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The unique ‘Waziristan and North West Frontier’ D.F.C. and Two Bars, Great War A.F.C. group of ten awarded to Airship, De Haviland, Wapiti and Hawker Hart pilot, Group Captain S. B. ‘Bunny’ Harris, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps. Having served both at sea and in the air during the Great War, Harris went on to make a name for himself with 27 and 39 Squadrons on the North West Frontier between the wars. His prowess as a bombing...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A rare K.B.E., C.B., ‘Northern Kurdistan’ D.F.C. group of ten awarded to Air Vice-Marshal Sir George Harvey, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with full width neck riband, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine and scarce Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class C. M. Reynolds, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was wounded in 8 places, resulting in the loss of his left arm, whilst attempting to repair wireless apparatus under heavy shell fire, 24 June 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7420 1. Cl: A.M. C. M. Reynolds. R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (7420 2. A.M. C. M. Reynolds. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (7420. 1. A.M....
Hammer Price: £4,600
A superb campaign combination, ‘Kurdistan’ D.F.C. group of eleven awarded to R.E.8 pilot, Wing Commander A. E. Evans, 63 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Royal Field Artillery and East Surrey Regiment Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (1318 Dvr. A. E. Evans. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. E. Evans. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq, N. W. Persia (F/O A. E. Evans. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Second War 1943 D.F.C., 1942 D.F.M. group of six awarded to Hampden, Manchester and Lancaster Air Gunner, Flight Lieutenant L. R. Say, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 37 operational sorties with the Squadron, including the attack on the Nazi Headquarters at Aachen, 9/10 July 1941; to Karlsrühe 6/7 August 1941, when Say was knocked unconscious during a lightening strike on his aircraft - before returning to his station and putting out the flames; and...
A fine Second War ‘1941’ Hurricane and Spitfire pilots’ D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader B. J. Wicks, Royal Air Force, whose two years of war service included: during the Battle of France - 1 destroyed, a force landing behind enemy lines, evading capture for 12 days disguised as a Belgian refugee and evacuation from Dunkirk under British naval arrest; during the Battle of Britain - 2 destroyed and being shot down himself; and during the Siege of Malta - the command of 126...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A particularly fine Great War 1917 D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Flight Commander, later Colonel, C. C. R. Edwards, Royal Naval Air Service and Burma Railway Battalion, who served with Wing Commander C. R. Samson’s 3 Squadron at Dunkirk in 1914, before distinguishing himself as a pilot with No. 1 Wing over Belgium, when he shot down two attacking aircraft, receiving three wounds in the process, 1 March 1917. Having proved adept with both armoured cars and aircraft, Edwards returned to...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The unique ‘Garjak Nuer’ and ‘Bomb and Mine Clearance’ campaign combination group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant F. A. Giles, Royal Air Force, who flew as a Camel pilot with 209 Squadron during the Great War - claiming one Victory, 8 October 1918, and being forced to land behind enemy lines after a dogfight just 2 days before the Armistice was signed. Giles’ superb Log Book records his subsequent service against the Garjak Nuer tribe in the Sudan. Initially tasked with...
A well documented Second War C.B., ‘Somme’ 1916 M.C. group of ten awarded to Air Vice-Marshal J. H. S. Tyssen, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who originally served as an Observer before retraining as a Pilot, and had success against enemy aircraft in both capacities. Wounded in May 1915, he served as a Flight Commander with 22 Squadron during 1916 and witnessed the First Day of the Battle of the Somme from the air, and the first use of tanks on the battlefield at...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A fine Great War 1917 fighter pilot’s M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant Pilot, later Lieutenant, L. A. Herbert, 40 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who in his singler-seater Nieuport Scout and S.E.5A accounted for 3 enemy aircraft forced down out of control and 1 Kite Balloon destroyed. After being severely wounded in aerial combat he was posted for flying duties to the Experimental Squadron at Farnborough - whilst at the latter he was killed in a mid-air collision during...
A scarce inter-war ‘Kurdistan’ D.F.M. pair awarded to Squadron Armourer Sergeant C. J. Dix, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (31370. Cpl. (A/Sjt.) C. J. Dix. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (313701. Cpl. (A/Sgt) C. J. Dix. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (2) £2000-2400
Hammer Price: £3,200
The important ‘South Russia 1920’ C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Group Captain J. O. ‘Joe’ Archer, Royal Air Force, who served as Officer Commanding R.A.F. Forces in South Russia, January - April 1920, having already commanded both the R.A.F. Training Mission and ‘Z’ Flight during the conflict. Archer went on to serve on the North West Frontier, commanding No. 3 Indian Wing, 1926-31, before serving on the Directorate of Operations and Intelligence. The Most Excellent Order...
