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A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain M. A. Hilliard, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, who was decorated and mentioned in despatches for leading bayonet charges at Vet River and Diamond Hill, 1900. Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Capt. M. A. Hilliard, D.S.O., N.S.W., M.R.) officially engraved naming; Coronation...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A fine Second World War 1943-1944 ‘M Special Unit’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain H. A. J. Fryer, Allied Intelligence Bureau, late Australian Survey Corps, who showed outstanding leadership and ability whilst in command of patrols behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied New Guinea The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, these four...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain R. M. Murray, Black Watch, later School Sergeant and Bandmaster, The Scots College, Sydney The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Capt. R. M. Murray) engraved capitals, scratches to obverse field of Jubilee Medal, nearly extremely fine (7) ...
Hammer Price: £300
Australia, Order of Australia, Member’s (A.M.) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed ‘Peter Allen Powditch’; together with the related miniature award, lapel badge and riband bar, in Royal Australian Mint fitted case of issue, extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £700
An outstanding Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Loos’ M.C. and 1918 ’Villeselve Cavalry Charge’ Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Captain A. B. P. L. Vincent, 3rd Dragoon Guards, who subsequently commanded ‘C’ Squadron of the Regiment during their charge at Honnechy, 9 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2. Lieut: A. B. P. L. Vincent. 3/ D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Captain M. Clarke, 18th Foot, late 8th Hussars, who performed his duties as Troop Sergeant-Major in the Crimea with energy and zeal ‘though badly wounded at Balaklava’; granted a commission in 1857, he was present with his regiment throughout the Central Indian Campaign during the Mutiny, ending his days in Dublin as Paymaster, 2nd Battalion, 18th Royal Irish Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Lieut. M....
Hammer Price: £9,000
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Thompson, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was wounded at the Battle of Colenso and subsequently awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry in rescuing a wounded man under hot fire at Hart’s Hill, 23 February 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3640 Pte. A. Thompson, 1st Rl: Innis: Fus:); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3640 Pte. A. Thompson, 2d. Bn. Ryl Innis: Fus:); Queen’s South...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An extremely rare ‘1908 North West Frontier’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. Charlton, No. 3 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Sergt: J. Charlton. R.G.A.); India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Sikkim 1888, Samana 1891 (31873 Gunr. J. Charlton No. 9 By. 1st Bde. N. Dn. R.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage altered to...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Great War 1918 ‘Spring Offensive’ M.M. and Croix de Guerre group of five awarded to Lance Corporal R. Seal, 3rd Dragoon Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (D-19927 L. Cpl. R. Seal. 3/D. Gds:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5228 L. Cpl R. Seal. 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (3DG-5228 Pte. R. Seal. 3-D. Gds.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine and better (5) £500-£700
Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (John Scott 9th Lancers) edge nicks, scratches to both obverse and reverse fields, nearly very fine £380-£420
Hammer Price: £360
A fine ‘Light Brigade’ French Medaille Militare group of three awarded to Honorary Captain P. R. Teevan, 11th Hussars, who was wounded during the charge at Balaklava while serving as a Troop Sergeant-Major Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjeant Major P. R. Teevan, 11th Prince Albert’s Own Hussars), contemporary engraved naming in an accepted regimental style; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Private F. Whirlpool, V.C., 3rd Bombay European Regiment, who showed unremitting devotion to the wounded under fierce fire on 3 April 1858 at Jhansi, and on 2 May at Sohari, rescued Lieutenant Donne, although in doing so, he was himself wounded seventeen times Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Fredk. Whirlpool, 3rd Bombay Eurpns) mounted for display purposes with a copy Victoria Cross, contact marks and edge bruising therefore good fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £5,500
Six: Squadron Sergeant Major J. M. Simons, 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘D’ Squadron in the charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898, and subsequently served with the 1st Australian Light Horse during the Great War Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3096. L/Sgt: J. Simons. 21/L’crs.); 1914-15 Star (1268 Pte. J. McD. Simons. 1/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (1268 A-CQMS J. McD. Simons. 1 L.H.R. A.I.F.) BWM with official corrections; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3096 S. S. Mjr: J....
