte. M. H. J. Herriott, Hamps. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5496412 Pte. M. Herriott, Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5496412 Pte. M. H. Herriott, Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with a loose ‘Malaya’ clasp, contact marks and...
A union flag said to have been flown from H.M.S. Amethyst at the time of the “Yangtze Incident”, the canvas fastening strip stamped ‘Union Flag 4 Bdths’, complete with two brass fasteners and a length of rope, approximately 87cm. by 115cm., weathered and worn £200-300
Ten: Petty Officer Mechanic (Engineer) G. M. Lucas, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (P/KX.90004 S.P.O., R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (P/KX.90004 (P.O.S.M., R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (KX.90004 A/P.O.M.(E), R.N.) mounted court style as...
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (4694 Lce. Corpl. J. Fitzpatrick, 2/R. Ir. Fus.) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine and scarce £400-450
Hammer Price: £700
Five: Sergeant A. A. Whiting, Royal Air Force, late Auxiliary Air Force and onetime Aden Protectorate Levies Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (840489 Cpl. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £250-300
Hammer Price: £680
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Corpl. Geo. Bolton. Coldsm. Gds.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £350-400
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (174- Pte. J. Johnstone. 1/Gord: Highrs.) suspension slack, pitting from star with some loss to regimental number, therefore good fine £600-700
Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, 2nd Class set of insignia, neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage to one arm; Star, 82mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with Arabic stamp mark on reverse, very fine (2) £280-320
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Serjeant E. J. Doel, Coldstream Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (7556 Sjt., 2/C. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7556 Sjt., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7556 Sjt., C. Gds.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2646156 Sjt., M.M., C. Gds.) last with correction to naming, mounted as worn, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £500-600
Four: Blacksmith H. Langmead, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (141980 Blk., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (141980 Blk., R.N.); Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver breast medal (141980 H. Langmead, Blksh., H.M.S. Jupiter), on ‘St. Anne’ ribbon, mounted court style for wear, cleaned, good very fine (4) £450-550
Pair: Sub Lieutenant O. P. Powell, Royal Navy, killed in action when the destroyer H.M.S. Verulam was mined and sunk in the Gulf of Finland, in operations against the Russian Bolsheviks, 3 September 1919 British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Owen Philip Powell) this last in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £300-350
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement suspension claw £500-600
Hammer Price: £650
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 26 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Talana, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belmont, Modder River, Tugela Heights, Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Driefontein, Wepener, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal, Johannesburg, Laing’s Nek, Diamond Hill, Witterbergen, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, edge stamped ‘Specimen’, a later style claw suspension,...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Ainslie, Coldstream Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (6067 Pte., 4Pr. Bn. C. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6067 Pte., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (6067 Pte., C. Gds.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £400-450
Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (64566 Gunr. P. Freeley, 7th Mtn. By. R.G.A.) claw tightened, edge bruising, very fine £500-550
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland, M.I.D. oakleaf (23669118 Cpl. J. M. Nash, RAMC.) nearly extremely fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £620
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue, extremely fine £380-420
Hammer Price: £600
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Lieut. S. C. Pratt, No. 5 By. 25th Bde. R.A.) nearly extremely fine £400-500
Three: Gunner W. Townsend, Royal Artillery, late Coldstream Guards Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann (3386 Cpl., 1st Bt. Coldstm. Gds.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small reverse letters (1112 Pd. Gunr., 7th Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (3386 Cpl., 1st Bt. Coldstm. Gds.) engraved naming, plugged and fitted with scroll suspension, all three with ornate silver brooch bars, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3)...
Pair: Colonel R. S. Hall, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (Lt. Col: R. S. Hall, 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, edge bruise and pitting from star, otherwise very fine (2) £600-800
A rare Great War group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant O. E. Almond, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, late Royal Artillery, who was killed in action in a fierce hand-to-hand encounter in East Africa in September 1915 1914-15 Star (5136 S. Mjr. O. E. Almond, L.N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. O. E. Almond); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (5136 S. Mjr. O. E. Almond, L.N. Lanc. Regt.), edge bruise to the last, otherwise extremely fine (4) £600-700
Pair: Fusilier E. Hirst, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded in action, Battle of Imjin, 23 April 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2059758 Fus., R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, first with minor edge bruise, good very fine (2) £300-400
Hammer Price: £580
Three: Flight Lieutenant Patricia Ann Tayler, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Nursing Service Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Flt Lt, RAUXAF); Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 3rd Grade, silvered metal, in plastic case of issue; Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait Medal, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £400-500
South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Surgeon W. C. Gasteen, M.B. A.M. Dept.) toned, nearly extremely fine £350-400
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (1044 Sergt. S. Carter, 80th Foot) suspension a little slack, edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine £350-400
Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, obverse with crowned ‘Z’ and ‘F.G’ below wreath, reverse engraved, ‘Reid William; Casa Matteucci 17-1-1945’, good very fine £350-450
Six: Commander C. G. Pitcairn Jones, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Lt., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, gilt and enamel, lacking reverse centre, unmarked, reverse with brooch fitting, good very fine and better (6) £500-600
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