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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...
Hammer Price: £240,000
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...
Hammer Price: £3,400
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....
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War C.M.G., Delhi Durbar M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. H. D. Creagh, Commandant, 128th Pioneers, Indian Army The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, chips to reverse centre; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., 4th class breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse numbered ‘903’ and additionally named (Lt. Col. A. H. D. Creagh) some slight chipping to enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lt....
Hammer Price: £1,400
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...
The intriguing C.M.G. group of seven awarded to William F. A. Rattigan, H.M. Diplomatic Service, whose infidelity with Princess Elizabeth of Romania (later Queen of Greece) brought to an end his distinguished diplomatic career; by his wife he was the father of the celebrated playwright Terrence Rattigan The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in its damaged Garrard, London case of issue; 1914...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The C.M.G., I.S.O., Rhodesian Order of the Legion of Merit group of eleven awarded to Mr. G. B. Clarke, Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia, and the man who authored and drafted Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, 11 November 1965 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Imperial Service Order, E.II.R., silver, gold, and enamel, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The K.B.E. group attributed to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt, R.N., Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy who was an expert on burns, surgery and nautical medicine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s neck badge, silver and...
Hammer Price: £1,300
An interesting Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel V. V. Hooley, Royal Army Service Corps, late Purser in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, awarded a Brazilian gold life saving medal for saving the life of the daughter of the Brazilian Consul-General to Argentina The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, in Garrard & Co (Civil) case of issue; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (V. V....
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Second War C.B.E., ‘Evacuation from Dunkirk’ 1940 D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier M. A. Carthew-Yorstoun, Black Watch, who commanded the 6th Battalion during the withdrawal from Dunkirk, and was twice sunk in the evacuation, being severely wounded on the second occasion and only surviving through the timely intervention of an elderly Able Seaman The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel;...
A C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major-General W. L. D. Veitch, [C.B.], Royal Engineers and K.G.O. Bengal Sappers and Miners, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches on the North West Frontier of India, was awarded the O.B.E. for the Waziristan Campaign 1937, commanded the Bengal Sappers and Miners during World War Two, and finished his career as Engineer-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Russian Intervention ‘Archangel’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major R. A. Swan, C.B.E., Essex Regiment, later Assistant Chief Warden, Civil Defence The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt: R. A. Swan, Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. A. Swan.); Defence Medal (R. A. Swan. Asst. Chief Warden. C.D.) contemporarily...
Hammer Price: £1,500
An O.B.E., Kaisar-i-Hind group of three to Major Sir Alfred Pickford, Calcutta Light Horse, and sometime Sheriff of Calcutta The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, G.V.R. (Major A. D. Pickford, C. Lt. Horse.) mounted court style for display purposes, nearly extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £460
A fine and scarce M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Sergeant-Major A. E. Malley, Royal Army Medical Corps The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11952 W.O.Cl. 1 A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (11952...
A Second War Middle East ‘mining operations’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. W. Lamb, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. R. W. Lamb. R.A.F.) mounted court-style for display purposes, light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £650
A Second World War Burma operations M.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel M. G. Durant, Royal Engineers, attached 3rd Gurkha Rifles and Royal Indian Engineers, who was mentioned in despatches for operations with 3rd Gurkha Rifles in Iraq, Syria and Persia in 1942; with the Royal Indian Engineers in Burma in 1945; and with the Royal Engineers in Malaya in 1953-54 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45...
Hammer Price: £440
A fine Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. H. Broughall, Hamilton Light Infantry and Canadian Intelligence Corps, who served as a Staff Officer with the 2nd Canadian Corps in north-west Europe from June 1944 onwards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Second War ‘North-West Europe’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major E. H. B. Greenfield, Royal Regiment of Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Capt: E. H. B. Greenfield. M.B.E. RA.) on H.A.C. riband, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (6) £600-800
£600–£800
A Second War Honorary M.B.E. and Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea group of five awarded to Third Officer H. V. Nielsen, M.V. Empire Knight, for his gallantry when the vessel broke up and sank off the coast of Maine, 11-12 February 1944 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, silver (Third Officer H. V. Nielsen, M.V. “Empire...
Hammer Price: £850
A ‘Malayan Operation’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Brigadier M. H. H. Collins, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who served with the S.O.E. during World War II, and was ‘dropped’ into Greece to work as a British Liaison Officer with the Mission in Macedonia The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast star, silver; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last two privately engraved ‘Maj. M. H. H....
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
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...
Hammer Price: £11,000
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
Hammer Price: £3,800
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...
Hammer Price: £3,200
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.);...
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Murray, Commanding 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1901, Kissi 1905 (Captain L. Murray. S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. L. Murray. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. L. Murray.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; together...
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....
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...
Hammer Price: £8,500
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...
£5,000–£6,000
The Imperial Service Order pair awarded to Mr T. J. Alldridge, District Commissioner and noted pioneer of the Sierra Leone Hinterland Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R., silver, gold and enamels; East and West Africa 1887-19001 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Dis. Commr. T. J. Alldridge) nearly extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,600
The ‘Samana 1897’ India General Service Medal awarded to Sepoy Thaman Singh, 36th Sikhs, for gallantry at Fort Cavagnari on 13 September 1897 when he drove the enemy from their sangars at the point of the bayonet and captured three of their standards, and was dangerously wounded by gunshot- for his gallantry he was awarded the Indian Order of Merit India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, second clasp loose on riband as issued (1741 Sepoy Thaman...
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...
An extremely rare Quetta earthquake R.R.C. pair awarded to Staff Nurse G. Lincoln, Indian Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on original Lady’s bow for wearing; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (S.-Nurse G. Lincoin, I.M.N.S.), note surname spelling, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
“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...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Great War D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander H. Forrester, Royal Navy, for services whilst commanding torpedo boat destroyers in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1915, and attractively engraved ‘Lieut,. Henry Forrester, R.N. Presented by King George V. Oct. 4th 1916. “Carried out dangerous patrol duties with marked ability”; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Forrester. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
Hammer Price: £1,900
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...
Hammer Price: £6,000
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
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
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain J. J. McCombie, 8th Scottish Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. J. McCombie. Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. J. McCombie.); French Croix de Guerre, 1914 1917, with silver star, good very fine (5) £1200-1400
The Great War ‘Battle of Ypres’ 1915 M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. E. L. Streight, 3rd Canadian Infantry, late South African Constabulary, who was gassed and taken Prisoner of War at Ypres, 24 April 1915. Escaping from captivity in March 1917, he made it as far as the Dutch border before being recaptured. He later served as Commanding Officer of the Governor General’s Body Guard, was elected to the Canadian Parliament, and commanded the Canadian Contingent at the Coronation...
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