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The exceptional Afghanistan 2013 ‘Army Sniper’s’ C.G.C. pair awarded to Lance Corporal of Horse S. G. Moloney, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), for his gallantry in July 2013 following a night-time helicopter assault operation deep into an insurgent stronghold, where, although himself shot through the neck by an enemy sharpshooter, the force of which threw him off the roof from where he was providing covering sniper fire for his troop, he quickly re-entered the fray fol...
Hammer Price: £130,000
The rare General Officers’ Gold Medal awarded to General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bt., G.C.B., a veteran of the Siege of Gibraltar 1780-83, who, after a long and distinguished career in the West Indies, including command of the First Division at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, whilst en-route to India in the frigate H.M.S. Java in 1812, was captured by the U.S.S. Constitution after an action lasting nearly four hours; he was subsequently Commander-in-Chief at Madras and led the Army of the Decca...
Hammer Price: £85,000
An impressive Peninsula Wars C.B., K.H. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Robert Barclay Macpherson, 88th Foot 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 ‘IE’ for John Edwards, fitted with replacement gold wide suspension bar and gold ribbon buckle; The Royal Guelphic Order, K.H. (Military) Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamels, fitted with ring suspension and gold ribbon bar;...
Hammer Price: £34,000
The Historic ‘Boer War’ Albert Medal pair awarded to Railway Fireman A. J. Stewart, Natal Government Railways, who, together with the Engine Driver (Charles Wagner) received his Albert Medal for gallantry in saving the armoured train and with it numerous lives at Chieveley following a Boer ambush on 15 November 1899, their heroic deeds famously being presided over by the young Winston Churchill, who was at the time a reporter for the Morning Post - When the driver’s face had been cut open by...
Hammer Price: £32,000
The rare Suez Crisis ‘Operation Toreador’ D.S.M. group of three awarded to Able Seaman R. J. Loader, Royal Navy, a Bofors Gunner aboard the frigate H.M.S. Crane who was decorated for his gallantry as part of Task Force 324 during the ‘blue on blue’ aircraft strike by Mystere jet fighter-bombers of the Israeli Air Force - The first action in which modern swept-wing supersonic jet aircraft had ever attacked a naval vessel and the first time that such an aircraft had been destroyed by naval gunf...
£14,000–£18,000
The unique ‘Light Brigade’ group of four awarded to Captain T. G. Johnson, 13th Hussars, later Major, West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who was twice decorated by the French Emperor for his Distinguished Services in the Crimea- the only Light Brigade participant so honoured- and whose letter to his brother describing his participation in the Charge was one of the earliest to be published in the British Press Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, lugs removed from top c...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The outstanding immediate 1952 ‘Korea’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major H. R. ‘Russ’ Gardner, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, for leading a textbook snatch patrol behind enemy lines near Chinese positions on Hill 227, 23/24 September 1952. He ‘bagged’ his prisoner after 60 hours of lay-up just yards from an enemy field kitchen. Gardner had already been wounded, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, during the Chinese assault on Hill 163, 25/25 March 1952, but he was perhaps most...
Hammer Price: £7,000
An extremely rare and important Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of four awarded to Sergeant, later Major, Martin Chikondo, a ‘Selous Scouts legend in the art of close-in reconnaissance,’ who was one of the early pioneers of the Selous Scouts and pseudo-warfare. He helped Reid-Daly implement his initial training programme and selection course for the Selous Scouts, prior to being one of the original members of the Recce Troop, Selous Scouts, with his mentor Chris Schulenburg. Chikondo ‘had...
Hammer Price: £7,500
An outstanding Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Sergeant David Watson, Royal Irish Regiment, formerly Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was killed in action aboard H.M.T. Lancastria when she was bombed and sunk by German JU-88s in June 1940, at which time he was serving as a Warrant Officer in the Cameron Highlanders with the B.E.F. having been evacuated from St Nazaire - The loss of the Lancastria was the largest single-ship loss of life in British maritime...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The South Africa medal awarded to Private J. Hind, 24th Foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Isandhlwana, 22 January 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1857. Pte. J. Hind. 1/24th Foot.) extremely fine £6000-7000
Pair: John Cameron, 78th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Assye, Argaum, Gawilghur (John Cameron, 78th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (John Cameron, 78th Foot.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2 £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare ‘dated reverse’ Q.S.A. group of three awarded to Corporal J. H. McMullin, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, later Colonel, North British Columbia Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (384 Corl. J. H. Mc’Mullin, Ld. Strthcona’s H:); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, about extremely fine (3) £5000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Whitney, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension and silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £4,800
A good ‘Malaya’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Colour Sergeant T. A. ‘Ozzie’ Want, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, for his gallantry during operations Springtide and Broderick; as a result of which he accounted for a number of ‘bandits’ in arguably the worst jungle conditions possible Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (PO.X.3951 Cpl. (A/Sgt) T. A. Want R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General...
Six: Paymaster Captain T. J. Stovin, Royal Navy, one of only nine British recipients entitled to a subsequent East & West Africa clasp to the Ashantee Medal of 1873-74 Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (T. J. Stovin, Clerk R.N., H.M.S. Barracouta, 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (T. J. Stovin, Asst. Paymr. R.N. H.M.S. Starling.); British War Medal (Paymr. Capt. T. J. Stovin. R.N.); Khedive's Star 1884-6; Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Sultan Hamad, 4th...
