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Pair: William E. Hyne, Master, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (William E. Hyne, Volr.); China 1842 (W. E. Hyne, Actg. Master, H.M.S. Nimrod) original suspension, minor marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Crimea ‘Battle of Inkermann’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private I. Church, Grenadier Guards, who lost his right arm during the battle, 5 November 1854 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Isaac Church. 3rd Bn. Grenadr. Gds.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Private Isaac Church Gr.. Gds) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension post re-affixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (I. Church, Gren. Guards) contemporary engraved naming, plugged with s...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Crimea D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. Gow, 79th Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (T. Gow. 79th Highlanders.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Thomas Gow 79th Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, top lugs removed; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt. Thos. Gow 79th Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1751. Serjt. T. Gow. 79th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Four: Private Robert Wilson, 93rd Highlanders, one of the ‘Thin Red Line’ at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (1728 Pte. Robt. Wilson 93rd ft.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Robt. Wilson, 93rd Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1728 Robt. Wilson, 93rd Foot); Turkish Crimea, British issue (No. 1728 Robert Wilson HMs 93rd Highlanders) neatly plugged and fitted with Crimea-type...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The historically interesting Crimea War pair awarded to Honorary Major F. Fernandez, Army Hospital Corps, who served as an Apothecary to the Forces with charge of the Army’s Medical Stores at Balaklava - and found Florence Nightingale ‘very, very difficult to work with’ Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Mr. F. Fernandez, Apothecary to the Forces), contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt and Roskill issue (Mr. F. Fernandez, Apothecary to the F...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A fine Sea Gallantry Medal group of four awarded to Able Seaman R. W. Beckett, Merchant Navy, for his services in rescuing the crew of the S.S. Usworth in the North Atlantic on 14 December 1934 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Robert W. Beckett. S.S. “Usworth” 14th. December. 1934); Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, bronze (Able Seaman Robert Walter Beckett - S.S. “Usworth” 14th. December 1934); Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Pair: Piper A. Gibson, 42nd Royal Highlanders Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Piper A. Gibson , 42nd. Rl. Highlanders); Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (4042, Piper, A. Gibson, 42nd. Highds. 1873-4) suspension claw and post tightened on first, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine, scarce (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,600
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Chas. Pearce, 2nd Bn. 14th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver riband buckle, extremely fine £1800-2000
Hammer Price: £2,000
A fine Second War ‘North West Europe’ 1944 ‘Immediate’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal G. G. Davies, South Wales Borderers, attached Monmouthshire Regiment, who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for ordering and personally leading a bayonet charge by his platoon on a party of 15 Germans dug-in at Hertogenbosch, 23 October 1944, killing 14 of the enemy- the majority with the bayonet- and taking the only survivor prisoner Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3913670 L. Cpl. G. G. Davi...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The Second Afghan War medal awarded to Private E. Bolton, 66th Foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/577, Pte. E. Bolton. 66th. Foot) good very fine £1600-2000
Waterloo 1815 (Patrick Conners, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-2000
A good 1951 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal Keshu Thapa, 1st Battalion, 2nd (King Edward VII’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, for his sustained gallantry as a Bren Gunner, firing from the hip, during a ‘bandit’ ambush in the Labis area of Johore, 28 May 1951. Carrying his gun ‘at the double’ for over 2,000 yards, Keshu Thapa personally accounted for 6 of the enemy Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (21144802 Rfn. Keshu Thapa. 2.G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R....
Hammer Price: £2,200
A superb ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Rifleman Lasbahadur Gurung, 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who was a member of a five man party sent out on an ambush, 11 February 1952, which was ambushed itself by a force ten times it’s number, and was ‘outflanked and surrounded. The party took up a position of all round defence ready to fight to the last man and last round. For one and a half hours the enemy launched a succession of fierce and determined attacks from all sides and faile...
A ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Rifleman Thambahadur Gurung, 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, who was recognised for his repeated acts of gallantry carried out over a period of ten years’ service against ‘bandits’ in Malaya, including in Gelang Pateh, 14 April 1955, ‘Partap killed one and I opened fire. The daku returned fire and wounded Partap who slumped down. They scattered and tried to escape. I killed some and then chased a couple of them as they ran away, firing as I did. On...
