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28 & 29 March 2012
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (340150 Cpl. E. T. Linington, R.A.F.), very fine and rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £820
Three: Flight Lieutenant R. M. Clifford, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who piloted Schneider seaplanes in operations against targets in Aden in 1916 1914-15 Star (Flt. Sub. Lt. R. M. Clifford, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. M. Clifford, R.A.F.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £400
Three: Lieutenant A. B. Blanksby, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service and Armoured Car Section, who flew operationally in seaplanes in 1918 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt. A. B. Blanksby, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. B. Blanksby, R.A.F.), contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £250
Three: Air Mechanic 2nd Class D. Ponting, Royal Flying Corps, who died on the forced march from Kut-el-Amara to Anatolia between April 1916 and March 1917 1914-15 Star (7350 2-A.M. D. Ponting, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (7350 Pte. D. Ponting, R.F.C.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £290
Eight: Flying Officer J. Richmond, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (4240 2 A.M. I. Richmond, R.F.C.), note initial; British War and Victory Medals (4240 F. Sgt. J. Richmond, R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel work crudely repaired on the last, otherwise very fine and better (8) £250-300
Hammer Price: £1,200
Three: Sergeant P. Clarke, Royal Air Force, late London Regiment and Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (410227 Sgt. P. P. Clarke, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (302151 Sjt. P. Clarke, R.A.F.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (103 Sjt. P. Clark, 24/London Regt.), generally very fine and better and rare (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
Pair: Lieutenant G. Budden, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, who was wounded in a combat with Hermann Goring in August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. Budden, R.F.C.), good very fine (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £680
Pair: Lieutenant E. R. Prideaux, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was shot down and killed by German ace Oberleutnant Harold Auffarth, C.O. of Jasta 29, in May 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. R. Prideaux, R.A.F.), extremely fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £380
Pair: Lieutenant V. W. Hatton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. V. W. Hatton, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2/Lieut. V. W. Hatton, R.F.C.), very fine or better (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Three: Sergeant A. H. Muff, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an N.C.O. Observer who was decorated for his gallantry in No. 25 Squadron British War and Victory Medals (59404 Sgt. A. H. Muff, R.A.F.), in their card boxes of issue, with related registered envelope; Italy, Al Valore Militare, in bronze, unnamed, the first with minor official correction to surname, extremely fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,100
The extremely rare and important Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of five awarded to Major A. M. Wilkinson, Royal Air Force, late Hampshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who gained a total of 19 victories in D.H. 2s of No. 24 Squadron and Bristol Fighters of No. 48 Squadron, nine of them in “Bloody April” 1917 and at least four of these in a single day - statistics that made him only second to Albert Ball, V.C., in attaining a double figure score and being awarded a “Double...
Hammer Price: £29,000
A rare and interesting Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain J. R. Ramsay, Royal Air Force, late R.E. Balloon Section and Royal Flying Corps, a qualified ‘skilled balloonist’ who was decorated as a Sergeant-Major in the very first list of M.Cs to be gazetted - having come to favourable notice for saving Great Britain’s first military airship - the Nulli Secundus - during a storm in October 1907, he became just the third entrant recorded on the books of the newly established...
Hammer Price: £6,500
An important Great War airship pioneer’s A.F.C. group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant I. C. Little, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, whose ‘Little-Crook anchoring gear’ design enabled the first use of defensive aircraft being attached to airships: having then carried out a parachute descent from the R. 34 during her trail-blazing visit to the U.S.A. in July 1919, he was among those drowned in the R. 38 airship disaster over the Humber in August 1921 Air Force...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The unique and important Great War D.C.M. and Bar group of three awarded to Sergeant F. Johnson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who, having claimed four victories as an Air Gunner and Observer in No. 22 Squadron, raised his score to 16 piloting Bristol Fighters of No. 20 and No. 62 Squadrons - more often than not engaging his victims at ranges under 50 yards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (6391 Cpl. F. Johnson, 22/Sqn. R.F.C.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £28,000
13 & 14 September 2012
A Fine Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force (Part II) A rare Great War C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore A. Fletcher, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An important Great War fighter ace’s D.S.O., M.C. and 2 Bars group of four to Captain J. Gilmour, Royal Air Force, late Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps, who amassed around 40 victories, the majority of them in Sopwith Camels of No. 65 Squadron and, remarkably, five of them in a single day Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J....
Hammer Price: £40,000
An outstanding Great War ace’s D.S.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. B. Ridley, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who completed in excess of 200 operational sorties in Sopwith Triplanes and Camels of No. 1 Naval Squadron and No. 201 Squadron, a remarkable record that included at least 40 air-to-air combats and undoubtedly more “kills” than his official total of 11: moreover, he was renowned for his low-level strafing activities, once dropping to 10 feet to support...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare Great War D.S.M. group of three awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Grade J. A. Mortimer, Royal Naval Air Service, a member of the famous “Spider Web” patrol who was present on the occasion of the destruction of the enemy submarines UC-1 and UC-6 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F. 11344 J. A. Mortimer, Air Mech. 1st Gr., R.N.A.S., 28th Sept. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (F. 11344 J. A. Mortimer, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.), good very fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,700
A scarce Great War M.M group of four awarded to Chief Master Mechanic C. I. Collett, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who served as an Observer in R.E. 8s of No. 12 Squadron Military Medal, G.V.R. (413 Fl. Sjt. C. I. Collett, 12/Sq. R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (413 Cpl. C. I. Collett, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (413 T.S.M. C. I. Collett, R.F.C.), generally good very fine (4) £1100-1300
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare and important 1914 Star trio awarded to Major E. N. Fuller, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, a pre-war aviator who flew reconnaissance sorties with No. 3 Squadron during the retreat from Mons and who later commanded No. 17 Squadron in Salonika and No. 103 Squadron in France 1914 Star (2 Lieut. E. N. Fuller, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major E. N. Fuller, R.A.F.), with named card boxes of issue, good very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £620
Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £300-350
£300–£350
A poignant Great War campaign group of three awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class H. F. Matthews, who was killed in action in September 1917 while serving as an Observer in No. 20 Squadron, when his aircraft was shot down in flames by German ace Leutnant Werner Voss - a fortnight later after raising his score to 48, Voss was himself shot down and killed 1914-15 Star (1712 2-A.M. H. F. Matthews, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1712 Pte. H. F. Matthews, R.F.C.), extremely fine (3) ...
