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The famous Indian Mutiny ‘Siege of Lucknow’ V.C. awarded to Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Bengal Uncovenanted Civil Service Serving under the orders of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram in Lucknow, Kavanagh was decorated with the highest honour for undertaking an epic quest to escape the surrounded Residency at night, cross enemy lines, make contact with the camp of the Commander-in Chief, and then using his local knowledge, guide the relieving force through the city to the beleaguered...
Hammer Price: £750,000
A rare Second War ‘Norwegian Coast 1940’ C.G.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman R. H. Wellard, Royal Navy, whose gallantry when H.M.S. Pelican was dive bombed by enemy Ju-88s and severely damaged undoubtedly saved many lives and possibly the ship itself Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (S.SX. 22441 R. H. Wellard. A.B. H.M.S. Pelican) officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd...
Hammer Price: £13,000
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (G. Stone. Py. Offr. 2. Cl. H.M.S. Discovery) a little polished and some light scratches, otherwise very fine and scarce £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A German Second World War Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross A fine example of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, missing its loop, the remainder in excellent condition, fully magnetic centre. All of the black finish to the central core complete with its original Forman lead seal having the micro 800 Steinhauer & Luck of Ludenscheid hallmark beneath the eyelet ring, with a short section of riband for display purposes, very good condition £5,000-£7,000
£5,000–£7,000
A fine Napoleonic war and Waterloo pair awarded to Private Samuel Green, 2nd Battalion, 95th Foot (Rifles) Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Samuel Green, 95th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Green, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
A rare Punjab campaign C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General James Eckford, C.B., Bengal Infantry, late Royal Navy 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 ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with wide swivel-ring bar suspension, gold ribbon buckle and gold top suspension brooch; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (J. Eckford, C.B. Lieut. & Adjt. 6th...
Hammer Price: £8,000
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (V. Domines. Cook. 1. Cl. H.M.S. Alert.) light marks, otherwise good very fine and scarce £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (G. Smithers. Captns. Coxn. Pandora.) a little polished and some light marks, otherwise very fine and very scarce £5,000-£7,000
A well-documented Northern Ireland M.I.D. campaign group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant I. Missenden, Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment and the Force Research Unit (FRU), who carried out 6 tours of Northern Ireland - suffering a gunshot wound as an 18 year old infantryman during his first, and going on to distinguish himself in an intelligence capacity as an ‘agent handler’ whilst serving with West Det (FRU), St. Angelo, Fermanagh. His tours spanned 20 years, and during that time...
Hammer Price: £10,000
A Second War Night Fighter’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Blenheim and Mosquito navigator Flight Lieutenant G. A. Waller, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew as an air gunner with 601 Squadron on the Borkum Raid, 25 November 1939, before remustering as a navigator and flying operationally with 29 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Waller assisted in the destruction of 3 enemy aircraft destroyed, 1 probable and 1 damaged Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A superb ‘Logeast Wood’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant H. J. Trigg, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 1st R.M. Battalion, Royal Naval Division, when ‘he himself killed large numbers of the enemy with a Lewis gun’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Ply-466(S) Sjt: H. J. Trigg, 1/R. Marines); 1914-15 Star (Ply. 466-S-, Pte. H. J. Trigg, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 466-S-. Pte. H. J. Trigg, R.M.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The superb Great War ‘Bellewaarde Ridge’ Battle of Loos, September 1915 D.C.M., and ‘Westhoek operations’ 3rd Battle of Ypres, August 1917 Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant H. J. Willey, Rifle Brigade; he was wounded in the left shoulder at Delville Wood in August 1916, was commissioned in April 1918, and severely wounded in the thigh during the Battle of Albert in August 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (B-2391 Sjt: H. J....
