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A fine K.C.V.O., C.B.E., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, Royal Field Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K543’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with gold pin, the reverse officially numbered, ‘543’; Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., O.B.E. group of six awarded to Colonel E. L. Hughes, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was wounded and was four times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with later slide integral top riband bar, reverse cypher re-affixed; 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 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: E. L....
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare inter-War ‘North West Frontier 1935’ Immediate D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Captain F. J. Doherty, Indian Medical Service, attached 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides), 12th Frontier Force Regiment, for gallantry in the action on Point 4080 against Mohmand tribesmen, on which occasion Captain Godfrey Meynell, M.C., of the same regiment won a posthumous Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The important Second War 1942 ‘fighter operations’ D.S.O., 1940 Immediate ‘Battle of Britain’ D.F.C. and 1941 Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Spitfire ace, Group Captain C. B. F. Kingcome, Royal Air Force, one of the outstanding characters of the Battle of Britain, who, during its height, led 92 Squadron with great success from Biggin Hill. Shot down and hospitalised in October 1940, he returned to fly with the squadron until appointed to the command of 72 Squadron,...
Hammer Price: £110,000
A Great War ‘Egypt operations’ O.B.E. and M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord G. H. Cholmondeley, 1st Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, which battery supported the famous charge of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade at the battle of Beersheba The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1918; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. Lord G. H. Cholmondeley....
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War ‘Italian theatre’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph ‘Bob’ Curling, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1919; 1914 Star (Capt. J. Curling. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. Curling.); Italy, Kingdom, War Cross, mounted court-style as worn together with Italian silver Altipiani medal, extremely...
Hammer Price: £800
A post-War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Commander F. H. Austen, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. H. Austen. R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. H. Austen. R.N.); Coronation 1953; Portugal, Republic, Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £300-£360
Hammer Price: £460
A post-War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Major C. Holborow, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as Chairman of the Commonwealth Society for the Deaf, and Master of the Tallow Chandlers Company in 1996-97 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., T. & A.V.R., reverse officially dated 1969, with integral top riband bar; Gambia, Republic, Order of the Republic of Gambia, Officer’s...
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War ‘Italian Theatre’ M.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain J. E. Mackay, Sussex Yeomanry, attached Remount Department, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. J. E. Mackay.) minor official correction to BWM, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £300
A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) D. P. Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, Hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. D. P. Taylor. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. D. P. Taylor.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £360
A Second War 1944 ‘Bomb Disposal’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. Machin, Royal Engineers, who, over a period of three years, safely disposed of over 400 enemy bombs without a single casualty being incurred The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, silver; 1914-15 Star (21512 Cpl. W. Machin. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (21512 Cpl. W. Machin. R.E.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A post-War ‘Central African Film Unit of Rhodesia and Nyasaland’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Denys Edmund Brown, late Captain Royal Artillery, a distinguished film producer who went on to become Production Manager of Film Australia The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with companion miniature dress medals, both sets mounted court-style,...
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War I.O.M. pair awarded to Colour Havildar Bishan Singh, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with central screw-nut fitting and impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, with later ribbon buckle; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (4011 C. Hvldr. Bishn Singh. 15-Sikhs.) nearly very fine £500-£600
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Major J. A. Lasenby, Pioneer Corps, late Royal Horse Artillery, who was decorated for gallantry in 1918 as a Forward Observation Officer when the building he was occupying was demolished by repeated hits from artillery shells, he and his signaller only escaping by means of a rope Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (55575 W.O. Cl. II. J. A. Lasenby. R.H.A.) later small impressed naming; British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War 1918 ‘Italian Theatre’ M.C. attributed to Lieutenant R. K. Longmire, 5th Battalion (Territorial Force) attached 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment, for gallantry at the River Piavesella in October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘R. K. L. 29.10.18. 5th attd. 2nd Border Regt.’, in case of issue, extremely fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £440
A post-War ‘Operation Bintang’ Malaya Operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. I. D. Pike, Middlesex Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Malaya Regiment, for his example of skill, daring, determination and gallantry while commanding patrols which killed two terrorists and captured others; Soldier magazine called him ‘an outstanding leader in jungle actions’ Military Cross, E.II.R., reverse of lower arm officially dated ‘1958’ and reverse centre privately engraved...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The exceptional Iraq ‘Battle of Danny Boy’ M.C. group of six awarded to Corporal M. R. Byles, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry on 14 May 2004 when he dismounted his Warrior armoured vehicle and led a full frontal assault with automatic fire, grenades and fixed bayonets to clear an enemy trench system – a comrade of Johnson Beharry, whose Victoria Cross was awarded for bravery during the same extraordinarily...
Hammer Price: £55,000
A Second War ‘Bomber Command’ Immediate D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer L. Knight, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, for the famous raid on Hitler’s ‘Eagles Nest’ at Berchtesgaden, 25 April 1945, on what was both Knight’s first Operational Sortie, and the last main Bomber Command raid of the War Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘191091 F.O. L. Knight. Immediate Award....
