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The exceptional Great War ‘First Day of The Somme’ V.C., ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain George Sanders, who was awarded his Victoria Cross whilst serving as a Corporal in the 1/7th (Leeds Rifles) Territorial Battalion, for gallantry near Thiepval on 1 July 1916, when, following an advance into the enemy’s trenches, he found himself isolated with a party of thirty men - Impressing upon them that it was ‘his and their duty to hold the position at all costs’ they...
Hammer Price: £240,000
“He was the only Royal Engineer with me at Rorke’s Drift on the 22 Jany where he did good service. He was also present at the action of Ulundi.” (Capt. & Bt. Major J. R. M. Chard, V.C., R.E.) The important Zulu War medal awarded to Driver Charles Robson, Royal Engineers, batman to Captain John Chard, V.C., R.E., with whom he was present at the defence of the Mission Station at Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (12046. Driver, C. Robson. R.E.) lightly polished, otherwi...
Hammer Price: £110,000
The unique Victorian D.C.M. and two dated Bars group of five awarded to Sergeant, later Captain, T. Healey, Cameron Highlanders attached Egyptian Army, a veteran of nearly two decades of conflict in Egypt and the Sudan, he killed the celebrated Dervish leader Emir Nur el Kanzi in hand to hand combat, was wounded at least 5 times during the course of his military career, and Mentioned in Despatches on four separate occasions Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R., with Second Award Bar dated ‘28...
Hammer Price: £20,000
The rare Second War ‘Operation Agreement’ C.G.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant John Povall, 11th Battalion, Royal Marines, awarded for gallantry during the daring seaborne raid on Tobruk on the night of 13/14 September 1942, where he was amongst the first ashore at the head of his men, sweeping aside several enemy machine gun nests at the point of the bayonet ‘which he used with great effect on many occasions’, until hopelessly outnumbered he was finally taken prisoner of war - ‘one of the...
Hammer Price: £26,000
Family Group: A Crimea D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Keen, 13th Light Dragoons, who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade and was severely wounded in the right leg by canister shot during the Charge, 25 October 1854 - his Crimea Medal was personally presented to him by Queen Victoria in May 1855 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (John Keen, 13th. Light Dragoons); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Jno. Keen, 13 Lt. Drags.) contemporarily engraved n...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The unique Boer War D.S.O. and Albert Medal for Sea group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. Thornburgh Cropper, West Kent Militia and Imperial Yeomanry, who was awarded the Albert Medal and Royal Humane Society Medal for gallantly trying to save the life of a waiter who had fallen overboard from the S.S. Idaho in San Francisco Bay on 6 August 1878, by diving into the treacherous Bay after him. Subsequently serving in Africa, he was Mentioned in Despatches for his conduct at Ulundi du...
Hammer Price: £11,000
An extremely rare 2nd Class badge of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert attributed to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Victoria’s last granddaughter, later married to King Alfonso XIII to become Queen Ena of Spain The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 2nd Class badge, carved onyx cameo of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in a frame of 22 pearls (replacing original brilliants) surmounted by a jewelled crown and loop suspension, reverse of cameo signed and dated ‘J. Ronca...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The outstanding Second World War Wing Leader’s D.S.O. and Bar, fall of France 1940 D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Group Captain A. F. Anderson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment, having originally been decorated for suicidal sorties over Calais in an obsolete 170 m.p.h. Hector biplane - in which he faced the attentions of Me. 109s and 110s - he converted to Mustangs and added a D.S.O. to his accolades for his gallant command of No. 268 Squadron in 1942, not least for leading...
Hammer Price: £8,500
Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig, Nepaul, Ava (Lt. Coll. T. P. Smith, 49th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine £9000-11000
Hammer Price: £16,000
An Infantry Officer’s Albert Medal in Gold for Land awarded to Lieutenant E. F. Ross, Dorset Regiment, later Major, Indian Army, for gallantry during the Ferozepore Arsenal Fire, 30 August 1906. 2 Albert Medals in Gold and 11 Albert Medals in Bronze were awarded for the operations to extinguish the fire and prevent the explosion of over 300,000lbs. of gunpowder Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented in the...
The exceptional Great War ‘Somme’ D.C.M., M.M. and Two Bar group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal William R. Peniston, 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Thoresby Colliery Division S.J.A.B. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (A-2273 L.Cpl. W. Peniston, 9/K.R.R.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (A-2273 L.Cpl. W. R. Penistone, 9/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (A-2273 Pte. W. R. Peniston. K.R.Rif.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-2273 Pte. W. R. Peniston. K...
