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The superb ‘Iraq 2004’ Conspicuous Gallantry Cross group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 Terrence ‘Tommo’ Thomson, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, whose extraordinary bravery and powers of initiative came to the fore whilst commanding his Warrior vehicle as part of a Quick Reaction Force extraction in central Basra City, 9 August 2004. Answering the call to a succession of escalating insurgent ambushes, Thomson and his crew found themselves isolated and under con...
Hammer Price: £140,000
The exceptional Falklands War D.S.M. pair awarded to Petty Officer (Sonar) (Submarine) Graham J. R. ‘Horse’ Libby, Royal Navy, the senior qualified diver in H.M. Submarine Conqueror, who volunteered to carry out a night dive in ‘dark, freezing, and terrifying conditions’ to free a floating wire aerial which had become trapped round Conqueror’s propeller, causing cavitation and noise which put the submarine at great risk of detection by the enemy; the only NATO nuclear-powered submarine to eng...
Hammer Price: £55,000
The extremely rare 14-clasp M.G.S. and ‘Ciudad Rodrigo’ Forlorn Hope Medal pair awarded to Private James Morris, 52nd Foot, who was slightly wounded in the left arm at Almeida, 24 July 1810, slightly in the left thigh at Badajoz, 6 April 1812, and severely in the left thigh at Ciudad Rodrigo, 19 January 1812; he was also a Volunteer at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz and St Sebastian, and was afterwards present at the battle of Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 14 clasps...
Hammer Price: £24,000
A rare ‘Iraq 2007’ Q.G.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2, later Captain, B. J. Campbell, Irish Guards, attached 4 Rifles Battlegroup, for saving the lives of a trapped crew of a Warrior armoured vehicle after it had slipped off a narrow bridge and upended into a stream in a high threat area of Basra on 15 June 2007 Queen’s Gallantry Medal, E.II.R. (24772251 WO2 B. J. Campbell. IG ); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24772251 LCPL B J Campbell IG); Ira...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The rare Army of India and Peninsula war pair awarded to Private James Edmunds, 94th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. Edmunds, 94th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James Edmunds, 94th Foot.) lower clasp carriage a little bent on the second, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise ve...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A particularly fine Second War 1943 ‘immediate’ D.S.O., 1941 ‘immediate’ D.F.C. and 1944 ‘immediate’ Second Award Bar, 1959 ‘Test Pilot’s’ A.F.C. group of nine awarded to Group Captain D. F. Dennis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 105 operational sorties, in Blenheims, Venturas and Mosquitoes, all of which were with 21 Squadron, the latter he commanded from July 1944. Dennis accounted for at least 8,000 tons of enemy shipping whilst based on attachment at Malta in...
Hammer Price: £14,000
An Albert Medal First Class for Land group of four awarded to Conductor A. E. Purkis, Indian Ordnance Department, for gallantry during the Hyderabad Cordite Explosions, Sind, 7 and 15 April 1906 Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Sub-Conductor Alfred Edwin Purkis for Gallantry in saving life at Hyderabad (Sind) on the 7th. & 15th. April, 1906.’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Cond. A. E. P...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A scarce ‘Archangel Command’ Albert Medal for Sea awarded to Able Seaman M. Thompson, Royal Navy, who helped extricate trapped and wounded seamen from a burning munitions ship in the Port of Archangel, 8 November 1916, despite small arms ammunition exploding all around him Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Malcolm Thompson Able Seaman for Gallantry in saving life from the burning S.S...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Sudan campaign medal to Private H. Hunt, 21st Lancers, killed in the charge at Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3569 Pte. H. Hunt. 21/L’crs.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
The extremely rare Waterloo and ‘Badajos’ Forlorn Hope Medal pair awarded to Sergeant John Willox, 52nd Foot, who was severely wounded in the left leg at Pombal, 12 March 1811, severely in the head at Badajoz, 6 April 1812, and through both thighs at San Munoz, 17 November 1812 Waterloo 1815 (Serj. John Willox, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot.) fitted with later steel clip and ring suspension; 52nd Foot Forlorn Hope Medal for the Storming of Badajos, silver, on the obverse Light Infantry bugle an...
A good Albert Medal for Land awarded to Gunner J. Fairclough, Royal Artillery, for saving three boys from a raging petrol fire at a warehouse in Ambala, India, 27 April 1927, which necessitated entering the collapsing building on three separate occasions despite suffering severe burns to his body. Still alive in 1971, he was one of only 15 living Albert Medallists who declined to exchange their awards for the George Cross Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronz...
