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Lieutenant Commander Richard C Witte, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)
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19–21 June 2013
Six: Major W. J. Tite, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9722 Sgt., R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (9722 Serjt., R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9722 S. Mjr., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (9722 Q.M. Sjt., R.A.M.C.) good very fine and better (6) £320-360
Hammer Price: £430
13 December 2007
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. James, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 22 in the Eastern Mediterranean - among other tasks she was charged with landing spies on the Turkish coast Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (142389 A. James, C.P.O., H.M.M. 22, E. Mediterranean), minor contact marks, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £450
12 & 13 December 2012
Family group: Three: Chief Gunner F. Isaac, Royal Navy, who was commended for his rescue work after the Halifax explosion of December 1917 1914-15 Star (Ch. Gnr. F. Isaac, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Gnr. F. Isaac, R.N.), generally good very fine Royal Naval Training Ship Pupil Teacher’s Medal for Attainment and Good Conduct, silver, the reverse officially inscribed ‘Charles J. Isaac’, good very fine Royal Naval Training Ship Pupil Teacher’s Medal for...
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Sergeant J. W. “Drummy” Mead, Wiltshire Regiment, who, having been taken P.O.W. at Ypres in October 1914, rose to be Drum Major of the 1st Battalion in the 1920s 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (8339 L. Cpl. J. W. Mead, 2/Wilts. R); British War and Victory Medals (8339 Pte. J. W. Mead, Wilts. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5562154 Sjt. J. W. Mead, Wilts. R.), the first three with contact marks and polished, thus good fine, the last very fine (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £500
Six: Lieutenant F. W. Euridge, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (44810 Bmbr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-20 (Lt., R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, bronze palm on ribbon, mounted court style for wear, contact marks, very fine (6) £300-350
The Second World War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Engineer W. G. Rockey, Royal Navy, an ex-submariner who went on to witness the destruction of at least two U-Boats in the destroyer Wolverine - one of them the command of Gunther Prien of Royal Oak fame The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 26972 W. G. Rockey, B. Art., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star;...
Hammer Price: £520
The Great War and Second World War group of seven awarded to Commander C. B. Elbrow, who was aboard the Conquest in the Lowestoft raid of April 1915, in which action his ship was hit by five 12-inch shells from Scheer’s cruisers - and suffered 23 killed and 13 wounded 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. B. Elbrow, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. B. Elbrow, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, very fine and better (7) £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
25 & 26 March 2013
The Great War and Second World War campaign service group of eight awarded to Commander W. A. Ford, Royal Navy, whose career also encompassed a “mention” for service in monitors in North Russia in 1919 and command of a gunboat on the Yangtse, in which latter period he incurred the displeasure of Their Lordships for the ‘accidental shooting of a Chinese soldier’ - but made up for this indiscretion by rescuing some ‘captured Catholic priests’ 1914-15 Star (J. 4197 W. A. Ford,...
A Great War Gallipoli landings D.S.M. awarded to Chief Yeoman of the Signals A. J. Chatwin, Royal Navy, who, under sniper and shellfire, undertook gallant signal work ashore on ‘S’ Beach Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (156109 A. J. Chatwin, C.Y.S., H.M.S. Cornwallis, 25-26 April 1915), an official but later impressed issue, good very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £580
The Great War group of four awarded to Commander B. G. Drake, Royal Naval Reserve, who, having served ashore in Gallipoli for several weeks, and received a special letter of thanks from General Birdwood, proceeded to lead a succession of highly successful cattle rustling operations on the Anatolian coast in 1916: following one such raid, he was prompted to report, ‘some of the bulls were very fierce and one went mad after being embarked - it was a novel sight’ 1914-15 Star (Lt....
