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A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain H. T. Onyett, British South Africa Police Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Sjt., B.S.A. Police); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,100
An impressive Second World War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain The Rev. Mark Green, Chaplain to the Forces, attached 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, late 24th Lancers - who, on his own initiative utilised a ‘Honey’ light tank to rescue casualties from a tank battle - latterly Chaplain to the Far East Land Forces and Suffragan Bishop of Aston Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Second World War M.C. group of five attributed to Major E. N. Cook, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and additionally engraved, ‘Maj. E. N. Cook Arnhem’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; together with cap badge, very fine (6) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,600
An outstanding Korean War M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel C. W. Bowen, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was decorated for his gallantry whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1951: he was still serving as the Battalion’s M.O. at the battle of Imjin later that year and last saw active service in Northern Ireland in the 1970s Military Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, the reverse officially dated ‘1951’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; The Order o...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A Great War pilot’s D.F.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. E. Palk, Royal Air Force, late South Wales Borderers and Royal Flying Corps, who was decorated for a 10 day spate of successful bombing and strafing sorties in Camels of No. 46 Squadron in October-November 1918: ‘All the attacks were carried out under very heavy machine-gun fire from the ground and at tree-top level, and Lieutenant Palk’s machine has been hit on almost every occasion … A few days ago his rudder, and today one w...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A good Second World War D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant T. Wilkie, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Scots Guards, who completed a tour of operations as Air Bomber in Lancasters of No. 619 Squadron in the period to July 1943 to February 1944, including the Hamburg ‘firestorm’ raids and eight trips to the “Big City” Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Flight Lieutenant J. W. Erricker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Bomb Aimer in Halifaxes of No. 78 Squadron in the summer of 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, together with a set of related min...
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Serjeant J. Ross, 41st Regiment and West Yorkshire Militia Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Colr-Serjt. J. Ross. 41st Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (St. Mr. J. Ross, 41st Regt.) contemporary engraved naming, lacking lugs from top clasp, one recently removed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1858 Serjt. J. Ross, 5th West York Militia); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, naming erased, plugged and fitte...
The excessively rare First Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant P. Sharkey, 94th Regiment (Connaught Rangers), a veteran of the Zulu War who was decorated for his gallant work during the siege of Standerton in December 1880 to March 1881: some twenty years later - during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 - he re-enlisted as a Scout in the Scottish Horse, thereby earning a possibly unique combination of awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (L./Sergt. P. Sharkey, 2/Conn. Rang.)...
Hammer Price: £19,000
A fine Omdurman D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Master Cook J. M. Brooke, Grenadier Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. ((S:Mr. Cook) J. M. Brooke, Gren. Gds. (2nd Septr. 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3810 Sgt. M. Cook J. M. Brook, 1/Gren. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (T-2-SR-03553 S.S. Mjr. J. M. Brooke. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (3810 Sjt. J. M. Brooke. (D.C.M.) G. Gds.); The Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver (..10 Sgt. M. Cook,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Boer War Magersfontein D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Hamilton, Seaforth Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (6272 Pte. J. Hamilton, 2/Seaforth Hdrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen (6272 Pte. J. Hamilton, 2 Sea. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6272 Pte. J. Hamilton, Seaforth Highrs.), edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus go...
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Captain F. W. Stringer, Hampshire Regiment, formerly a ‘specially selected scout’ with the South African Light Horse and Field Intelligence Department, who was decorated for gallantry when he single-handedly captured a Boer on 5 February 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Tpr: F. Stringer. S.A. Lt. Horse); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belf...
An interesting Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Private G. G. West, Cape Town Highlanders, who, having absconded from Dartmouth Naval College, made his way to South Africa and enlisted under the alias ‘John Moore’: he was subsequently killed in action at Jacobsdal on 25 October 1900, having been - by popular family account - recommended for the V.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1005 Pte G. G. West, Cape Town Highrs), initials and surname corrected from his alias ‘J. Moore’; Queen's S...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant T. W. Vine, City of London Imperial Volunteers, formerly 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery and later South African Constabulary Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (706 Sgt. T. W. Vine, C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (942 T. Sjt.-Maj. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.) mounted as worn, good...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A rare Boer War mounted infantry operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant I. Barton, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2908 Serjt. J. Barton, 2nd Manch. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2908 Sejt. J. Barton, Manch. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2908 Serjt. I. Barton, Manch. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2908 C. Sjt. I. Barton, Manch. Regt.), note varying...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 J. Stedman, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (44540 B.Q.M. Sjt., 2/D.A.C. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (44540 Sjt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with loose M.I.D. oak leaf (44540 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1029461 W.O. Cl. 1, R.A.); with cap badge, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £800-900
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War ‘St Eloi’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Serjeant G. W. Lillyman, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (60397 Sjt: G. W. Lillyman. A.28/Bde: R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (60397 Gnr: G. W. Lillyman. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (60397 Sjt. G. W. L.llyman. R.A.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Jubilee 1935 (G. Lillyman, Nottm. City Police) privately engraved; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1951 (George W....
