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An extremely rare ‘Burma 1930-32’ D.S.O., Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. and Persian Order of the Lion and Sun group of eleven awarded to Colonel J. D. Fulton, 2-15th Punjabis, late 26th Punjabis, Indian Army, who over the course of an illustrious career was 9 times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. D. Ful...
Hammer Price: £3,800
“I’ll always remember his last words, he said, ‘Is the ship all right?’ I said, ‘Yes, Sir, the ship’s all right!’ He said, ‘I’ll have a little sleep now then…’ And that was it.” (The last words of the mortally wounded Lt .Cdr. Onslow at Jutland) The unique ‘Somaliland 1904’ Conspicuous Service Cross awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. G. Onslow, Royal Navy, who at Illig on the Somali Pirate Coast made gallant charges under point-blank fire through burning huts into concealed caves to bay...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A ‘Thin Red Line’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant D. Laing, 93rd Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. David Laing. 93rd Highlanders.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Sergt David Laing 9..) contemporarily and lightly engraved, right-hand side of 1st clasp facing sprung, unofficial rivets, top-left lug missing; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Cr. Sergt. Davd. Laing, 93rd Highlanders); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (No. 1976 Colo...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A rare Afghanistan 1878-80 D.C.M. pair awarded to Private E. Hallett, 7th Foot, for the operations immediately following the disastrous defeat at Maiwand, 27 July 1880, and the subsequent retreat to Kandahar, 27-28 July 1880 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (49B/627 Pte. E. Hallett. 2/7th Foot.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (627, Pte. E. Hallett, 2/7th Foot) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3000-4000
A Sudan D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Jones, Royal Engineers, for gallantry at the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2/ Corpl. A. Jones. R.E. 2nd. Sept: 1898.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (24870 2/Cpl. A. Jones. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (24870 Serjt: A. Jones. R.E.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (24870 2nd Corpl. A. Jones 2nd. Coy. R.E.) contem...
A Sudan D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Private J. Chalmers, Cameron Highlanders, for his gallantry as a Piper at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898, where he assisted Private Cross in saving the life of General Gatacre by killing a Dervish about to spear the general - an act of gallantry for which Cross was recommended for the V.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. J. Chalmers. Cam’n Highrs. (8th. April 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3995. Pte. J. Chalmers. 1/Cam: Hrs:); Queen’...
A superb ‘Battle of Colenso’ Boer War dated D.C.M. group of six awarded to Gunner, later Captain, H. S. Gilbery, 66th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, for attempting to extricate the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries at the Battle of Colenso, 15 December 1899- 5 Victoria Crosses were awarded for this action Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (14177 Gnr: H. S. Gilberry. R.F.A. 15-12-99); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Lady...
An important Indian Mutiny Pair to Major S. G. C. Renaud, 1st Madras Fusiliers, commander of the Advance Relief Column for Cawnpore, instigator of strict punitive measures, and mortally wounded leading his men into action at Aong, 15 July 1857 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Captn. & Majr. Sydenham Geo. Chas. Renaud. 1st Madras Fusrs.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Major, S, G, C, Renaud, 1st Madras, Fusrs.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,000
A scarce ‘Malaya’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal Lengu, Rhodesian African Rifles, awarded for gallantry when he single-handedly charged four armed communist terrorists, killing two of them - One of just three M.M.’s awarded to the regiment for the Malayan Campaign Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (2805 Cpl. Lengu. Rh. A. R.); General Service 1918-621 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2805 Cpl. Lengu. Rh. A. R.) mounted loose style as worn, some edge bruising and contact wear overall as a result of...
A rare Burma Campaign Gold D.S.O. pair to Captain Alexander Campbell, C.I.E., D.S.O., Royal Indian Marine Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar, reverse of top bar with slide fitting to facilitate mounting; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Captn. A. Campbell, H.M. I.M.S.), nearly extremely fine (2) £3000-3600
Hammer Price: £3,600
An extremely rare Black Mountain expedition R.R.C. group of three awarded to Sister Edith Welchman, Indian Medical Service, afterwards the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. Watson, V.C., Royal Engineers: among other duties, Miss Welchman undertook a two day journey with her senior, Miss Loch, an Indian soldier and a groom, camping out at night in hostile country - luckily, she and Miss Loch felt relatively secure, having been issued with revolvers, with which they ‘rather distinguished themsel...
