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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...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A rare Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major A. E. Anscombe, 30 Battalion, Royal Marines, who was decorated for his gallantry during the crossing of the River Maas in infantry assault craft on the night of 23/24 April 1945, a feat accomplished under heavy small arms and mortar fire: the following night, when his Company H.Q. was fired upon by an enemy patrol, Anscombe ‘was the senior rank at H.Q. and took charge immediately. He rall...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Second Afghan War medal to Colour-Sergeant John Yule, 72nd (Seaforth) Highlanders, ‘first man up’ in the assault on the Takht-i-Shah, when he captured two enemy standards, and was killed in action the following day in the attack on ‘Conical Hill’ Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1400 Cr. Sgt. J. Yule, 72nd Highrs.) light scratch in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine £3000-4000
£3,000–£4,000
A rare Second World War escaper’s M.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer A. R. Cottle, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, having already gained membership of the Goldfish Club, was wounded on the occasion his Beaufighter was downed by Me. 109s off Kalimnos in the Aegean in November 1943: unlike his pilot, he was fortunate to escape the wreckage and was picked up in his dinghy by an E-Boat off Kos - subsequently taken to an Italian convent hospital, he made a successful bid from fr...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Pair: Commander S. G. D. Andrews, Royal Naval Reserve, and P. & O. Steam Navigation Company Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, S. Africa 1899-1902, China 1900 ()S. G. D. Andrews, In Command.); U.S.A., Military Order of the Dragon (Sidney George David Andrews H.M. Transport “Sunda” in Command No. 1341) complete with Pagoda top suspension and original but fragmentary ribbon, good very fine and probably a unique combination (2) £3600-4000
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Great War K.B.E., Boer War C.B. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General Sir Robert Bewicke-Copley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who commanded the 3rd Battalion in the desperate action at Spion Kop The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, with swiv...
A rare Second World War D.F.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant E. Mills, Royal Air Force, a long-served Rear-Gunner in Lancasters of No. 83 (P.F.F.) Squadron who completed in excess of 50 operational sorties in 1942-43, often returning to base in flak damaged aircraft: during one daylight sortie against the heavily defended Krupps Works at Essen in July 1942, his aircraft was badly damaged by flak and reduced to three engines - it was then attacked by two Me. 110s and two Fw....
Hammer Price: £4,600
A G.B.E. group of eight awarded to Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, 2nd type set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, insignia on pad but no case; British War and Victory Medals (21353D. A. E. de la Warr, D.H., R.N.R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; France,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Centaur 26 Augt 1808 (James Goslin.) letter ‘A’ double-struck, nearly extremely fine £4000-4600
Hammer Price: £7,500
The uniform and artefacts: (i) The recipient’s R.A.F. tunic, trousers and side cap, as kept at his mother’s house for when he went home on leave; when he was reported missing his mother was so distressed that a Doctor had to be called, and she was put to bed with this uniform to comfort her. (ii) His leather flying gloves, as worn on the Dams raid, together with a leather flying helmet and flying goggles, as given to his younger brother, Freddie, the former with ink inscriptions, ‘Th...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A fine K.C.B, K.C.M.G. group to The Rt. Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, G.C.I.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., a distinguished Civil Servant who held a number of senior appointments in the War Office, was Financial Adviser to Lord Kitchener in South Africa 1901-02 and ended his career as a Financial Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of the Governor-General in India - stepping in to deliver Lord Hardinge’s speech from a blood-stained manuscript on the Peacock Throne in Delhi after he had been woun...
£4,000–£5,000
52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment Officer’s Short Tailed Service Coatee and Wing Epaulettes c. 1820-22, a most rare example, the coatee of scarlet cloth with buff facings and turn backs these embellished with silver bullion strung bugle horns, the 7.9 cm stand up collar with single buff lace cord decoration and small silver plated finial buttons these are open back, the breast of the coatee set with 2 x 10 plated buttons placed in pairs, these are closed back and bear the back mark...
A rare Second World War North Abyssinia 1941 operations D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Major-General B. F. Armstrong, late South African Mounted Rifles and Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 while serving as C.O. of the 5th S.A. Infantry Brigade - such was the slaughter inflicted on 5th Brigade that the Germans called it Totensonntag or ‘Death Sunday’: notwithstanding a game leg, the Brigadier - ‘a jolly soul’ - made a successful bid for freedom from the Castello...
Hammer Price: £3,300
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 ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with correct wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, in its red leather case of issue, some very minor enamel loss to wreaths, otherwise extremely fine and rare thus £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £10,000
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 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
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.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. F. Fennell, Royal Air Force, who somehow survived the famous suicidal low-level attack on the Dortmund-Ems Canal on the night of 12-13 August 1940, when the ferocity of the flak that greeted the attacking force of five Hampdens blew two of them out of the night sky and severely damaged all of the others: Fennell’s aircraft, which returned to base with one engine ‘reduced to junk’, was the fourth to attack th...
A fine Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Private David Milne, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded in the Peninsula and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (David Melne, 92nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (David Milne, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, the second with light edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, the first good very fine (2) £4000-5000
A notable Falklands War campaign group of three awarded to Sergeant (later Lieutenant) I. D. Fisk, Royal Marines, who was mentioned in despatches for gallantry whilst serving as Missile/Gun Director aboard H.M.S. Yarmouth, when during repeated Argentine air attacks ‘his efforts were rewarded by at least two confirmed kills’ General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (P028197B I. D. Fisk L. Cpl RM); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette and M.I.D. oak leaf (Sgt I D Fisk P028197B RM);...
