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Six: Colonel E. J. Hollway, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut., 2/D. of C.L.I.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Major, 1/D. C.L.I.) engraved in the distinctive style of the regiment, official correction to first initial of name; 1914-15 Star (Col.); British War and Victory Medals (Col.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, first two with contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £1,450
A rare Great War R.N. Siege Guns D.S.M. group of five awarded to Shipwright 1st Class J. M. Goddard, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the battle of Arras in April 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 1 Cl., Siege Guns, Flanders, 1917); 1914-15 Star (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 2 Cl.,...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A scarce Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman A. R. Morris, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division Military Medal, G.V.R. (WZ-155 A.B. A. R. Morris, Howe Bn., R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (WZ. 155 A. R. Morris, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.Z. 155 A. R. Morris, A.B., R.N.V.R.), generally good very fine (4) £600-800
A scarce Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to the Rev. J. M. Connor, Army Chaplains’ Department, a gallant Presbyterian Minister who first came to notice for his services under fire during the retreat from Mons Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (Rev. J. M. Connor, A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Rev. J. M. Connor), the first with loose reverse centre-piece, good very fine, the remainder with contact...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War D.S.O., Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (E.) E. C. Green, Royal Navy, who came under heavy fire in the destroyer Nessus at the battle of Jutland Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. E. C. Green, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Eng. Commr. E. C. Green, R.N.); Defence...
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Thomas Knox, First Class Engineer, Royal Indian Marine Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (2nd Class Engr. T. Knox, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, initial corrected; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Thos. Knox. 1st Cl. Engineer. “Moozuffer”) good very fine and scarce (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,900
Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Langstone, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,000
A good Great War ‘U-boat kill’ D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. E. Beeching, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, in which latter capacity he was a Captain in the service of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s fleet Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. F. E. Beeching, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Frederick E. Beeching), good very fine (3) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,100
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain J. P. Adams, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry with 38th Battery, R.F.A. at Bakenkop in July 1900 and severely wounded at Quaggafontein in September 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (90344 Serjt. J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (90344 B.S. Major J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa...
Hammer Price: £2,300
Three: Fleet Paymaster W. M. Shanks, Royal Navy China 1842 (W. M. Shanks Clerk, H.M.S. Endymion) fitted with contemporary silver swivel-ring bar suspension and silver top suspension brooch; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. M. Shanks, Paymr.) officially impressed naming, fitted with silver top suspension brooch; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with contemporary silver swivel-ring bar suspension and silver top suspension brooch, light contact marks, otherwise good...
Pair: Private G. H. Barnes, Royal Marines Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Pte., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Doris); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5072 Pte., R.M.L.I.) this last with official correction to surname, good very fine, rare (2) £800-1000
Seven: Sergeant W. W. Gray, South African Field Artillery, late South African Mounted Rifles and Cape Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3565 Pte., Cape M.R.) last two clasps loose on ribbon; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte., Cape Mtd. Riflemen); 1914-15 Star (Far. Cpl., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Sjt., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Brown, Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, battle of the Somme, 6 July 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., 2/Wilts. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Maj., Wilts. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.) good very fine and better (5) £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,700
A good Great War M.C., M.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Wilson, East Surrey Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Military Medal, G.V.R. (10668 L. Sjt. J. Wilson, 7/E. Surr. R.); 1914 Star (L-10668 Pte. J. Wilson, 1/E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J. Wilson), the first in its case of issue and the remainder mounted as worn, contact marks, thus nearly very fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,100
A good Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. W. Chidgey, Dorsetshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, M.M., 6/Dorset R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, 6/Dorset R.); 1914-15 Star (3-8106 Pte. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.), lacquered, generally good very fine (5) £1600-1800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Mundy, Wiltshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in the action at Hobkirk’s Farm in February 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2734 Serjt. J. Mundy, Wilts. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2734 Sgt. J. Mundy, 2nd Wilts. R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2734 Serjt. J. Munday, Wilts. R.), surname...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A fine Second World War Malta convoy D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Stoker H. Kelly, Royal Navy, who shared in all eight of the Battle Honours won by the cruiser Penelope - a.k.a. “H.M.S. Pepperpot” on account of severe damage - including “Norway 1940”, for which he was awarded a “mention”, and “Malta Convoys 1941-42”, for which he was decorated for his part in Operation “M.G. 1” and the battle of Sirte: tragically he was also among those lost on the occasion of the...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to the Rev. R. Armitage, Army Chaplains’ Department Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Revd. R. Armitage, C. to F.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. R. Armitage, M.A., D.S.O., Chapln. to Forc.), mounted as worn, in Lambert of Coventry Street, London, red...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A fine Great War Gallipoli landings D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander G. F. D. Freer, Royal Navy: as a 17-year-old Midshipman in the battleship Lord Nelson, he was given command of one of the boats at the landings on ‘W’ Beach, scene of the famous “Six V.Cs Before Breakfast” won by the Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, the reverse privately engraved, ‘G. F. D. Freer, R.N., 5-10-15’; 1914-15 Star (Mid. G. F. D. Freer,...
Hammer Price: £3,900
A rare Second World War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of five awarded to Commander N. K. Cambell, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Swordfish operating out of Malta up until his capture after ditching off North Africa in May 1941: his subsequent work in sending back valuable coded messages to the U.K. from assorted P.O.W. camps in Italy and Germany resulted in the award of his M.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A rare Great War Dardanelles C.G.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class J. J. F. Runalls, Royal Navy, who was severely wounded during the famous action to force the Narrows on 18 March 1915 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, E.R.A. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Inflexible); 1914-15 Star (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, Act. C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A fine Peninsula War medal awarded to Private Hugh Tucker, 40th Foot, who was wounded above the eye at Badajoz and in the arm at Vittoria, and also served in South and North America and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (H. Tucker, 40th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £13,000
A fine Great War Battle of Jutland C.G.M. group of five awarded to Leading Seaman J. S. Watson, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Royal Naval Division who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the severely damaged battleship Malaya Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (178876 J. S. Watson, Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Malaya, 31 May-1 June 1916); 1914 Star, with clasp (1788776 J. S. Watson, Lg. Sea., Drake Bttn., R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (178876 J. S. Watson, L.S., R.N.); France, Croix de...
Hammer Price: £18,000
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