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The outstanding K.C.M.G., C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., O. St. J. group of twenty awarded to Major-General Sir Sydney D’A. Crookshank, Royal Engineers, Director-General of Transportation, France, December 1917-May 1919 and Colonel Commandant, R.E., 1936-41 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin; The Most Honourable Order of th...
Hammer Price: £12,000
Japan, Order of the Rising Sun with Pawlonia Flowers, Grand Cordon set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre; breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre, reverse inscribed with four Japanese characters, with full and evening sashes, in slightly damaged slip-top lacquer case of issue, complete with cords but lacking internal pad, star with some hairline cracks to white enamel, good very fine and scarce (2) £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £9,200
A fine K. St. J., Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, the 5th Lord Cromwell, who, as a Company Commander in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was severely wounded and taken P.O.W. at the gallant defence of Calais in May 1940 - ‘He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected, and yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen, were dead’ The O...
Hammer Price: £8,200
A fine K.C.V.O., C.B.E., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, Royal Field Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, both pieces officially numbered, ‘543’; Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1973, enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Emp...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The G.C.B., O. St. J. group of six awarded to General Sir John St. George, Royal Artillery - who commanded the siege train at Sebastopol and was latterly Master Gunner, St. James’s Park The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with full sash; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Bailiff set of insignia, neck badge, 51 x 53mm., 18ct. gold and e...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant A. Fraser, 10th Battalion Cameron Highlanders and 1st Lovat’s Scouts Military Medal, G.V.R. (223203Sjt., 10/Cam’n. Highrs.); 1914-15 Star (1986 Pte., 1 Lovat’s Scts.); British War and Victory Medals (1986 Sjt., 1-Lovat’s Scts.); Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Inspr. A. Fraser, M.M.); St. John Service Medal (989 A. Fraser, Ceylon Police Cps. S.J.A.B.O. 1931) mounted court style for wear, contact marks, fine and better (6)...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The C.M.G., O. St. J., K.P.M. group of twelve awarded to A. I. Sheringham, Commandant of Police and Governor of Prisons, Zanzibar; latterly Commissioner of Police, Uganda The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s (Brother’s) neck badge, silver and enamel; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Comdt. of Police and Gov. of Prisons, Zanz...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The G.C.V.O., C.B., C.I.E., O. St. J. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm Murray, Seaforth Highlanders, Comptroller of the Household of the Duke of Connaught The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, both pieces officially numbered, ‘589’, with evening sash, in Collingwood, London case of issue, numbered, ‘G 589’; The Most Honourable Order of...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A fine Second World War D.F.C., post-war Q.P.M., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Assistant Chief Constable N. Watson, Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary, late Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who survived ten trips to the “Big City” as a Navigator in Lancasters in 1943 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; Queen’s Police Medal, E.II.R., for Distinguished Service (Norman Watson, D.F.C., Asst. Ch. Const....
A ‘London Blitz’ G.M. group of five awarded to Station Inspector Ronald Noble, Metropolitan Police, latterly the Chief Constable of Derby George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ronald Noble); The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s badge, silver and enamel, enamel damage; Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Ronald A. Noble, Ch. Const.) mounted court style for wear; together with a Royal Society of St. George for England, br...
The rare C.B., Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Major-General Sir Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond, Indian Army, a member of the ‘Afghan Boundary Commission’ of 1884-86 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring and bar suspension and silver-gilt buckle on ribbon; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kabul (Lt. F. H....
Hammer Price: £3,300
The impressive C.B.E., O.B.E., O. St. J. group of eighteen awarded to Miss Sydney Jeannetta Warner, Director, Dominion and Foreign Relations Department, British Red Cross Society The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hall...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War D.S.O., O. St. J. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. B. Bowdler, Royal Engineers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, base silver metal and enamel; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Russia, Order of Stanislas, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, gold and enamel; Belgium, Order of the Crown, 4th Class b...
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross, collar chain, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, in Garrard, London case of issue, badge with minor enamel damage to the ‘St. George’ centre, otherwise good very fine (2) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine O.B.E., O. St. J. group of seven awarded to A. R. Hudson, British Red Cross Society & Order of St. John The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia (post-1926 type), neck badge, 58mm. dia. and breast star, 79mm. dia., silver and enamel; Greece, Royal Order of George I, Knight’s Silver Cross, silver and enamel; Norway, Order of St. Olav, 3rd type, Knigh...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare O.B.E., K.P.M. for Gallantry and Bar group of five awarded to P. Norton-Jones, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed, on ‘Associate’s’ ribbon; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (Philip N. Jones, Supt. of Police, Midnapur) on ‘Gallantry’ ribbon; Jubilee...
Hammer Price: £2,500
A C.I.E., O. St. J. group of six awarded to Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan, Governor of the Central Provinces, India, 1933-38 The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, unnamed; Volunteer Force Long Service (India), G.V.R. (Captain H. C. Gowan, Nagpur Voltr. Rfls.); Indian V...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A fine C.I.E., O.B.E., Kaisar-i-Hind and O. St. J. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Bayley, 15th Lancers, Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor, North West Provinces and Oudh, 1899-1901 and to the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, 1907-20 The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, si...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A remarkable K.B.E., O. St. J. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Gibbons, Scots Guards and Royal Army Service Corps - a Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Association The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia (post-1926 type), neck badge, 58mm....
An unusual Knight Bachelor’s group of ten awarded to Commander Sir Harry Luke, K.C.M.G., Colonial Office, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, ‘Doctor of Literature, renowned author, keen philatelist, former Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Commander-in-Chief of Military Forces and Governor of Fiji 1938-42’ Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel,...