The Palestine and Second World War campaign group of four awarded to Corporal A. Drongin, Special Air Service (S.A.S.), formerly a Sergeant-Major in the Scots Guards, who died of wounds received in ‘L’ Detachment’s raid on Benghazi in September 1942: recalled by other old comrades as a ‘very hard soldier, with a harsh voice, who would take no nonsense’, and as ‘one of Stirling’s ideal selfless men’, he displayed indomitable courage during his final ordeal, telling the M.O., “I’m sorry to have...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Wm. Upcott.) left side of clasp facing sprung, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £4600-5000
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...
The fine K.C.B., Sudan, Boer War and Great War group awarded to Major-General Sir E. G. T. Bainbridge, East Kent Regiment, who served with the Egyptian Army and in river gunboats during the reconquest, and went on to command the 7th Mounted Infantry during the Boer War, and the 25th Division on the Western Front The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimb: E. G. T....
A fine C.M.G. and ‘Neuve Chapelle 1915’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier-General C. G. W. Hunter, Royal Engineers, Chief Engineer XII Army Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, enamel chips to both centres; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch, some chipping to wreaths; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clas...
A post-war G.B.E., K.C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Sir Christopher Warner, British Ambassador to Belgium, late Royal Fusiliers: in writing a tribute in The Times, Sir Reginald Leeper described him as ’one of the most English Englishmen I can think of … he proved himself one of the best Ambassadors in the Foreign Service’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, 2nd type set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, breast star, silver, si...
£5,000–£6,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (James Oddy, 43rd Foot), minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £5,000-6,000
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...
A rare Second World War M.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major H. A. Baker, 7th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment: having been first decorated for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded officer in France in May 1940, he added an immediate Bar to his award for his subsequent bravery at Villers Bocage in Normandy on 14 June 1944, when his company became embroiled in a closely fought action with “Tigers” of the much vaunted 2 Panzer Division - six weeks later he...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare Second World War Italy operations M.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. Malcolm, 2nd Special Service Brigade, 40 Commando, Royal Marines, a veteran of the Bismarck action who won an immediate award for his gallantry behind enemy lines in support of the crossing of the Garigliano on 22 January 1944: he single-handedly took out an enemy gun emplacement with grenades, killing two and wounding one of the occupants but was himself mortally wounded the following day Milit...
The G.C.B., O. St. J. group of six awarded to General Sir John St. George, Royal Artillery - who commanded the siege train at Sebastopol and was latterly Master Gunner, St. James’s Park The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with full sash, minor enamel damage; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Bailiff set of insignia, neck badge, 51 x 5...
A rare Bhurtpoor C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General Cecil Bisshopp, 14th Foot, Aide de Camp to Lieutenant-General Gwynne at Corunna 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 ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with original wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (C. Bisshopp, Capt. 14th Foot); Army of India 1799-...
The rare and impressive K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., Sudan D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Captain Sir Edward Colpoys Midwinter Pasha, Royal Engineers, one of Kitchener’s “Band of Boys” who helped build the desert railway and was awarded the D.S.O. for the battles of Atbara and Omdurman - he afterwards became Director of Sudan Railways and Steamers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, s...
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...
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign T. A. Sinclair, 2nd Batt. 44th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £6000-7000
£6,000–£7,000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Major L. M. Bennett, 4th Foot, who was wounded in the leg at Bayonne, and afterwards fought at Bladensburg, witnessed the burning of Washington, was present at New Orleans, and was mentioned in despatches for distinguished conduct at Mobile in February 1815, the last action of the war with America Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Badajoz, Salamanca (L. M. Bennett, Capt. 4th Foot.) light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £6000-8000
The outstanding Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant J. S. Cargil, 52nd Light Infantry, who had an unfortunate encounter with the Duke of Wellington soon after the above described events at Vera in October 1813: described by Sir Harry Smith as a ‘manly, rough young subaltern’ and by another fellow officer - Charles Kinloch - as ‘a tall, good looking, rattling, harum scarum, devil-may-care, sort of fellow’, he ended his career in disgrace in Paris in 1816, where he ‘took to drinking very hard...
An outstanding Second World War Normandy operations M.M. group of five awarded to Marine R. Emsley, 4th Special Service Brigade (B Troop) 47 Commando, Royal Marines, who was decorated for his gallantry in the attack on Port-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944, the day following the D-Day landings: Whilst so engaged, ‘a mortar shell exploded, taking out his left eye and filling his body with shrapnel’ but he continued firing his gun and succeeded in rescuing two of his comrades Military Medal, G.VI.R...
An outstanding Second World War D-Day immediate M.M. group of six awarded to Signalman A. M. McGregor, 1st Special Service Brigade (Signal Troop) Royal Corps of Signals, 6th Airborne Division, who was decorated for his gallantry during the landings on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944, when he came ashore in the first wave and received ‘two shrapnel wounds in the head, three bullet wounds in the arm and a shrapnel wound in the leg’: nonetheless he refused to be evacuated and continued to maintain vit...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The rare and impressive C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.E., Sudan D.S.O. group of twenty awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel James Kiero Watson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was awarded the D.S.O. for services during the reconquest of Dongola: a close friend of Lord Kitchener, to whom he was A.D.C. in the Sudan and in South Africa, he commanded an advance at Gallipoli in 1915 before retiring as Military Attaché in Cairo The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast...
Hammer Price: £6,500
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