Hammer Price: £4,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, 12 Octr. 1798, St. Domingo, Java, Algiers (John Boon.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. James Markland, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Charles Dallas, 32nd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £3,600-£4,400
Pair: Sergeant and Bandmaster William Russ, 82nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (William Russ, Serjt. 82nd Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (William Russ, Serjeant 82nd Regiment. 1832.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, glue deposits to reverse of clasps on the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £3,600-£4,400
Hammer Price: £3,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Wm. Hart.) suspension neatly reaffixed, minor edge bruise and light marks overall, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
A particularly fine and unusual Second War ‘1942’ D.S.O., ‘immediate’ 1942 D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Whitley, Halifax and Wellington pilot Squadron Leader A. S. R. E. Ennis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 85 operational sorties with his Log Book annotated to suggest that he flew in over 100 operational sorties. Amongst his extensive number of sorties over occupied Europe and the jungles of Burma, his aircraft was hit on countless occasions and he...
A fine Second War 1945 Pathfinder Force Master Bomber’s ‘immediate’ D.S.O., 1944 ‘immediate’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Lancaster pilot Squadron Leader G. A. ‘Alex’ Thorne, Royal Air Force, who was additionally recommended for the Second Award Bar to his D.F.C. Thorne flew in at least 54 operational sorties, all but two of which were flown with 635 Squadron - predominantly as a marker crew, but also acting as Deputy Master Bomber on 3 occasions, and ending the war as...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A very fine and rare Waterloo Medal and ‘Salamanca operations’ Guelphic Medal pair awarded to Sergeant Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons, King’s German Legion Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) fitted with matching Guelphic Medal style silver bar suspension; Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (*Heinr. Erdfelder. vorm Quartiermstr im Leib-Cuir. Regt.*) officially engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
A rare campaign group of six awarded to Perceval Landon, special correspondent for The Times in the Boer War and in the Tibet campaign, an author and lifelong friend of Rudyard Kipling Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. P. Landon. “Times”) officially impressed naming; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (P. Landon Esq: Press Corspdt.) officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (P. Landon.); British War and Victory Medals (P. Landon); Coronation 1911, unnamed, these mounted for wear in...
Hammer Price: £4,600
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (907 Sepoy Mool Singh, 4th Kashmir Infy. I.S.T.) minor official correction to latter part of unit, minor edge bruise, cleaned, nearly extremely fine and rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain F. W. M. Cornwallis, 17th Lancers, attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), who, having rejoined his cavalry regiment in Ireland in 1920, was gunned down during the Irish War of Independence by a gang of I.R.A. volunteers in the bloody Ballyturin Ambush near Gort, Co. Galway, on 15 May 1921 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘F. W. M. Cornwallis. 17th Lancers.’; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2....
Hammer Price: £11,000
Pair: Major-General Albert Goldsmid, 12th Light Dragoons, one of the first Jewish officers to serve in the British Army Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (A. Goldsmid, Cornet 12th Lt. Dgns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Albert Goldsmid. 12th Light Dragoons) contemporarily re-engraved naming in upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement ring suspension, this with contact pitting and edge bruising, fine, both dark toned, suspension post on first...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Hartley Colliery Medal 1862, 51mm, silver, the obverse featuring an angel looking on as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from the rubble;, the reverse inscribed in raised letters ‘Presented to those who risked their own lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow workmen buried in Hartley Colliery, January 1862’, the edge engraved ‘Richard Johnston’, fitted with claw and straight silver bar suspension, with silver buckle brooch, with Wyon, London, case of issue,...
A Great War Western Front ‘Flesquieres’ September 1918 D.C.M., and M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Private H. Hickling, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (26553 Pte.-L. Cpl.- H. Hickling. M.M. 2/S. Staff: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (26553 Pte.-L. Cpl.- H. Hickling. 2/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (26553 Pte. H. Hickling. S. Staff: R.) medals loose as issued, toned, nearly extremely...