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal E. B. Matthews, 101st Field Company Royal Engineers, killed in action, Flanders, 11 June 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48215 Cpl., 101/F. Co. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (48215 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (48215 A.W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.) good very fine (4) £1000-1200
An outstanding Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private J. S. Draycott, 1st Battalion, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, who was awarded a D.C.M. and the Russian Cross of St. George for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, when his comrade, Private Jacob Rivers, won a posthumous Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11588 Pte. J. S. Draycott, 1/Notts. & Derby. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (11588 Pte. J. S. Draycott, 1/Notts. & Derby. R.); British War...
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. H. Manchester, 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240698 Cpl., 1/5 Linc. R.); 1914-15 Star (3054 Pte., Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3054 Cpl., Linc. R.) good very fine and better (4) £1000-1200
A North-West Frontier 1919 D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private P. Wick, 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9376 Pte., 2/N. Staff. R.), suspension refitted, signs of brooch mounting to reverse; 1914-15 Star (9376 Pte., N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9376 Pte., N. Staff. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9376 Pte., N. Staff. R.) suspension refitted, signs of brooch mounting to reverse, edge b...
An outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer E. L. Langford, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who received an immediate award for his gallantry in the fighting at Lingen on 5 April 1945, where, on several occasions, he used his flame-throwing Wasp to good effect - ‘Although fire was directed at and into his carrier, with complete disregard for his own safety Sergeant Langford moved it close to the enemy position which he fl...
Hammer Price: £4,400
An outstanding Second World War D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant A. Cole-Evans, 1st Royal Dragoons (R.A.C.), late 4/7th Dragoon Guards, onetime attached 51 (Middle East) Commando, who was decorated for his gallantry in France in the summer of 1944: on 1 September, ‘though greatly outnumbered, he fought his way to the bridge over the Somme in an attempt to prevent it being blown. He was badly wounded in the leg but continued to direct his section for some time and was responsible for...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine Second World War Liverpool Blitz G.M. pair awarded to Fireman T. Flood, Auxiliary Fire Service, who, on the night of 3-4 May 1941, rescued two buried children after tunnelling under tons of rubble and debris for nine hours: on emerging from his ordeal with bleeding hands and his clothing ripped to shreds, he was greeted by a large cheering crowd George Medal, G.VI.R. (Thomas Flood); Defence Medal 1939-45, privately inscribed, ‘Fireman Thomas Flood, G.M.’, good very fine or better (2...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Gerald Sidney Wilson, C.S.I., Inspector-General of Police, Bombay Presidency, who once arrested Mahatma Gandhi King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Gerald Sidney Wilson, Dep. Commr. Port of Bombay Pol.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, together with two ribbon bars, one with C.S.I. ribbon, extremely fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A K.P.M. awarded to Chief Officer William Nicholls, Municipal Fire Brigade, Bombay Police, who had earlier served in the London Municipal Fire Brigade and been awarded the L.C.C. silver medal for Bravery King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (William Nicholls, Ch. Officer M.F.B. Bombay Police) extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer J. Bryant, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (270323 J. Bryant, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.T.B.22, Patrol Services 1915-6); 1914-15 Star (270323 C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (270323 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (270232 John Bryant C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Victory) good very fine and better (5) £600-800
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War minesweeping operations D.S.M. awarded to Deck Hand H. Terry, Royal Naval Reserve, for services in the Banffshire steam herring drifter Betsy Slater in 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (DA. 12941 H. Terry, Dk. Hd., R.N.R. “Betsy Slater”, Minesweeping, 1918), very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
An outstanding Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Petty Officer W. M. Hatherly, Royal Navy: having gained his first award for gallant services in the United in the “Fighting Tenth”, including the destruction of the Italian submarine Remo in the Gulf of Taranto in July 1943, he won a Bar for Tapir’s ‘snap attack’ on the U-486 off Bergen on 12 April 1945, on which occasion he brought the submarine torpedo tubes to readiness in just three minutes His C.O. t...
