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17 & 18 September 2009
The unique group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), one of two officers of the regiment to serve in the Zulu War, he subsequently commanded the detachment of the regiment at the battle of Abu Klea, and was decorated by the Czar of Russia upon his appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Greys in 1894 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut. & Adjt. W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dgns.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile...
Hammer Price: £17,000
A rare Memorial Plaque to Miss Blanche Amelia Page, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Memorial Plaque 1914-18, ‘She Died for Freedom and Honovr’ (Blanche Amelia Page) in card envelope, good very fine £1600-2000
Hammer Price: £2,400
A ‘Malayan Service’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 Raymond Henry John Hewitt, East Anglian Regiment, late Army Air Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22221487 Col. Sgt. Raymond H. J. Hewitt, 1 E. Anglian); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (149837 Cpl., A.A.C.); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue,...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Naval General Service Medal awarded to Stoker Mechanic O. A. M. Bridges, Royal Navy, who was killed aboard H.M.S. Affray, 19 April 1951, in the last Royal Navy Submarine to be lost at Sea Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (D/SKX 832096 O. A. M. Bridges, S.M., R.N.) prefix ’SKX’ corrected, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
23 November 2009
A Second World War pilot’s D.F.M. awarded to Flight Sergeant B. I. J. Morris, Royal Air Force, who completed a tour of operation in Wellingtons in the Middle East Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1300849 F./Sgt. B. I. J. Morris, R.A.F.), surface scratches to obverse and reverse as a result of harsh cleaning, suspension claw slightly slack, otherwise generally very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,275
A Great War ‘Submarine Service’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Engineer E. H. Hodgers, Royal Navy, for service aboard the K.7 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (272051 E. H. Hodgers, E.R.A. 2 Cl., Submarine Service 1917); 1914-15 Star (272057 E. H. Hodges, E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. E. H. Hodges, R.N.) note different spelling of surname, good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Sub Lieutenant P. J. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Military Cross, G.V.R. , reverse inscribed, ‘Sub. Lt. P. J. Smith, R.N.V.R., March 24th 1918’, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (L.Z.582L Sig., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1079 Pte. J. Morgan, 2-24th Foot) edge bruising, good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £920
Pair: Private M. Hogan, Black Watch, who was killed in action, 2 August 1952 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22547643 Pte., B.W.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, extremely fine (2) £550-650
Hammer Price: £880
A Second World War submariner’s D.S.C. group of seven attributed to Lieutenant-Commander R. M. Wilmot, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in Torbay in the Far East in the period March to August 1945 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, hallmarks for London 1947; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf, mounted as worn, together with a set of related...
Hammer Price: £750
Four: Chief Carpenter’s Mate John Richard Darby, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, with old ribbon, clasp loose, in damaged card box of issue; Abyssinia 1867 (J. R. Darby, Chf. Carprs. Mte., H.M.S. Vigilant); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with modern ring suspension, good very fine and better (4) £550-650
Three: Lieutenant C. N. Streatfield, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55 (C. N. Streatfeild (sic), Actg. Mate, H.M.S. Hannibal), engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Azoff, unnamed; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, plugged, with swivel-ring suspension, minor contact marks, very fine (3) £380-420
Hammer Price: £550
A post-war O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (E.) P. L. Cloete, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (Cdr. P. L. Cloete, O.B.E., R.N.), mounted court-style as worn, the Stars and clasps gilded, generally good very fine (7) £350-400
Hammer Price: £460
A Naval M.S.M. group of five `awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1s Class W. Vivian, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269058 William Vivian, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Blake); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’ issue (269058 C.E.R.A. 1Cl., “Acorn” Mediterranean 1918) good very fine and better (5) £280-320
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (Tpr. D. Robertson, Rhodesia Regt.) nearly extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £440
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (T. Proctor, Ord., H.M.S. “Shah”) slight edge bruising, good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £430
Pair: Private R. McMurray, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2543 Pte., 1/Cam. Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2543 Pte., 1 Cam. Highrs.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Six: Corporal W. L. Thorne, Canadian Forces 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue, silver, all unnamed, Canadian Decoration, G.VI.R. (Cpl. W. L. Thorne) mounted as worn Five: Telegraphist R. J. Watson, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, killed in action, 29 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian...