The rare Great War ‘Irish Rebellion’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. H. A. Bee, Royal Naval Reserve, who was awarded a D.S.C. and an M.I.D. for his gallant command of H.M.T. Lord Heneage, which ship played a vital part in the capture of the German Auxiliary Cruiser Aud off the south-west coast of Ireland where she was due to rendezvous with Sir Roger Casement to deliver her cargo of 20,000 rifles, 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition and ten machine-guns to aid the imminent Easter Ris...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 23 June 1795, St. Vincent (Andrew McKenzie.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine £3000-3600
Hammer Price: £5,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Alexr. Leddle, 94th Foot.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £3000-3600
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Laswarree (J. Durdin, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare £3000-3600
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type badge with ‘India’ on the petals, gold and enamel, skilfully converted for wear as a neck badge with additional top ring suspension, with section of neck riband, usual gold ‘stop’ between ‘Victoria’ and ‘Imperatrix’ missing, minor enamel loss to jewels of crown, otherwise extremely fine and rare £3000-3600
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant W. L. Harris, 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (G-3710 Sjt: W. L. Harris. M.M. 1/The Queen’s R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (3710 Pte. W. L. Harris. 1/The Queen’s R.); 1914-15 Star (G-3710 Sjt. W. L. Harris. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3710 Sjt. W. L. Harris. The Queen’s R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Java (J. D. Stoddart, Midshipman.) nearly extremely fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £3,400
A ‘1950’ A.F.M. group of six to Squadron Leader B. S. ‘Mr Canberra’ Bull, Royal Air Force, a Spitfire, Lancaster and Canberra pilot, who racked up at least 6,500 hours in Canberra’s - more ‘than any other service pilot in the world’, and who was awarded two Queen’s Commendations for Valuable Service in the Air Air Force Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (1583781. Plt. II. B. S. Bull. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps,...
The unique M.C. and Two Bar group of four awarded to Major Tom Buckley, 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. Buckley. R.M.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £2600-3000
Waterloo 1815 (Paymaster James Tallon, 10th Royal Reg. Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War ‘Mesopotamian Operations’ C.M.G. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General L. W. Y. Campbell, Indian Army, who served as a Newspaper Correspondent with the Tirah Frontier Force in 1897-98 before commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade during the Great War at the Battle of Loos and the Relief of Kut - wounded in the attack on Baghdad and three times Mentioned in Despatches in the Great War, he received a final ‘Mention’ in the Third Afghan War...
A Great War M.C., ‘Russian Intervention’ Order of St. Anne and Order of St. Vladimir group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Baring-Gould, Royal Engineers and Intelligence Corps, late Honourable Artillery Company, who served on the Staff of Sir Hubert Gough with the British Military Mission to the Baltic States, 1919-21 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (429 Sjt. E. A. Baring Gould. H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E....
Hammer Price: £2,800
Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘The Property of the Board of Trade’, reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouché Phillips, Cockspur St., and officially numbered ‘49’, extremely fine £2400-2800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. H. Newton, Rimington’s Corps of Guides, later Damant’s Horse, Intelligence Department, and Royston’s Horse Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Tpr: J. H. Newton. Corps of Guides); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Serjt: J. H. Newton. Damant’s Horse.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (M. J. H. Newton, Royston’s Horse.) edge b...