The Second Afghan War medal to Colour-Sergeant John Yule, 72nd (Seaforth) Highlanders, mentioned in Lord Roberts’ despatch for being ‘first man up’ in the assault on the Takht-i-Shah, when he captured two enemy standards, but was sadly killed in action the following day in the attack on ‘Conical Hill’ Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1400 Cr. Sgt. J. Yule, 72nd Highrs.) hairline scratch in obverse field, otherwise brilliant extremely fine £2,600-£3,000
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major E. A. Smith, 4th (Militia) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13428 Sjt:-A.C.S. Mjr: E. A. Smith, 4/Bedf: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (13428 C.S. Mjr: E. A. Smith, 4/Bedf: R.); 1914-15 Star (13428 Pte. E. A. Smith. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13428 W.O. Cl. 2. E. A. Smith. Bedf. R.) medals mounted for display, good very fine (5) £2,400-£2,800
A German Second World War Knight’s Cross of the War Service Cross Without Swords. A very nice example of the Knights Cross to the War Service Cross without swords. 900 silver and number 1 maker marked to the base on both sides of the lower arm of the cross itself. Excellent finish overall with its full length neck ribbon and neck ties. Fitted into its blue imitation leather paper covered case with minor scuffs to the edges. The upper inner silk lid perfect with one slight unknown marking...
£2,400–£2,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (William Brown.) good very fine £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £3,200
The V.C. group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Major-General E. H. Sartorius V.C., 59th Foot, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Sliah-jui, Afghanistan, on 24 October 1879, and who was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother (and fellow V.C. recipient) R. W. Sartorius Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar contemporarily engraved ‘R. S. to E. S. 25.5.81’; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gold and...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A scarce Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Surgeon-Commander A. G. V. Elder, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for services with Naval ambulance trains and sea hospital transport throughout the war, and who was frequently under fire at the Gallipoli beaches Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, the reverse hallmarked 1917; 1914-15 Star (St. Surg. A. G. V. Elder, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (St. Surg. A. G. V. Elder, R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Sahagun, Vittoria (J. Thompson, Serjeant, 15th Hussars.) minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce £2,200-£2,600
An interesting K.C.V.O. group of ten awarded to Sir Nevile Wilkinson, late Major, Coldstream Guards, the last Ulster King of Arms and creator and builder of “Titiana’s Palace”, a perfect model 16-roomed house which was opened by Queen Mary in 1923 The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, reverses officially numbered ‘K295’ and ‘295’ respectively, in a later fitted case...
Four: Sergeant P. J. Holding, Royal Marines South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Mne1 P J Holding PO30881E RM); General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Gulf, N. Iraq & S. Turkey, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rods between clasps and traces of restoration work to clasp carriage (Cpl P J Holding PO30881E RM); Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (Sgt P J Holding PO30881E RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Cpl P J Holding PO30881E RM) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine...
A rare Great War ‘Gallipoli Mining Operations’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private Thomas Wilkinson, 4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1381 Pte. T. Wilkinson. 4/E. Lanc.: Regt.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1381 Pte. T. Wilkinson. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (20014 Pte. T. Wilkinson, E. Lan. R.)medals unmounted, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £2,000-£2,400
Hammer Price: £1,900
A German Second World War SS 12 Year Long Service Medal. A superb example of the SS 12 Year Long Service Medal, all bright frosted silver finish with highlights showing with its classic teardrop type loop and raised ridge to the central loop attached to the award, with its correct watered blue silk ribbon with its very delicately woven silver SS runes. Fitted into its presentation case with just minor scratches to the two lower arms of the SS runic symbol, the box itself otherwise...
A German Second World War German Cross in Silver. A Superb quality convex shaped Deschler & Sohn produced German Cross in Silver, this is the heavy unmarked version. Totally undamaged enamels to the central swastika, slight rubbing to the dark patinated finish of the ray, the silver star all good, undamaged red enamel to the ring below the silver 1941 dated wreath, slight toning to the area between the arms of the swastika, with its classic four domed rivets by Deschler. Wide tapering pin,...
Hammer Price: £1,800
The Crimea campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Shadforth, 57th Regiment, who was killed in action in the First Attack on the Redan, at the head of his regiment leading the “Forlorn Hope”; his father had commanded the 57th at Albuhera, where he fell wounded Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Col. T. Shadforth. 57th Regt.) officially impressed naming, with original frayed ribbon, a few marks but generally good very fine £2,000-£2,400
Four: Admiral R. P. Cator, Royal Navy, the only R.N. officer to receive an officially impressed medal for Azoff Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. P. Cator, R.N.) officially impressed naming, but with engraved correction to second initial [from ‘I’]; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamels; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy by...
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