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Family Group: The Companion of the Bath breast badge awarded to Lieutenant-General John Cameron, Royal Engineers, Director of Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1875 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, complete with gold swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle, extremely fine Pair: Captain C. B. Cameron, York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clas...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; mounted for wear together with a 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, light contact marks overall, generally very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Festubert’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Mills, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who was also wounded in action during the Battle, and awarded the Russian Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6548 Cpl. J. Mills. 2/Sco: Gds:); 1914 Star, with loose clasp (6548 Cpl J. Mills. S. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (6548 Cpl. J. Mills. S. Gds.) light contact marks overall, generally very fine (4) £1,000-£1,...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A post-War C.I.E., Second War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain A. H. Wilson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, later Military Accounts Department, who served as Field Controller of Military Accounts in Iraq during the Second World War, and later as Military Account-General, Government of India The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, the case is somewhat disintegrated condition;...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (P. O’Brian, 26th Lt. Dragns.) fitted with twin-pronged silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Pair: Quartermaster M. J Kenny, Connaught Rangers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1275 Corpl. M. J. Kenny. 88th. Foot.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, last clasp a tailor’s copy (Qr. Mr. M. J. Kenny. 1st. Connaught Rang:); together with the related miniature awards, the clasps on the QSA mounted in the order TH, RoL, T, OFS, CC, SA01, the miniatures mounted as worn, very...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Dennis McCoy, 89th Foot.) fitted with contemporary three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Salonika Operations’ O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. V. Pirie, Reserve of Officers, attached Suffolk Regiment, late 4th Dragoon Guards, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches, and also served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North, 1896-1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Suakin 1884,...
Hammer Price: £4,400
Three: Major C. L. Lovell, Assam Valley Light Horse, who commanded the A.V.L.H. Vickers Maxim Gun Detachment in the Abor Expedition 1911-12 and was mentioned in despatches India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (510 Captain C. L. Lovell Assam Valley Lt. Horse); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Captain C. L. Lovell A.V. Lt. Horse.); Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Maj. W. C. L. Lovell 6th Assam Valley Lt. Horse I.D.F.) to...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Second War D.F.C. and Second Award Bar attributed to Lancaster and Mosquito pilot Flight Lieutenant L. L. Fletcher, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 77 operational sorties, with 100 and 571 Squadrons - the latter as part of the Light Night Striking Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’, and reverse of cross additionally engraved ‘P/O L. L. Fletcher’, very fine £1,000-£1,400
Three: Colour-Sergeant Alexander Goodbrand, 79th Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (2680. Color. Serjt. Alexr. Goodbrand. 79. Cameron. Highlanders.) regimentally impressed naming as usual for the Highland Brigade; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Colr. Sergt. Alexr. Goodbrand, 79th Highlanders) fitted with Crimea suspension; France, Second Empire, Médaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, gilt worn and chips to enamel on last, first with light c...
An inter-War ‘Mesopotamia 1920’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major A. A. Russell, Indian Army and afterwards Indian Political Department Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. A. Russell.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. A. Russell); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Major A. A. Russell, Pol. Dept.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style as worn,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., 1918 M.M. and Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant T. S. Purves, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, for his gallantry in tackling a fire after 20 direct hits had been taken on the Livens Gas Projector in his trench - the latter were used for hurling cylinders of liquid gas from hundreds of steel tubes sunk into the ground Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6581 Sjt: T. S. Purves. M.M. 1/R. Sc: Fus:); Military Medal, G.V.R., with S...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private W. Bute, 1st/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, Territorial Force, who was killed in action on 12 September 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1783 Pte. W. Bute. 1/3 Lond: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1783. Pte. W. Bute, 3-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1783 Pte W. Bute. 3-Lond. R.) mounted court-style for wear, traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,800
A highly emotive Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. W. Rushforth, 1st/8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 9 May 1918, as a result of saving his wounded brother’s life. Both brothers served together from March 1915, and both were awarded the D.C.M. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1699 A. Cpl. S. W. Rushforth. 8/Lond: Regt - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1699. Pte. S. W. Rushforth, 8-Lond. R.); Brit...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Bird, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major. E. B. Bird. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. B. Bird.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, re...
