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A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. C. Foryth, Royal Field Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G. Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R. , silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., R.F.A.); China 1900, no clasp (Lieut., No. 91 Co.,...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Egypt, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo (J. J. Cochrane, Capt. 3rd Ft. Gds.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £2200-2600
Hammer Price: £2,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Job Wickham.) minor marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2400-2600
Hammer Price: £3,000
A rare Second World War M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal L. Majewski, 5th Kresowa Division Field Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry at Monte Cassino in May 1944 and afterwards in the mobile operations along the Adriatic Poland, Army Active Service Medal; Poland, 5th Kresowa Infantry Division Commemorative Medal 1941-1971; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.VI.R. (Cpl. L. Majewski, Polish Army); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with 5th...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Prince, Lieut. R.N.) dark toned, good very fine £2400-2800
£2,400–£2,800
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...
Hammer Price: £1,800
The outstanding Northern Ireland and South Atlantic campaign pair awarded to Private K. P. J. ‘Luke’ Lukowiak, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, a veteran of the bloody battles of Goose Green and Wireless Ridge An accomplished writer, his experiences in the Falklands formed the basis of his critically acclaimed memoir, A Soldier’s Song - True Stories from the Falklands, of which John Le Carré’s review said, ‘Next time you hear a child sing Rule Britannia,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
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
Hammer Price: £2,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Richard Hawes.) extremely fine £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £3,600
Hammer Price: £3,400
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,...
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,...
A rare and emotive Second World War Defence of Hong Kong M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant H. V. Pearse, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (H.K.V.D.F.): a veteran of the Great War who had taken his discharge from the Royal Marines while serving in Tamar in 1923, he was placed in charge of ration parties and made deliveries over a wide area of the Colony - ‘at all times of the day and night and under continued bomb and shell fire’ - many of his lorries being hit in the...
Hammer Price: £3,200
An extremely rare Second World War Malaya operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant D. J. MacLean, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry at the battle of Kampar on 2 January 1942 - one of a series of ferocious ‘British Battalion’ rearguard actions fought by him prior to his admission to hospital with wounds 24 hours later: subsequently taken P.O.W. at the fall of Singapore in the following month, his M.M. - one of just five such awards granted...
An exceptional Second World War Rear Gunner’s immediate D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant R. H. Payne, No. 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who, in the process of abandoning his crippled aircraft one night in in November 1944, saw an enemy fighter moving in for the final kill - ‘although the perspex on both sides of his turret was being smashed and bullets were hitting the door at the back of his turret, Sergeant Payne very gallantly climbed back into his seat and opened fire...
A fine Second World War clandestine operations D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant T. Dickinson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who carried out 44 sorties as a pilot in No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron, on one occasion remaining over a D.Z. in occupied territory for two hours, as a consequence of which his return journey had to be completed in semi-daylight: returning to an operational footing in Mosquitos of the Path Finder Force in early 1944, he raised his tally of...
A rare Great War Mesopotamia operations C.M.G., inter-war C.I.E., C.V.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel W. W. Chitty, Indian Army, a veteran of the Uganda operations of 1898-1900 who was taken P.O.W. on the fall of Kut in April 1916 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.), Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.), Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, in gold and...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas and Henry Davies, lacking wide swivel-ring suspension and fitted with gold K.C.B. oak wreath suspension ring, minor loss to enamel wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross collar chain, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. fitted case of issue, good very fine £2600-3000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Lieutenant Charles Walker, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was severely wounded in General Le Marchant’s famous and decisive cavalry charge at Llerena in April 1812, when the French cavalry was thrown into confusion and swiftly broken Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (C. Walker, Lieut. 5th Dgn. Gds.) extremely fine £2600-3000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain Edward Wolfe, 28th Foot, a descendant of General Wolfe of Quebec, who was severely wounded at Vittoria and again severely wounded at the battle of the Nive Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (E. Wolfe Capt. 28th Foot) engraved correction to last letter of surname, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Three: Private Christopher Lindert, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Christoph Lindert, 1st Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Christoph Lindert, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, naming a little weak in parts; Hanoverian Medal for the K.G.L. 1841, unnamed as issued, mounted for display with last medal taking precedence, contact marks, otherwise...