Hammer Price: £4,200
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 £4,000-£5,000
A Rare-to-Unit 1921 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) for Gallantry awarded to Temporary Cadet F. Scott, Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, late Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, for ‘Pre-eminent Valour’ at Rathcoole on June 16 when his A.D.R.I.C. platoon was ambushed by the I.R.A., all its vehicles immobilised, and heavy casualties inflicted. Despite being severely injured by a landmine blast that had destroyed the armoured truck he was travelling in, Scott volunteered to set out alone on...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (R. W. Hitchcock. A.B. H.M.S. Discovery.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Gordon, 7th Hussars, who was severely wounded at Genappe on 17 June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. J. R. Gordon, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise toned, good very fine and a rare casualty £4,000-£5,000
A rare Great War ‘North Russia’ O.B.E. and remarkable Second World War D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. E. Lockington, Royal Naval Reserve, who in 1942 commanded the two-masted schooner Farouk which, at his own suggestion, had been converted in Alexandria to a Q-ship, armed with two hidden guns, and was sunk by U-83 in a heroic but futile action in June 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An extremely rare Battle of Tamaai C.G.M. awarded to Private Daniel Drady, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who assisted in carrying Dr. Prendergast to safety with a ‘great number of rebels’ in close proximity: shortly afterwards his service record was endorsed ‘run’ but he ‘claimed the benefit of the Queen’s pardon’ in August 1887 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (13th Co. Private Daniel Drady, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Cleopatra) officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact mark...
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: £3,600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Charles Cotesworth, Volr.) toned, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £3,600-£4,000
An emotive Second War ‘Battle of Britain’ Spitfire pilot’s campaign group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. F. Soden, Royal Air Force, who flew with 266 and 603 Squadrons during the Battle, and claimed 2 enemy aircraft destroyed, 2 probably destroyed, and 1 shared destroyed, as well as being wounded during a crash landing, 17 August 1940, and being forced to bale out after combat, 25 October 1940. He went on to fly Tomahawks with 112 Squadron over the Western Desert, and added a further...
Hammer Price: £6,500
An emotive and scarce Great War A.F.C. group of four awarded to airship pilot, Lieutenant-Commander N. ‘Grabby’ Grabowsky-Atherstone, Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service, who is credited with the destruction of at least 1 enemy submarine, and the damaging and possible destruction of another, whilst flying S.S. Z1 as part of the Dover Patrol. Having retired and emigrated to Australia after the war, Grabowsky-Atherstone returned to the service as First Officer of the ill-fated R. 101. He was...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The regimentally unique ‘Omdurman’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant H. Sheppard, Royal West Kent Regiment, attached Egyptian Army, twice mentioned in despatches for the Sudan campaign, and once for the Second Boer War Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Cr. Sgt. H. Sheppard: R. W. Kent R. (2nd Sept: 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (1823 Cl./Sgt. H. Sheppard. E. A.) suspension claw loose; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1823 Sgt H....
Hammer Price: £3,400
An extremely rare Second War 1940 Battle of France ‘Posthumous’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Hurricane ‘Ace’ Flight Lieutenant I. S. Soden, 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who over the course of 48 hours in France achieved at least 5 enemy aircraft destroyed and 1 shared destroyed, before being killed in action during an attack on his aerodrome, 18 May 1940 - ‘Flight Lieutenant Soden jumped out of a shelter trench and called to a crew to start up an aircraft. He got into the first fighter he...
An excessively rare 1859 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) awarded to First Head Constable J. Crowley, Irish Constabulary, an ‘active and indefatigable officer’ who played an important part in apprehending offenders during the Great Hunger/Potato Famine and the subsequent Young Ireland Revolt of 1848, arresting Terence Bellew McManus on board a ship bound for Boston Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 1st type, ‘Reward of Merit Irish Constabulary’, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by His Excellency th...
A rare post-War B.E.M. and ‘Antarctic 1929-35’ Polar Medal group of seven awarded to Boatswain H. V. Moreton, Royal Research Vessel Discovery II, who served during the Great War as a Signaller, Royal Navy, and in the Second World War as a Gunner, 532 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Harold Vale Moreton); British War and Victory Medals (J.64268 H. V. Moreton. Sig. Boy. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronz...
