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The outstanding early India and Defence of Jellalabad C.B. group of six awarded to Major A. P. S. Wilkinson, 13th Somerset Light Infantry, who was wounded in the Burmese War and commanded the regiment at the Storming of the Heights of Jugdulluck and at the Recapture of Cabul The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas and Henry Davies, complete with wide gold...
Hammer Price: £24,000
An inter-war C.B., Mesopotamia operations O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major-General F. W. Barron, Royal Artillery, who was also five times mentioned in despatches in the Great War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony,...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The outstanding Great War ace’s C.B., M.C., A.F.C. group of five awarded to Group Captain A. J. L. “Jack” Scott, Royal Air Force, late Sussex Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps, a gallant New Zealander who overcame serious leg injuries to gain ace status during his tenure of command of No. 60 Squadron in 1917: although he had to walk with sticks and often had to be helped into his cockpit, he won a reputation for being a most determined fighter who had a habit of flying off alone over the...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A fine C.M.G. and gold D.S.O. group of five awarded to Colonel Alfred Keane, Royal Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. Alfred Keene, R.A.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-87 (Captn. A. Keene, R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (5) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,800
A fine Great War C.M.G., Second World War C.B.E., Boer War D.S.O. group of fourteen awarded to Brigadier-General J. B. Wells, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The exceptional Boer War D.S.O., Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. V. K. Applin, 14th Hussars, formerly a District Officer with the British North Borneo Company during the Syed and Mat Salleh rebellions of 1895-97, one of many interesting chapters in his life to be related in his autobiography Across the Seven Seas: a machine-gun expert who commanded the machine-guns of the 2nd ANZACs at the battles of Messines, Passchendaele and 3rd Ypres in 1916-17, he later...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An Immediate Great War D.S.O. awarded to Major D. O. Riddel, M.B., Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 11th West Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., in case of issue, obverse centre a little depressed and slack; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Montenegro, Military Bravery Medal, silver, unnamed, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine, the last very scarce (5) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A rare Great War O.B.E., Edward VII K.P.M. group of three awarded to Captain E. M. Showers, Chief Constable of Essex, formerly an officer in the 95th Foot and Chief Constable of Exeter City Police, who was decorated for a long and distinguished career which was marked by success in several difficult murder cases - recalled in the Great War, he served as Acting Chief Constable of Colchester Borough Police and was awarded the O.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E....
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. Crosskey, Army Service Corps, late Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps and Staffordshire Volunteer Infantry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Major C. Crosskey, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. C. Crosskey); Volunteer Decoration, E.VII.R., silver, silver-gilt, hallmarks...
Hammer Price: £440
A rare Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. Bovill, Royal Garrison Artillery, a pioneer “Balloonatic” who was attached to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force for the duration of the War: having originally seen action as an artillery observer in aircraft of No. 6 Squadron in 1914-15, he rose to the command of No. 1 Kite Balloon Squadron on the Somme in 1916 and of 6th Balloon Wing in the Middle East in 1918: a fine record that also won him four mentions...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Army of the Black Sea’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. Ainley, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (68841 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (loose) (Lt. Col.); Serbia, Medal for Zeal, silvered bronze (68841 Sergt. R. Ainley, R.E.) good very fine (5) £600-800
Hammer Price: £480
A Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Chief Engineer Officer C. W. Clark, Merchant Navy, killed in action on 22 March 1942 whilst serving on S.S. Thursobank The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Charles W. Clark); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, mounted for wear, generally extremely fine (7) £300-360
Hammer Price: £320
A Great War military M.B.E. group of three awarded to Elizabeth Mildred Shillington, Women’s Legion The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for 1919, unnamed, mounted ‘bow and tails’; British War and Victory Medals (E. M. Shillington); with three miniature dress medals; an American Committee Medal for the Devastated Regions of France 1916-23, silver, unnamed; and a Medal ‘Reconnaissance de...
Hammer Price: £750
An unusual post-war M.B.E., royal tour R.V.M. group of ten awarded to Senior Commissioned Catering Officer W. S. G. Tanner, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (LX. 21098 O.C. 1, H.M.S. Victory); Denmark, Medal of...
