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A 1921 Mesopotamia ‘Central Kurdistan’ C.I.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. M. Carroll, Indian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, for services in Kurdistan, 1919, and Mesopotamia, 1920 The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E. Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial retaining rod between state and date clasp (Lieut. G. M. Ca...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A rare and impressive Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O., ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. Combe, 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, who was twice wounded, four times Mentioned in Despatches, and was the only British officer of his Regiment to serve from the original landing in France in September 1914 through to the return to India in 1920 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as i...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A fascinating M.V.O., O.B.E., group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. G. S. Batty, Indian Army, who served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor-General Sir Harcourt Butler at Lucknow and Rangoon, and subsequently became a prominent Hollywood and Theatre actor, his most notable role being in Alexander Korda’s ‘The Four Feathers’ The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘1089’; The Most Excellent Order of the Brit...
Hammer Price: £1,000
An inter-War 1936-37 ‘Waziristan’ O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier E. H. T. Gayer, C.B.E., Royal Engineers and Indian Sappers and Miners, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. E. H. T. Gayer R.E.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39, with...
Hammer Price: £900
A good Second War ‘Sind 1942-43’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Brigadier G. L. Tomkins, 10th Baluchis, late 128th Pioneers, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was wounded in Waziristan in 1937 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. L. Tomkins) minor official correction to VM; Ge...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A post-War 1952 O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel R. M. Newton-King, Indian Army, whose long career saw him serve during the Great War in Mesopotamia and as one of the last British officers serving in India after Independence - his O.B.E. was one of the very last Imperial awards given to a member of the Indian Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. M. Newton King.);...
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War 1918 ‘Mesopotamia’ M.B.E., Second War Indian Police Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Colonel M. G. O’Leary, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (M. G. O’Leary M.B.E., L.A. Commandant, Eastern Frontier Rifles. Bengal.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. M. G. O.Le...
Hammer Price: £600
A 1914 Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major E. K. Fowler, 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, who was wounded and decorated for gallantry at Wytschaete on 31 October 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Lt. E. K. Fowler 57th Wildes Rifles F.F. 30th July 1915, Wytschaete October 1914.’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt. E. K. Fowler, 57/Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E...
Hammer Price: £9,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Francis, 11th Sikhs, late 47th Sikhs and East Lancashire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches and twice wounded in Mesopotamia during the Great War, later becoming Commandant of the 4/11th Sikhs Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. R. F. Francis, 47/Sikhs); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major. R. F. Francis.); India General Service 1908...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War, 1915 ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. Loring, 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners, who was wounded three times in Mesopotamia, the final time being shot through both lungs at Ctesiphon in 1915 and left for dead, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Lieut. E. J. Loring. R.E. No 1 Co. 1st S. & M.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. J. Loring. R....
Hammer Price: £2,800
A rare and important posthumous I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Lafar Khan, 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis, who at Hollobeke on 31 October 1914, serving as part of a maxim gun crew, continued in action at close range until overrun by a German bayonet attack and every man was either shot or bayoneted at his post, the only survivor being awarded the first Victoria Cross to be conferred on an Indian soldier Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (No. 3600 Sepoy Lafar Khan. 12...
Hammer Price: £4,000
An inter-War 1929 ‘Cachar Floods’ K.P.M. group of eleven awarded to Superintendent of Police Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. Lightfoot, Middlesex Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, 94th (Russell’s) Infantry, and Indian Police, who played an important role as an inter-war Political Officer on the Tibet Frontier, and later served as a member of ‘V Force’ in Kohima during the Second World War 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. S. Lightfoot, 101/Grendrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. S. Lightfoot.); Victory Me...
Hammer Price: £850
A Second War 1940 K.P.M. group of five awarded to Khan Bahadur Nawab Ali Khan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, North West Frontier Province King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R.,1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Khan Bahudur Haji Nawab Ali Khan, Dy. Supdt. of Police. N.W.F.P.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Dy. Supdt. S. Nawab. Ali Khan. Police Dept.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Indian Title Badge, G.V.R., 3rd Cla...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. Windsor Parker, 10th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, good very fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pair: Major J. J. Muir, 1st, late 49th, Madras Native Infantry, who died while serving with the Madras Staff Corps at Bangalore in 1871 Indian General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Ensn. J. J. Muir. 49th. Regt. M.N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lt. J. J. Muir, 1st. Madras N. I.) contact marks, very fine (2) £700-£900
£700–£900
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. C. Grant, 45th N.I. Attd. 2nd E. Benl. Fusrs.) clasp slightly bent, the medal polished, otherwise better than very fine £700-£900
Hammer Price: £700
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colonel J. Morland, 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, a veteran of the Pegu operations of 1852 who served throughout the Mutinies, being Mentioned in Despatches three times, by General Havelock, Colonel Macintyre, and Major Hume Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. John Morland, 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £800-£1,200
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Gunr. Jas. Calderwood, 1st. Bde. Bengl. H. Art.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £360-£440
Hammer Price: £650
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Michl. Cohey. 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) good very fine £360-£440
Hammer Price: £550
Seven: Corporal J. W. Hawkings, North West Railway Volunteer Rifles, Indian Army, late North Staffordshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4509 Pte J. W. Hawkings 1/N. Staff: R.); 1914-15 Star (No. 2 Corpl. J. W. Hawkings, 2/Bn. N. W. Ry. Vol. Rfls.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Cpl. I. W. Hawkings, 2 Bn. N. W. Ry. M. G. Coy.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Cpl. I. W. Hawkings. 2 Bn. N. W. Ry. Vol. Rfls.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (J. W. Hawkings, Rlys.);...