A rare and well-documented inter-war Polar Medal awarded to Horace William Sandford for services in the Antarctic 1925-35 Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1925-35 (Horace William Sandford) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
The N.G.S. awarded to Commander Molyneux Shuldham, Royal Navy, Lieutenant of the Edgar at Copenhagen, who was a prisoner of war at Verdun from March 1806 until April 1814, during which time he invented a carriage propelled by sails and an ice-yacht; his subsequent inventions were recognised by the gold Isis medal and two silver medals of the Society of Arts, and many years later he was an exhibitor at the Great Exhibition of 1851 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (M...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo (John Morgan.) good very fine £4000-5000
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (J. Spires, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise and minor nicks, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
The important Sierra Leone C.M.G. and Royal Service M.V.O. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse unnumbered; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Commr: P. Hoskyns, H.M.S. Blonde); Queen’s...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Boer War ‘Colenso’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. F. Meiklejohn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Mons in August 1914, and interned in Switzerland for the duration of the war; he afterwards served with the North Russia Expeditionary Force and was later an intelligence officer in the Baltic Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. R. F. Meiklejohn, 1/R. War. R....
The Great War D.S.O., ‘Presentation of the Colours’ M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Captain T. C. FitzHugh, Royal Irish Regiment 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, reverse officially numbered ‘44’; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (2d. Lieut. T. C. Fitzhugh 2d. Bn. Ryl. Ir: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A fine Second World War ‘sinking of the Bismarck’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Commander (E) A. D. Merriman, Royal Navy, Engineer Officer of H.M.S. Suffolk during this classic action Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse of the lower suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, complete with top suspension brooch; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. A. D. Merriman. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal, mounted as worn, near...
A Great War 1916 ‘Squadron Commander’s’ M.C., A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Major, later Wing Commander, T. O’B. Hubbard, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a published author on aviation prior to the Great War, he went on to command 11 Squadron in France, December 1915 - August 1916, during which time he claimed at least 1 ‘Victory’ and had Albert Ball under his command. After a brief stint as 44 (Home Defence) Squadron’s first CO, Hubbard returned to the front to command 73 Squadron...
Three: Farrier Major William Seaker, A ‘Chestnut’ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (W. Seaker, Farrier Majr. H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Will. Seaker, Farrier, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver ball and bar suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., large letter reverse ([W]. Seaker, Farrier Major Royal Horse Artill. 184[...
A scarce ‘Abu Klea’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major R. O. Chislett, 19th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt. R. O. Chislett. 19th. Husrs. Jan: & Feb: 1885.) edge bruise, light contact marks; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1340. Sergt. R. O. Chislett. 19th. Hussars); Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse impressed ‘1340. Sergt. R O Chislett 19th. Hrs.’, small collector’s nu...
A ‘Tirah’ 1898 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant W. Milton, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (C: Sgt. W. Milton. K: O: S: B’drs); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2261. L/Corpl. W. Milton. 2/K.O..Bords.); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2261 Sergt. W. Milton 2nd Bn. K.O. Sco: Bord:), with contemporary clasp carriage links between 1st and 2nd...
48th Foot Regimental Medal 1819, 38mm, silver, inscribed on obverse scroll ‘R. Derbyshire’; reverse inscribed with 10 actions: ‘Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyroneers [sic], Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse’, fitted with a hinged ring suspension, very fine and rare, one of Australia’s earliest recognised pieces of silver £3600-4400
Hammer Price: £3,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Edwd. W. Hayes, Midshipman.) nicely toned, brilliant extremely fine £3600-4000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 12 Octr. 1798 (John Meade, Midshipman.) original ribbon, very minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £3000-4000
A good Korea ‘stretcher bearer’s’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal J. Oven, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was originally recommended for the D.C.M., for repeated gallantry under sniper and mortar fire during a Chinese attack, 3 January 1951 Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (1427036 L/Cpl. J. Oven. R.N.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (1427036 Fus. W. [sic] Oven. M.M. R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, generally good very fine (6)...
An ‘El-Teb’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour Sergent F. Webb, York and Lancaster Regiment, later Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2170 Sergt. F. Webb. 1/York & Lanc: R. 29th. Feb: 1884); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (2170 Sergt. F. Webb. 1/York & Lanc: R:); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. F. Webb. Y. & L.R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2170. Cr. Sergt. F. Webb. Manch R.); K...
Waterloo 1815 (Edw. Wharton, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards.) fitted with original? steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £3000-3600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Sepoy Gunness Kuttree Bengal 43rd N.I.) contemporary engraved naming in running script, fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, extremely fine £3000-3600
A fine Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander W. H. Demel, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Manchester Regiment, who served as a Flight Commander with No. 149 Squadron and successfully completed 44 night bombing raids over Belgium and Northern France between June and November 1918; he subsequently served with the Auxiliary Air Force during the Second War, and was twice recommended for the O.B.E. Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An outstanding and well documented Second War 1944 Lancaster Pilot’s ‘Immediate’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader R. C. ‘Pin’ Chopping, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who spent the first part of the war flying Bombays and Hudsons over Africa as part of Transport Command, before transferring to Bomber Command in September 1943. He was to prove an exceptional Lancaster pilot with 514 Squadron, and flew in 28 operational sorties with the Squadron, with his Air Gunners claimin...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Second War A.F.C., 1943 D.F.M. group of six awarded to Lancaster Sergeant Pilot, later Squadron Leader, G. O. McGregor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who carried out 6 anti-submarine patrols whilst at an O.T.U., and flew in at least 24 operational sorties with 106 Squadron, January - March 1943. After serving as a flying instructor he was commissioned and posted for service with 463 Squadron, R.A.A.F. Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1946’; Distinguished Flying M...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (Wm. Dalmahoy.) nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees (P. Francis, 24th Foot.) nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Captain George Macleod Baynes, Royal Field Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (G. M. Baynes, Lieut. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Geo. Macleod Baynes, Royal Field Artillery) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £2600-3000
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