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13 December 2007
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain G. F. W. Wilson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of the sloop Zinnia during a skilfully executed attack on an enemy submarine in May 1917 - Zinnia worked in close liaison with Queenstown Command’s Q-Ships, on one occasion coming to the rescue of Gordon Campbell’s Pargust: taken P.O.W. in the 1939-45 War, following the sinking of the armed boarding vessel Van Dyck off Norway in 1940, Wilson was S.B.O. at Marlag und Milag...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Great War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral E. R. Bent, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry ashore as a Naval Observation Officer in the Gallipoli operations, where he served from the first day of the landings - sometimes atop “Chocolate Hill”: having earlier survived the loss of the Ocean, he went on to be appointed a C.B. on the eve of the 1939-45 War, in which conflict he served as Chief of Staff to the C.-in-Cs Western Approaches and...
Hammer Price: £4,200
12 & 13 December 2012
A fine Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain M. C. Despard, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry as Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Broke during her spectacular encounter with enemy destroyers on the night of 20-21 April 1917 - ramming one of her adversary’s at 27 knots, the impact hurled the German destroyer practically over on her beam-ends: but retaliatory fire eventually reduced the Broke to a ‘smoking shambles’, her decks in places ‘literally running in...
13 & 14 September 2012
A rare Great War Auxiliary Patrol and North Russia D.S.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant E. W. King, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. W. King, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. W. King, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Ernest W. King); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with bronze palm, generally very fine (6) £3000-3500
The M.V.O., Great War D.S.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander D. P. J. Enright, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of torpedo boat No. 91 in the Mediterranean 1914-18 - which period included at least two encounters with U-Boats - and for his subsequent deeds in Russia in 1919, when, as a member of the Archangel River Flotilla, he distinguished himself under fire and assisted in demolition duties The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast...
Hammer Price: £4,300
25 & 26 March 2013
A fine Second World War Arctic convoys D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander P. G. Satow, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of the destroyer Wild Swan and was also twice mentioned in despatches, once for gallantry in “The Battle of Barents Sea”, the famous action in which the destroyers Orwell and Onslow repelled the mighty Hipper - a V.C. action and classic ‘David and Goliath’ contest that caused an enraged Hitler to order the scrapping of his High Seas Fleet Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £4,400
The Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Engineer Lieutenant J. House, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the battle cruiser Princess Royal at Jutland, which ship took nine direct heavy-calibre hits and sustained around a hundred casualties: he did not, however, survive the loss of the destroyer Verulam in September 1919, when she was mined during anti-Bolshevik operations in the Gulf of Finland Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, the...
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Commander W. H. “Old Bill” Wilson, Royal Naval Air Service, late Imperial Yeomanry, a veteran of the fledgling R.N.A.S’s Dunkirk-based operations in 1914, when he gained a reputation for engaging enemy pilots and observers with his ‘pet rifle’: he went on to collect the R.H.S. Medal in bronze for saving his observer after coming down in the drink during the Gallipoli operations, and his D.S.C. for the period ending December...
The outstanding Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander D. Loughlin, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the river gunboat Comet on the night of 18 September 1915, when he tended the wounded under a heavy fire - among them his C.O., Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson, who was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915; 1914-15 Star (Surg. D. Loughlin, M.B., R.N.); British...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The Great War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander H. B. Anderson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services as a Midshipman in the Cameroons in 1914 - aged 17 years Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915; 1914-15 Star (Mid. H. B. Anderson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. B. Anderson, R.N.); Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (6) £3000-3500 D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1916: ‘For his services...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Engineer Lieutenant J. M. Dowie, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the Q-Ship Baralong in 1915, when he was present at the destruction of the U-27 and U-41 - the former action famously leading to accusations of cold-blooded murder Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1916, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Transport Medal 1899-1902, 1 clasp, China 1900 (J. M. Dowie); 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt....
Hammer Price: £5,500
The M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Admiral Sir William Goodenough, Royal Navy, who, having witnessed active service in the Boxer Rebellion and assisted, as captain of the Duncan, in the Messina earhquake relief operations of 1908, was Commodore of Light Cruiser Squadrons at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland - in the latter action, his command, the Southampton, was heavily engaged, expending over 150 of her 6-inch shells and taking casualties of 35 killed and 41 wounded: he was...
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral H. H. Smith, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his services in patrol cruisers in 1916, commanded the early aircraft carriers Compania and Argus; recalled as a Commodore 2nd Class in the Royal Naval Reserve on the renewal of hostilities, he was killed in action in September 1940, when his command was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star...