Hammer Price: £800
A scarce double-issue I.G.S. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Philips, Indian Army, late Middlesex Regiment, a Boer War veteran who saw lengthy service in the East African Campaign during the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lieut. J. C. Philips. Middx. Rgt.); India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Ltt. J. C. Philips 28th. Panjabis.) minor official correction to unit; 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. C. Philips, 28/...
Six: Sergeant E. A. Cation, North West Railway Rifle Volunteers, Indian Army, late Royal Munster Fusiliers, East Surrey Regiment, and Agra Volunteer Rifles, who was the Best Shot of Volunteers in India, 1912-13 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6222 Corpl. E. Cation. Rl: Muns: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (No. 1 Sgt. E. A. Cation, N. W. Ry. Machine Gun Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (1 Sgt. E. A. Cation. M. G. Section.), BWM partially officiall...
Eight: Warrant Officer Class I G. H. Cornish, Royal Engineers, attached 1st (King George’s Own) Bengal Sappers and Miners, Indian Army Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein (23804. Sapr. G. H. Cornish. R.E.) suspension broken and repaired; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (23804 Sergt. G. H. Cornish. R.E. No.1 Co. 1st S.&M.); 1914-15 Star (1674 C.S.Mjr. G. H. Cornish. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals,...
Hammer Price: £950
An exceptionally rare Maharajah of Nawanagar’s Order of Merit, First Class in Gold group of ten awarded to Major C. H. E. Wilson, Royal Field Artillery, who served as Commandant of the Maharajah’s State Forces Natal 1906, 1 clasp 1906 (3008 Trooper Wilson N.M.R.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. H. E. Wilson R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. H. E. Wilson); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Major C. H. E. Wilson, R.F.A.)...
Hammer Price: £4,400
Six: Lieutenant A. W. Filling, 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers, later Indian Unattached List, who charged with B Squadron at Shabkadr on 5 September 1915, an action that saw the Regiment’s Colonel killed and Private Hull’s gallantry rewarded with the Victoria Cross, and later died while serving with the Royal Pioneer Corps in 1944 1914-15 Star (L-2396. Cpl. A. Filling, 21st. Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-2396 Cpl. A. Filling. 21-Lrs.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S...
Hammer Price: £400
Eleven: Acting Major H. A. Desborough, Indian Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army, late Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (No. 10112 S. Srgt. H. A. Desberough [sic], S. & T. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (10311 S-Condr. H. A. Desborough, S. & T.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp North West Frontier 1930-31 (Condr. H. A. Desborough. I.A.S.C.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 19...
Six: Major H. G. Morrell, Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the operations in Mesopotamia in 1914-15, taken prisoner after the siege of Kut in April 1916, and was again Mentioned in Despatches for the Iraq Campaign 1919-20 1914-15 Star (Captain H. G. Morrell, 119 Infy.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. G. Morrell); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Major H. G. Morrell.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Maj....
Three: Gunner O. T. Stephenson, Volunteer Artillery Battery 1914-15 Star (No. 21 Gnr. O. T. Stephenson. Vol. Arty. Bty.); British War and Victory Medals (21 Gnr. O. Stephenson. Vol. Arty. Bty.) number corrected on both BWM and VM, very fine and rare to unit (3) £100-£140
Three: Gunner W. Cowie, Calcutta Artillery Volunteers 1914-15 Star (No. 85 Gnr. W. Cowie. 8/Cal. Fd. Bty.); British War Medal 1914-20 (85 Gnr. W. Cowie. Cal. Vol. Bty.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (85 Gnr. W. Cowie. 8 Cal. Field Bty.); together with a German East Africa silver coin converted into an identity disc, with the reverse erased and impressed ‘85 C.V.B. Gunr. W. Cowie. Pres’; and a hallmarked silver watch-fob, with the initials ‘W.C.’ on one side, and ‘O.G.’ on the other, good very fin...