Hammer Price: £2,000
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot Light Company Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1825-55. A scarce example, the burnished gilt rectangular back plate with silvered mounts, laurel wreath to the centre, Stafford knot with ‘80’, Egypt Sphinx above, at the top a Light Infantry bugle, two studs and lugs to the rear, gilt worn, otherwise good condition £1,200-£1,600
A selection of Bowling and other gold Medals awarded to Mr. W. B. Cowan Comprising a St. Vincent Bowling Club Prize Meal, gold (9ct?, 12.54g), the reverse engraved ‘Presented by David Rohan Esq., Vice President, Won by William B. Cowan’; a Trades House Bowling Trophy Prize Medal, gold (15ct?, 14.55g), the reverse engraved ‘Won by Cordiners, Wm. B. Cowan, Skip., 1900, 1902, 1905, 1909’; a Districts Championships Bowling Prize Medal, gold (9ct, 9.49g), the reverse engraved ‘Wellcroft Bowling...
An ‘Immediate’ Second War ‘Italy theatre’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Sergeant L. W. Etheridge, Hampshire Regiment, for his action at White Cross Hill, Salerno, on 17 September 1943. He subsequently died on 5 November 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5501813 A. Col. L. W. Etheridge. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800
An unusual Second War ‘Invasion of the South of France’, Operation Dragoon D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer Rigger J. J. Wright, Royal Navy, a Fleet Salvage crane driver from H.M.S. Byrsa who rescued two cranes under close range enemy mortar fire at Toulon Docks Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. Rigger J. J. Wright. C/JX. 583600) mounted on original investiture pin; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (6)...
A Jordanian group of fourteen representative of the medals worn by H.M. King Hussain of Jordan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Renaissance, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Hashemite Star, gilt and enamel; Military Gallantry Medal, silvered; Order of the Star, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Order of Independence, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Order of Military Merit, breast badge, gilt and enamel, unmarked...
A Second War ‘North West Europe 1945’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private T. A. Jarvis, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, for gallantry during the fighting in Waldfeucht in January 1945; he was killed in action on 8 April 1945, east of the River Ems, near Bremen Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14420487 Pte. T. A. Jarvis. K.O.S.B.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800
A rare Second War ‘Sudan 1941’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal F. W. Fretwell, West Yorkshire Regiment, who led a bayonet charge on the enemy position during the raid on J. Defeis for which he was originally recommended for the D.C.M.; he was killed in action in Libya the following year Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4534213 A/Cpl. F. W. Fretwell, W. York R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800
A fine Second War ‘Battle of Wadi Akarit, V.C. action’ Immediate M.M. awarded to Corporal James Ginty, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for gallantry in the attack on the Gabes line in April 1943; he was killed in action in January 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2992110 Cpl. J. Ginty. A. & S.H,); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800
A Great War 1914 ‘Battle of Armentières’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. H. Moreby, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, who was also killed in action during the battle, 25 October 1914, and posthumously Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6457 Cpl W. H. Moreby. 1/Leic: Regt); 1914 Star, with loose clasp (6457 Cpl W. H. Moreby. 1/Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6457 Cpl. W. H. Moreby Leic. R.) generally good very fi...
Hammer Price: £4,200
An extremely well-documented group of nine awarded to Colonel W. V. Jardine-Blake, Australian Imperial Force, who served at Gallipoli and in command of the 35th Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War, and later Commanded the Allied Geographical Section in Australia during the Second World War; seeing operational service in the Philippines, for his services he was awarded the United States Legion of Merit, one of only a handful given to the Australian Army during the Second World...
