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The outstanding and rare Second War C.B.E., Great War D.S.O., M.C. and Bar, A.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Air Commodore P. F. Fullard, Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps, who with 40 confirmed aerial victories during 1917 would at the War’s end be the seventh highest scoring British Ace of the Great War and the second highest living. A pilot of supreme skill and confidence in his ability as a pilot, his 40 victories were claimed in just eight months at the front, a staggering feat...
Hammer Price: £36,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Royalist 29 Decr 1812 (Henry Hackman.) a very minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £22,000-£26,000
Hammer Price: £32,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Comus 15 Augt 1807 (William Finley.) toned, nearly very fine and rare £16,000-£20,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
A fine Peninsula Gold Medal awarded to Major-General C. E. Conyers, C.B., 82nd Regiment, for Orthes, 27 February 1814, at which battle he commanded his regiment until severely wounded Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Orthes (Lieut. Coll. Chas. E. Conyers, 82nd Foot.) fitted with original glass lunettes and original gold ribbon buckle and suspension, this once neatly repaired and no longer swivels, a tiny chip to the upper edge of reverse lunette, otherwise good very fine £12,000-£16,00...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman George Brace, who witnessed the destruction of the Danish 74 Prindts Christian Frederick as a Landsman in the Stately, and afterwards, in the boats of the Princess Caroline, shared in a bloody encounter with Russian gun-boats in the Gulf of Finland Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Stately 22 March 1808, 25 July Boat Service 1809 (Geo. Brace.) minor edge bruises and scratching in both fields, otherwise good very fine £8,000-£...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A fine Second War ‘Spitfire Pilot’s’ D.F.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander D. Secretan, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Battle of Britain who served with 72 Squadron at Biggin Hill, took part in numerous offensive patrols, and claimed a ‘probable’ M.E.110 on 27 October 1940. He subsequently commanded 242 Squadron in North Africa 1942-43, where ‘he led his Squadron continuously in action during the fiercest fighting against heavy odds’ Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The important Peninsula War medal awarded to General Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.B., K.C.H., K.St.A., Colonel of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons, who he commanded in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where the regiment formed part of the ‘Union’ Brigade, the command of which devolved upon Clifton on the death of Sir William Ponsonby Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Toulouse (Sir A. Clifton, K.C.B. Majr. 3rd Dn. Gds. & Lt. Col. 1st Dgn) some minor edge bruising and marks, o...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Surgeon Francis Burton, 4th Foot, later Surgeon attached to the 66th Foot at St Helena, where he was present at Napoleon’s death on 31 March 1821, presided over the subsequent post-mortem autopsy, and is renowned for having made Napoleon’s death mask Waterloo 1815 (Surgeon Burton, 4th Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
A well-documented Second War ‘Arnhem’ ‘Immediate’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot Squadron Leader B. P. Legge, Royal Air Force, who served with 601 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, and saw further service in North Africa; as a Dakota pilot on D-Day; and at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, where his was Dakota was badly hit and both he and his second pilot were severely wounded: despite the loss of blood he remained at the controls and effected a...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nassau 22 March 1808 (James Moullen, Gunner.) attractively toned, some light scratches to obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Centaur 26 Augt 1808 (James Goslin.) letter ‘a’ double-struck, two light scratches to obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare Great War ‘Konigsberg’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral G. A. Scott, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. A. Scott. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. G. A. Scott. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, very fine and better (10) £4,000-...
A post-War Knight Bachelor, Second War C.B.E., Great War D.S.O. and M.C. group of ten awarded to Brigadier Sir Alexander H. Killick, South Lancashire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1956; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integra...
£4,000–£5,000
A scarce ‘Defence of Kumassi’ group of five awarded to Doctor E. H. Tweedy, Assistant Colonial Surgeon at Kumassi during the siege and one of the Governor’s party in the break out from the city. Tweedy, a ‘good hinterland medical officer... well suited to the Northern Territories’, had already been wounded, and mentioned in despatches for service on the Gold Coast in 1897. He was wounded during the Defence of Kumassi, 29 April 1900, and once again mentioned in despatches for his good service....
