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21 September 2007
A rare Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Group Captain G. P. Grenfell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col., R.A.F.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, generally good very fine (4) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Major D. H. Cameron, Royal Air Force, late Royal Artillery, Indian Army and Royal Flying Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major, R.F.C.); Delhi Durbar 1903, edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £340
An O.B.E. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. H. Tancred, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (F./O., R.A.F.), generally good very fine and the last scarce (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to 2nd Lieutenant P. Coombs, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service 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 (2 Lieut., R.A.F.), very fine and better (2) £150-200
Hammer Price: £180
Family group: A rare Great War escaper’s M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. P. Taylor, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Division and Royal Naval Air Service: decorated in 1919 for his earlier escape following the Antwerp operations in 1914, he witnessed further action on the Western Front with the R.N.D., was severely wounded in 1917, and afterwards qualified as a Kite Balloon Officer Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (L7/3339 Act. A.B., R.N.V.R., Benbow Btt...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A rare Great War immediate D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander R. H. Haworth-Booth, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F./O., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War War Medals, a little polished, very fine and better (7) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,900
A very rare Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. J. French, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11559 Cpl. C. J. French, H.Q., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11559 Pte., R.F.C.), generally very fine or better (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,300
A rare Great War M.M. pair awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class W. Hewitt, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (47936 2 Cl. A.M. W. Hewitt, R.F.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (47936 Cpl., R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
An inter-war civil M.B.E., Great War service group of seven awarded to Vice-Consul V. Wigg, Diplomatic Service, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: as a young pilot in No. 65 Squadron, he was credited with at least one victory over the Western Front The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1935; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); Sweden, Order of the North Star, Knight’s breast badge,...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Second World War C.B., C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore T. Fawdry, Royal Air Force, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star, with clasp (776 Cpl., R.F.C.); British War and Vi...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Second World War C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Air Commodore H. G. Jones, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., A.P.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these privately inscribed ‘Grp. Capt. H. G. Jones, R.A.F.’; Jubilee 1935, this also privately inscribed, ‘Grp. Capt. H. G. Jones, R.A.F’, t...
Hammer Price: £410
A Second World War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer R. P. Nelson, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (364916 F./Sgt., R.A.F.), the last named in large engraved capitals, good very fine and better (7) £250-300
Hammer Price: £240
An excessively rare Second World War high speed launch rescue operation D.S.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant B. W. Ahern, Royal Air Force Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1945, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, the campaign awards in their original addressed card forwarding box with related condolence slip in the name of ‘Flight Lieutenant B. W. Ahern, D.S.C.’, generally extremely...
Hammer Price: £6,800
An extremely rare Second World War Burma operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader A. I. Mitchell, Royal Air Force Regiment, attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Sqn. Ldr., R.A.F.); Coronation 1953, contact marks, very fine and better (7) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,300
A post-war O.B.E., Second World War D.F.C. group of five attributed to Squadron Leader K. Dear, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and privately inscribed, ‘F./Lt. K. Dear, 239 Squadron’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last three also privately inscribed, ‘F./Lt. K. Dear, 239 Squadron’, good very...
A well documented Second World War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Wing Commander R. S. Sikes, the Reserve of Air Force Officers Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’ and privately inscribed, ‘S./Ldr. R. S. Sikes, R.A.F.’; Defence and War Medals, these also privately inscribed, ‘W./Cdr. R. S. Sikes, R.A.F.’, good very fine and better (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,200
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant J. C. K. Platts, Royal Air Force, a Rear-Gunner who completed over 40 sorties, many of them as “Marker” and no less than 15 of them against the “Big City”: prior to joining Pathfinders, he participated in the Hamburg “firestorm” raids and in the famous strike against Peenemunde in August 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (636316 F./Sgt. J. C. K. Platts, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and Wa...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A fine Second World War A.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. Beveridge, Royal Air Force, who flew daylight sorties and night-fighter operations in Blenheims of No. 219 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (522807 F./Sgt. C. Beveridge, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £2,700
Family group: A Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Flight Sergeant J. S. Pennington, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (365560 F./Sgt. Joseph S. Pennington, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (365560 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (365560 F./Sgt., R.A.F.), generally good very fine The Great War campaign service gr...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer A. Greenhow, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Southern Desert, Iraq operations of 1928 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Southern Desert, Iraq, Malaya (357334 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue ((357334) W./O., R.A.F.), the second with...
Hammer Price: £820
27 June 2007
Three: Sergeant E. Wall, Royal Air Force, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Royal Flying Corps India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3702 Pte., 1st D.of C.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (45341 Sgt., R.A.F.), the first with later officially impressed naming, and slack suspension claw, nearly very fine and better (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £120
Five: Captain R. C. Nicholls, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late Bedfordshire Regiment, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: having served as a teenager in the Natal Rebellion 1906, he was commissioned in the Great War, served as an Observer in the R.F.C. on the Western Front and as an Armaments Officer under Allenby, in addition to serving in Iraq as an Indian Army Officer - he died in a flying accident in South Africa in the 1930s Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte., Durban Light Infan...