A fine Crimean Al Valore Militare group of five awarded to Lieutenant James Lamb, 50th Regiment, promoted from Sergeant-Major for gallantry in the field, his commission dating from the battle of Inkermann Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. J. Lamb 50th Q.O. Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel, some chipping to blue enamel; Al Valore Militare, mint mark ‘F.G’, the reverse officially engraved ‘Lieutt. James Lamb...
A rare Sudan group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Persse, 2nd Dragoon Guards, attached Egyptian Army, who saw extensive service in the Sudan, was wounded and four times mentioned in despatches Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. W. H. Persse. 2/D. Gds.) regiment officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. W. H. Persse.); Khedive‘s Sudan 1896-1908, 6 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Jerok, unnamed as issued; Order of the Medjidie, 3rd...
£2,600–£3,200
The Second World War and Korean War campaign group of seven awarded to Private R. W. Hughes, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Imjin on 25 April 1951 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (5570070 Pte. R. W. Hughes, Glosters.), rank and initials officially corrected; U.N. Korea, in its named card box of issue, together with Army Council condolence slip in...
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...
Hammer Price: £2,600
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...
Waterloo 1815 (Jasper Church, 2nd Reg. Life Guards) fitted with original steel clip and silver straight bar suspension, contact marks, better than good fine £2800-3200
£2,800–£3,200
An extremely rare Second World War ‘Home Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant G. W. Lancaster, 266 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 62nd Regiment, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for gallantry whilst serving with the Preston Battery during the Hull Blitz on the night of 7/8 May 1941- one of just 17 M.Ms awarded for gallantry in the United Kingdom in the last war Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1443631 Bmbr. G. W. Lancaster, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Second World War and Korean War campaign group of seven awarded to Lance-Corporal J. J. Crisp, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Royal Fusiliers, who, having been taken P.O.W. in Italy in the 1939-45 War, befell a similar fate at the battle of Imjin River, where he also won a mention in despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (6460633 Pte. J. J. Crisp, Glosters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, together...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A rare Scinde War C.B. pair awarded to Colonel W. T. Whitlie, Bombay Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1816, fitted with narrow gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, some enamel loss to wreaths; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. W. T. Whitlie. 2nd Battn. Arty.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, reverse with light pitting, nearly very fine, obverse good very fine...
A rare Second World War and post-war campaign group of seven awarded to Captain T. M. Ogston, Army Air Corps, late Glider Pilot Regiment, who was recommended for the award of an A.F.C. for his ‘incredible feat of navigation and airmanship’ as a helicopter pilot in No. 653 Squadron, whilst evacuating wounded in South Arabia in 1965 - in the event he was awarded a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air, in addition to being appointed a Member of the Order of South...
Hammer Price: £2,500
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...
Hammer Price: £4,600
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...
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign J. Bowlby, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver swivel-ring bar suspension, light surface marks, otherwise very fine £3000-3600
A Light Brigade group of three awarded to Sergeant John Thornton, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded at Kattara in May 1858 and died in India in June 1861 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Thornton. 8th Hussars.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Sergt. John Thornton, 8th Hussars.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Serjt. John Thornton 8th Hussars) depot impressed naming, fitted with replacement swivel...
The Baltic and Crimean War C.B. group awarded to Admiral Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge in gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, with wide swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, one replacement Lion embellishment; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Spain, Order of St Ferdinand, 3rd class breast...
An outstanding C.B.E., R.R.C. & Bar group of seven awarded to Matron-in-Chief Beatrice Isabel Jones, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service - a recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, who died in tragic circumstances in Mesopotamia, 14 January 1921 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’ in Garrard, London case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 1st...
The Yangtze campaign medal issued posthumously to Stoker Mechanic V. D. Maskell, Royal Navy, one of the 20 officers and men killed aboard H.M.S. Amethyst during the incident Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C.KX 118897 V. D. Maskell. Sto. Mech. R.N.) extremely fine £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £6,500
An outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major H. J. Walker, Royal Norfolk Regiment, attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: having gained an early “mention” for his daring escape from France in June 1940 - in a fishing boat manned by a handful of survivors from the 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolks, with shovels and butts for oars, the whole under a heavy fire - he was decorated for his gallant part in Operation...
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