Hammer Price: £400
Five: Able Seaman P. J. Rice, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 98887 P. J. Rice, A.B., H.M.S. Jackal), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £100-120
A Second World War group of three attributed to Lieutenant Norris Henry Hoare, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Hood, killed in action against the Bismarck, 24 May 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed as issued, in wooden framed glass-fronted case, bearing a brass name plate inscribed, ‘Lt. Norris Henry Hoare, R.N.V.R., Killed on Active Service 24.5.41, H.M.S. Hood’, extremely fine (3) £300-400
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Manchester, Barber, H.M.S. “Eclipse”), minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £390
Five: Chief Petty Officer G. H. West, Royal Navy China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (G. H. West, A.B., H.M.S. Orlando); 1914-15 Star (192030 G. H. West, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (192030 G. H. West, Act. C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (192030 G. H. West, P.O., H.M.S. Assistance), minor official correction to rate on first, contact marks and edge bruising, generally about very fine or better (5) £350-400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (S. H. Henderson, Midshipman) name engraved in upright serifed capitals, rank correctly impressed, with silver buckle on ribbon, slight contact marks, very fine £150-200
Three: Lieutenant A. V. Warrington, Australian Imperial Forces 1914-15 Star (2333 Cpl., 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., A.I.F.) last with correction to name and unit, good very fine (3) £280-320
Hammer Price: £380
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (R. Henson, A.B., H.M.S. Achilles), edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £220-260
Hammer Price: £360
Four: Acting Sergeant J. Fewell, Royal Canadian Regiment, killed in action, 23 August 1917 1914-15 Star (477300 Pte., R. Can. R.); British War and Victory Medals (477300 A. Sjt., R.C.R.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (477300 A-Sgt. J. Fewell) good very fine and better (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £350
British War Medal 1914-20 (3), bronze issue (13251 Muleteer Macedonian Mule C.; 19983 Pte. S. Randiranta, S.A.N.L.C.; No. 49101 Chinese L.C.) very fine and better (3) £120-160
Four: Lance-Corporal C. B. Hansen, 1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps) Battalion Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, who died on 23 August 1945 1939-45 Star; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, these privately engraved (12835 L. Cpl C B Hansen 1 Bn S.S.V.F. S.V.C.); Denmark, Participation Medal 1940-45, silver, unnamed, in card box of issue; Christian X 75th Birthday Badge 1870-1945, silver and enamel, about extremely fine (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Wireman 2nd Class J. S. Orchard, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Queen Mary at the battle of Jutland in May 1916 1914-15 Star (M.13340 J. S. Orchard, Wmn. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.13340 J. S. Orchard, Wmn. 2, R.N.) extremely fine (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
Five: Captain N. R. L. McGregor, Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Malaya, reverse inscribed, ‘Captain Noel R. L. McGregor, F.M.S.V.F.’, very fine and better (5) £80-100
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Looshai, Bhootan (Sepoy Run Sing Cusrut (?), 44th Regt. N.I.) slight edge bruising, very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £320
A Royal Red Cross pair awarded to Miss Mary Matheson Crichton, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, late Civil Hospital Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon; 1914 Star, with clasp (Miss M. Crichton, Civ. Hosp. Res.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-240
China 1842 (John Legg, Petty-Officer, Samarang) pierced with swivel ring straight bar suspension, renamed, edge bruising, very fine; China 1857-60, no clasp (C. Teppet, Mch 20 1862) engraved naming, suspension refitted, contact marks, edge bruising, good fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £300
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (W. Kimmitt, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) contact marks, nearly very fine £200-240
General Service 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, S. Persia (2441 Tptr. Budh Singh, 10-Lancers); 1 clasp, Iraq (Rsldr. Khaliq Dad Khan); 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Rsldr. Arjan Singh) contact marks, fine and better (3) £90-110
Three: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class W. C. Duncan, Royal Navy, killed whilst serving on the submarine C.33, 5 August 1915 1914-15 Star (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); Memorial Plaque (William Charles Duncan) extremely fine (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £290
Pair: Able Seaman W. G. Stokes, Royal New Zealand Navy Korea 1950-53 (W. G. Stokes, A.B. N.Z.116890) possibly later small impressed naming; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (W. G. Stokes, A.B. N.Z.116890) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £140-180
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (2286 Rflmn. Laley Gharti, 1/8th Gurkha Rifles) nearly extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
Six: Private C. C. Clerke, New Zealand Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (357 Pte. C. C. Clerke) Five: Corporal M. H. Cotterell, New Zealand Infantry 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (68322 Cpl. M. H. Cotterell) this last in case of issue Five: Lance-Corporal R. A. Kent, New Zealand...
Hammer Price: £270
India General Service 1936-39 (5), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (A1053 Sigmn. Uttam Singh, I.S.C.; Swpr. Jumman, I.A.F.); 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Dhobi Fulchand, 1-4 G.R.; 858 Tailor Nadar Khan, Tochi Scouts; F-963 Saddler Mohd. Yusaf, 1 R. Mtn. Bty.) nearly very fine and better (5) £120-160
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