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Lieutenant Commander Richard C Witte, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)
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The Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Commander G. S. Brown, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the Q-ship Redbreast in a hotly contested action in the Mediterranean in March 1916 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. S. Brown, R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. S. Brown, R.N.), generally good very fine (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain J. P. Champion, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant leadership of the 2nd Division, 12th Destroyer Flotilla at Jutland, his own command, the Maenad delivering a brace of spirited torpedo attacks: recalled in the 1939-45 War, he attained the rank of Temporary Commodore 2nd Class and added a C.B.E. and “Letter of Appreciation” to his accolades, the latter in respect of “Operation Neptune” Distinguished Service Order,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Great War C.B., C.M.G. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral H. M. Doughty, Royal Navy, who, having seen extensive action in the Dardanelles as captain of the 14-inch gun monitor Abercrombie, commanded the battleship Agincourt at Jutland - a record-breaking ship on account of her length and armament, which included seven twin-12-inch guns, it was argued by certain critics that she could never withstand the shock of discharging a full broadside: Doughty proved them wrong at Jutland, the...
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Second World War K.B.E., Great War C.B. group of twelve awarded to Admiral Sir Henry Crooke, Royal Navy, who, having commanded the cruiser Caroline at Jutland, was recalled on the renewal of hostilities as a Commodore of Convoys, in which capacity he handled no less than 24 convoys in the Channel and Atlantic 1939-42 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast...
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Great War C.B. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral C. B. Miller, Royal Navy, who commanded the cruiser Nottingham from the outbreak of hostilities until her loss from torpedo attack in August 1916, a period encompassing her presence at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, in which latter battle she fired 136 rounds from her 6-inch guns The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, converted from breast wear, silver-gilt and enamel, in its...
Hammer Price: £3,100
The M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Admiral Sir William Goodenough, Royal Navy, who, having witnessed active service in the Boxer Rebellion and assisted, as captain of the Duncan, in the Messina earhquake relief operations of 1908, was Commodore of Light Cruiser Squadrons at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland - in the latter action, his command, the Southampton, was heavily engaged, expending over 150 of her 6-inch shells and taking casualties of 35 killed and 41 wounded: he was...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain J. E. A. Mocatta, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his magnificent bravery and skill in command of the destroyer Nicator at Jutland, where he once engaged the enemy at the suicidal range of 600 yards, under ‘a perfectly hair-raising bombardment’, all the while ‘leaning coolly against the front of the bridge, smoking his pipe, and giving orders to his helmsman’; his immediate senior in the 2nd Division, 13th Destroyer Flotilla,...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral M. G. B. Legge, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the destroyer Nerissa at Jutland, in which ship, as part of 2nd Division, 13th Destroyer Flotilla, he fought in close proximity to Bingham, V.C. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. M. G. B. Legge, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr. M. G. B. Legge, R.N.); Defence and War Medals;...
The Great War C.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain W. D. Irvin, Royal Navy, who won a “mention” for his command of the destroyer Moon at Jutland, and added the C.B.E. to his accolades in 1919 after distinguished service in the Dover Patrol The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. W. D. Irvin, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. W. D. Irvin, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £950
The Second World War C.B. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral P. K. Kekewich, Royal Navy, who enjoyed a colourful career spanning service as Navigating Officer in the cruiser Galatea at Jutland, actions against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic in 1919 and command of Coastal Forces 1940-43 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. K. Kekewich, R.N.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £1,500
The M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Commander G. Griffiths, Royal Navy, who served in the battleship Warspite at Jutland - hit by no less than 18 heavy calibre shells, with resultant casualties of 14 killed and 32 wounded, her Executive Officer found it impossible to “darken ship” due to the excessive number of holes in her sides and deck: in a spirited inter-war rescue operation, Griffiths added the S.G.M. to his accolades The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class...
The Third China War Medal awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral (E.) C. F. Dunn, Royal Navy, who went on to win a commendation at Jutland in the battleship Warspite - and the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class China 1900, no clasp (Engr. C. F. Dunne (sic), R.N., H.M.S. Redpole), good very fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £390
The M.V.O. group of six awarded to Chief Gunner D. R. Gordon, Royal Navy, who, having served in the Boxer Rebellion and the battleship Agincourt at Jutland, was awarded his M.V.O. for services in the royal yacht in the early 1920s The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel centre, the reverse officially numbered ‘578’; China 1900, no clasp (D. R. Gordon, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Goliath); 1914-15 Star (Gnr. D. R. Gordon, R.N.); British War...