A fine Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Telegraphist H. S. “Bob” Roberts, Royal Navy, who witnessed much action in the Tuna in the period 1941-43, including the above described ‘sub.-on.sub.’ encounter with the U-644 in the Arctic in April 1943: it was for his fine work on this occasion - seated with his headphones on two cushions atop a depth charge in the control room - that he was decorated Regular war patrols aside, Tuna carried out her fair share o...
A good Second World War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Temporary Acting Gunner J. Jakeman, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who is believed to have been decorated for mine disposal operations while borne on the books of the Hartlepool base H.M.S. Paragon in 1940: he subsequently added a “mention” to his accolades for his part in the destruction of the U-110 in May 1941 - the most important U-Boat action of the war owing to the capture of U-110’s enigma machine and codes Distinguished Se...
An outstanding Second World War Coastal Forces Coxswain’s D.S.M. group of six awarded to Temporary Acting Boatswain H. Unsworth, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for M.T.B. 15’s daring foray into Ostend’s anchorage in September 1940 and decorated for M.T.B. 31’s costly fire fight with E/R Boats off Boulogne in March 1942, on which occasion he was severely wounded He subsequently took over the onerous duties of Coxswain to “Walker R.N.” in H.M.S. Starling, and added a second “men...
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant S. Tickler, 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (9273 Sjt., 2/The Queen’s R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-9273 L. Cpl., 2/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9273 Sjt., The Queen’s R.) with small M.I.D. oak leaf on B.W.M. ribbon, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £440-550
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal R. Hockheimer, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (4567 Pte. R. Hockheimer, 21/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4567 Pte. R. Hockheimer, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4567 Pte. R. Hochheimer, R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7246052 Cpl. R. Hochhe imer, M.M., R.A.M.C.), note differences in surname spelling, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus fair to fine (5) £280-320
Hammer Price: £480
Family group: A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Jackson, 9th, late 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-13140 Pte-L. Cpl., 9/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (13140 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-13140 Cpl., R. Fus.) Three: Private O. Jackson, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (GS-13087 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-13087 Pte., R. Fus.) good very fine (7) £440-550
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War Passchendaele operations M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal H. R. Haxby, 8th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, a veteran of the Gallipoli operations who was wounded on three separate occasions Military Medal, G.V.R. (2371 Cpl. H. R. Haxby, 8/Aust. Inf.); 1914-15 Star (2371 Pte. H. R. Haxby, 8/Bn. A.I.F.): British War Medal 1914-20 (2371 Cpl. H. R. Haxby, 8 Bn. A.I.F.), very fine and better (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War M.M. Bourlon Wood 1918 operations group of four awarded to Private A. Mercier, 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Royal Montreal Regiment), who was twice wounded in action Military Medal, G.V.R. (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14/Quebec R.); 1914-15 Star (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14-Can. Inf.), very fine (4) £600-800
An unusual Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private S. J. Skuse, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who, having had a death sentence for cowardice commuted to 10 years penal servitude in November 1916, won his freedom for bravery in the Field on 12 May 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse. 2/Wilts. R.);1914-15 Star (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse, Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse, Wilts. R.), the first with edge bruising at 6 o’clock, contact...
A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. F. Smith, Machine Gun Corps, late 1/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, who was awarded the M.M. for bravery on 1 July 1916 at Gommecourt Military Medal, G.V.R. (1067 Pte. J. F. Smith. 1/5 N. & D.R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1067 Pte. J. F. Smith, Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1067 Sjt. J. F. Smith. Notts. & Derby. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1067 Pte. J....
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant F. E. W. Smith, 102nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (2nd Central Ontario Regiment) Military Medal, G.V.R. (703218 Sjt. F. E. W. Smith, 102/Can. Inf.); British War Medal 1914-20 (703218 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. E. W. Smith, 102-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased, polished overall, thus good fine (3) £280-320
Hammer Price: £320
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