Hammer Price: £600
A Second World War ‘N.W. Europe’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to The Reverend E. M. Ozanne, B.A., Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, late Royal Guernsey Light Infantry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. E. M. Ozanne); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, mounted as worn, generally extremely fine (6) £200-260
Hammer Price: £650
A Second World War ‘battle of Cassino’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major E. F. Ellis, Royal Pioneer Corps, late Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - wounded in action in the battle The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2977843 W.O....
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War R.R.C. pair attributed to Principal Matron M. E. Ray, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, the edges of three of the arms neatly engraved, ‘M. E. Ray’, ‘Principal Matron, T.F.N.S.’ and ‘Jan. 1916’; Coronation 1911, privately engraved, ‘M. E. Ray, Principal Matron, T.F.N.S.’, good very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Sister Isabel Marion Mackintosh, British Royal Red Cross Society Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; 1914 Star (I. M. Mackintosh, B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (I. M. Macintosh, B.R.C. & St. J.J.) note variation in surname; together with an erased British War Medal 1914-20, the four medals held in a leather case, very fine (4) £240-280
A Second World War A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister Edith Joyce Macdonald, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, last two privately engraved (Sister E. J. Macdonald, Q.A.R.N.N.S.R.) extremely fine (5) £160-200
A Great War M.C., M.M. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant S. E. Warburton, York and Lancaster Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Military Medal, G.V.R. (2187L. Sjt., 1/4 Y. & L.R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2187 Pte., York & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising, good very fine and better (5) £2200-2600
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Great War battle of Cambrai M.C. group of three awarded to Captain J. E. Davis, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘2nd Lieut. James Ernest Davis, 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Cambrai, 21/24 Novr. 1917’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J. E. Davis), together with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet, ‘J. E. Davis, Methodist, R. Innis. Fus.’, rank officially corrected on the last two,...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A scarce Great War M.C. group of four awarded to the Rev. A. O’Connor, Army Chaplains Department Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Rev. A. O’Connor, Sep. 3rd 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Rev. A. O’Connor, A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Rev. A. O’Connor), generally good very fine (4) £1200-1500
A Great War M.C. awarded to Lieutenant R. F. Howship, East Surrey Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in the 12th Battalion’s costly crossing of the Courtrai-Bossuyt Canal at Knocke in October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘R. F. Howship, 2nd Lt., 12th E. Surrey Regt., Knocke 22 Oct. 1918’, in its case of issue, lacquered, good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £420
A rare Great War Palestine operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant L. L. Blake, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for gallant work in support of the battle of Megiddo, his unit being charged with the demolition of road and rail bridges over the Jordan: Lawrence of Arabia added to the Turks’ misfortune by calling in the Royal Flying Corps who flew numerous missions in support of the same operations Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. L. L....