Hammer Price: £750
The Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Engineer Lieutenant J. House, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the battle cruiser Princess Royal at Jutland, which ship took nine direct heavy-calibre hits and sustained around a hundred casualties: he did not, however, survive the loss of the destroyer Verulam in September 1919, when she was mined during anti-Bolshevik operations in the Gulf of Finland Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, the...
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class J. Bentley, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the destroyer Petard at Jutland: having sunk the German destroyer V-27, and seriously damaged the S.M.S. Seydlitz in another torpedo attack, Petard picked up survivors from the Queen Mary, offered assistance to Bingham, V.C. in the crippled Nestor and was lucky to evade destruction at the hands of the Westfalen after being caught in her searchlights at...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. C. R. Griffin, Royal Navy, one of a handful of survivors from the destroyer Shark following her loss at Jutland: tales of that ship’s heroic point blank “last stand” filled the front pages of national press long before the deeds of “Boy Cornwall” were generally known - and her skipper, Loftus Jones, whose shattered leg was dressed by Griffin, was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R....
Hammer Price: £8,000
The inter-war C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. G. Moore, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who went on to win a “mention” for North Russia in 1919 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type 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; 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £850
The Great War group of four awarded to Captain C. H. B. Gowan, Royal Navy, who, having served as Gunnery Officer of the cruiser Yarmouth at Jutland, gained wider fame for his pioneering work in the launching of aircraft at sea 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd class, with swords, gilt metal and enamel, generally good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class A. L. Burgess, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallant deeds in the destroyer Acasta at Jutland Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269498 A. L. Burgess, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Vulcan), good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
The Boer War and Great War pair awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Commander J. R. Cleave, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Durham Light Infantry, who served in the gunboat Cicala on anti-Zeppelin and U-Boat operations 1916-18 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. J. R. Cleave, Durham. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. R. Cleave, R.N.V.R.), note single initial, together with related dress miniature of the first, the...
Hammer Price: £260
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. James, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 22 in the Eastern Mediterranean - among other tasks she was charged with landing spies on the Turkish coast Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (142389 A. James, C.P.O., H.M.M. 22, E. Mediterranean), minor contact marks, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £450
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral H. H. Smith, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his services in patrol cruisers in 1916, commanded the early aircraft carriers Compania and Argus; recalled as a Commodore 2nd Class in the Royal Naval Reserve on the renewal of hostilities, he was killed in action in September 1940, when his command was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star...
The Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. P. Bradley, Royal Naval Reserve, for his gallantry in operations on the Tigris in the period December 1916 to March 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. P. Bradley, R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D.oak leaf, remnants of naming after erasure, ‘Bradley, R.N.’, so presumably the Medal of another officer, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Great War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. J. King, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for services as a Naval Transport Officer in East Africa Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Agent W. J. King, F.I.D.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. J. King, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. W. J. King, R.N.V.R.); Royal Humane...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman F. Foreman, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the H.M.S. Abdiel: according to Jellicoe, she ‘laid 6,293 mines altogether, far more than any other destroyer-minelayers’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., Minelaying Opns., 1916-7); British War and Victory Medals (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., H.M.S. Abdiel); Imperial...
Hammer Price: £720
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. H. Hazell, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 32 in the Eastern Mediterranean Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 4491 C. H. Hazel, Armr. Mte., H.M.S. M. 32, E. Mediterranean), note surname spelling; 1914-15 Star (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, A. Ar. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, Act. Armr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 4491 C....
Hammer Price: £800
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman H. J. Crone, Royal Navy, for his gallant deeds in the Q-Ship Penshurst: having joined her crew back in April 1916, he was present in all six of her famous actions under Francis Grenfell and Cedric Naylor, right up until her loss in the Irish Sea in December 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 12562 H. J. Crone, A.B., Atlantic, 20.22 Feb.8 Mar. 1917), good very fine £1600-1800 D.S.M. London Gazette 23 May 1917. Henry James Crone...