A poignant Great War pair awarded to Mechanic 2nd Class R. Hickling, Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action in May 1917 while serving as an Observer in a B.E. 2c of No. 13 Squadron, his aircraft being shot down by German ace and “Blue Max” holder Leutnant Karl Allmenroder British War and Victory Medals (77687 Pte. R. Hickling, R.F.C.), together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque (Reginald Hickling), this last pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise good very fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £800
Pair: Lieutenant J. W. Milner, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, and onetime attached Australian Flying Corps, who claimed two enemy aircraft as out of control with No. 43 Squadron in the summer of 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. W. Milner, R.A.F.), a little polished, otherwise generally very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £450
Pair: Lieutenant A. E. Muncaster, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. E. Muncaster, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. A. E. Muncaster, R.F.C.), an unusual combination of naming to the R.F.C. and R.A.F., very fine or better (2) £100-120
Hammer Price: £160
Three: Sergeant W. Mc C. Barnes, Royal Air Force, late City of London Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (14299 Sgt. W. Mc C. Barnes, R.F.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1697 Sjt. W. M. Barnes, City of Lond. Yeo.), generally very fine or better (3) £180-220
Three: Corporal D. Archibald, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (401466 Cpl. D. Archibald, R.F.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (401466 A. Cpl. D. Archibald, R.F.C.), with their named card boxes of issue, extremely fine and the last rare (3) £400-500
Three: Captain H. Tether, Royal Air Force, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Air Service, a long-served seaplane pilot British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. H. Tether, R.A.F.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Harold Tether), an official but later issue from the 1930s; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. H. Tether, R.A.F.), good very fine (3) £250-300
Hammer Price: £240
Three: Flying Officer M. M. Miln, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally in seaplanes of “Syren Force” in North Russia in the summer of 1919 British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lieut. M. M. Miln, R.A.F.); Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, breast badge, with swords, silver-gilt and enamelled both sides, stamp mark on eyelet, possibly French, with original riband and as worn by the recipient (see portrait photograph), enamel work slightly chipped...
Hammer Price: £1,500
19–21 June 2013
The important Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Colonel A. D. Carden, Royal Engineers, attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a pioneer of the air who, in his own words, learned to fly by ‘taking his plane into the sky and putting it down again without killing myself’, an achievement all the more admirable in light of the fact ‘he was probably the only one-armed pilot in the world’: from his part in the maiden flight of the army balloon Nulli Secundus II to his...
Hammer Price: £3,700
‘After tea Collett and I went back to town by train and had a talk about many things, for Collett was in the Camel Squadron on the same aerodrome and he used to come back shot to ribbons nearly every time he went out. One day he drove a German machine down to the ground behind the German lines, and then to make quite sure he fired at it on the ground until it burst into flames. Collett was always downing the Hun, whenever and wherever he could find him ...’ Flying Fury, by James...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain J. L. Trollope, M.C. and Bar, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, who claimed a record six victories in a single day as a Flight Commander in No. 43 Squadron in March 1918: shortly afterwards shot down by the renowned ace Leutnant Paul Billik and taken prisoner, he suffered terrible wounds that would affect him for the rest of his life - ‘Tall, well built and well liked, Trollope was a brilliant fighter pilot and an...
A rare Great War M.S.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. W. Brown, Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. W. Brown, R.A.F.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1087 Fl. Sjt. C. W. Brown, R.F.C.), together with his Grenadier Guards brass nameplate, impressed ‘13106 C. W. Brown’, generally good very fine (4) £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Mechanic H. W. Hartwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (7132 F. Sjt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7132 F. Sgt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), renamed; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (7132 Ch. Mec. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), generally good very fine (4) £400-450
Hammer Price: £330
A fine Second World War Battle of Britain O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander H. G. P. Ovenden, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late East Surrey Regiment, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in B.E. 2s on the Western Front, prior to witnessing further active service out in India in 1919-21: but his time as Adjutant at R.A.F. Hornchurch throughout the Battle of Britain was probably no less memorable, the airfield being subjected to enemy raids on no...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Five: Flight Lieutenant M. O. F. England, Royal Air Force, late Royal Marines Divisional Engineers and Royal Naval Air Service, who saw operational service as an Observer in No. 1 Wing at Dunkirk 1914-15 Star (Deal 49-S Spr. M. O. F. England, R.M.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.), renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £150
Three: Flight Sergeant T. W. Print, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service 1914-15 Star (F. 5636 T. W. Print, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (F. 5636 T. W. Print, C.P.O. 3, R.N.A.S.), very fine or better (3) £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £200-250
Pair: Temporary Captain H. J. Taplin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an Aero Engine and Aeroplane Designer British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H. J. Taplin, R.F.C.), good very fine (2) £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
Pair: Lieutenant W. H. Douche, Machine Gun Corps, late Artists Rifles and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. H. Douche), very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
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