Hammer Price: £600
Three: Able Seaman J. W. Ingram, Royal Navy - killed in action at the battle of the Denmark Straits when serving aboard H.M.S. Hood, 24 May 1941 1914-15 Star (231078 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (231078 A.B., R.N.) nearly very fine (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £650
The Second World War group of six awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. J. Warden, Royal Navy, who won a “mention” for his constant attention to the proper functioning of Warspite’s fire at Cape Matapan in March 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; War medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M. 38600 C. J. Warden, O.A. 1, H.M.S. Warspite), good very fine and better (6) £300-350
13 & 14 September 2012
China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (G. Jackson, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Fame) nearly extremely fine £450-500
Hammer Price: £680
Six: Sergeant C. V. Beard, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914 Star, with clasp (317 2/A.M. C. V. Beard. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (317 1.A.M. C. V. Beard. R.F.C.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., with additional (unconfirmed) long service bar (317 Sgt. C. V. Beard. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine or better (6) £500-600
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman F. Foreman, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the H.M.S. Abdiel: according to Jellicoe, she ‘laid 6,293 mines altogether, far more than any other destroyer-minelayers’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., Minelaying Opns., 1916-7); British War and Victory Medals (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., H.M.S. Abdiel); Imperial...
Hammer Price: £720
The M.V.O. group of six awarded to Chief Gunner D. R. Gordon, Royal Navy, who, having served in the Boxer Rebellion and the battleship Agincourt at Jutland, was awarded his M.V.O. for services in the royal yacht in the early 1920s The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel centre, the reverse officially numbered ‘578’; China 1900, no clasp (D. R. Gordon, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Goliath); 1914-15 Star (Gnr. D. R. Gordon, R.N.); British War...
Hammer Price: £750
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. H. Hazell, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 32 in the Eastern Mediterranean Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 4491 C. H. Hazel, Armr. Mte., H.M.S. M. 32, E. Mediterranean), note surname spelling; 1914-15 Star (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, A. Ar. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, Act. Armr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 4491 C....
Hammer Price: £800
A rare Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.M. pair awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. E. Wilton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the gunboat Sumana during the Kut operations Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (161168 A. E. Wilton, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Sumana, Mesopotamia, 1915-6); China 1900, no clasp (A. E. Wilton, Lg. Sto. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Aurora), minor surface scratches to the first and contact marks on the second, otherwise very fine and better (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £820
The inter-war C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. G. Moore, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who went on to win a “mention” for North Russia in 1919 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £850
The Great War group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Commander R. H. Ransome, Royal Navy, a Dogger Bank and Dardanelles veteran who was killed in action in the destroyer Partridge in December 1917: in his previous command, the Victor, he had acted as escort to the Hampshire on the occasion of her loss, with Lord Kitchener, in June 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. H. Ramsome, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. H. Ransome, R.N.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £880
An Arctic and Baltic pair attributed to Clerk-in-Charge of Stores W. H. Richards, Royal Navy Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, with silver riband buckle, edge nicks, very fine or better (2) £600-700
The Great War C.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain W. D. Irvin, Royal Navy, who won a “mention” for his command of the destroyer Moon at Jutland, and added the C.B.E. to his accolades in 1919 after distinguished service in the Dover Patrol 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 (Lt. Commr. W. D. Irvin, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. W. D. Irvin, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £950
The Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. P. Bradley, Royal Naval Reserve, for his gallantry in operations on the Tigris in the period December 1916 to March 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. P. Bradley, R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D.oak leaf, remnants of naming after erasure, ‘Bradley, R.N.’, so presumably the Medal of another officer, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Boatswain D. McK. Shannon, Mercantile Marine, who was specially commended by his ship’s Master after a protracted duel with a U-Boat in which the ship was four times hit by torpedo Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D. McK. Shannon, Bos’n., M.M., Atlantic Ocean, 25-26 May 1918), edge bruising, nearly very fine £1000-1200 D.S.M. London Gazette 7 August 1918: ‘In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty in carrying on the trade of the country...
Five: Acting Serjeant J. Barnard, Army Service Corps, late City Imperial Volunteers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (985 Pte., C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (M2-082804 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-082804 A. Sjt., A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (M2-082804 A. Sjt., A.S.C.) mounted as worn, contact marks, good fine and better (5) £180-220
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman H. M. Richardson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a 17 year old Boy 1st Class in the famous North Sea duel between the Alcantara and the German raider Greif in February 1916, ‘an action which savoured of the days of Nelson, the two ships being engaged at point blank range’ - and both sunk Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 34229 H. M. Richardson, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Alcantara, 29 Feb. 1916), edge bruising and...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Engineer Captain S. F. Heraud, Royal Navy, who, having been present at the destruction of the German raider Leopard in March 1917, went on to lend distinguished service in the Baltic operations of 1919, including a unique assignment as ‘British Engineer to the Russian Admiralty’ - it was in this capacity, for renovating and sailing the Russian battleship Volya to Sebastopol, that he was awarded the M.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of...