‘We have felt that our last act before leaving the region which has been our home for so long should be one of homage to the shipmate who sacrificed his life to our work. We have had a large wooden cross prepared for sometime; it bears the simple carved inscription to the memory of poor Vince, and yesterday it was erected on the summit of Hut Point, so firmly that I think in this undecaying climate it will stand for centuries. Today our small company landed together for the last time, and...
A rare Great War Falklands 1914 D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer D. Leighton, Royal Navy, the senior naval rating to be decorated for this action Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (124238 D. Leighton, C.P.O., H.M.S. Kent); China 1900, no clasp (D. Leighton, C.P.O., H.M.S. Humber); 1914-15 Star (124238 D. Leighton, D.S.M., C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124238 D. Leighton, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (David Leighton,...
A good Great War battle of Jutland D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain R. V. Alison, who was decorated for his gallant command of the destroyer Moresby Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. R. V. Alison, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. R. V. Alison, R.N.); Coronation 1911, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to wreaths on the first, otherwise very fine and better (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,800
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Shipwright 1st Class W. Shepherd, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the monitor Severn during her famous clashes with the Konigsberg in the Rufugi Delta in July 1915 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (346098 W. Sheppherd, Shpt. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Severn), note erroneous surname spelling; 1914-15 Star (346098 W. Shepherd, D.S.M., Shpt. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (346098 W. Shepherd, Shpt. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain J. P. Champion, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant leadership of the 2nd Division, 12th Destroyer Flotilla at Jutland, his own command, the Maenad delivering a brace of spirited torpedo attacks: recalled in the 1939-45 War, he attained the rank of Temporary Commodore 2nd Class and added a C.B.E. and “Letter of Appreciation” to his accolades, the latter in respect of “Operation Neptune” Distinguished Service Order,...
The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, and his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery: “Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire” The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge,...
The Kronstadt Harbour raid D.S.O. group of three awarded to Engineer Lieutenant-Commander F. B. Yates, Royal Navy, the senior officer aboard Coastal Motor Boat 86 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. F. B. Yates, R.N.), these two mounted as worn, generally good very fine (3) £6000-7000
The Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer (Pensioner) W. C. Mudge, Royal Navy, who commanded a 6-inch gun crew aboard the armed merchant cruiser Alcantara at the time of her famous clash with the enemy raider Thor in July 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (D/227540 W. C. Mudge, P.O., H.M.S. Alcantara); 1914-15 Star (227540 W. C. Mudge, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (227540 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral C. Seymour, Royal Navy, whose period of command in the destroyer Colne in the Dardanelles 1915-16 witnessed many engagements with the enemy: having lent valuable assistance at the landings in “Anzac Cove”, where ‘the shots were hitting the steel bows of the destroyers with a sound like hail on an iron roof’, the Colne won high praise for her close support of the hard-pressed New Zealanders ashore - so much so that they...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare and poignant Great War Gallipoli operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Australian-born Lieutenant-Commander F. S. “Cleg” Kelly, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, an accomplished composer and Olympic gold medallist, who was decorated for his gallantry as a Company Commander in Hood Battalion, R.N.D.: a friend of Arthur Asquith and Rupert Brooke - he acted as a pallbearer at the latter’s funeral and wrote an acclaimed Elegy to his memory - he was himself killed in action leading...
A rare Great War Mespotamia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. A. Feilman, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the gunboat Tarantula on the Tigris during the advance on Baghdad in early 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lieut. G. A. Feilman, R.N.V.R., Mesopotamia, 22nd February 1917’; British War Medal...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of nine awarded to Captain P. R. P. Percival, Royal Navy, for his gallant command of the destroyer Morris in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N., H.M.S. Muzbee); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Russian intervention M.B.E., A.M. group of three awarded to Junior Officer S. J. Haines, Mercantile Marine Reserve, the Albert Medal being a unique award for this conflict The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, the reverse engraved, ‘Awarded by His Majesty to Samuel James Haines, Junior Officer, M.M.R., in Recognition of His Gallantry...
The Second World War D.S.O. and Bar group of three awarded to Captain M. B. Sherwood, Royal Navy, who, having served as a submariner between the Wars, was decorated for his gallantry as C.O. of an anti-submarine trawler flotilla off Norway in 1940, and again for hazardous operations off Greece in the following year: such was the quality of his courage and leadership in the former theatre of war that a fellow officer was moved to observe, ‘all of us in trawlers would have gladly followed...
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of five awarded to Commander F. A. P. Williams-Freeman, Royal Navy, who, having won his first D.S.O. for gallantry in the submarine E-6 in the Heligoland Bight in 1914, added a Bar for services ashore during the Asia Minor operations of 1920 - this the last such award to the Navy in respect of actions connected with the Great War Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. A. P....