A scarce inter-War ‘Palestine 1936’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain J. L. Gardner-Brown, Royal Horse Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R.; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. J. L. Gardner-Brown. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, generally very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (J. Dilworth, Bombay Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with twin-pronged silver ribbon buckle, toned, very fine and unique clasp to the regiment £1,500-£2,000
A Second War 1944 D.F.M. group of five awarded to Lancaster Wireless Operator, Flight Sergeant D. S. Nicholls, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 45 operational sorties, 26 of which were with 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron - a “marker” squadron. Earlier in his tour, during one of his seven trips to Berlin and back, ‘whilst over the target, their aircraft was attacked by an enemy aircraft, and whilst the pilot was still taking evasive action, the rear gunner’s oxygen fa...
A good Second War 1945 ‘Kyaukse operations’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major D. G. Butterworth, 9th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, who was about to lead his Company in an attack on a heavily defended position, when he received a signal informing him that he would have to assume command of the Battalion due to the O.C. and all other officers at Battalion H.Q. being wounded by a Japanese sniper’s grenade. He remained with his company long enough to see them on their way, and then ha...
A Great War 1917 ‘Ypres’ D.C.M., M.M. group of four awarded to stretcher-bearer Corporal A. Trussler, 12th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Bermondsey) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (32704 Pte A. Trussler. 12/E. Surr: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (32704 Pte A. Trussler. 12/E. Surr: R.); British War and Victory Medals (32704 Cpl. A. Trussler. E. Surr. R.) suspension claw loose on BWM, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £1,600-£2,000
A scarce Second War 1941 Sunderland Navigator’s D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant H. Morton, Royal Air Force, who had flown in at least 76 operational sorties with 228 Squadron by the end of March 1941; many of which had been flown from Kalafrana, Malta. He distinguished himself as a ‘courageous Air Gunner when his aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters. On 1st November 1940, he removed a casualty from the rear turret and fought the rear guns during five attacks by a Macchi...
A post-War A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander J. T. Carter, Royal Australian Air Force Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1965; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, the three Second War awards all officially named ‘437929 J T Carter.’; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (04430 J. T. Carter.); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (04430 J. T. Carter.); Vietnam 1964-73 (04430 Carter. J. T.) naming very faintly impressed; South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960-, unnamed...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The unique campaign group of five awarded to Sergeant A. H. Still, 12th Lancers, who served in both the Zulu and Ulundi campaigns, and was later a Yeoman of the King’s Bodyguard South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (Sergt. A. H. Still. 12th. Lancers.); Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (First Class Sergt. Instr. A. H. Still Bomby. Unattd. List); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1s...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Pair: Private K. A. Warden, Parachute Regiment, who served with 2 Para in the Falklands campaign and took part in the actions at Goose Green and Wireless Ridge General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24492969 Pte K A Warden Para); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24492969 Pte K A Warden Para) nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
Pair: Private S. L. R. Robinson, Parachute Regiment, who served with 3 Para in the Falklands campaign and was present at the battle for Mount Longdon General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24460018 Pte S L R Robinson Para); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24460018 Pte S L R Robinson Para) nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
Pair: Lance-Corporal S. Wilmot, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24384182 Pte S Wilmot Para); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24384182 LCpl S Wilmot Para) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
Four: Staff Sergeant D. W. Saunders, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, Parachute Regiment General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Near East, Cyprus (23212313 Pte. D. Saunders. Para.); General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, all clasps mounted in order listed, back-strap of the last clasp cut through (23212313 Pte. D. W. Saunders. Para.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23212313 S. Sgt. D. W. Saunders...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Egypt, Maida (Jas. McHugh, 27th Foot.) two small edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £1,800-£2,200
Three: Major J. H. L. M. Toone, 11th Bengal Cavalry Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, fitted with a small ring and silver straight bar suspension, with silver riband buckle and contemporary top silver brooch bar; Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. J. H. L. M. Toone 11th. Regiment Light Cavalry) with original hook and modern split ring suspension, with contemporary top silver riband buckle; Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Bt. Capt. J. H. L. M. Toone, 11th. Bengal Cavy.) with contemporary top silve...
Hammer Price: £2,800
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