A Great War Italy operations M.C. group of six awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. T. Harrison, South Staffordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (8764 Pte. J. T. Harrison, S. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J. T. Harrison); Italy, War Cross; Italy, Armati Altipiani Medal 1918, very fine and better (6) £1000-1200
A rare and outstanding Third Afghan War M.C. group of nine awarded to Colonel G. G. Rogers, 1st Gurkha Rifles: gallant service in the Field aside, he was widely recognized as an expert in Gurkha customs and dialects, published Colloquial Nepali and acted as an adviser and interpreter to the film “Johnny Gurkha” Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. G. G. Rogers, 2/1 Gurkha Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. G. Rogers); India General Service...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A rare and outstanding North West Frontier 1937 operations M.C. group of six awarded to Major F. E. K. Laman, 1st Punjab Regiment, who was awarded a “mention” for his subsequent gallantry in the Malaya operations of 1941-42, prior to his death in action during the evacuation of Singapore Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Capt. F. E. K. Laman, Tochi Scouts); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Second World War ‘Burma Campaign’ M.C. group of five attributed to Lieutenant L. O. Pearce, Royal Tank Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1944, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed; together with a mounted group of five miniature dress medals and cloth ‘14th Army’ patch, very fine and better (11) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
An exceptional Great War “Balloonatic’s” D.F.C. group of six awarded to Captain C. S. Emden, Royal Air Force, late Royal West Kent Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who, having been twice wounded in the trenches - and had his left leg amputated - took to the air as a Kite Balloon Officer wearing an artificial “Thigh Limb”: while observing artillery fire at Harbonnieres in August 1918, his balloon was attacked by enemy aircraft and he was compelled to take to his parachute - a...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Second World War D.F.C. group of four attributed to Pilot Officer D. W. McConnell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action piloting a Lancaster of No. 101 Squadron in a raid on Berlin on 15 February 1944: the award of his D.F.C. was announced in The London Gazette on the same date Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare and impressive Second World D.F.C., Canadian O.M.M. group of ten awarded to Colonel J. L. A. “Splash” Roussell, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was decorated for his services in Mustangs and Spitfires of No. 414 Squadron over North-West Europe 1944-45 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Canada, Order of Military Merit, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the lower arm officially numbered ‘64’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Crimean War D.C.M., Legion of Honour and M.S.M. group of six awarded to Master-Gunner George Kerr, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Bombr. George Kerr, Royal Arty.); Crimea 1854-564 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. George Kerr, Royal Artillery) naming engraved in contemporary running script; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Serjt. Geo. Kerr, No. 4 B. 12th Bde. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Mr....
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare North West Frontier D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private H. Nelthorpe, 1st East Kent Regiment, for the Victoria Cross night action at Bilot in September 1897 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. H. Nelthorpe. 1/E. Kent R. (16-17th Sept. 1897)); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3182 Pte. H. Nelthorpe 1st Bn. East Kent Regt.); Queen‘s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3182...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A rare Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ D.C.M group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Watts, North Staffordshire Regiment, who was wounded in action with the 1/6th Battalion in November 1915 and decorated for his gallantry during the unit’s ill-fated attack on Gommecourt on the 1st July 1916: subsequently commissioned in the South Staffordshire Regiment, he was again wounded - severely so - in the fighting at St. Quentin in September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R....
£3,000–£3,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant W. A. Murgatroyd, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action, 20 March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal (17650 L. Cpl., 2/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (17650 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-17650 Sjt., R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. Maxwell, 2nd Canadian Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (81576 L. Cpl., 2/Can. Inf. Bn.); 1914-15 Star (81576 Pte., 2/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (on B.W.M.) (Lieut.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, palm on ribbon, good very fine (5) £1000-1200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Serjeant-Major T. Lister, West Riding Regiment and South Wales Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (34647 C.S. Mjr., 4/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (28954 Sjt., S. Wales Bord.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (6815 Sergt. T. Lister, West Riding Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6815 C.S. Mjr., D.C.M., W. Rid. R.) mounted as worn, dark toning, good very fine (5) £850-950
Hammer Price: £950
An important Second World War Far East operations C.G.M. group of five awarded to Stoker Petty Officer J. “Spud” Yates, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the H.M.S. Saumarez in the last great destroyer action of the war - namely the sinking of the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro in the Malacca Straits in May 1945 - ‘a jewel of an action which was widely taught and demonstrated in Tactical Schools and Staff Colleges for years to come after the war’: the sole survivor of...
Hammer Price: £15,000
A fine London Blitz G.M. awarded to George Davis, a Trunks Mains Inspector for the Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. whose gallant deeds were enacted amidst ‘a rain of incendiary bombs’ - and within 15 yards of an UXB - at Ilford, just to the north of London’s East End, on the night of 19 March 1941: to date the heaviest raid mounted by the Luftwaffe - with a resultant loss of ‘some 750 lives’ - the catastrophic events of the 19th were simply recalled as “The Wednesday” George...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Second World War Battle of Crete D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Petty Officer Steward N. A. Coombes, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the destroyer H.M.S. Kingston Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P/L 11127 N. A. Coombes, P.O. Std., H.M.S. Kingston); British War and Victory Medals (L. 11127 N. A. Coombes, B. Svt., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (L. 11127 N. A....
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