Hammer Price: £14,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Endymion Wh President, Syria (William Bean, Carpenter.) nearly extremely fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £13,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (D. Driscoll, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine and very rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £12,000
An Albert Medal for Sea group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker A. Stickley, Royal Navy, for gallantry following the outbreak of a fire in the boiler room of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer Success on 11 June 1904, in which he saved the lives of four stokers, and was severely burnt; he had previously served in H.M.S. Powerful during the Boer War Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Chief Stok...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A rare Cavalryman’s Great War 1918 Albert Medal for Land group of five awarded to Private G. W. Bennett, 12th Lancers, for his gallantry in going to the rescue a French woman who was knocked down by a train at Brie Railway Station, France, on 25 February 1918, and holding her safely between the lines as two trains passed - Bennett himself was not so lucky, being struck by one of the passing trains, resulting in him having both his legs amputated Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Sa...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The highly emotive Second War 1941 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Yeoman of the Signals G. P. McDowell, Royal Navy, who paid the ultimate sacrifice with his life, having saved countless shipmates from the heavy swell surrounding the sinking destroyer H.M.S. Kandahar Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by The King to the late Acting Yeoman of Signals George Patrick McDowell, D/JX1432...
Family Group: A ‘Heavy Brigade’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant P. Fleming, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. Patrick Fleming. 4th R. Irish Dn. Gds.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. P. Fleming. 4th Dargoon Grds.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced for ring suspension, as issued, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine or better Queen’s Sout...
The rare ‘assault on Magdala - storming of the gate’ Abyssinia 1867 D.C.M. pair awarded to Corporal H. McDonagh, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4389 Corpl. Hugh, Mc’Donagh, Royal Engrs.); Abyssinia 1867 (4389 Sapper H. McDonagh. Royal Engrs.) suspension refitted, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £6000-8000
A fine ‘Abu Klea’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private W. C. Ilsley, 16th Lancers, for his gallantry in saving the life of Lord St. Vincent during the battle, 17 January 1885, standing guard over his Lordship’s wounded body and keeping the enemy off, killing nine with his bayonet Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1951. Pte. W. C. Ilsley. 16th. Lancers.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1951 Pte. W. Ilsley. 16th. Lancers.); Khedive’s Star...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Lion 15 July 1798 (James Bowdry.) good very fine £6000-8000
An emotive Albert Medal for Land and Society for the Protection of Life from Fire Medal pair awarded to Mr. E. Bell, Canadian Copper Company, for gallantry in saving the lives of seven men, women and children during the terrible tornado-induced forest fire at South Porcupine, Tisdale, Ontario, 11 July 1911, which destroyed the town and led to the seared deaths of 77 of its residents - in burning heat he doused the flames for two hours with water from his old felt hat Albert Medal, 2nd Cla...
A fine K. St. J., Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, the 5th Lord Cromwell, who, as a Company Commander in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was severely wounded and taken P.O.W. at the gallant defence of Calais in May 1940 - ‘He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected, and yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen, were dead’ The O...
£5,000–£6,000
An Albert Medal for Land awarded to Lieutenant, later Captain, J. Neale, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for gallantry in saving life following a Wartime munitions accident at Claremont Park, Esher on 25 August 1916 - he was recommended for his award by the Minister of Munitions, the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill M.P. Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Lieutenant John Neale, R.N.V.R., fo...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A rare ‘Burma 1886’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Major, later Lieutenant and Quartermaster, E. W. Bath, Somerset Light Infantry, for gallantry at Quingyee, 26 June 1886 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt E. W. Bath. 2/Som: L.I. (26th June 1886.)); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (30 Sergt. E. W. Bath. 2nd Bn. Som. L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3470. Sjt....