Pair: Sergeant Alexander Murdock, 3rd Foot Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Egypt, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria (A. Murdoch, Serjt. 3rd Ft. Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Alex. Murdock, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards.) fitted with rather crude replacement steel clip and ring suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact pitting, naming weak in parts, therefore fine, the first with light nicks and marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,60...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Three: Private J. Gerrard, 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘A’ Squadron, alongside Winston Churchill, in the charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3646. Pte. J. Gerrard. 21/L’Crs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3646 Pte. Gerrard. 21/Lrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3646 Pte J. Gerrard 21st Lrs) mounted for display, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (3) £3,000-£4,000
Pair: Private William Woodley, 7th Hussars Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Orthes, Toulouse (William Woodley, 7th Light Dragoons.); Waterloo 1815 (William Woodley, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with replacement silver straight bar suspension, the first with light contact marks, otherwise good very fine, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
An unusual Second War A.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant The Reverend Canon C. E. Young, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Army Service Corps and Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally in R.E. 8s and Bristol Fighters of No. 9 Squadron in the Great War: Headmaster of Rossall School by the renewal of hostilities, he quickly returned to uniform and ‘despite his age’, was decorated for his fine work as a Flying Instructor Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dat...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A fine Second War D.F.C., D.F.M. group of five awarded to Wireless Operator Flight Lieutenant J. P. Dow, 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, Pathfinder Force, Royal Air Force, who completed two operational tours with Bomber Command, during which he flew to Berlin and back on no fewer than ten occasions Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1128110 F/Sgt. J. P. Dow. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 June 1794 (Jeremiah Lovell.) two small edge bruises and minor marks to Queen’s bust and obverse fields, otherwise very fine £3,000-£3,600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., ‘Gallipoli - Third Battle of Krithia’ D.C.M., group of five awarded to Captain R. Hashim, Cheshire Regiment, late Manchester Regiment, who was also Mentioned in Despatches for his services with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2478 Pte. R. Hashim. 1/6 Manch: Regt. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2478 Pte. R. Hashim. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
The rare ‘Ashanti 1900’ C.M.G. group of four awarded to H. B. W. Russell, Private Secretary to Colonel Sir James Willcocks, Commanding Ashanti Field Force, whose actions during the course of the campaign to relieve Kumassi went above and beyond the conventional duties of a private secretary - often acting as a guide, and being involved in the fighting, despite being present in a civilian capacity The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, si...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The ‘Burma 1885’ campaign C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel A. A. Le Mesurier, Commanding 2nd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, fitted with incorrect silver-gilt ribbon buckle; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain A. E. Le Mesurier. 1st Btn. 14th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Coll. A....
Hammer Price: £2,800
Pair: Private T. Jones, Shropshire Light Infantry Hong Kong Plague, 1894, silver issue, with a privately made clasp engraved ‘China’ (Private T. Jones, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (4072 Pte. T. Jones. Shrops: L.I.), good very fine (2) £2,400-£2,800
£2,400–£2,800
An outstanding Great War stretcher-bearer’s ‘Delville Wood, July 1916’ D.C.M. and ‘Calonne, May 1916 / Carency, June 1916’ M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal N. W. Bellinger, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (17391 Cpl. M. W. Bellinger. 13/Essex R.) note incorrect first initial (as per gazette and D.C.M. Card); Military Medal, G.V.R. (17391 Pte. N. W. Bellinger. 13/Essex: R.); 1914-15 Star (17391 Pte. N. W. Bellinger. Essex R.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Great War ‘Delville Wood, August 1916’ D.C.M. and ‘First Day of the battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal Jack Dales, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8891 Cpl. J. Dales. 1/S. Staff: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (8891 L. Cpl. J. Dales. 2/S. Staff: R:); 1914 Star (8891 Pte. J. Dales. 1/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8891 Cpl. J. Dales. S. Staff. R.) mounted court style, first two with slack suspensions, tightened o...