Hammer Price: £7,500
An extremely rare Kronstadt raid D.S.M. group of three awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic H. E. Sadler, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who went in to action in Dobson, V.C’s leading boat, Coastal Motor Boat 31 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M.B. 2499 H. E. Sadler, Ch. M.M., R.N.V.R., “C.M.B. 31”, Cronstadt Harbour, 18 Aug. 1919); British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2499 H. E. Sadler, C.M.M., R.N.V.R.), minor official corrections to the first, polished, nearly very fine (3) ...
Hammer Price: £7,800
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. C. R. Griffin, Royal Navy, one of a handful of survivors from the destroyer Shark following her loss at Jutland: tales of that ship’s heroic point blank “last stand” filled the front pages of national press long before the deeds of “Boy Cornwall” were generally known - and her skipper, Loftus Jones, whose shattered leg was dressed by Griffin, was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R....
Hammer Price: £8,000
‘During all the working hours of this day I was on duty with Green, the cook, an enterprising man who thoroughly revelled in his job. His ability to contrive and make shift was remarkable; and there were those aboard the “Quest” who solemnly vowed their belief that, given an ancient pair of sea-boots, Green could serve up a dinner that would leave the Ritz or the Carlton amongst the “also rans” ’ Into the Frozen South, J. W. S. Marr, refers. The rare polar exploration group...
The Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Commander H. M. C. Sanders, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action in command of the first of the flower-class corvettes, the Gladiolus, when she was torpedoed and sunk in October 1941: her C.O. from March 1940, he had participated in the destruction of at least two U-Boats in the interim, a gallant wartime career with parallels to the Compass Rose of Cruel Sea fame Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st...
Family group: An extremely rare Chinese Civil War incident D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Baldock, Royal Navy, among those who boarded the captured steamer Wanhsien amidst ‘a hurricane of bullets’ in September 1926 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 108966 J. Baldock, Ord., H.M.S. Kiawo, Wanhsien, 5.9.26); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 108966 J. Baldock, P.O.,...
Hammer Price: £8,200
The Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain J. S. Metcalf, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant command of one of the Triumph’s picket boats during the Gallipoli landings on 24-25 April 1915, in which operation he was wounded in the arm: having then served at Jutland, and added a Spanish decoration to his accolades between the Wars, he was present at the evacuations of Narvik and St. Nazaire in 1940 and lent good service as a Commodore of...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain J. E. A. Mocatta, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his magnificent bravery and skill in command of the destroyer Nicator at Jutland, where he once engaged the enemy at the suicidal range of 600 yards, under ‘a perfectly hair-raising bombardment’, all the while ‘leaning coolly against the front of the bridge, smoking his pipe, and giving orders to his helmsman’; his immediate senior in the 2nd Division, 13th Destroyer Flotilla,...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral M. G. B. Legge, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the destroyer Nerissa at Jutland, in which ship, as part of 2nd Division, 13th Destroyer Flotilla, he fought in close proximity to Bingham, V.C. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. M. G. B. Legge, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr. M. G. B. Legge, R.N.); Defence and War Medals;...
A rare Great War Baltic operations D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) T. W. Collis, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallant services in the submarine E. 9 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (272395 T. W. Collis, E.R.A. 2 Cl., H.M. Sub. E 9); 1914-15 Star (272395 T. W. Collis, E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. T. W. Collis, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Russia, St. George’s Cross for Bravery, 3rd Class, the reverse officially...
Hammer Price: £9,500
‘With my usual luck I met three different salvoes and am wounded as follows: upper and lower lips torn to pieces (since sewn together); three teeth removed; shrapnel hole through the throat - about the size of a 4/- piece; splinter hole in the right forearm and right ear cut; shot or splinter in the right chest; left hand burned ... ’ Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, late C.O. of H.M.S. Nomad, writing from captivity after Jutland The outstanding Great War Jutland D.S.O.,...
Hammer Price: £9,800
The Great War D.S.O. and Second World War Bar group of eight awarded to Captain G. B. Hartford, Royal Navy, who, following a lucky escape from an early demise at Jutland, while in command of the destroyer Marne, won his first distinction for the destruction of the UB-124 in July 1918, and a Bar and a “mention” for sustained leadership and endurance in minesweeping operations in 1940-41 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, officially dated ‘1941’ on reverse,...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Second World War C.B.E., Great War D.S.C. and Bar group of twelve awarded to Air Commodore W. H. Dunn, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his gallant services as a pilot in the relief of Kut operations in April 1916 and the East Africa operations later in the same year: having then flown operationally in Waziristan in the early 1920s, he added the C.B.E. to his accolades as C.O. of a Fighter Command Operational Training Group in the 1939-45 The Most...
Hammer Price: £12,000
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