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1 & 2 March 2017
The exceptional Great War ‘Somme’ D.C.M., M.M. and Two Bar group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal William R. Peniston, 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Thoresby Colliery Division S.J.A.B. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (A-2273 L.Cpl. W. Peniston, 9/K.R.R.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (A-2273 L.Cpl. W. R. Penistone, 9/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (A-2273 Pte. W. R. Peniston. K.R.Rif.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-2273 Pte. W. R. Peniston. K...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The unique M.C. and Two Bar group of four awarded to Major Tom Buckley, 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. Buckley. R.M.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant W. L. Harris, 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (G-3710 Sjt: W. L. Harris. M.M. 1/The Queen’s R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (3710 Pte. W. L. Harris. 1/The Queen’s R.); 1914-15 Star (G-3710 Sjt. W. L. Harris. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3710 Sjt. W. L. Harris. The Queen’s R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £2800-3200
The rare Great War A.R.R.C., M.M. group of seven awarded to Matron H. K. Repton, British Red Cross Society, for prolonged service at the Friends’ Ambulance Unit’s Queen Alexandra Hospital, Dunkirk Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, fitted with additional ring for suspension; Military Medal, G.V.R. (H. K. Repton, Q.A. Hpl:-B.R.C.S.); 1914-15 Star (H. K. Repton, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (H. K. Repton. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Q.A.R.A.N.C. C...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An outstanding Great War M.C. & Bar, M.M. group of five awarded to Captain P. J. Reiss, Bedfordshire Regiment, late Company Sergeant-Major, Royal Fusiliers, wounded on three occasions during the war Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; Military Medal, G.V.R. (1986 C.S. Mjr: P. J. Reiss. 18/R. Fus:); 1914-15 Star (1986 C.S. Mjr. P. J. Reiss. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. J. Rees.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
A ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain O. A. Tunnicliffe, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached 1st South Staffordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lieut. O. A. Tunnicliffe North Staffs. Regt. Mametz. 1st July 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. O. A. Tunnicliffe, N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. O. A. Tunnicliffe) nearly extremely fine (4) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £4,000
10 & 11 May 2017
The extremely rare Messina Earthquake and Great War group of five awarded to Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds, West African Medical Service, attached H.Q. Nigeria, ‘one of the first women to land in German West Africa’ in 1915, a veteran of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, and the Balkan War of 1912-13. Fluent in seven languages she found employment as an interpreter during the Second World War, despite being in her 70’s 1914-15 Star (Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds. W. Afr. M.S.); British War a...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A superb Great War ‘1916’ D.S.O., and ‘Battle of Langemarck’ 1917 Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Ingpen, who despite being only a Captain commanded the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, March 1915, and subsequently the 1/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 1915-17. Twice wounded in action, once severely, and 6 times mentioned in despatches. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and e...
An unusual Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal F. Fowler, Royal Engineers, previously the recipient of a Naval Good Shooting Medal Military Medal, G.VI.R. (48472 Sjt: F. Fowler. 87/Fd: Co: R.E.); 1914-15 Star (48472 Sjt. F. Fowler. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (48472 Cpl. F. Fowler. R.E.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (219401 F. Fowler, A.B., H.M.S. Argonaut. 1907 6 In. Q.F.); Messina Earthquake 1908, unnamed as issued, together with matching tunic ribbons, cont...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant W. ‘Winnie’ Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; First Aid Nursing Yeomanr...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A superb D.S.O. and Bar, O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Brighten, Liverpool Regiment, attached 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. S. Brighten, L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt.Co...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Four: Sister A. A. Hutchinson, Doctor Flora Murray’s Lady Doctors’ Hospital, Paris 1914 Star (A. A. Hutchinson, Lady Doctors’ Hosp:); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. A. Hutchinson.); Belgium, Queen Elizabeth Medal, bronze and enamel, good very fine and very rare (4) £800-1000
An interesting Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel V. V. Hooley, Royal Army Service Corps, late Purser in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, awarded a Brazilian gold life saving medal for saving the life of the daughter of the Brazilian Consul-General to Argentina The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, in Garrard & Co (Civil) case of issue; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (V. V. Hooley....
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Cyril Fort, 13th York and Lancaster Regiment, who, in clearing a strongly-held house, personally accounted for four of the enemy with his revolver Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13/309 Sjt. C. Fort. 13/York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13-309 Sjt. C. Fort. York. & Lanc. R.); Belgian Military Decoration, with silver Palm and ribbon for gallantry; Belgian Croix de Guerre, together with bronze S.J.A.B. re-examination...
A Great War D.S.O. and ‘Colour Party’ M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Guards Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, an early unnumbered award; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (Lieut: A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Gds:); 1914-15 Star (Major A. E. S. Clarke. M.V.O. S. Gds.); British War...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Edward Grogan, Bt., The Rifle Brigade. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. Sir E. I. B. Grogan, Bt. Rifle Bde.); 1914-15 Star (Major Sir E. I. B. Grogan. B...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A historically interesting Crimea campaign group of four awarded to Major-General C. Tyrwhitt [C.B.], Scots Fusilier Guards, A.D.C., Equerry and Private Secretary to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Col: Tyrwhitt [sic], Scots Fus. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruise; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, minor white enamel restoration to tips of arms o...
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Murray, Commanding 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1901, Kissi 1905 (Captain L. Murray. S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. L. Murray. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. L. Murray.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; together wit...