Pair: Trumpeter E. Newton, 20th Hussars, who was noted as sounding the ‘Charge’ at Gemaizah, and was killed in action during that battle, 20 December 1888 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (1461. Trumptr. E. Newton. 20th Hussars.); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine, and a unique single clasp award to a Trumpeter in the regiment (2) £2,000-£2,400
The Second War Mentioned in Despatches Certificate awarded to Captain the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, attached No. 2 Commando, Special Service Brigade, who was killed in action leading his men during a fierce action at Salerno on 16 September 1943; the great-great-grandson of the First Duke, he is the only holder of that illustrious title to lay down his life in action Mentioned in Despatches Certificate ‘Lieutenant (T/Captain) The Duke of Wellington, The Duke of...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War C.I.E. group of five awarded to Captain E. I. M. Barrett, Commissioner of Police, Shanghai, late Lancashire Fusiliers, who was wounded at Venters Spruit during the Boer War; a keen sportsman, he played Rugby Union for England; first class cricket for Hampshire; and won the Japan Amateur Golf Championship The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Height...
The important ‘Nyasaland 1915’ campaign group of seven awarded to Major C. ‘Champagne Charlie’ Thorburn, late Royal Scots Fusiliers, who commanded the Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve from August 1914, including on raids into German East Africa and on Lake Nyasa. Mentioned in Despatches multiple times, including for service during the Chilembwe Rebellion of 1915, he was a larger than life character - ‘known from Johannesburg to Nairobi as Champagne Charlie, Nyasaland’s tobacco king; and everyone l...
Hammer Price: £2,200
The important and scarce ‘North Nigeria’ campaign group of four awarded to Colonel W. H. O’Neill, Royal Artillery and West Africa Frontier Force, who commanded the operations against the forces of Bida and Kontagora, July - December 1900, culminating in leading a brave but reckless attack which ‘advanced right up to the walls of Bida, entered the town with a few men and fought the Emir Adudekeri in a hand to hand fight. O’Neill was badly wounded and only escaped through the timely arrival of...
Family Group: Three: Second Lieutenant N. S. Scott, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action at Ypres on 23 April 1915 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. N. S. Scott. K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. N. S. Scott); Memorial Plaque (Norman Sawers Scott); Memorial Scroll ‘2nd. Lt. Norman Sawers Scott, K.O.S.Bs.’; together with a silver K.O.S.B. cap badge and a miniature coloured portrait of the recipient, extremely fine Pair: Second Lieutenant I. A. S. Scott,...
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and Russian Medal of St George group of five awarded to Private Percy Gunner, 1st and 8th Battalions, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action in December 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9199 L. Cpl. P. Gunner. 8/Som: L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9199 Pte. P. Gunner. 1/Som: L.I.) star sometime gilded; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9199 Pte. P. Gunner. Som. L.I.); Russia, Empire, Medal of St George for Bra...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Waterloo 1815 (Henry Coley, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, therefore very fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
Pair: Private J. Watson, 21st Lancers, who rode with ‘B’ Squadron in the famous charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3440. Pte. J. Watson. 21/Lancers.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3440 Pte J. Watson 21st Lcrs) generally very fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O., M.C. group of twelve awarded to General Sir Roger C. Wilson, K.C.B., 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, later Union Defence Force of South Africa Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. C. Wilson, 114/Mahrattas.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. R. C. Wilson.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Col. R. C. Wilson.); War Medal 1939-45 (5...
Hammer Price: £3,400
An interesting ‘Great War’ C.B.E. group of three awarded to Mr Frank Worthington, a natural born adventurer and acquaintance of Cecil Rhodes, who accompanied Colonel Coryndon as his private secretary on his expedition to Barotse in October 1897, and managed to wreck Rhodes’ bathtub upon his return. Worthington ran the “Secret Ink Bureau” in support of M.I.6 during the Great War, with his services being in high demand from the Americans - led to an interview with President Woodrow Wilson. He a...
£1,800–£2,200
Waterloo 1815 (Staff Serj. William Hyde, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, sometime pierced and repaired at 12 o’clock, nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200
Waterloo 1815 (Henry Barber, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1,600-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Ciudad Rodrigo (J. Southerd, 40th Foot.) very fine and a very scarce single clasp £1,600-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
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