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of seven awarded to Captain S. H. Simpson, Royal Navy, who was twice decorated for his command of the Q-Ship Cullist from March 1917 to February 1918, a period that included no less than five close encounters with enemy submarines, the last of them resulting in Cullist’s demise Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. S. H. Simpson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Engineer Captain S. F. Heraud, Royal Navy, who, having been present at the destruction of the German raider Leopard in March 1917, went on to lend distinguished service in the Baltic operations of 1919, including a unique assignment as ‘British Engineer to the Russian Admiralty’ - it was in this capacity, for renovating and sailing the Russian battleship Volya to Sebastopol, that he was awarded the M.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain G. F. W. Wilson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of the sloop Zinnia during a skilfully executed attack on an enemy submarine in May 1917 - Zinnia worked in close liaison with Queenstown Command’s Q-Ships, on one occasion coming to the rescue of Gordon Campbell’s Pargust: taken P.O.W. in the 1939-45 War, following the sinking of the armed boarding vessel Van Dyck off Norway in 1940, Wilson was S.B.O. at Marlag und Milag...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Great War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Captain E. C. Thornton, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who was decorated for his command of the destroyers Derwent and Lucifer in 1917, the former ship being mined and sunk off Le Havre - blown off the bridge into the sea by the blast, he nonetheless made strenuous efforts to save his Gunner, R.N., and was awarded the R.H.S. Medal in silver: recalled in the 1939-45 War, he rose to the rank of Commodore 2nd Class and served as C.O. of the Naval Air...
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Stoker J. Cook, Royal Naval Reserve, arguably for the most famous Q-Ship action of them all, namely the Dunraven’s celebrated clash with the UC-71 on 8 August 1917 - on which occasion Gordon Campbell’s crew of 69 men won two V.Cs, two D.S.Os, six D.S.Cs, seven C.G.Ms, 24 D.S.Ms and 14 “mentions” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S. 4704 J. Cook, Sto., R.N.R., Atlantic Ocean, 8 Aug. 1917), possible official correction to initial, very fine ...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain G. L. Parnell, Royal Navy, who won the former distinction for his gallant command of the torpedo boat destroyer Nith in anti-submarine patrols in 1917, and the latter for his services as Resident Naval Officer at Baku during the Caspian Sea operations of 1919: but his additional “mention” perhaps reflected greater deeds, namely an all-afternoon surface-to-surface shooting match with U-Boat ace Lothar von...
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Great War D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar, Second World War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Group Captain B. D. “Billiken” Hobbs, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who, in a matter of months, was credited with the confirmed destruction of the Zeppelin L. 43, the sinking of the UC-6 and the probable sinking of another enemy submarine - the whole as a pilot of Large American Seaplanes operating out of Felixstowe’s famous “Spider’s Web”: his family having moved to...
Hammer Price: £26,000
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Commander W. H. “Old Bill” Wilson, Royal Naval Air Service, late Imperial Yeomanry, a veteran of the fledgling R.N.A.S’s Dunkirk-based operations in 1914, when he gained a reputation for engaging enemy pilots and observers with his ‘pet rifle’: he went on to collect the R.H.S. Medal in bronze for saving his observer after coming down in the drink during the Gallipoli operations, and his D.S.C. for the period ending December...
The Great War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Gunner C. J. Pounds, Royal Navy, who was present in destroyers at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, and at the destruction of two U-Boats - both of them by ramming Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Gnr. C. J. Pounds R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. J. Pounds, R.N.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R....
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Great War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer R. S. Gifford, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Benin 1897 operations who was decorated for his services in the monitor Earl of Peterborough in the Dardanelles and Adriatic in 1915-17 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (168279 R. S. Gifford, P.O., Mediterranean Station, 1917); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (R. S. Gifford, A.B., H.M.S. St. George); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (R. S. Gifford,...
The inter-war M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Telegraphist Lieutenant-Commander C. C. France, who, having been decorated for his services in the submarine K. 2 in 1917, held command of an important wireless transmission station on Malta 1942-44 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (238487 C. C. France, P.O. Tel.,...
The Great War group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Commander R. H. Ransome, Royal Navy, a Dogger Bank and Dardanelles veteran who was killed in action in the destroyer Partridge in December 1917: in his previous command, the Victor, he had acted as escort to the Hampshire on the occasion of her loss, with Lord Kitchener, in June 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. H. Ramsome, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. H. Ransome, R.N.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £880
The Great War group of three awarded to Gunner A. J. Milford, Royal Navy, who was present off Imbros in the action that witnessed the mining of the Goeben and Breslau in January 1918 1914-15 Star (223002 A. J. Milford, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. A. J. Milford, R.N.), good very fine and better (3) £200-250
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