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A fine post-War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer Cook H. G. Nichols, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Southampton in 1941, and subsequently took part in the Yangtze incident in H.M.S. London in 1949, during which his ship was severely damaged British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R ( C.P.O. Ck.(S) Horace G. Nichols, C/MX. 768465), officially re-engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 copy clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45;...
Hammer Price: £1,000
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Stoker Mechanic R. G. Gifford, Royal Navy who was killed in action whilst serving in H.M.S. Consort during the Yangtze incident, 20 April 1949 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasps, Yangtze 1949 (D/KX 134757 R. G. Gifford. Sto. Mech. R.N.); together with an H.M.S. Consort cap tally, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. Stedman, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 56th Punjab Rifles and 1/4th Gurkhas, who was wounded in three places whilst leading his men in a frontal attack on a stockade during the Kuki Rising, 1917-1919 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. H. Stedman, I.A.R.O.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lt. H. Steadman [sic].) BWM partially officially corrected; India General Service 19...
A Great War 1916 ‘First Day of the Battle of the Somme’ M.M group of seven awarded to Private G. Cox, Royal Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps, late Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was wounded in action at Auchionvillers the same day, 1 July 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (20923 Pte. G. Cox. 86/Coy. M.G.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5945 Pte. G. Cox, Rl. Wt. Surrey Regt.); King’s South...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Four: Captain Thomas Kains, 3rd Foot Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. T. Kains H.M. 3rd Regt.) with adapted silver bar suspension; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. Thomas Kains 3rd Buffs) regimentally engraved naming; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Capt. T. Kains, 1st Bn. 3rd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (Capt. T. Kains 3rd Regt.) fitted with ‘China’ type suspension, all fitted with silver ribbon brooches or buckles, light contact marks...
An outstanding Great War Salonika M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. Round, 7th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry in the attack on Grand Couronne, 18 September 1918, when his commanding officer won the Victoria Cross and the Battalion was awarded the French Croix de Guerre Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. A. J. Round. 7th South Wales Borderers Salonika Sept. 18th 1918’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. A. J....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Vittoria, Toulouse (Jas. Mansfield, 40th Foot.) carriage a little buckled between first two clasps, original ribbon, dark toned, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £1,200-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star with swords, of continental manufacture, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, 77mm, the reverse with two-pronged pin for wearing, good very fine £1,200-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,600
65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment Officer’s Silver Gorget, a most fine and rare example, constructed on the correct wire frame, decoration to the shoulders is repousse and features Rose & Thistle Union sprays, engraved in the centre are the Royal Arms pre 1801, with ‘LXV Regt.’ below. Approx. 12cm in height & 8.5cm in width, very fine £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Honourable East India Company Officer’s Silver Gilt Gorget, a superb and very rare example correctly constructed on a wire frame, the upper left shoulder marked for London 1801, to the centre the full Achievement of Arms of the company, approx. 11.5cm in height & 7.8cm in width, very fine £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,800
1st Regiment of Foot Guards Officer’s Copper Gilt & Silver Gorget, a superb and rare example correctly constructed on a wire frame, the perimeter with reeded detail, to the centre in silver the Royal Arms of Great Britain 1801-1814 are pinned through, original chamois liner present but detached, approx. height 11.4cm width 8.5cm, very fine £1,000-£1,500
3rd Foot Guards Officer’s Copper Gilt Gorget, a very fine and rare example correctly constructed on a wire frame, the shoulders engraved with be-ribboned military swags, additionally that on the left with laurels enclosing ‘3rd.’ and on the right, laurels enclosing, ‘Gds.’. To the centre the Arms of Great Britain pre 1801, approx. height 10.2cm, width 8cm minute gilt loss on the upper rim and Royal Arms otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Second War submariner’s D.S.M. and King's Commendation for Bravery group of seven awarded to Leading Seaman R. Fentiman, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L.S. R. Fentiman. P/SSX. 20166.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (Div. Offr. Ronald Fentiman) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £1,000-£1,400
A scarce Great War ‘Gallipoli operations’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain, late Sergeant Major, H. Cooper, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, later attached as an Equipment Officer with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. Cooper. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lieut. H. Cooper.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4391 S. Mjr: H. Cooper. R....