A 1957 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Lance Corporal Kubirdhaj Limbu, 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, for his pursuit and capture of an armed ‘bandit’ through heavy undergrowth, on Nanyo Kluang estate, Kluang, Johore, 13 October 1957 Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21136000 A/L/Cpl. Kubirdhoj Limbu. 7th G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21136000 Rfn. Kubirdhoj Limbu 7 G R) edge bruising, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £1600-2000
A 1957 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal Indrabahadur Gurung, 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who was a successful reconnaissance patrol commander - locating enemy caches of weapons, personally accounting for at least 3 ‘bandits’, and leading his patrol during the capture of an enemy camp, 21 July 1957 Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21136391 A/L/Cpl. Indrabahadur Gurung. 6 G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21136391 Rfn. Indrabahadur. Gurung 6...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel L. H. Bertram, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded whilst serving as a Private with the 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry, 25 April 1915, and went on to distinguish himself as a Company Commander at Vimy Ridge in April 1917, and at Passchendaele in November of the same year. Bertam commanded the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Lorne Scots Regiment throughout the Second World War Military Cro...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four to Squadron Sergeant Major W. Brown, 1st (Royal) Dragoons Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2835 S. Sergt:-Maj: W. Brown. 1st Dragoons); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (2835 Sq. Sjt. Majr. W. Brown. 1/Drgns.) clasps mounted in this order, unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th, and 5th and 6th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2835 Sq. Serjt:-M...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal G. Handley, South Lancashire Regiment, wounded at Pieter’s Hill, 27 February 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5112 Drmr: G. Handley. S. Lancs: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (5112 Drmr: G. Handley. S. Lanc: Regt.) number officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (5112 Cpl. G. Handley. S. Lanc: Regt.) minor edge bruising overall, nearly very...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (Alexr. Ross, Serjt. 25th Foot) good very fine £1600-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Wm. Brash, 71st Foot.) light scratch marks over naming and bruise over ‘1’ of ‘71st’, otherwise very fine £1600-1800 £1600-1800
Waterloo 1815 (John Ewing, 23rd Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1600-1800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. Cripps, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Military Foot Police Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (3391 Serjt: T. Cripps. Oxford L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3391 Corl. T. Cripps, Oxford: Lt. Inft.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3391 Serjt: T. Cripps. Oxford: L.I.); British War Medal (P-385 Sjt. T. Cripps. M.F.P.) mounte...
Pair: Private Alladad Khan, British North Borneo Company Forces British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions, bronze issue (Aladad Khan 193 Private) engraved naming; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, 1 clasp, Tambunan, bronze issue (193 Private Alladad.) engraved naming, both medals lightly gilded, good very fine and a rare pair (2) £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The rare silver medal presented to Major-General Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel-in-Chief 21st Foot, Governor of the Ionian Islands, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Celebrations of his Imperial Highness Archduke Carl Ludwig as a Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa in 1843; this medal was presented to all living holders of Order, of which Adam was made a Knight for his services at Waterloo where the rout of the Old Guard by his Brigade was the turning-p...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (N. W. Oliver, Lieut. R. Arty.) in an old red leather fitted case, minor edge bruise, otherwise toned, extremely fine £1500-2000
British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, 1 clasp, Tambunan, silver issue (Private 173 Feroze Khan.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare in silver £1500-2000
Six: Petty Officer Henry W. Davey, Royal Navy, whose services in H.M.S. Nottingham during the war, included the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland; he subsequently survived her sinking by the U-52 in August 1916, on which occasion he was awarded the silver Al Valore Militare for ‘manning and working the 6” gun, and firing at the periscope which had appeared. He did not leave the forecastle until the water was above his knees.’ Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Soma...
A scarce Great War M.C., 1914 ‘H.M. Visit to the Front’ R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Inspector J. T. Curry, Metropolitan Police, who served during the Great War firstly in the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Intelligence), before being commissioned Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps; he subsequently served as a Detective Inspector in the White Slave Department Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (...
Hammer Price: £8,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Egypt (Thomas Kirby.) original ribbon, minor edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine £1400-1800
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (Cuthbert Wright.) minor marks, otherwise good very fine £1400-1800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (John Redman.) edge nick, good very fine £1400-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Wm. Mason, 42nd. Foot.) suspension post replaced, traces of lacquer, edge bruising, very fine £1400-1800
A good ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. awarded to Rifleman Jasbahadur Rai, 1st Battalion, 10th (Princess Mary’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, for his gallantry during a jungle ambush in the Palau Manis area of Kuantan, 31 May 1950, when he pursued one of the ‘bandits’ who had ambushed him - through thick jungle and swamp terrain, he finally accounted for his man, despite being ambushed again by a further ten bandits Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (Rfmn Jasbahadur Rai. 1/10 Gurkha Rifles.) good very fi...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1886; breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, complete with neck cravat in its R & S. Garrard & Co case of issue, case rather scuffed, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of three awarded to Brigadier-General C. T. Martin, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne in May 1918, whilst commanding 151st Infantry Brigade Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, complete with top suspension bar in its Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (Lieut. C. T. Martin. 1/High. L.I.); King's S...
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Corporal W. Ferry, Mafeking Town Guard, who was a member of the Railway Division and in a daring exploit at the start of the Defence of Mafeking drove a train with two trucks of dynamite out of Mafeking and into the Boer position, 13 October 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (Corpl: W. Ferry. Mafeking Town Gd:) nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
A fine Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Second Officer J. McD. Dunbar, Mercantile Marine, who distinguished himself on the occasion of an attack on his ship Caspian by a German U-Boat in the Mediterranean, 20 May 1917, and was taken Prisoner of War at sea Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, unnamed as issued; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (James Mc D. Dunbar) generally good very fine (3) £1400-1800
A good Great War 1918 Western Front ‘Tank Operations’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain B. Holt, Army Service Corps, attached Somerset Light Infantry, later Indian Army Service Corps, who was awarded the M.C. for taking over 200 prisoners near Arras on 23 August 1918, before being wounded in action on 8 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. B. Holt. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. B. Holt.); General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Ira...
Pair: Gunner William Wright, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Wright, H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (William Wright. Royal Horse Artillery.) renamed, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, toned, nearly very fine, the first with two minor bruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £1400-1800
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