A 1919 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) awarded to Sergeant J. Curtin, Royal Irish Constabulary, for his gallantry during the defence of the Inch Police Post, Clare, on 20 July 1919: ‘We did our duty to the best of our ability, and without fear, we will continue to do so’. Eighteen months later, Curtin was mortally wounded in an I.R.A. ambush, led by Michael Breen, at Cratloe on 13 January 1921 Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 2nd type, ‘Reward of Merit Royal Irish Constabulary’ (Sergeant Jeremia...
A German Third Reich Goblet of Honour for Outstanding Achievement in the Air War, a very fine example of the goblet produced in the Alpaka material by Josef Wagner & Son, awarded to Leutnant Eduard Betzler who was a member of the 5th Staffel of Reconnaissance Squadron 122. Date of award ‘16th November 1942. Excellent condition with all of its original hand beaten finish in place. The base, which can normally be distorted through damage is in perfect form. Marked to the upper inner base ‘Feins...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun (E. P. Henslow, Paymaster, 15th Lt. Dgns.) attractively toned, brilliant extremely fine £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £2,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 12 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Bernard Timmins, 43rd Foot) extremely fine £2,800-£3,200
A Great War C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral E. F. Bruen, Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Bellerophon at the battle of Jutland The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. F. Bruen. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (R. Adml E. F. Bruen. R.N.); France, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels, the first with minor chipping to wreaths, otherwi...
A scarce post-war A.F.M. group of eight awarded to Pilot 1, later Master Pilot, S. Goodyear, Royal Air Force, who flew Mosquito and Pioneer aircraft with 14 and 209 Squadrons; the latter on casevac operations over North Borneo and the Malay Peninsula Air Force Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (1145998 Plt. 1. S. Goodyear. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula (M. Plt. S. Goodyear (M1145998) R.A....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive (J. Castelow, Serjt. 43rd Foot) toned, nearly extremely fine £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Great War ‘Zeebrugge Raid’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Webb, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Second Boer War and the Battle of Jutland, he went on to distinguish himself as part of ‘C’ Company of the Seaman Storming Party during the famous raid, 22/23 April 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (210040. J. Webb, P.O. Nl. Bde. Zeebrugge. Ostend. 22-3. April. 1918.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Webb, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Terpsichore) suspensio...
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Crimea medal awarded to Private John Hallaway, 4th Light Dragoons, who is believed to have been wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and sent to hospital at Scutari on the following day Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (John Hallaway. 4th Lt. Dragoons.) contemporary engraved naming in running script, with original ribbon and separate clasp for ‘Balaklava’ fitted with brooch for suspension, in original named card box of issue, the lid inscribed ‘J. Hallaway...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Corunna, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor (J. H. Reynett, Capt. 52nd Foot & D.A.Q.M.G.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,600
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Drummer J. May, Gordon Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5237 Dmr: J. May. 2nd Gordon Highrs:); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (5237 Pte. J. May 1st Bn. Gord: Hrs.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (5237 Pte. J. May, Gordon Highrs:) nearly very fine (3) £2,000-£2,600
A superb Second War Arctic convoy Fleet Air Arm Air-Gunners D.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Petty Officer Airman C. A. Vines, Fleet Air Air, for the sinking of U-973 by his Fairy Swordfish of the escort carrier H.M.S. Chaser, off Narvik on 6 March 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp. A.P.O. Airmn. C. A.Vines. FAA/FX 115046); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £2,000-£2,400
A Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Major H. L. H. Owen, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who after been brought down by an Ace of Jasta 5 in 1916 and wounded during ‘Bloody April’, was very seriously injured during an accident in October 1917. Despite the loss of an eye, a couple of fingers, and being partially deaf, he was back flying in April 1918 and commanding his Squadron by the end of the War Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £2,400
An outstanding Great War ‘Somme 1916’ D.S.O. and ‘Arras 1917’ Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. B. Daubeny, Royal Artillery, who was also Mentioned in Despatches four times, before being seriously wounded and evacuated home in 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, minor green enamel damage to wreaths; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. B. Daubeny, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col....
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Somme - attack on Contalmaison’ M.M. group of five awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major D. F. McKrill, 10th (Service) Battalion, West Riding Regiment, twice wounded during the conflict and later commissioned in the West Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13233 C.S. Mjr: D. F. McKrill. 10/W. Rid: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (13233 Sjt: D. F. McKrill. 10/W. Rid: R.); 1914-15 Star (13233 L-Cpl. D. F. McKaill. [sic] W. Rid. R....
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