The Indian Mutiny and North West Frontier campaign pair to Brigadier-General O. E. Rothney, C.B., C.S.I., 4th Sikh Infantry (late Rothney’s Sikhs), Commandant of the 5th Gurkhas 1860-73 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Bt. Maj... O. E. Rothney, 4th Sikh Infy.) suspension claw re-affixed and loose; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Major. O. E. Rothney, 4th Sikh Inftry.) contact marks overall, therefore good fine or better (2) £2400-2800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (H. S. Northcote, Lieut. 4th. Dgns.), with top silver riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £2200-2600
£2,200–£2,600
Late 17th Century Officer’s Plug Bayonet and Scabbard, an exceptionally rare example, the 30.5 cm blade with single fuller and double edged (6 cm) spear point, the unmarked silver straight cross guard has helmet head finials on the shouldered quillons and both faces carry engraved designs, the burr walnut tapering hand grip with silver cap topped by a further helmet head finial, this again with an engraved design, the blade stamped on both sides with ‘Man In The Moon’ facing left, overall len...
A superb Great War ‘Glencourse Wood’ 1917 D.C.M. group of six to Lance Corporal, later Lieutenant, H. Israel, 6th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for personally capturing a machine gun and despatching it’s operators at the point of a bayonet, and later contributing to the capture of a concrete blockhouse. He was wounded three times during the Great War Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2543 Cpl. H. Israel. 6/Aust: Inf:) surname partially officially corrected; 1...
A Second War G.M. pair awarded to Mr. W. Mills, Foreman, A.R.P. Mains Repair Squad, Stretford and District Gas Board, for gallantry during an air raid on Stretford, near Manchester, on 7 May 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Walter Mills); Defence Medal, mounted court style as worn, extremely fine (2) £2000-3000
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Edward Grogan, Bt., The Rifle Brigade. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. Sir E. I. B. Grogan, Bt. Rifle Bde.); 1914-15 Star (Major Sir E. I. B. Grogan. B...
A Boer War ‘gallantry’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. F. de Trafford, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut: A. F. de Trafford, D.S.O., S. Staff: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. F. de Trafford. D.S.O. S. Staff. Rgt.) extremely fine (3) £2000-2600
A superb D.S.O. and Bar, O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Brighten, Liverpool Regiment, attached 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. S. Brighten, L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt.Co...
A Great War D.S.O. and ‘Colour Party’ M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Guards Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, an early unnumbered award; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (Lieut: A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Gds:); 1914-15 Star (Major A. E. S. Clarke. M.V.O. S. Gds.); British War...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Three: General G. S. Macbean, C.B., Bengal Staff Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. G S Macbean. Sub Asst. Comy. Genl.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Bt. Majr. G, S, Macbean, 74th N.I. Asst. Comy. Genl.); Afgahanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. G. S. Macbean, Depy. Comsy. Genl.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £2000-2600
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Dame Grand Cross, 2nd type set of Ladies insignia, comprising sash badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with Ladies full dress sash and fitted pad from case of issue, extremely fine and rare (2) £2000-2600
An ‘El-Teb’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal D. Dossett, York and Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (590 Co... Dossett. 1/York & Lanc: R. 29th.....1884) suspension post re-affixed, and suspension loose; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (590 ..orpl. D. Dossett. 1/York & Lanc: R:); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued, worn, fine (3) £2000-2400
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Knight, Divisional Paymaster, Abyssinian Field Force, late 1st European Fusiliers and 1st Belooch Battalion Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd Lieut. Fredk. Wm. Knight, 1st Eur. Fusiliers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. F.W. Knight, 1st Belooch Batn.); Abyssinia 1867 (Major F. W. Knight Paymaster 2nd Division) mounted for wear on a Hunt & Roskell triple brooch bar, with gold retaining pin, Abyssinia Medal mounted first, light co...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Edward Medal (Mines), G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver (John Cyril Davies, Bullcroft Main Colliery, 11.6.47) in Royal Mint case of issue, about extremely fine £2000-2400
The Persia campaign medal to Captain R. F. Wren, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, who was recommended for the Victoria Cross in recognition of his gallantry during the famous charge at the battle of Khushab India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Captn. R F Wren 3rd Bombay Lt. Cav), with silver Phillips, 23 Cockspur St.’ top riband buckle, this with gold retaining bar, good very fine £2000-2400
Hammer Price: £4,200
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