Map of the Battle of Omdurman, a contemporary sketch plan of phase one of the battle, drawn by Captain J. K. Watson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps for Mr. Williams of the Daily Chronicle. The map showing the disposition of the opposing armies at 7am on 2 September 1898 and the line of Ali Wad Helu’s attack on the Egyptian Cavalry at the Kerrai Heights and also the line of first attack towards the British units on the Nile, with the positions of Lyttleton, Wauchope, Maxwell, Macdonald, Lewis,...
Hammer Price: £460
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Nicholson, New South Wales Lancers, later Australian Light Horse Regiment and Sea Transport Staff Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Capt. C. E. Nicholson. N.S.W. Lrs:) officially engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut-Col. C. E. Nicholson. A.I.F.) good very fine (2) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £2,200
Three: Private R. C. Dennis, 7th and 12th Light Horse Regiments, Australian Imperial Force, who was wounded and evacuated from Gallipoli in 1915 and subsequently served with the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the time of the cavalry charge to capture Beersheba, 31 October 1917 1914-15 Star (412 Pte R. C. Dennis. 12/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (412 Pte. R. C. Dennis. 12 L.H.R. A.I.F.) very fine (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,600
Pair: Private D. W. Wright, 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action during the offensive near Bray-Sur-Somme, France, 22 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (5143 Pte. W. D. Wright 33 Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (William David Wright) very fine (3) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £420
Australia, Commonwealth Military Competitions, Senior Cadets Champion Team 1912-13, 18ct gold, engraved ‘Cadet D. G. F. Hall. “K” Coy. 36th Battn. 2nd Mil. Dist.’ contained in leather case, with inner silk lined lid inscribed ‘William Kerr, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 542 & 544 George St. Sydney.’; together with a New South Wales Government Department Rugby Football League medal, 9ct gold, reverse engraved ‘Premiers 1920 Lands Depart. D. Hall.’ extremely fine (2) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Hancocks & Co. fitted leather Victoria Cross case signed by Edward Kenna V.C., and a mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by him Original Case of Issue for a Victoria Cross, the inner lid of the brown leather and gilt-tooled, hinged case inscribed ‘By appointment to the late King George V. Hancocks & Co. (Jewellers) Ltd., 9 Vigo Street, London W1’ and also signed in black ink ‘Edward Kenna V.C.’, minor scuff marks to leather, internal wear, good condition; together...
£800–£1,200
The group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant Commander J. S. Mould G.C., G.M., Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve George Cross; George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn; together with a Boatswain’s Whistle, good very fine (8) £500-£700
£500–£700
The George Cross (exchange E.G.M.) awarded to Able Seaman G. P. Niven, Royal Navy, for heroism on the occasion of an explosion in ‘X’ turret aboard H.M.S. Devonshire whilst she was engaged in a ‘full calibre firing’ exercise off the Greek island of Skiathos in July 1929 George Cross, the reverse officially inscribed (A.B. George Paterson Niven, O.N. J.26679., 1st January, 1930) together with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal, good...
Hammer Price: £19,000
The G.C.V.O., C.B., C.I.E. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm D. Murray, Seaforth Highlanders, Comptroller and Equerry to His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘589’, and breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse with gold pin for wearing and officially numbered ‘589’,...
A fine and important First China War C.B. group of three awarded to Captain Harry Eyres, Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Modeste, the most actively employed Royal Navy Ship during the war, taking part in all but one of the thirteen actions and operations, and being mentioned in despatches on no fewer than nine occasions for his conduct of affairs during this campaign, which led to his promotion to Captain in May 1841, and the nomination for a C.B. in October 1841 The Most Honourable...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An inter-War C.B. and Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ C.I.E., D.S.O. group of 13 awarded to Major-General R. S. St John, 40th Pathans and 20th (Brownlow’s) Punjabis, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; India General...
A ‘Royal Yacht’ C.V.O. and C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain J. S. ‘Fish’ Dalglish, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident and was the first Commanding Officer of Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘C553’; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and...
