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Lieutenant Commander Richard C Witte, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)
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13 December 2007
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,...
Hammer Price: £400
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...
Hammer Price: £250
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
Hammer Price: £650
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 Second World War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. E. Mammatt, Royal Navy, who, having been present in the First Battle of Narvik in the destroyer Hostile, was decorated for his gallantry in the Hereward during the withdrawal of Greece - he was taken P.O.W. when the latter ship fell victim to Stukas off Crete in May 1941 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Second World War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman G. E. Sharratt, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his part in the boarding of the Italian submarine Perla in July 1942, went on to witness the destruction of three U-Boats in the frigate Affleck - and win the Royal Humane Society’s Medal for saving many lives on the occasion of the loss of the frigate Gould in 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 159716 G. E. Sharratt, A.B.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star;...
Hammer Price: £2,600
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....
Hammer Price: £1,400
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
Hammer Price: £300
13 & 14 September 2012
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Fredk. C. Wittie, Yeoman Store Rooms. Shannon) good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £1,800
China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (G. Jackson, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Fame) nearly extremely fine £450-500
Hammer Price: £680
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/KX.92134 A. Garns. P.O.S.M. R.N.) very fine £2500-3000
‘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...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The important Great War Q-ship operations D.S.O. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain F. H. Grenfell, Royal Navy, who commanded the ‘The splendid Penshurst’ in several actions and was second only to Gordon Campbell, V.C., in terms of U-boats destroyed Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star (Lieut. F. H. Grenfell, R.N., Transport Staff); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. H. Grenfell, R.N.); France, Croix de Guerre...
Hammer Price: £21,000
The remarkable North Russia operations D.S.O. and Bar group of seven awarded to Commander P. H. Edwards, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, C.O. of the Anglo-Russian Naval Brigade in 1918 and, on attachment to the Army, of the Slavo-British Legion in 1919: he had earlier been wounded in Gallipoli and in France with Howe Battalion, R.N.D., and again as a member of a storming party in the Zeebrugge raid, by which time Admiral Keyes described him as a ‘one-eyed, bearded warrior ... who was...
Hammer Price: £19,000
The unique Murmansk 1919 operations D.S.O., Shackleton 1914-16 Antarctic Expedition O.B.E., Q-Ship operations D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Commander J. R. Stenhouse, Royal Naval Reserve: according to Shackleton ‘he accomplished successfully one of the most difficult journeys on record, in an ocean area notoriously stormy and treacherous’ - just one chapter in a truly remarkable career spanning ‘square-riggers’ in the early 1900s to his death in action in September...
Hammer Price: £30,000
An outstanding Great War Tigris operations D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander M. Singleton, Royal Navy, who accomplished the remarkable feat in his small armed tug of bringing to surrender a body of about 11 officers and 250 Turkish troops - indeed it was the opinion of the official historian of the campaign that greater daring than Singleton’s cool audacity could hardly be imagined Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. M....
Hammer Price: £3,500
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
A rare Baltic 1919 operations D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain R. V. Eyre, Royal Navy, who had earlier been commended for his command of the destroyer H.M.S. Mounsey at Jutland and awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. R. V. Eyre, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. R. V. Eyre, R.N.); Russia Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 36 by 36mm.,...
Hammer Price: £2,700
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
Hammer Price: £4,200
A rare Great War East Africa operations D.S.C. group of three awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant A. F. R. Wollaston, Royal Navy, a noted explorer, mountaineer and naturalist who was also awarded the Patron’s Gold Medal of Royal Geographical Society: latterly employed as a Tutor at his alma mater, Kings College, Cambridge, he was shot dead in his rooms by a demented undergraduate in June 1930 - Stanley Baldwin, the University’s Chancellor, subsequently describing how Cambridge ‘mourned a...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A fine Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Commissioned Gunner H. Turner, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant part in the celebrated ‘Swift and Broke’ action of April 1917, himself firing one of the torpedoes that claimed an enemy destroyer - set ‘to run cold on the surface’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1916; 1914-15 Star (Gnr. H. Turner, D.S.C., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. H. Turner, R.N.), generally very fine (4) ...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A good Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Captain W. P. Stocker, Royal Navy, who witnessed extensive action in cruisers, including Jutland, Heligoland Bight and in the Baltic Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. P. Stoker, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. P. Stocker, R.N.), together with the Ogilvy Medal, in gold, 39mm., as awarded to the top candidate in the R.N’s torpedo course (Lieutenant William Pennell...
