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A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ V.C., D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant A. Loosemore, 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), for his great gallantry south of Langemarck on 11 August 1917: after two members of his section had been killed beside him, he fought with every means at his disposal - machine-gun, bomb, rifle and revolver - to thwart a determined counterattack which appeared to many as though it must succeed, and accounted for about twenty of the...
Hammer Price: £220,000
A fine and well-documented Great War ‘Western Front’ C.B., ‘Gallipoli operations’ C.M.G., ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General A. Birtwistle, East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), who was four times Mentioned in Despatches - serving with the first Territorial unit to be committed on active service during the Great War, he ended the War as one of just a handful of Territorials to have been advanced to the rank of...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain I. H. McClure, Intelligence Corps, late Motor Cyclists Section, Royal Engineers, who served during the Great War in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, and Poland; was four times Mentioned in Despatches; and was awarded the Italian War Merit Cross. A keen amateur pilot in the inter-War years, he once flew from London to Constantinople in a D.H. Moth, and was later Director of Operations, Services and Intelligence, in the...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A most unusual ‘military division’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Wing Commander A. F. P. H. Somerset-Leeke, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served as personal pilot to ‘Father of the Royal Air Force’ Hugh Trenchard in 1916. He was M.I.D. for services in Kurdistan in 1924, and received 2 Greek Awards for service with the British Air Mission to Greece, 1930-32 - a unique combination to the R.A.F. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Second War ‘Air Raid Precautions’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to J. D. Tod, who served with the 19th (Lothians and Berwickshire) Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War, and was later appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Midlothian The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (8488 Pte. J. D. Tod. 19th Coy 6th Impl: Yeo:); Defence Medal;...
Hammer Price: £300
A post-War O.B.E., K.P.M. group of ten awarded to Deputy Commissioner F. W. Syer, Tripolitinia Police Force, late Nigeria Police and Palestine Police, and Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Frederick W. Syer, Asst. Inspr. General of Police, Palestine.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut....
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Seston, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, later Sherwood Foresters The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, the reverse privately engraved ‘137614 E.C.12886 Lieut-Colonel C. F. Seston Foresters & R.I.A.S.C.’; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s card identity discs; R.I.A.S.C. cap and collar badges;...
Hammer Price: £100
A Second War M.B.E. pair awarded to Doris Macqueen, Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary, Palestine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, the case slightly damaged; Coronation 1937 (D. M. D. Macqueen.) contemporarily engraved naming, good very fine (2) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £320
A particularly fine ‘Operation Herrick IX - Afghanistan’ C.G.C. group of four awarded to Corporal Bradley ‘Bugsy’ Malone, 45 Commando, Royal Marines - who was ‘awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his ‘fighting prowess and gallantry’; Corporal Malone showing this on no fewer than three separate occasions, each one of which would have merited the award by itself.’ Malone, as part of Zulu Company, operated out of the British-manned Forward Operating Base...
Hammer Price: £160,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Brigadier C. F. T. Haigh, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late 14th (1st London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (63 Sjt. C. F. Haigh. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. F. T. Haigh.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to BWM and light contact...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War 1918 ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain R. D. Flunder, 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (T.F.), late Private, 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry), Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (13231 Pte R. D. Flunder. 5/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. D. Flunder.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, very fine (5) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £950
An extremely rare ‘Kurdistan 1924’ R.A.F. Armoured Car’s M.C. group of ten awarded to Flying Officer G. A. ‘Baldy’ Elliot, No. 6 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force, later Captain, South African Air Force, who distinguished himself by commanding two Lancia armoured cars against a Kurdish ambush at Qara Anjir on the Kirkuk - Chemchemal Road in May 1924 Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. A. Elliott. R.A.F.) BWM renamed; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £2,000
An outstanding Second War ‘Burma operations’ Immediate M.C., Immediate I.D.S.M. group of six awarded to Jemadar Qaim Shah, 4th Battalion (Sikhs), 12th Frontier Force Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (10391 Hav. Qaim Shah, 4-12 F.F.R.) complete with top suspension brooch; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, on contemporary wearing bar, the I.D.S.M. removed from a display frame with...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A very fine Second War 1945 ‘Burma operations’ Immediate M.C. group of six awarded to Subadar Lall Badshah, 5th Battalion, K.G.V’s Own (Jacobs Rifles) 10th Baluch Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (12360 L-Nk. Lal Bad Shah, 5-10 Baluch R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, these four unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (6) ...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A scarce post-War ‘Malaya operations’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major P. A. Haigh, Somerset Light Infantry, late Highland Light Infantry and Scottish Rifles, who served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940; with the 12th African Division in Somaliland and Abyssinia; and in Burma during both the First and Second Chindit operations. Subsequently commanding a company of the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in the Malaya jungle for...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Boer War ‘Modder River’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Bombardier A. Bentley, 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, later Conductor, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, who received a gunshot wound to the face during the battle, 28 November 1899, and was also Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (20498 A. Bomb: A. Bentley. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 unofficial rivets...
