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Lieutenant Commander Richard C Witte, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)
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13 December 2007
The Great War group of three awarded to Gunner A. J. Milford, Royal Navy, who was present off Imbros in the action that witnessed the mining of the Goeben and Breslau in January 1918 1914-15 Star (223002 A. J. Milford, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. A. J. Milford, R.N.), good very fine and better (3) £200-250
£200–£250
25 & 26 March 2013
A rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman W. J. Thompson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallantry under fire in an Observation Post on the North Dvina Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (SS 5974 W. J. Thompson, A.B., “Fox”, Archangel. Aug.-Sept. 1919), slack suspension, edge bruising, polished and plated, good fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
19–21 June 2013
Family group: Three: Bombardier R. Robson, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds, France/Flanders, 24 November 1917 1914 Star (65458 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (65458 Bmbr., R.A.) B.W.M. with edge bruise General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23030439 Pte. R. Robson, E. Yorks) very fine and better (4) £160-200
£160–£200
Six: Orderly William George Elcombe, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John od Jerusalem 1914 Star (W. G. Elcombe, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (W. G. Elcombe, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Civic Medal, 2nd Class with swords, silver base metal, with clasp ‘1914-1918’ on ribbon; British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, for Red Cross First Aid (10521 W. Elcombe); British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, unnamed, complete with...
£300–£350
A Great War campaign service group of four awarded to Leading Stoker E. White, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (284081 E. White, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (284081 E. White, L. Sto., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (284081 Dev. B. 708 E. White, Sto. 1, R.F.R.), generally very fine (4) £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class F. J. Venables, Royal Navy, who died on 28 November 1943 1914-15 Star (272177 E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272177 C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (272177 C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Cardiff) some contact marks, very fine (4) £90-120
Hammer Price: £95
Pair: Stoker 1st Class W. Montgomery, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy, who was taken prisoner at Antwerp in 1914, while attached to the Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division 1914 Star (SS. 103693 W. Montgomery, Sto. 1 Cl., Benbow Bttn. R.N.D.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (SS. 103693 PO. B. 4598 W. Montgomery, Sto. 1, R.F.R.), good very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Pair: Private G. A. Heading, Imperial Yeomanry and South African Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (34553 Pte., 71st Coy. Imp. Yeo.); South Africa Police Good Service Medal, 1st issue (No2046(F) 1/C Sergt.) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-140
Hammer Price: £130
Three: Corporal R. Burton, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots 1914 Star, with copy ‘slip-on’ clasp (9332 Pte., 2/R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (9332 Cpl., R. Scots) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-140
Three: Private A. Godfrey, 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (10066 Pte. F. Godfrey, 1/E. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10066 Pte. A. Godfrey, E. York. R.) note different initials, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £120-160
A Great War campaign group of four awarded to Skipper H. J. Wood, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Harold J. Wood); Victory Medal (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.), together with his identity disc, generally very fine or better (5) £100-120
Hammer Price: £150
Three: Private J. Marshall, 10th Hussars 1914 Star (679 Pte., 10/Hrs.) rosette on ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (679 Pte., 10-Hrs.) extremely fine (3) £120-160
Three: Private S. Richman, 10th (Scottish) Battalion Liverpool Regiment 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (2617 Pte., 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2617 Pte., L’pool. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £100-140
Three: Corporal G. Pritchard, Monmouthshire Regiment 1914 Star (1432 Pte. T. Pritchard, Mon. R.); British War and Victory Medals 1432 Cpl. G. Pritchard, Monmouth. R.) note variation in initial, good very fine (3) £120-160
Pair: Armourer G. Williams, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (G. Williams, Armr., H.M.S. Hussar); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. ((163093 George Williams, Armourer, H.M.S. Hood) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £170
Pair: Sowar Allah Bakhsh, 9th Bengal Lancers Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (95 Sarwan Allah Bakhsh, 57/Silladar C.C.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1505 Sowar Ali Bakhsh, 9th Bl. Lcrs.) note variation in name, very fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £180
Three: Able Seaman G. L. Martin, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (130968 A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (130968 A.B. R.N.) Three: Gunner G. Elford, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (W-4502 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (W-4502 Gnr., R.A.) Four: S. M. Currie, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War and African Service Medals, all officially named (194043 S. M. Currie) British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. Ll. Davies); Silver War Badge (2) (B3528;...
Hammer Price: £200
Four: Colour Serjeant R. J. Stanley, 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, killed in action, battle of Givenchy, 21 December 1914 King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 5523 Pte., Manchester Regt.); 1914 Star (5523 C. Sjt., 1/Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5523 C. Sjt., Manch. R.) first with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine; others extremely fine (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £220
Three: Private J. Woodhouse, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914 Star (Ply.16798 Pte., R.M. Brigade); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.21429 Pte., R.M.L.I.) edge bruising British War Medal 1914-20 (Ply.6813 Cr. Sgt. E. Seerey, R.M.L.I.) nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140
Hammer Price: £240
Eight: Chief Petty Officer P. J. Dawson, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star J.38721 Boy 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.38721 A.B. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.38721 P.O., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue ((J.38721 P.O., H.M.S. Vimiera) first three and last mounted as worn, first three with edge bruising, worn; others better (8) £220-260
Hammer Price: £250
The Great War and Second World War group of eight awarded to Paymaster Captain B. O’F. Gregory, Royal Navy, a Dardanelles veteran who went on to win a brace of “mentions” in the cruiser Carlisle 1939-42, a period of intense operational activity that encompassed the withdrawal from Greece and Crete: one of the greatest dangers her crew faced ashore was the ‘exuberant rumbustious hospitality offered by huge weatherbeaten Autralians’ - grateful indeed for Carlisle having rescued them...