Hammer Price: £3,000
An extremely rare inter-war M.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer G. H. Lewis, Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his bravery as a gunner in H.M. Armoured Car “Avenger” during an action with Kurds at Qara Anjir in May 1924 - one of only 11 M.M’s awarded to the R.A.F. between the Wars Military Medal, G.V.R. (351286 Cpl. G. H. Lewis. 6-Arm. C. Coy. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Iraq, Active Service Medal, no clasp, generally good very fine (4) £3400-3800
The scarce ‘Garjak Nuer’ campaign group of three awarded to Leading Aircraftman L. Humphries, Royal Air Force, who served as Flying Officer F. A. Giles’ observer when tasked with flying a replacement D.H.9 to ‘H’ Unit, in the Sudan. The epic flight, recorded in Giles’ log book entries from 26 March - 1 April 1920, consisted of eight stages between Helouan and Nasser in the Sudan, some 1,800 miles, which Humphries and his pilot completed in a total flying time of 20 hours and 40...
A scarce ‘Waziristan 1925’ campaign group of five awarded to Sergeant-Major A. E. Attree, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Air Battalion, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (38 Sjt. A. E. Altree, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (38. S.M.1. A. E. Attrel. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (38. F/Sgt. A. E. Attree. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (38. S.M.2 A. E. Attree. R.A.F.) note different spellings of surname, suspension claw...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A scarce ‘Somaliland 1920’ M.I.D. group of three awarded to Flying Officer, later Flight Lieutenant, E. H. ‘Titch’ Attwood, ‘Z’ Unit, Royal Air Force, who flew on the first raid of the operations against the ‘Mad Mullah’, 21 January 1920, and was forced down to land returning from a raid on the same position the following day. Avoiding capture, Attwood and his Observer ‘managed to march in the heat and over very rough mountainous country to the coast. This they reached...
Hammer Price: £2,400
An interesting and scarce 1919 ‘Pioneering Flight’ A.F.M. group of three awarded to Corporal G. E. West, Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Air Service, for his work during the movement of three entire squadrons’ aircraft flying from France to Egypt - ‘This whole transferring of complete squadrons to ‘foreign shores’ - in particular, the aerial transit by the 0/400 units - had no equivalent precedent in R.A.F. annals, and was to prove a daunting test of the involved aircrews’...
Hammer Price: £2,200
An unusual and scarce 1923 ‘Chanak Crisis’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Air Commodore C. T. O’Neill, Royal Air Force Medical Branch and Honorary Physician to the King The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1919); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (F/L. C. T. O’Neill. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, mounted as worn, last two with traces of...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare ‘Mohmand 1933 operations’ M.I.D. group of six awarded to Leading Aircraftman., later Flight Lieutenant, T. A. Rowe, 20 Squadron, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, M.I.D Oak Leaf (508932. L.A.C. T. A. Rowe. R.A.F.) with unofficial retaining rod between clasps, as issued; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (508932. Cpl. T. A. Rowe. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45;...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Second War Halifax and Lancaster Flight Engineer’s D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant W. M. Grant, 424 (Tiger) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 29 operational sorties with the Squadron, including to Dusseldorf, 2 November 1944 - when, despite Grant’s best efforts to tackle a burning fuel tank which had been hit by an explosive shell, the crew were forced to abandon aircraft and parachute to safety Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1560735. F/Sgt. W....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare inter-war Bristol F2b Air Gunner’s D.F.M. pair to Leading Aircraftman T. J. Waddell, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for operations against Turkish forces in Iraq, September - November 1924 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (342485. L.A.C. T. J. Waddell. R.A.F.) suspension neatly repaired; Iraq, Active Service Medal, no clasp, generally very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,700
A scarce campaign group of six awarded to Vimy, Vernon and Snipe pilot, Squadron Leader S. A. Lane, Royal Air Force, late County of London Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps, serving with the latter in Darfur, March - December 1916, he went on to qualify as a pilot, seeing active service during the Kurdistan operations of 1923. Lane died in service 19 September 1940 1914-15 Star (2141 Pte. S. A. Lane. 2/Co. of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. S. A. Lane. R.A.F.); General...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A scarce ‘Mahsud 1919-20’ three clasp I.G.S. group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant W. J. Sutherland, Royal Air Force, later Detective Sergeant, City of Glasgow Police Force British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. J. Sutherland. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (2-Lt. W. J. Sutherland, R.A.F.) unofficial connections between clasps; Defence Medal; Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sergt....
Hammer Price: £1,300
A scarce ‘Northern Kurdistan’ campaign group of six awarded to Warrant Officer E. W. Maclean, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (60163. 1.A.M. E. W. Maclean. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (60163. Sgt. E. W. Maclean. R.A.F.); Jubilee 1935, engraved ‘F/Sgt. F. [sic] W. Maclean. R.A.F.’; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (60163. F/Sgt. E. W. Maclean. R.A.F.) with official corrections; Iraq, Active Service Medal, 1...