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War ‘Second Battle of Ypres’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private A. Gray, Seaforth Highlanders, later Machine Gun Corps, who was gassed in September 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8773 Pte. A. Gray. 2/Sea: Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8773 Pte. A. Gray 2/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8773 Pte. A. Gray. Seaforth.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband, very fine (5) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War ‘Loos, August 1918’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant Drummer T. P. Shepherd, 8th Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (60891 Sjt: Dmr: T. P. Shepherd. 8/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-60891 Pte. T. P. Shepherd. The Queen’s R.) together with companion set of miniatures, both sets mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War ‘Gallipoli Operations’ D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class T. Read, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (128116. T. Read, P.O. 1Cl. Gallipoli Opns. 1915-6.) one letter of surname double-struck, minor edge bruise, good very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer H. F. A. Shelton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his service with Naval Siege Guns in Flanders in 1917, and was killed in action during the Second War when H.M.S. Foxglove was dive-bombed off the Isle of Wight on 9 July 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (237371 H. F. A. Shelton, Lg. Sea. R.N. Siege Guns. Flanders 1917); 1914-15 Star Star (237371, H. F. A. Shelton, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (237371, H. F....
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal H. Larkins, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-24204 Cpl. H. Larkins. 11/The Queen’s R.) very fine £240-£280
Hammer Price: £420
A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Arras’ M.M. awarded to Private B. Hibbard, Somerset Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (17477 Pte. B. Hibbard. 8/Som:L.I.) later replacement suspension soldered directly on to medal disc, the planchet good very fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £260
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant D. Martin, Scottish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (30502 Sjt: D. Martin. 9/Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (30502 Sjt. D. Martin. Sco. Rif.) extremely fine (3) £280-£320
Hammer Price: £340
The outstanding and rare Korean War ‘Battle of Imjin River’ M.M. group of six awarded to Private D. M. R. Walker, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Black Watch and Highland Light Infantry, who was severely wounded in a lone charge against the encroaching enemy on the slopes of Gloster Hill at the Battle of the Imjin, 24 April 1951: ‘slinging his Bren gun to the hip position, he sprang into position and started shooting- almost immediately he himself was hit and severely wounded, but his...
Hammer Price: £48,000
A Second War D.F.M. awarded to Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Flight Sergeant A. M. McKelvie, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down over Waterloo on 3 June 1942 during the 1,000 Bomber Raid on Cologne Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (971310 Sgt. A. M. Mc.Kelvie. R.A.F.) suspension claw sympathetically repaired, cleaned, good very fine £1,400-£1,800
A rare Burma Police Medal for Distinguished Conduct awarded to Head Constable Sheik Ahmed, Rangoon Police Burma Police Medal, G.VI.R. (Sheik Ahmed, Hd. Const. Rangoon Police) in its Royal Mint case of issue, sometime lightly gilded, now worn in parts, otherwise very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600
A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist G. W. Starkiss, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cossack, who was shortly afterwards mentioned in despatches for the Bismarck action in May 1941, and was killed in action when Cossack was torpedoed by U-563 on 23 October 1941 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. Tel. George William Starkiss, P/J.53278. R.N.) mounted on original investiture brooch with small M.I.D. oak leaf on ribbon, extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Carpenter G. E. Cooper, Mercantile Marine, for services aboard S.S. Strathaird British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Edgar Cooper) good very fine
Hammer Price: £170
Family group: A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Sergeant Josephine R. Rudder, Auxiliary Territorial Service, for services with Headquarters Combined Operations at Whitehall British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (W/178061 Sgt. Josephine R. Rudder A.T.S.) mounted on Lady’s bow Four: Cardew Rudder, Technical Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (138443 C. A. Rudder) the last officially re-impressed,...
A post-War B.E.M. awarded to Health Care Worker Mrs. Eileen W. Mason British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Eileen Winifred Mrs Mason) on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £130
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1901, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle, a little tarnished, otherwise extremely fine £300-£360
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, minor chips to both centres and very small flake to one arm, otherwise good very fine £260-£300
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver with gilt and enamel appliqué centre, complete with full neck cravat in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, nearly extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £900
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. Ltd Lady’s case of issue, case scuffed, otherwise nearly extremely fine £120-£160
Hammer Price: £160
The O.B.E. attributed to Alderman J. W. Sterland, Lord Mayor of Sheffield 1961-62 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the recipient’s National Housing and Town Planning Council Past Chairman’s neck badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘J. W. Sterland OBE., LLD., JP, Chairman 1977/78’, in Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue, extremely fine (2) £120-£160
Hammer Price: £150
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, in ‘M.B.E. Mily.’ case of issue, nearly extremely fine £120-£160
Hammer Price: £180
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in a 1st type ‘M.B.E. Mily.’ case of issue, good very fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £140
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, case scuffed, otherwise extremely fine £100-£140
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