Five: Sergeant H. J. Mortley, 19th Hussars 1914 Star, with clasp (5597 L. Cpl. H. J. Mortley, 19/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (5597 Sjt. H. J. Mortley, 19-Hrs.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Belgium, Veterans of King Albert 1909-34 Medal, with two gilt palm riband fitments, mounted as worn, polished, thus good fine or better (5) £140-160
The Boer War and Great War pair awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Commander J. R. Cleave, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Durham Light Infantry, who served in the gunboat Cicala on anti-Zeppelin and U-Boat operations 1916-18 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. J. R. Cleave, Durham. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. R. Cleave, R.N.V.R.), note single initial, together with related dress miniature of the first, the...
Hammer Price: £260
Pair: Private W. Baker, East Surrey Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5476 Pte., 2nd E. Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5476 Pte., E. Surrey Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £180-220
Four: Marine A. E. Elliott, Royal Marines - captured at Antwerp 1914 1914 Star (Po.17379 Pte., R.M. Brigade); British War and Victory Medals (Po.17379 Pte., R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (Ply.21906 Mne., R.M.) fine and better (4) £200-240
Hammer Price: £270
12 & 13 December 2012
Four: Commissioned Gunner T. Driscoll, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (T. Driscoll, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Hyacinth); 1914-15 Star (Gnr. T. Driscoll, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. T. Driscoll, R.N.), official correction to rate on the first, generally very fine or better (4) £250-300
Hammer Price: £290
Four: Air Mechanic 2nd Class J. Reid, Royal Air Force, late 2nd Dragoons Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3601 Pte. J. Reid, 2nd Dragoons); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3601 Pte. J. Reid, 2nd Drgns.); British War and Victory Medals (195149 2 A.M. J. Reid, R.A.F.), extremely fine (4) £250-300
The Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class A. L. Burgess, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallant deeds in the destroyer Acasta at Jutland Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269498 A. L. Burgess, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Vulcan), good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
The Korea War pair awarded to Lieutenant-Commander D. N. Dalton, Royal Navy, who came under fire in the destroyer Comus off Kunsan in August 1950 Korea 1950-53 (Lieut. D. N. Dalton, R.N.); U.N. Korea, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £300-350
The campaign service group of six awarded to Captain E. F. Fitzgerald, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of H.M.S. King Edward VII in January 1916 and gained “mentions” at Jutland aboard the Royal Oak and for his command of the destroyer Scout in the Baltic in 1919 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. F. Fitzgerald, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. E. F. Fitzgerald, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, the first three official...
Hammer Price: £310
A Great War campaign group of three awarded to Engineer Commander P. C. A. Hillier, Royal Navy, who witnessed extensive action in the East Africa operations of 1915-16 1914-15 Star (Eng. Cr. P. C. A. Hillier, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Commr. P. C. A. Hillier, R.N.), in their card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £330
The Messina Earthquake and Great War group of five awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class B.M. Lock, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (179180 B. M. Lock, P.O. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (179180 B. M. Lock, P.O. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (179180 B. M. Lock, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh); Italian Messina Earthquake 1908, generally good very fine (5) £350-400
Hammer Price: £350
The S.G.M. awarded to Able Seaman A. W. Stratton, Royal Navy, for his part in the famous Delhi incident of December 1911 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Austin W. Stratton, “Delhi”, 13 Dec. 1911), in its fitted case of issue, polished, thus nearly very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £380
The Third China War Medal awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral (E.) C. F. Dunn, Royal Navy, who went on to win a commendation at Jutland in the battleship Warspite - and the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class China 1900, no clasp (Engr. C. F. Dunne (sic), R.N., H.M.S. Redpole), good very fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £390
Four: Lieutenant P. Baillie, Royal Engineers, late 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish) London Regiment 1914 Star (640 Cpl., 14/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (640 Cpl., 14/Lond. Regt.); together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, extremely fine (8) £180-220
An inter-war C.B.E. group of six awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral S. R. Dight, Royal Navy, who, having witnessed active service in the hunt for the German raiders Emden and Konigsberg in 1914-15, went on to attain flag rank as C.O. of the Admiralty’s Fuel Experimental Station in the 1930s The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. S. R. Dight, R.N.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £400
The Second World War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Paymaster Captain W. J. G. Prophit, Royal Navy, who served in the cruiser Aurora 1940-43, better known to the Italians as the “Silver Phantom”, whose ships she regularly sent to the bottom of the Mediterranean The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals ((Payr. Mid., R.N.), surname spelt ‘Prophet’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star,...
Pair: Trooper C. Castleman, Driscoll’s Scouts, late Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1678 Pte., Prince Alf. Vol. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (952 Tpr., Driscoll’s Scouts) nearly extremely fine (2) £380-420
Hammer Price: £410
A World War campaign service group of seven awarded to Shipwright Lieutenant-Commander T. H. Stonehouse, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of the monitor Raglan off Imbros in January 1918, when she was brought to action by the Breslau and Goeben 1914-15 Star (Carpr. T. H. Stonehouse, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Shpt. T. H. Stonehouse, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935, the Great War awards with contact wear, otherwise very fine or better (7) £400-500
Hammer Price: £430
‘One might go on for ever with stories of “Daddy” Edwards; but as one never knew what he was going to say or do next, he certainly kept us amused whenever he was in company. Some people called him a “pirate” and senior officers were sometimes shocked by his queer signals. All the same, if he was a pirate, he was a very loveable one. His saving sense of humour forgave him much.’ Taffrail’s Endless Story refers. The Great War campaign group of four awarded to Captain G. R....
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