Hammer Price: £360
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel O. H. Eliot, Kashmir Rifles, who served in East Africa with the Punjab Volunteer Maxim Gun Company and was three times Mentioned in Despatches; he later served as District Superintendent of Police, Central Provinces 1914-15 Star (2/Lt. O. H. Eliot, I.A.R.O. Attd. Vol. Max. Gun Co.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. O. H. Eliot.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Voltr. O. H. Eliot. Nagpur Voltr. Rfls.) stain to obverse of...
Eight: Lieutenant R. L. Herbert, 61st Pioneers, late Punjab Volunteer Maxim Gun Company 1914-15 Star (No. 3677 Sergt. R. L. Herbert. Vol. M. G. Coy.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. L. Herbert.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Pte. R. L. Herbert. Cawnpore, A.F.I.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India (Sjt. R. L. Herbert. Cawnpore Rif., A.F.I.) rank officially corrected on last; very fine an...
Hammer Price: £380
Four: Sergeant P. C. David, Punjab Volunteer Maxim Gun Company 1914-15 Star (No.3 Srgt. P. C. David, Vol. Mach. Gun Coy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3 Sgt. P. C. David, Mac. Gun Coy.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3 Sgt P. C. David. 1 Pjb. Vol. M. G. Co.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sergt. P. C. David, 3/Pjb. Rfls. I.D.F.) lacquered, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200
Hammer Price: £320
Five: Corporal R. D. Fordham, Lucknow Volunteer Rifles, who served in East Africa with the Punjab Volunteer Maxim Gun Company 1914-15 Star (No. 30 Cpl. R. D. Fordham. Lkn. Vol. Rfls.); British War Medal 1914-20 (30 Cpl. R. D. Fordham. Vol. M.G.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (30 Cpl. R. D. Fordham. Vol. M. G. Coy.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Trooper R. D. Fordham, 10 N.T. Coy. I.D.F.) good very fine (5) £200-£240
Five: Corporal F. J. Grice, Punjab Volunteer Maxim Gun Company 1914-15 Star (No. 1517 Pte. F. J. Grice, Vol. Maxim Gun Coy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (42 Cpl. F. S. [sic] Grice. Vol. Mach. Gun. Coy.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (42 Cpl. F. S. [sic] Grice. Vol. M. G. Coy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (F. J. Grice Survey Party.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, minor contact marks, good very fine (5) £200-£240
Eight: Chief Engineer E. J. Davies, Mercantile Marine and Royal Indian Marine, who in the course of an eventful career survived being torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarines in both World Wars. He served during the Great War with the Red Sea Patrol on T. E. Lawrence’s Supply Ship, the Hardinge, and in the Second World War his ship, Vera Radcliffe, was scuttled to become part of the D-Day breakwater complex off Juno Beach British War Medal 1914-20 (Eng. Lt. E. J. Davies. R.I.M.); Mercantile...
Hammer Price: £440
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. B. Church, 14th Sikhs, who was wounded in Mesopotamia during the Great War, was twice Mentioned in Despatches during the inter-War period, and commanded the newly raised Sikh Machine Gun Battalion in the Second World War British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. J. B. Church.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. C. J. B. Church, 14 Sikhs.); General Service 1...
Hammer Price: £750
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel T. A. Kemble, Madras Pioneers, late East Lancashire Regiment, who served as Commandant of the Port of Enzeli on the Caspian Sea during the Russian Civil War British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. A. Kemble); General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Capt. T. A. Kemble); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Capt. T. A. Kemble 64 Pnrs.); Persia, Empire, Order of the Lion and Sun, Third Class neck badge, silver and enamel, unmarked, wi...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Eight: Major A. E. Cockeran, Royal Pioneer Corps, Middlesex Regiment and 9th Bhopal Infantry, who was commissioned into the Indian Army during the Great War, wounded and Mentioned in Despatches during the Third Afghan War, and was again Mentioned in Despatches for Second War services in North West Europe British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. A. E. Cockeran.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1041 Cpl. A. E. Cockeran. Midd’x. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F...
A rare ‘Waziristan’ 1924 ‘immediate’ M.S.M. group of ten awarded to Captain A. Greenhalgh, Royal Engineers, attached Madras Sappers and Miners, Indian Army General Service, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (314075 A. Sjt. A. Greenhalgh. R.E.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, Burma 1930-32 (1854281 C.S.M. A. Greenhalgh. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd...
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel G. K. Gowers, 5th Jats, Indian Army, who was wounded in Java in late 1945 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (2-Lt. G. K. Gowers. 1-4 Bombay Grs.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Lt. Col. G. K. Gowers. I.A.) good very fine (6) £240-£280
Hammer Price: £420
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