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain J. J. McCombie, 8th Scottish Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. J. McCombie. Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. J. McCombie.); French Croix de Guerre, 1914 1917, with silver star, good very fine (5) £1200-1400
A scarce Great War D.C.M. and Roumanian D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major A. L. Polk, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (25931 B.S. Mjr:- A.R.S. Mjr:- A. L. Polk. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (25931 Dr. A. L. Polk. 18th Batt. R.F.A.) partially officially renamed; 1914 Star (25931 Sjt. A. [sic] Polk. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (25931 A.W.O. C...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Three: Major T. A. Pamplin-Green, West African Frontier Force, late Lagos Hausa Force and Essex Regiment (Militia), who was twice wounded whilst on campaign in West Africa Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Capt. & Insptr. T. P. Green, Lagos Hausa Force); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Captain T. A. Pamplin Green. A.F.F.) impressed naming, high relief bust, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £1800-2200
The Mercantile Marine War Medal to Second Officer Percy Hefford, the most senior officer of the Bridge staff to drown when the S.S. Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915 Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Percy Hefford) extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War D.S.O. and Two Bars attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel L. Lloyd, Suffolk Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars, reverse of lower suspension bar engraved ‘Major L. Lloyd Suffolk Regiment’, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London case of issue, obverse centre slightly depressed, very minor white enamel damage, otherwise good very fine £1400-1800
An extremely rare Serbian Oblitch Bravery Medal in gold group of six awarded to Ambulance Driver G. S. Jensen, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, for her gallantry during the disastrous Serbian retreat of 1915 British War and Victory Medals (G. S. Jensen.); Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 30mm., bronze-gilt; Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 35mm., ‘gold’; Russia, St George’s Cross for Bravery, an early replacement silver issue, reverse officially numbered ‘83272’, lacking class designation and with...
Hammer Price: £1,900
An important Great War Victory Medal to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum who was lost at sea when H.M.S. Hampshire struck a mine in June 1916 Victory Medal 1914-19 (F.M. Earl Kitchener. K.P. G.C.B. O.M.) extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain P. A. Burton, Royal Field Artillery, attached British Mission to Portuguese Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Lt (A/Capt) P. A. Burton); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. A. Burton.); Jubilee 1935; Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with enamel damage; Portugal, Republic, Victory Medal 1914-19, with gilt star on riband, good very fine, unless otherwise stated (6) £80...
The Imperial Service Order pair awarded to Mr T. J. Alldridge, District Commissioner and noted pioneer of the Sierra Leone Hinterland Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R., silver, gold and enamels; East and West Africa 1887-19001 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Dis. Commr. T. J. Alldridge) nearly extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War ‘Salonika’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal Ellis Slack, 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7906 L. Cpl. E. Slack. 13/Manch: R.); 1914-15 Star (7906 Pte. E. Slack. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7906 A. Cpl. E. Slack. Manch. R.); Serbia, Cross of Karageorge, 1st class with swords, good very fine (5) £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (J. Kennedy, Serjt. 97th Foot.) nearly extremely fine, scarce £1600-1800
A rare ‘Maiwand’ Survivor’s Afghanistan 1878-80 medal awarded to Driver J. Todd, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (3264. Driv: J. Todd. E. Batt: B. Bde. R.H.A.) very fine £800-1200
A Great War D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major Alfred Mitchell, Scots Guards and Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5628 CS. Mjr: A. Mitchell. 1/S. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5628 L. Sjt: A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (5628 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2688046 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Mitchell. R. War. R.); Belgian Croix de Guerre, mo...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Africa General Service 1902-56, 6 clasps, S. Nigeria 1902, N. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, S. Nigeria 1904-05, S. Nigeria 1905-06 (Clr: - Serjt: J. Moore. S. Nigeria Regt.) nearly very fine, scarce to British N.C.O. £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War C.M.G., Delhi Durbar M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. H. D. Creagh, Commandant, 128th Pioneers, Indian Army The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, chips to reverse centre; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., 4th class breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse numbered ‘903’ and additionally named (Lt. Col. A. H. D. Creagh) some slight chipping to enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. A....
A fine and scarce M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Sergeant-Major A. E. Malley, Royal Army Medical Corps The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11952 W.O.Cl. 1 A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (11952 Q.M....
An extremely rare Quetta earthquake R.R.C. pair awarded to Staff Nurse G. Lincoln, Indian Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on original Lady’s bow for wearing; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (S.-Nurse G. Lincoin, I.M.N.S.), note surname spelling, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
A rare Liyakat Medal in gold group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Bonham, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded in action during the Boer War at Biddulphsberg, 29 May 1900, and held positions with both the Macedonian and Ottoman Gendarmeries, for which he was awarded the Liyakat Medal - in recognition of services rendered during the revolutionary period of 1908. He was married to Amy Bonham (nee Gaskell), the daughter of the well known society hostess May Gaskell, and the subject of...
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Thomas Gentles, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot.) with later steel clip and bar suspension, generally very fine £1600-2000
Four: Miss Edith J. Harley, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and Scottish Women’s Hospital, niece of Field Marshal Sir John French British War and Victory Medals (E. J. Harley, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Serbia, Order of St. Sava, 2nd type, 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, enamel damage to obverse central surround; Serbia, Red Cross Decoration, silver and enamel, good very fine and better except where stated (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,300
Four: Saddler Sergeant A. H. Goldswain, Marshall’s Horse, late Bechuanaland Border Police and Cape Mounted Yeomanry Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Basutoland, Bechuanaland (Tpr. A. H. Goldswain., C. M. Yeo.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (608. Troopr. A. H. Goldswain. B. B. Police.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (389 Sad: Sjt: A. H. Goldswain. Mar...
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. H. Elsmore, Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (88352 Pte-A. Cpl. - W. H. Elsmore. 58/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (88352 Sjt. W. H. Elsmore. M.G.C.); Rumania, Croix de Virtute Militara, Carol I, 2nd class, silver, good very fine and scarce £500-600
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