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A Second World War Burma operations O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps 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, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, M...
Hammer Price: £850
A Second World War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Chief Engineer G. J. MacLennan, Merchant Navy, late Royal Navy and 14th Battalion London Regiment - awarded for saving life when the S.S. Strathallan was torpedoed, 21 December 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (4573 Pte., 14-Lond. R.) British War Medal 1914-20 (Eng. Lt., R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George J. MacLennan); Victory M...
Hammer Price: £550
A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Commander R. H. Mack, Royal Navy, who, having come ashore after the Great War, found employment as captain of the Duke of Westminster’s private yacht Cutty Sark, an ex-R.N. destroyer fitted out to “Bend Or’s” highest standards, including some notable ‘Queen Anne’ decorations - with ‘her attractive, racy lines and distinctive appearance’ she was well-known in yachting circles between the wars: with the renewal of hostilities, Cutty Sark was t...
Hammer Price: £480
The Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain C. M. Edward, Merchant Navy, Master of the M.V. Luxor The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Charles M. Edward); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £300-360
Hammer Price: £260
An O.B.E. group of three awarded to Commander K. L. Barrow, Royal Navy, who was Secretary of Combined Operations Headquarters under Lord Louis Mountbatten before joining the Bletchley Park organisation, and post-war was rewarded for service at G.C.H.Q. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type, silver-gilt; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Payr. Lt. Commr. K. L. Barrow, R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed, good very fine and b...
A military O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Acting Colonel J. G. McCrie, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated, ‘1947’; Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Dr. John Gibb McCrie) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £300-360
A post-war military O.B.E. group of five awarded to Chief Engineer H. M. Pearson, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star, clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with two North East Coast Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders Medals, 43mm., 9ct. gold, 33.15g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1966, reverse in...
£400–£500
A fine post-war O.B.E. group of eight Lieutenant-Colonel G. McK. MacDonald, O.B.E., Indian Army, who was wounded during 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion’s airborne drop on Elephant point near Rangoon in May 1945, but afterwards participated in another airborne operation to recover Allied P.O.Ws: subsequently engaged in the Malaya and Borneo operations, he added a “mention” to his accolades for a gallant action near Batu Anam in July 1951 - an action in which a dozen terrorists were killed and a...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An important Malaya operations O.B.E., Korean War Silver Star group of ten awarded to Colonel J. B. Gillies, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: in the 1st Battalion’s courageous assault on “Hill 282” in Korea on 23 September 1950, he fought alongside Major K. Muir, and was one of three men to submit statements in support of the latter being awarded a posthumous V.C. - it was Gillies who recorded the Major’s last words before he was carried mortally wounded from the summit: “No Gooks are going...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A post-war military O.B.E. group of six awarded to Colonel J. N. Vallance, Sherwood Foresters, late Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, silver-gilt; Defence and War Medals, both inscribed (James N. Vallance 87237); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, dated ‘1950’, with second award bar; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Col. J. N. Vallance, OBE. TD. DL. ACF.) mounted court...
Hammer Price: £320
An unusual Great War military M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain W. T. Pyke, Hampshire Regiment, late 11th Hussars The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2072 L/Corp. 11th Husrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small reverse letters (262 S.Q.M. Sjt., A.P.C.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, contact marks, some edge bruising, good...
Hammer Price: £650
A scarce ‘Arab Legion’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain W. M. Holman, Royal Artillery, who, having been wounded and taken P.O.W. in Crete in May 1941, managed three days on the run in Munich before succumbing to exhaustion and starvation: a successful secondment to the Arab Legion having followed in 1948-50, he was posthumously mentioned in despatches for his gallantry and self-sacrifice in Korea on 3 January 1951 - just two days after his M.B.E. was gazetted The Most Excellent Ord...
An unattributed military M.B.E. group of seven to a Sudanese serviceman The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, no clasp, silver; Sudan Defence Force, General Service Medal 1933; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, however the obverse of the Defence Medal appears to be inscribed in Arabic script, mounted for display, very fine (7) £400-500
Family group: A civil M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant F. McGowan, Machine Gun Corps, late West Riding Regiment - latterly Archdeacon of Sarum The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence Medal, unnamed; with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals and with Silver War Badge (366001) British War Medal 1914-20 (J. L. T. Shawcross) Pair: C...
Hammer Price: £240
A civil M.B.E. group of four awarded to Chief Petty Officer Instructor W. J. Chivers, Sea Cadet Corps, late Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (LX780158 Stwd RN); Jubilee 2002, unnamed; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second, Third and Fourth Award Bars (C.P.O. Instr., S.C.C.)) mounted for wear, some contact marks, very fine and better (4)...
Hammer Price: £420
A rare Korean War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Commander B. C. Moth, Royal Navy, who was among H.M.S. Cossack’s survivors on the occasion of her torpedoing in the Mediterranean in April 1941: subsequently mentioned in despatches for his services as Assistant Gunnery Officer in the Duke of York in the Far East, he was recommended for his M.B.E. in respect of his services in the evacuation of the island of Yangdo in September 1953 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Mi...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A rare Mau Mau operations M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. S. Watson, Royal Armoured Corps (R.A.C.), a District Military Intelligence Officer who was decorated for his leadership in successful operations undertaken in the Thomsons Falls and South Nyeri Reserve Districts in 1955: as a consequence over 100 terrorists were killed, 39 wounded and 24 captured The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire M.B.E. (Military Division), Member’s type 2 breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Defence...