A Great War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel R. B. Airey, Army Service Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Witterbergen (Capt., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., A.S.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col.); U.S.A., American National Red...
Hammer Price: £2,000
An O.B.E., M.C. group of ten awarded to Major R. L. Loyd, 16th Lancers - a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., 16/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak lead (Major); Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed, mounted as worn; together with Th...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A C.M.G., C.V.O., K.P.M. group of seven awarded to R. J. P. McLaughlin, Inspector-General, Nigeria Police The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue, slight enamel damage and repair; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘1254’, with neck cravat, in Collingwood, London case of issue, slight enam...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An O. St. J. Knight of Grace group of four awarded to Colonel W. J. Will, New Zealand Expeditionary Force The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia (pre-1926 type), neck badge, 57mm. dia. and breast star, 56mm. dia., silver and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue, star with some enamel repair; 1914-15 Star (15/10 Colonel, N.Z.E.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (15/10 Col., N.Z.E.F.); Colonial Auxiliary Force Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., ‘convex’ type, reve...
A Kaisar-i-Hind, Order of St. John group of four attributed to Lady Gowan Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, complete with gold top bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) badge, silver and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, all unnamed, all on ‘bow ribbons’ and mounted on a bar for wear; together with a set of three miniature dress medals - lacking the Kaisar-i-Hind but still with gold top bar, good very fine and better (7) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War M.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Private A. Binks, 1/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (240850 Pte., 1/5 L.N. Lanc. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (240850 Pte., L.N. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (240850 Pte., L.N. Lanc. R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, ‘coinage head’, with Second Award Bar (5295 L.S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); St. John Service Medal...
Hammer Price: £1,300
An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Colonel D. J. Proby, late Hamilton, Irish Guards, late Coldstream Guards The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (Lieut., 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, second with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. N. White, Indian Army 1914-15 Star (Captain H. G. N. White, 1/69/Punjabis); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. G. Norman White); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Force Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Major H. G. N. White, D. & R. Ry. Vol. Rfls.’, complete with top bar; St. John Service Medal, 2 silver bars (Asst. Commr. Lt. Col. H. G. N. White (No...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1898, with replacement gold suspension ring; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat and separate silver-gilt ribbon fitting, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-700
Hammer Price: £920
Eight: Warrant Officer Class 1 T. Liddell, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Natal, South Africa 1902 (500 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (500 Pte., Sheffield Corps); 1914-15 Star (26639 S-Sjt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (26639 W.O. Cl. 1, R.A.M.C.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. T. Liddell); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (26639 Q.M....
Hammer Price: £900
An O. St. J. group of six awarded to Supply Officer R. C. Done, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (810 Sply. Ofcr., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (810 Sergt., Manchester P.O. Div.); Coronation 1911, silver; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (5665 Sgt., 7th Lanc. R.G.A.V.);...
Hammer Price: £850
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 104 x 72mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with evening sash, nearly extremely fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £820
A C.M.G., O. St. J. group of four awarded to Colonel H. Charlesworth, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring and bar suspension, silver-gilt buckle on ribbon; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s silver breast badge; Coronation 1902, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surg., A,M.D.) good very fine (4) £650-750
Hammer Price: £780
A C.M.G. group of four awarded to D. A. Everett, Hampshire St. John Ambulance Brigade The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Central Chancery, London case of issue; Kaisar-I-Hind, G.VI.R., 2nd class, silver; Order of St. John, Serving Brother’s ‘skeletal’ breast badge, silver base metal; St. John Service Medal, 1 silver base metal clasp (N/Mem. D. A. Everett, Hants. S.J.A.B. 1953) silvered bro...
Hammer Price: £680
An M.B.E., O. St. J. group of nine awarded to Senior Mechanic J. Holt, Royal Air Force, late Lancashire Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (1222 Cpl., Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1222 Cpl., Lan. Fus.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed; Royal Air For...
Hammer Price: £650
Four: Private A. Afrigan, East Kent Regiment Defence Medal, unnamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (43 Pte., 4/E. Kent Regt.); Coronation 1902, Police Ambulance Service (Pte.); St. John Service Medal, silver (3765 Sgt. A. Afrigan, Ramsgate Town, Div. No. 8 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1919), third heavily worn, others nearly very fine and better (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £580
A Kaisar-i-Hind and Bar, O. St. J. group of ten attributed to S. B. Rustomjee, Girl Guide Association Kaisar-I-Hind, G.VI.R., 2nd class, silver, with Second Award Bar dated, ‘1947’, with top bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War and India Service Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; India Independence Medal 1947, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with a Girl Guide Association, Medal of Merit, si...
Hammer Price: £500
Five: Senior Reserve Attendant P. J. Byrne, Royal Navy and St. John Ambulance Brigade 1914-15 Star (M.9485 S.R.A., R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (M.9485 S.R.A., R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1179 S.R.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.) incorrect ribbon; Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private P. J. Byrne); Visit to Ireland 1911 (Pte. P. J. Byrne, S.J.A.B.); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, these mounted court style for wear; tog...
Hammer Price: £350
An O. St. J. group of five awarded to Superintendent J. J. Olley, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Mr John J. Olley, 24th November 1903’; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. John J. Olley); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade (J. J. Olley, Supt.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. J. J. Olley); St. John Service Medal, with ring suspension, 1 clasp, 5 Yea...
Hammer Price: £340
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