A rare ‘dated’ Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Private W. T. Adams, a Rifleman of the Composite Rifle Battalion, for his gallantry ‘in repeatedly carrying wounded to dressing station under very heavy fire’ at the battles for Hart’s and Wynne’s Hills during Buller’s final push towards Ladysmith on 23 February 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (9520 Pte. W. T. Adams, 2nd Rifle Brigade 23-2-00) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine and an extremely rare dated...
£2,200–£2,600
A fine Great War ‘German Spring Offensive’ 1918 D.C.M. and ‘Battle of the Somme’ 1916 M.M. group of twelve awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. A. Barnby, 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, a committed territorial who was gassed at Passchendaele in November 1917, wounded on the Aisne in May 1918, and later joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Second War in Africa and Italy, being mentioned in despatches during the latter campaign Distinguished Conduct...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War ‘Noreuil Valley 1918’ D.C.M. and ‘Somme 1916’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. Moffatt, 6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10145 C.S. Mjr: J. Moffat. M.M. 6/7 R. Sc: Fus:) official correction to unit; Military Medal, G.V.R. (10145 Sjt: J. Moffat. 6/7 R. Sco: Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (10145 Pte. J. Moffatt. 2/R. Sc: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (10145 W.O. Cl. 2. J. Moffatt. R. S. Fus.) mounted...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant T. W. Toop, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (43378 Sjt: T. W. Toop. 32/By: 33/Bde: R.F.A.) contact marks, polished, edge bruises, good fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £480
A Great War ‘Gouzeaucourt, December 1917’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major E. Frost, Grenadier Guards, who was mortally wounded by shell fire on 30 July 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8421 C. S. Mjr: E. Frost. 1/G. Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (8421 Corpl: E. Frost. Gren: Gds:); 1914-15 Star (8421 Sjt. E. Frost. G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (8421 W.O. Cl. II. E. Frost. G. Gds.) medals...
Family group: A Great War ‘Salonika operations’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. J. Wildman, 9th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9-16247 Sjt: R. J. Wildman. 9/R. Lanc: R.); 1914-15 Star (16247 Pte. R. J. Wildman. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16247 Sjt. R. J. Wildman. R. Lanc. R.) medals unmounted, together with two ribbon bars, good very fine Three: Able Seaman Richard Wildman, Royal Navy, who was lost in H.M....
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War ‘German Spring Offensive 1918’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major W. Watkins, 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, late East Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48004 R.S. Mjr: W. Watkins. 6/Lan: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (48004 W.O. Cl. 1. W. Watkins. Lan. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5037 C. Sjt: W. Watkins. E. Lanc: Regt.) mounted for display, good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant C. Jenkerson, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, for gallantry at Rancourt, near Bapaume, on 1 September 1918, when he assisted in the capture of a machine-gun crew of 12 men; he was killed in action on 23 October 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14195 Sjt. C. Jenkerson. 8-E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14195 Sjt. C. Jenkerson. E. Surr. R.) very fine (3) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
A scarce Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Private A. Whitear, 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment, for gallant conduct whilst attached to No. 8 British Field Ambulance, Indian Expeditionary Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. 1/W. Rid: Regt.); 1914 Star (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. W. Rid. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Second War...
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Snelling, 11th Battalion (Pioneers), Hampshire Regiment, for rescuing two wounded officers and two men from near the enemy’s lines at Bernafay Wood on 6 September 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15628 L. Cpl. R. Snelling. 11/Hants: R.); 1914-15 Star (15628 Pte. R. Snelling. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (15628 Sjt. R. Snelling. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
A rare and well-documented ‘Easter Rising’ 1916 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major S. H. Lomas, 2nd/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), for his gallantry in building and maintaining a barricade under intense sniper fire in the vicinity of Moore Street and Parnell Street, Dublin, during the height of the uprising, and whose diary for the period provides an important eyewitness account of Easter Week; subsequently proceeding to...