The Second World War K.B.E., Great War C.B. group of twelve awarded to Admiral Sir Henry Crooke, Royal Navy, who, having commanded the cruiser Caroline at Jutland, was recalled on the renewal of hostilities as a Commodore of Convoys, in which capacity he handled no less than 24 convoys in the Channel and Atlantic 1939-42 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A rare Baltic 1919 operations O.B.E. group of four awarded to Paymaster Captain G. T. Smyth, Royal Navy, who had earlier served off Gallipoli and won a “mention” for his leadership of the coding staff aboard H.M.S. Calliope at Jutland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. G. T. Smyth, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Pay. Lt. Cr. G. T....
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer C. Reid, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the armed steam yacht James Fletcher, which vessel claimed at least one U-Boat by ramming Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (116282 C. Reid, P.O. 1 Cl., James Fletcher, Aux. Pat., 1915-6); 1914-15 Star (116282 C. Reid, P.O. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (116282 C. Reid, P.O. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Charles Reid, P.O. 1cl., H.M.S....
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Great War group of four awarded to Captain C. H. B. Gowan, Royal Navy, who, having served as Gunnery Officer of the cruiser Yarmouth at Jutland, gained wider fame for his pioneering work in the launching of aircraft at sea 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd class, with swords, gilt metal and enamel, generally good very fine (4) £800-1000
The Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker W. E. McFarlane, Royal Navy, who, having won a “mention” when his ship was bombed and sunk off Tobruk in May 1941, added a decoration to his accolades for fire-fighting duties in a heavy raid on Bari in December 1944 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Sto. William E. McFarlane, P/KX. 76763. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D....
The Second World War O.B.E., Great War D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. Corby, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for bravery under fire in the Anzac landings, added an O.B.E. to his accolades in the 1939-45 War, which latter conflict witnessed him making clandestine ordnance trips to Portugal The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (225290 J. Corby, P.O., Gallipoli...
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Second World War C.B. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral P. K. Kekewich, Royal Navy, who enjoyed a colourful career spanning service as Navigating Officer in the cruiser Galatea at Jutland, actions against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic in 1919 and command of Coastal Forces 1940-43 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. K. Kekewich, R.N.); British War and...
The Great War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Captain E. C. Thornton, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who was decorated for his command of the destroyers Derwent and Lucifer in 1917, the former ship being mined and sunk off Le Havre - blown off the bridge into the sea by the blast, he nonetheless made strenuous efforts to save his Gunner, R.N., and was awarded the R.H.S. Medal in silver: recalled in the 1939-45 War, he rose to the rank of Commodore 2nd Class and served as C.O. of the Naval Air...
The Great War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer R. S. Gifford, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Benin 1897 operations who was decorated for his services in the monitor Earl of Peterborough in the Dardanelles and Adriatic in 1915-17 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (168279 R. S. Gifford, P.O., Mediterranean Station, 1917); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (R. S. Gifford, A.B., H.M.S. St. George); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (R. S. Gifford,...
The inter-war M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Telegraphist Lieutenant-Commander C. C. France, who, having been decorated for his services in the submarine K. 2 in 1917, held command of an important wireless transmission station on Malta 1942-44 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (238487 C. C. France, P.O. Tel.,...
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Stoker J. Cook, Royal Naval Reserve, arguably for the most famous Q-Ship action of them all, namely the Dunraven’s celebrated clash with the UC-71 on 8 August 1917 - on which occasion Gordon Campbell’s crew of 69 men won two V.Cs, two D.S.Os, six D.S.Cs, seven C.G.Ms, 24 D.S.Ms and 14 “mentions” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S. 4704 J. Cook, Sto., R.N.R., Atlantic Ocean, 8 Aug. 1917), possible official correction to initial, very fine ...
Hammer Price: £1,700
An extremely rare North Russia operations M.M. awarded to Bosun C. H. Mitchell, Mercantile Marine Reserve, who was decorated for gallantry ashore at Rimskaya in August 1919 Military Medal, G.V.R. (MMR-978952 Bos’n C. H. Mitchell, M.M.R.), good very fine £1200-1500
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Fredk. C. Wittie, Yeoman Store Rooms. Shannon) good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £1,800
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