Hammer Price: £680
Three: Lieutenant H. E. Easton, Royal Air Force, late London Regiment and Royal Flying Corps: having been wounded as an infantryman in 1915, he was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps, and claimed 7 victories as an Observer and Gunner in No. 20 Squadron prior to being wounded again in a combat in March 1918 1914 Star, with clasp (2718 Pte., 9/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.), together with his original embroidered Observer’s brevet and a set of related miniat...
Pair: Sergeant A. Leslie, Royal Flying Corps, a recipient of the Army M.S.M. 1914-15 Star (2021 1 A.M., R.F.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (2021 Sjt., R.F.C.), good very fine and rare (2) £350-450
Hammer Price: £550
Four: Flight Sergeant W. C. Holding, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was twice mentioned in despatches and a recipient of the Khedive’s Sudan Medal 1914-15 Star (2371 1 A.M., R.F.C.), second initial ‘G.’; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2371 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, second type, no clasp (2371 1 A./M., R.F.C.), officially impressed naming, initials ‘C. W.’, generally very fine or better and the last rare (4) £500-600
Four: Sergeant Mechanic 1st Class A. W. Ivey, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (2132 2 A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2132 S.M. 2, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2132 S.M. 1, R.A.F.), contact marks, nearly very fine or better and rare (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £600
Four: Lieutenant W. H. J. Eldridge, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Royal Naval Air Service, who was awarded the 5th Class of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun for his services in the Great War, and elevated to the 4th Class of the Order for his services in the British Aviation Mission to Japan in the early 1920s 1914-15 Star (A. 258 C.P.O., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.V.R.); Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class breast badge,...
Hammer Price: £920
Seven: Wing Commander the Rev. J. R. Brown, Auxiliary Air Force, late Royal Scots and Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence and War Medals, privately inscribed, ‘Padre J. R. Brown, R.A.F.’; Coronation 1937; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sqn. Ldr., A.A.F.), the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (7) £250-300
Hammer Price: £880
Nine: Squadron Leader E. H. D. Spence, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who went on to pilot bombers in the Waziristan operations of 1925 1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (F./O. (Hon. F./L.), R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these five privately inscribed, ‘Sqn. Ldr. E. H. D. Spence, R.A.F.’, generally very fine or be...
Pair: Private A. G. Marchant, South Staffordshire Regiment, late Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action in October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (34988 Pte., R.F.C.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Arthur George Marchant), one or two edge bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £100-150
Hammer Price: £230
Three: Flight Sergeant W. S. Lee, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for services in Italy British War and Victory Medals (12129 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (12129 Flt. Sjt., R.A.F.), very fine or better and scarce (3) £350-400
Five: Squadron Leader E. N. Fenton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (F./O., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, generally very fine and the third rare (5) £300-350
Hammer Price: £580
Five: Squadron Leader E. H. P. Jolly, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Indian Army Reserve of Officers and Royal Air Force, one of a handful of pilots to qualify for the General Service Medal 1918-62 for “S. Persia” British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (F./O., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, together with named card forwarding boxes from each award, and a related set of Great War period dress miniature medals (3), generally go...
Hammer Price: £3,100
Six: Flight Lieutenant G. W. Manton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Air Force, a Great War pilot who went on to escape Dunkirk in 1940 and gain the Air Efficiency Award in 1955 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.V.R.), together with related Dunkerque Medal and Dunkirk Veterans’ Association lapel badge, generally good very fine (8) £250-300
Hammer Price: £450
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (336852 A.C. 2 H. Phillips, R.A.F.), edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine and rare £500-600
Pair: Sergeant J. R. Law, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (327385 Cpl., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (327385 Sgt., R.A.F.), very fine and better (2) £140-160
Hammer Price: £360
Five: Warrant Officer S. E. Nightingale, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (358659 Cpl., R.A.F.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (358659 Cpl., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, the last privately inscribed, ‘358659 W.O. S. E. Nightingale, R.A.F.’; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (358659 Cpl., R.A.F.), the last officially corrected, otherwise good very fine and better, and a rar...
Five: Flight Lieutenant A. A. G. Dent, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Northern Kurdistan 1932 operations General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off., R.A.F.), generally good very fine, the first rare (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,500
Five: Leading Aircraftsman J. S. Dowie, Royal Air Force India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (517559 L.A.C., R.A.F.), fixed suspension, as is the case with some R.A.F. issues; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-120
Six: Flight Lieutenant H. Tweddell, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya (564447 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Plt. Off., R.A.F.), generally good very fine (6) £140-160
Hammer Price: £260
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