Hammer Price: £8,500
A fine Great War Gallipoli ‘Third Battle of Krithia’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private W. Stenton, 1/8th (Ardwick) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, later a Sergeant (Fitter) in the Royal Air Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2109 Pte. W. Stenton. 1/8 Manch: Regt.-T.F.) surname officially corrected from ‘Stanton’ as confirmed on D.C.M. Card; 1914-15 Star (2109 Pte. W. Stenton. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (403555 Sgt. W. Stenton. R.A.F.) mounted for...
An outstanding sniper’s ‘Battle of Loos 1915’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private J. Ryan, 5th Battalion (formerly 2nd Battalion), Rifle Brigade, who emigrated to Canada after the War, and ‘changed his target from Huns to moose’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2546 Pte. J. Ryan. 5-Rif. Brig.); 1914 Star, with clasp (2546 Pte. J. Ryan. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (2546 Pte. J. Ryan. Rif. Brig.); War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, the Great War awards...
A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme 1916’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. Crowder, 2nd Company, Machine Gun Corps, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (17026 A. Sjt: E. Crowder. 2/Co: M.G.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10850 Pte. E. Crowder. 2/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (10850 Sjt. E. Crowder. K.R.R.C.) medals unmounted, nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War ‘Ypres 1916’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private G. M. Wright, 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion, who, despite being wounded in seven places by a bomb, picked up his mortally wounded officer and carried him back to our lines under continuous fire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20/Can: Inf: Bn:); 1914-15 Star (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20-Can. Inf.); France, Third...
A Great War ‘Egypt’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar-Major Janas Khan, 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subadar-Major Janas Khan, 1st Bn. 54th Sikhs (F.F).) contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
A Second War 1944 ‘Burma operations’ I.D.S.M. group of five awarded to Naik Akbar Khan, 7-2 Punjab Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (15469 Sep. (A-Nk.) Akbar Khan, 7-2 Punjab R.) complete with top suspension brooch but lacking pin; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, these last four unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (5) £800-£1,000
A Second War ‘Coastal Forces, 1942 Birthday Honours’ D.S.M. awarded to Second Hand H. J. Wink, Royal Naval Patrol Service, for services aboard H.M.T. Georgette, who was subsequently lost at sea on 24 September 1942, whilst serving as Skipper in H.M.S. Canada Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.195882 H. J. Wink. 2-H.D. R.N.P.S.) on original mounting pin, extremely fine £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Corporal D. Glen, 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who was twice wounded, the first wound almost certainly received during the Battalion’s operations at Hill 70 during the Battle of Loos on 25-26 September, for which action the Battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Douglas-Hamilton was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar...
A rare Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. Fooks, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Military Medal, G.V.R. (5741 Sjt: F. Fooks. 5/Lrs:); 1914 Star (5741 Cpl. F. Fooks. 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5L-5741 Sjt. F. Fooks. 5-Lrs.) mounted court-style, light pitting from Star, otherwise good very fine, rare to unit (4) £700-£900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. M. Smith, 17th Lancers Military Medal, G.V.R. (L-2175 Pte. H. M. Smith. 17/Lrs:); 1914 Star (2175 Pte H. M. Smith. 17/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-2175 Pte. H. H. [sic] Smith. 17-Lrs.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce to unit (4) £600-£800
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private C. Collins, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (105397 Pte C. Collins. P.P.C.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (105397 Pte. C. Collins. P.P.C.L.I.) with regimental cap badge, both suspension claws re-pinned, otherwise toned, generally good very fine (2) £200-£300 (2)
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. P. Willis, 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was thrice wounded on the Western Front Military Medal, G.V.R. (41037 Pte J. P. Willis. 38/Can: Inf:) loose replacement suspender, edge bruises, some polishing, good fine £200-£240
Hammer Price: £360
A fine Second War 1944 ‘Italy campaign’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Gunner J. Young, 5th Canadian Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, for his gallantry as a Signaller with an Observation Post Party that made a sea-borne landing behind enemy lines at the Adriatic coastal town of Cesenatico, 22/23 September 1944. After making contact with local partisans, the party set up an Observation Post - often sharing the same house with passing German troops! Young stayed behind enemy...
£1,400–£1,800
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