Hammer Price: £4,200
The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp group of three awarded to Warrant Officer 2nd Class D. C. Robson, Adjutant General’s Corps, late Royal Army Pay Corps, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who, together with his wife, was taken hostage following the invasion and held as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24610570 Sgt., RAPC); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Guadaloupe, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (Thomas Jennings, Purser.) very minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (Cornet W. Baillie, 4th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, brilliant extremely fine with original frosted finish £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Laswarree, Capture of Deig, Nepaul (Corpl. P. Reilly, 8th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,000
An Albert Medal for Sea awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. V. Bailey, Royal Navy, for making a number of gallant attempts to rescue three men overcome by noxious gas in the hold of H.M.S. Tiger at Invergordon Dock on 27 August 1919 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by His Majesty to Stoker Petty Officer Albert Victor Bailey., O.N., K.6117. (Dev.) for Gallantry in endeavouring to save life in H.M.S. “Tiger”...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The C.B., Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ D.S.O., M.C. group of fifteen awarded to Major-General Sir Frederick Gwatkin, 18th (King George’s Own) Lancers, Indian Army, later Colonel of the Royal Deccan Horse Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1940, in Royal Mint case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order,...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The superb lifesaving group of seven awarded to Captain John Henry Collin, Merchant Navy, who was awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal for 1896, for rescuing a man from the shark infested Red Sea Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. H. Collin); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John H. Collin); Imperial Merchant Service Guild Cross, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded by the Merchant Service Guild to John H. Collin, M.S.C. for Heroism at Sea,...
Hammer Price: £6,500
An outstanding Great War M.C. & Bar, M.M. group of five awarded to Captain P. J. Reiss, Bedfordshire Regiment, late Company Sergeant-Major, Royal Fusiliers, wounded on three occasions during the war Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; Military Medal, G.V.R. (1986 C.S. Mjr: P. J. Reiss. 18/R. Fus:); 1914-15 Star (1986 C.S. Mjr. P. J. Reiss. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. J. Rees.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
The rare Great War A.R.R.C., M.M. group of seven awarded to Matron H. K. Repton, British Red Cross Society, for prolonged service at the Friends’ Ambulance Unit’s Queen Alexandra Hospital, Dunkirk Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, fitted with additional ring for suspension; Military Medal, G.V.R. (H. K. Repton, Q.A. Hpl:-B.R.C.S.); 1914-15 Star (H. K. Repton, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (H. K. Repton. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Q.A.R.A.N.C. C...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An Albert Medal for Land awarded to Mr. G. Ablett, Collier, for his gallantry in rescuing five trapped Welsh miners at the Tynewydd Colliery in the Rhondda Valley after a nine-day imprisonment in April 1877- the gallantry of the rescue party was so great, and public opinion so strong, that the Albert Medal for Land was instituted as a result- 4 Albert Medals in gold and 21 Albert Medals in bronze were awarded to the rescue party- the first Albert Medals for Land ever awarded Albert Medal,...
A very rare ‘New Zealand’ 1866 D.C.M. awarded to Private J. Acton, 18th Foot, who distinguished himself as a prominent member of the storming party at the capture of Papoia, Wanganui, 18 October 1866 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (James Acton 2nd Battn. 18th Regt.) pawnbroker’s marks to edge at 11 o’clock, suspension claw re-affixed, contact marks, fine £4000-5000
A fine and rare Egypt D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant R. B. Briscoe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Lieutenant, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was awarded his D.C.M. and commissioned into the Inniskillings as a reward for his gallantry at Abu Klea, 17 January 1885 - he was subsequently killed in action fighting against the Usutu tribesmen in Zululand, 2 July 1888, and his campaign medals are believed to be uniquely named to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Distinguis...
The Regimentally unique ‘Tirah’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant S. Donald, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sgt. Stewart Donald. R. Sco: F...); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (...0 Pte. S. Donald. 1/R..c: Fus:); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (.... S. Donald 1st Bn. Ryl Sco Fus.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, with additional hook suspension to reverse, and la...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A rare Second War ‘Chindit Special Force’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Harold Bottomley, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was awarded his M.M. for gallantry during the ‘Defence of White City Stronghold’, whilst serving as the Platoon Sergeant of the Commando Platoon, No. 20 Column, in Brigadier ‘Mad Mike’ Calvert’s North Burma Chindit Force - For gallant and cool leadership during a dangerous and sustained Japanese attack on a vital sector of the stronghold’s perimeter M...
A ‘Punjab Frontier’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant J. McGee, Royal West Kent Regiment, for gallantry in the actions at Agrah and Ghat, 30 September 1897 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (L/Corp. J. McGee. R. W. Kent R.) suspension claw re-affixed; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2595 Corpl. J. McGee 1st Bn. Ryl. W.... Regt.) suspension slack on both medals, nearly very fine (2) £3600-4000
Hammer Price: £3,200
A fine ‘Kirbekan’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. Watt, Royal Highlanders, who was wounded during the battle, 10 February 1885 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1379. Sergt. T. Watt. 1/Rl. Highrs 10th Feby. 1885); Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1379 Serjt. T. Watt, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) suspension claw crudely re-affixed, and loose; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1379. Cr. Sgt. T. Watt. 1/R...
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