Hammer Price: £2,800
A rare Great War ‘Kut operations’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class H. J. Wheeler, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry when sent in a boat from the gunboat Sumana to rescue the crew of the stricken gunboats Firefly and Comet, accomplished under heavy fire and whilst Ottoman soldiers had already boarded the two stranded gunboats- shortly afterwards he was invalided due to a gunshot wound Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (179098. H. J. Wheeler, P.O. 1Cl....
Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 83mm including paulownia flowers suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon in centre; Star, 94mm, silver and silver-gilt, with red cabochon in centre, with ‘triple hook’ retaining pin; complete with neck riband with all the correct fastenings, and lapel rosette, in rio-nuri lacquered case of issue, the uni-size insert of the case designed to accommodate the insignia of both the Firs...
£1,000–£1,400
A Second War ‘Normandy Landings’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman R. Urwin, Royal Navy, for his outstanding torpedo duty in action in the British Assault Area in June 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. R. Urwin. C/JX 162355); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, contact marks, good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Davey, Canadian Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse central medallion slightly depressed; 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: J. E. Davey. Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. E. Davey.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt (hallmarks for Birmingham 1921), the reverse...
Family group: A fine Great War ‘Hill 70’ sniper’s M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Martin, 20th Canadian Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force, who on 15 August 1917, ‘accounted for 14 of the enemy, and during the early evening demonstrated how “easy” it was by adding 3 more to his score in a few minutes.’ Martin was gassed and twice wounded during the Great War, dying from his wounds in October 1935 Military Medal, G.V.R. (57229 L. Cpl. A. Martin. 20...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A fine Great War ‘French theatre’ M.M. and rare 1919 ‘North Russia Relief Force’ Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant W. M. Ross, 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, late 1st and 8th Battalions, Royal Berkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (9691 Sjt W. Ross. 8/R. Berks: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9691 Pte W. Ross. 1/R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (L-9691 Sjt. W. Ross. R. Berks. R.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Mi...
Waterloo 1815 (Isaac Jackson, Royal Artillery Drivers) with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising, scratch to reverse field, nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400
A Great War Warrant Officer’s M.C. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major (Artillery Clerk) T. A. Hartgrove, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (2374 Q.M. Sjt. T. A. Hartgrove. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2374 W.O. Cl. 2 T. A. Hartgrove. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2374 Q.M. Sjt: T. A. Hartgrove. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2374 S.Mjr:-A.C. - T. A. Hartgrove, M.C. R.G.A.) mounted as wor...
A Great War 1917 ‘Third Battle of Gaza’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. Watsham, Essex Regiment, who, taking charge of the first wave of his company against the Turkish positions, bombed and secured the enemy trenches, before being wounded, on 2 November 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (250426 Sjt: H. Watsham. 1/5 Essex R.); 1914-15 Star (2326 Pte. H. Watsham. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2326 Sjt. H. Watsham. Essex R.) minor edge bruise to VM, good very...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A German Third Reich Kriegsmarine Junior Officer’s Visor Cap. A nice condition visor cap, no moth damage to the naval style floppy top, complete with its correct strap, matched set of cellion produced national eagle and cockade, rank braid for a junior officer to the front peak in wire. To the interior the sweatband all intact with evidence of wear use, complete with its inner blue silk lining, centre celluloid lozenge missing. Also complete with its two anchor gilded side buttons. Some crack...
Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross 1st Class, with swords, 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with ‘fan’ suspension ring stamped ‘900 21’, with full neck riband, in original red leather case of issue with large gilded eagle to the lid, and the title in gilded lettering to the upper inner lid silk, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
Pair: Guardsman P. L. Angus, Welsh Guards, wounded whilst on the Sir Galahad, 8 June 1982 South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24584248 Gdsm P L Angus WG); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24584248 Gdsm P L Angus WG) mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (2) £1,000-£1,400
An Irish Constabulary Badge of Merit awarded to Constable W. Bane, Irish Constabulary, who was awarded a Half Chevron for ‘successful exertions in the arrest and conviction of persons concerned in plundering a vessel laden with Indian Corn’ in 1865 Irish Constabulary Badge of Merit, silver, the reverse officially engraved ‘Wm. Bane Constable’, reverse with remains of four loop fasteners, the loop fasteners all missing, otherwise good very fine, rare £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War 1918 ‘Piave Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major C. Sutton, Wiltshire Regiment, attached Devonshire Regiment, late Army Pay Corps, who was wounded before subsequently serving in North Russia, the Anglo-Irish War and throughout the Second War Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2381 Pte. C. Sutton. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. C. Sutton.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400
Russia, Empire, Order of St. Vladimir, Civil Division, Third Class badge, by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 44mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, manufacturer’s mark and court stamp to reverse, kokoshnik mark and gold mark to suspension ring, enamel damage to lower reverse arm, obverse medallion slightly loose, otherwise good very fine £1,000-£1,400
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Cleaver, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Cleaver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. W. Cleaver.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s related miniature medals, very fine (12) £1,000-£1,400
A fine and well-documented Great War ‘First Day of the Battle of the Somme’ M.M., and ‘Western Front’ Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sniper and Scout, Company Sergeant Major E. Gray, 6th (Service) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was wounded and later served with the 8th (Service) Battalion Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (12887 Pte E. Gray. 6/R. Berks: R:); 1914-15 Star (12887 Pte E. Gray. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12887 A. W. O. Cl. 2...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer E. A. E. Gander, Royal Navy, for his actions on 21 March 1918 when H.M.S. Botha rammed and sank a German torpedo boat before being torpedoed in error by a French destroyer Distinguished Service Medal G.V.R. (198304. E. A. E. Gander, P.O. 1Cl “Botha” Off Belgian Coast 21. Mar. 1918.); China 1900, no clasp (E. A. Gander, A.B., H.M.S. Daphne.); 1914-15 Star (198304 E. A. E. Gander PO1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (198304 E....
A fine Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. R. Ainslie, Royal Naval Reserve, who whilst in charge of an armed drifter in the Ionian Sea, distinguished himself in disabling an Austro-Hungarian submarine on the occasion it had attacked the S.S. Clifftower, on 29 August 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918, unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. R. Ainslie. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George R. Ainslie); Vict...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War ‘Battle for Hill 60, Ypres 1915’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. Hutton, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, late Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded during the Battle for Hill 60, 17 April 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (6454 Cpl (A.Sjt.) T. Hutton. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. T. Hutton.) very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
A Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Engine Room Artificer Second Class W. J. Whittle, Royal Navy, for his gallantry during the invasion of the South of France; he had previously been Mentioned in Despatches for minesweeping operations Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (E.R.A.2. W. J. Whittle. P/MX.50092) in case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Admiralty enclosure, in name...
Hammer Price: £850
A fine Great War 1918 ‘Battle of the River Selle’ M.C. group of four awarded to Acting Captain A. H. Ormesher, York and Lancaster Regiment, who had previously been severely wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, necessitating at least seven operations before he was able to return to action Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut: A. H. Ormesher. York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. H. Ormesher.) mounted as worn, light...
The Bucks Militia Officer’s Spadroon, c1790-1803, the 82cm straight blade with single full length fuller, engraved with the Royal Crest and crowned ‘GR’ cypher, trophy of arms and floral swags. Gilt metal cross guard incorporating a pierced lozenge, ‘D’ shaped hand guard, reeded ivory hand grip with central gilt metal band featuring oval cartouches on both sides, the obverse displays the crowned Garter Proper with central ‘GR’ cypher, the obverse with crowned Garter Proper enclosing ‘Bucks’....
£1,000–£1,200
Four: Private T. Rockell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2256. Pte. T. Rockell. 3/60th Foot.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai (2256, Pte. T. Rockell, 3/K.R. Rif. C.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Lushai 1889-92 (3673 Pte. T. Rockell. 4th Bn. K. Ryl. Rifles) officially re-engraved naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, the first lacking one side of suspension claw and with solder repair, contact marks, ot...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (A. Courtney, Asst. Surgn.) good very fine £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, 80mm, the reverse fitted with pin and two additional prongs for wearing, of British manufacture but unsigned, circa 1820-30, a few small chips to enamel, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,200
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