Pair: Aircraftman 1st Class F. G. Street, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (348651. A.C.2 F. G. Street. R.A.F.) partially officially corrected; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (348651. A.C.1. F. G. Street. R.A.F.) toned, good very fine, scarce combination (2) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,200
A rare Great War 1916 ‘Immediate’ Army M.S.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Major, later Wing Commander, J. R. Gardiner, 24 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (178 F. Sjt. J. R. Gardiner. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. R. Gardiner. R.A.F.) surname partially officially corrected on BWM; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (178 Fl: Sjt: J. R. Gardiner. No. 24 Sqn: R.F.C.), mounted for...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Eight: Pilot Officer J. F. G. Piper, Royal Air Force, who served as a Liberator Flight Engineer with 215 Squadron in operations over Burma during the Second War 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (576782 F. Sgt. J. F. G. Piper. R.A.F.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (576782 F. Sgt. J. F. G. Piper. R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Plt. Off. J. F. G. Piper. R.A.F.) mounted...
A China 1900 Medal awarded to Sapper T. Williams, 4th Balloon Section, Royal Engineers China 1900, no clasp (2835 Sapr. T. Williams. R.E.) suspension claw slightly loose, good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,000
An important ‘Southern Desert, Iraq’ group of four awarded to Squadron Leader G. E. Godsave, Royal Air Force, who during his five years in Iraq commanded No. 4 Armoured Car Company, and served as Second in Command of the Armoured Car Wing. Known to the tribesmen as ‘Abu Tamilyat’ - the ‘Father of the Motor Cars’, and a renowned specialist navigator, Godsave was largely responsible for the accurate mapping of Iraq, ‘The motto of the armoured cars in Arabic was “fi kull...
A rare China 1900 and Great War group of five awarded to Driver S. H. B. Dickinson, Royal Engineers, who served in 4th Balloon Section during the Boxer Rebellion China 1900, no clasp (3449 Dvr: H. [sic] Dickinson. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (3449 Dvr: S. H. B. Dickinson. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (3449 Dvr. S. H. B. Dickinson. R.E.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, together with assorted tunic ribands, and R.E. cap badge and button, the latter with portrait photograph set-in...
Hammer Price: £950
The rare immediate ‘Iraq’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant, later Wing Commander, S. W. Blight, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (401649. Sjt. S. W. Blight. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, privately named ‘W/Cdr. S. W. Blight R.A.F.’; Jubilee 1935, privately named ‘S. W. Blight R.A.F.’; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (401649 Sjt. S. W. Blight. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (401649...
The rare immediate ‘Kurdistan’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant, later Flight Lieutenant, W. G. Bates, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force - his being the last immediate R.A.F. M.S.M. ever to be awarded General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (755. F/Sgt. W. G. Bates. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (755. F/Sjt. W. G. Bates. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (755. S.M.2. W. G. Bates. R.A.F.) generally nearly very fine (3) ...
Six: Flight Sergeant A. W. Hodge, Auxiliary Air Force 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (865106 F. Sgt. A. W. Hodge. R.A.F.); Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (865106 F/Sgt. A. W. Hodge. A.A.F.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (6) £400-500
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ C.B.E. group of ten awarded to Air Commodore G. H. ‘Tiny’ Vasse, Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Air Service, who flew operationally as a Bristol Fighter F2b pilot with 6 Squadron during the Kurdistan operations, before retraining as a specialist Air Armament Officer. He commanded the Air Development Fighting Unit, 1937-41, and served as Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Command South East Asia and subsequently with No. 221 (Tactical) Group,...
Hammer Price: £850
A scarce B.E.M., ‘Southern Desert, Iraq’ group of ten awarded to Flying Officer E. R. Bloomfield, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) G.V.R. (354523 Flt. Sergt. Eric R. Bloomfield, R.A.F.); 1914-15 Star (44535 Spr. E. R. Bloomfield, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (44535 Spr. E. R. Bloomfield. R.E.) suspension mount bent on BWM, and suspension loose; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (354523. Cpl. A/Sgt. E. R. Bloomfield....
Hammer Price: £800
Royal Air Force Levies, Iraq L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (114 S.S.M. Oda Perwana) some erasure after name, very fine and rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £700
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (402297 1-A.M. G. O. Morris. R.A.F.) very fine, scarce £360-400
Hammer Price: £650
Eight: Group Captain G. R. O’Sullivan, Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps, late Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Royal Irish Rifles, who was shot down whilst serving as a B.E.2e Observer with 5 Squadron, 28 April 1917. He retrained as a pilot and flew Vernons, Wapitis and Harts with 45 and 6 Squadrons during operations in Kurdistan, before ending his operational flying with 27 Squadron on the North West Frontier General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F/O. G. R. O’Sullivan. R.A.F.)...
Six: Air Commodore W. S. Hebden, Royal Air Force, who commanded the Wireless Intelligence Development Unit and served as Chief Signals Officer, Transport Command, during the Second War India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (F/O. W. S. Hebden. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. Oak Leaf; Coronation 1953, mounted as originally worn, traces of adhesive to reverse of medals, generally nearly very fine (6) £300-400
Three: Sergeant L. S. O’Donoghue, Royal Air Force, who served operationally as a Sunderland Air Signaller with 88 Squadron during the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (2238598 Sgt. L. S. O’Donoghue. R.A.F.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2238598 Sgt. L. S. O’Donogue. R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, very fine (3) £400-500
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