Hammer Price: £2,200
An outstanding ‘spy catcher’s’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major A. W. Sansom, Intelligence Corps, a long served Head of British Field Security in Cairo and the author of I Spied Spies - an extraordinary story embracing all manner of cut-throats and the occasional belly dancer, one of the latter - ‘no Mata Hari’ - being blessed with ‘sensational green eyes’ Among other achievements, he was responsible for the capture of Nazi agent Hans Eppler, who had been sent to Cairo by Rommel to inf...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major A. D. C. Eales, Hadhrami Bedouin Legion, late 4/9th Jat Regiment and Middlesex Regiment, who was shot and killed by one of his own men whilst serving in South Arabia in June 1965 The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire M.B.E. (Civil Division) Member’s type 2 breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 4 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Cyprus, Near East, Arabian Peninsula (Major A.D.C. E...
Hammer Price: £3,800
An M.B.E. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer R. Blake, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Award Bars (764570 Sjt., R.A.) mounted court style for display, extremely fine (6) £240-280
Hammer Price: £440
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Mrs Joan Mawby, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’; Southern Rhodesia Medal for War Service, unnamed; Coronation 1953, unnamed, on bow ribbon; St. John Service Medal (6906 J. Mawby, C. Africa S.J.A.B. 1952) silvered bronze; Rhodesia, General Service Medal (202898Q W/F/R/ J. J. Mawby); together with a St. John Ambulance Re-examination Cr...
Hammer Price: £400
The R.R.C. group of nine awarded to Eleanor Frances Weston, Viscountess Esher, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on bow ribbon; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Dame of Justice badge, 41 x 41mm., gold and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Viscountess Esher); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; France, Gratitude Medal, silver, rosette on ribbon, mounted as worn; together with...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron M. B. Williams, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon; 1914 Star, with clasp (Sister, Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (A. Matron); Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Cape Badge, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1917, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (5) £1200-1600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Russell family medals: A Second World War R.R.C., Great War A.R.R.C. group of eight attributed to Sister Amy Russell, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.) silver-gilt, gold and enamel, reverse dated ‘1943’, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.) silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War...
A post-war M.B.E., Second World War R.R.C. group of nine awarded to Superintendent Violet Mildred Rees, Nursing Services East Bengal, late Indian Military Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (N-Sister V. M. Rees); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence an...
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War A.R.R.C. and Second World War R.R.C. pair attributed to Matron M. M. Roberts, South African Nursing Service The Royal Red Cross (R.R.C.), breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, G.VI.R., officially dated ‘1942’, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; (A.R.R.C.), breast badge, G.V.R., silver and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue, good very fine or better (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £380
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Matron E. C. R. Philip, Northern Infirmary, Inverness, late Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on ribbon bow; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. C. R. Philip); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. C. R. Philip) the last with test mark to edge, otherwise good very fine (3) £650-750
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Alice Robson, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1914 Star (A. Sister, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister) these three mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-460
A Great War A.R.R.C. awarded to Nursing Sister D. C. Wells, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Sister, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister) good very fine (4) £300-360
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Assistant Nurse Winifred Adela Beausire, Women’s Voluntary Aid Detachment Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R. silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; 1914-15 Star (W. A. Beausire, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (W. A. Beausire, V.A.D.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, 2 clasps (Winifred A. Beausire) these four mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine and better (5) £500-600
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Ida Mary Tuxford, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; 1914-15 Star (Sister I. M. Tuxford, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister I. M. Tuxford) some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £360-400
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Sister C. L. MacNaughton, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.) G.V.R., silver and enamel, with bow ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (Sister) minor edge bruise, good very fine (3) £200-300
A Great War Salonika operations A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Nurse H. M. Gerrard, Voluntary Aid Detachment The Royal Red Cross (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., breast badge, silver and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (H. M. Gerrard, V.A.D.), minor contact wear, good very fine or better (3) £240-280
An outstanding Second World War battle of Cape Matapan D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant (T.) F. Miller, Royal Navy, who saw much action in the destroyer H.M.S. Nubian, up until May 1941, when she was severely damaged by enemy aircraft in the withdrawal from Crete: Nubian won 13 Battle Honours in the period April 1940 to May 1941, a record only exceeded by one other ship Distinguished Service Cross G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1942, the reverse officially dated ‘1942’; British Wa...
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Colonel M. A. H. Scott, Royal Engineers, onetime C.O. of 84th Field Company Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross privately engraved, ‘M. A. H. Scott, Royal Engineers, 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. M. A. H. Scott, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major M. A. H. Scott); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. M. A. H. Scott, R.E.), officially re-impressed...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A very rare Great War M.C. and ‘Faversham Explosion’ Edward Medal group of twelve awarded to Honorary Brigadier J. M. Stebbings, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner at Tobruk in 1942 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, bronze (Lieut. John Morley Stebbings.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J. M. Stebbings.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf...
Hammer Price: £6,100
A Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Major N. R. L. Chance, Royal Field Artillery, late Notts and Derby Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. N. R. L. Chance. Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Major N. R. L. Chance.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
An early Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. C. Simpson, General List, killed when the S.S. Transylvania was sunk in the Mediterranean on 4 May 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star (Lieut., R.T.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) contained in a fitted case by John Dyson & Sons, Leeds, extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain F. A. Gerber, South African Horse, late Somaliland Burgher Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902, naming erased; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (73 Tpr., Som. Bur. C.); 1914-15 Star (Lt., Brands F.S. Rfls.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) mounted for display, fine and better (6) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare North-West Frontier 1919 M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant E. V. Horseman, Worcestershire Regiment, attached North Staffordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (170 Pte., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut., N. Staff. R.) mounted court style for display, good very fine (5) £ 2400-2800
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