An exceptional South Russia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander B. J. Littledale, Royal Navy, who served in the Siwash Motor Boat Flotilla Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for 1920; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. B. J. Littledale, R.N.) possibly with officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. B. J. Littledale, R.N.); Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery, silver, 4th class, the reverse officially numbered ‘166 551’; Russia, Order of St....
An exceptional Great War Royal Naval Division operations M.C., C.G.M. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant F. W. Stear, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in Anson Battalion in Gallipoli in June 1915 and in Hawke Battalion at Welsh Ridge in December 1917 - having in the interim been invalided with shell-shock: according to Douglas Jerrold, Hawke ‘never had a better company commander’ Military Cross, G.V.R.; Conspicuous...
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,...
Family group: A rare River Dwina operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer Edward Eves, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (217536 E. Eves, Ldg. Sea., River Dwina, 1918); 1914-15 Star (217536 E. Eves, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (217536 E. Eves, L.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (217536 Edward Eves, P.O., H.M.S. Victory), contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine The Great War campaign group of four awarded...
Hammer Price: £2,200
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
A rare Anglo-Russian Naval Brigade operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. G. Peters, Royal Marines Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (PO/17265 Pte. W. G. Peters, R.M.L.I., Russian Allied Nl. Bde. 13-16 Oct. 1919); British War and Victory Medals (PO. 17265 L. Cpl. W. G. Peters, R.M.L.I.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (PO. 17265 C. Sgt. W. G. Peters, D.S.M., 28.2.1951); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,...
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
An exceptional campaign service group of nine awarded to Chief Petty Officer E. H. Watkins, Royal Navy, whose action-packed career included his ship being mined in the Baltic in 1919 and service off Somaliland in 1920: so, too, extended service in the destroyer H.M.S. Electra from her rescue of survivors from the S.S. Athenia in September 1939 up until her own demise in the Java Sea in February 1942 - the interim witnessing her part in the Battle of Narvik, the Bismarck action (when she...
Hammer Price: £2,100
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
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
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
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
The excessively rare Boer War C.S.C. group of eight awarded to Captain R. B. C. Hutchinson, Royal Navy, who, as a young Midshipman in Terrible’s Naval Brigade, was decorated for multiple acts of gallantry in the operations leading up to the relief of Ladysmith - ‘he had many narrow escapes and on three separate occasions a 40-pounder shell fell within yards of him’ - and was one of only eight men ever to receive the C.S.C.: having then witnessed further action and ‘near squeaks’...
Hammer Price: £35,000
‘The ship gave a heavy lurch forward and took an angle of about forty degrees down by the bow. Water came swirling up to the searchlight platform. The Captain said, “jump you devils jump!” The Captain and his secretary remained with the ship until the very end but somehow survived.’ Lieutenant (E.) Ernest Stallybrass, H.M.S. Pathfinder ‘I dare say Julian told you that we actually saw the “Pathfinder” explosion - a great white cloud with its foot in the sea. The St....
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Great War C.B., royal visit to Malta M.V.O. group of eight awarded to Vice-Admiral J. E. Cameron, Royal Navy, who commanded the cruiser Phaeton at Jutland, when with her consort Galatea, she was the first to sight and engage the enemy - earlier that month, off the Schleswig coast, her gunners had assisted in the destruction of the zeppelin L. 7: later still, Cameron was onetime S.N.O. Baltic in 1919 and took charge of the famous “Wanhsien incident” in China as S.N.O. Yangtse...
Hammer Price: £3,700
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...
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....
Hammer Price: £1,300
A fine Great War anti-U-boat operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Commander S. A. G. Hill, Royal Navy, who was also among a handful of British officers to receive the American Navy Cross Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; China 1900, no clasp (Midsn. S. A. G. Hill, R.N., H.M.S. Dido); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. S. A. G. Hill, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. S. A. G. Hill, R.N.); United States of America, Navy Cross, very fine and better (6) ...
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