A Second War ‘Consular Service’ C.B.E. and Great War ‘Immediate’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Captain) E. G. Sebastian, East Kent Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, complete with neck cravat in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. G. Sebastian. E. Kent R.);...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A rare ‘Burma campaign’ gold D.S.O. group of three awarded to Colonel C. E. Ilderton, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, late 68th Light Infantry, with whom he fought at Gate Pah during the New Zealand wars Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (Lieut. C. P. Ilderton. 68th Lt. Infty.) note second initial; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Major C. E....
An interesting ‘Relief of Mafeking’ Boer War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major Kenneth McLaren, 13th Hussars, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner in an attempt to relieve Mafeking; he was a onetime close friend of Robert Baden-Powell and a key figure in the early development of the Scouting movement Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Captn. K. McLaren....
Hammer Price: £10,000
The outstanding ‘V.C. recommended’ Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Captain J. W. Lichtenberg, 18th Hussars, for gallantry in action at Oliphant’s River on 30 July 1901, on which occasion he was shot through the stomach whilst holding out with his small party for over two hours against repeated Boer attacks; seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1911, he was killed in action in the Sudan during the expedition against the slave-raiding Anuak tribe in March 1912 Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A Great War Minelaying operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral W. R. G. Petre, Royal Navy, Senior Officer of Minelayers in the Mediterranean after the evacuation of Gallipoli, later Senior Allied Captain of the Port, Constantinople, under the Allied occupation 1921-23 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. R. G. Petre, R,N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. R. G....
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War D.S.O. and U.S.A. Military Order of the Dragon group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Pottinger, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; China 1900, no clasp (Captain E. C. Pottinger. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt: E. C. Pottinger, R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. E. C. Pottinger. R.F.A.); British War and Victory...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. L. Lindsay, Irish Guards, one of only four such combinations to the Irish Guards in the Great War 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 (2. Lieut. A. F. L. Gordon. I. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. A. F. L. Gordon.) mounted as worn but lacking pin,...
The Great War 1914 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major J. E. S. Woodman, Lancashire Fusiliers, late West India Regiment, who was killed in action at Loos in September 1915 whilst attached to the 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers; he was personally decorated by the King on his visit to the front, 2 December 1914 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar, in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; 1914 Star (Capt: J....
A Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain G. A. C. Ward, Royal Navy, latterly Captain in charge Naval Base, Poole, 1915-19 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, the reverse hallmarked London 1917; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp, unnamed, not erased; China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. G. A. C. Ward, R.N., H.M.S. Dido.); 1914-15 Star (Commr. G. A. C. Ward. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. G....
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War Dental Surgeon’s O.B.E. group of three awarded to Surgeon-Lieutenant J. G. A. Fairbank, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. J. G. A. Fairbank. R.N.); mounted as worn together with British Red Cross Society medal for war service 1914-1918, and related mounted group of four miniatures, extremely fine (8) £300-£360
Hammer Price: £400
A Second War ‘Burma 1945’ O.B.E. and ‘1937 North West Frontier’ immediate M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel H. S. D’Arcy-McArthy, 3rd Gurkha Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1937; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lt. H. S. D’Arcy-McArthy, 1-3 G.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier...
A post-War O.B.E., Second War Lancaster pilot’s D.F.C., Operation Grapple A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander G. Bates, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 30 operational sorties with 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, and after the war flew a large variety of aircraft including Meteors, Vampires and Canberras. Flying the latter he was awarded the A.F.C. for his work with 76 Squadron during nuclear weapons trials over Australia and Christmas Island, 1956-57. Having moved to New...
Family Group: A Second War M.B.E. group of three attributed to Major R. F. A. Mallinson, Royal Artillery, for his role in the sinking of the German Blockade runner MS Munsterland on 20 January 1944 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine Four: Sergeant P. G. Mallinson, 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp,...
A post-War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. G.E. Russell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Headmaster, Lancing Senior School The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, and outer card case; 1914-15 Star (1664 Cpl. A. G. E. Russell. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200136 Sjt: A. G. E. Russell. 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) very fine and...
A post-War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader H. V. Cox, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H. V. Cox. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as originally worn, light contact marks overall, generally very fine (5) £200-£300
Hammer Price: £240
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