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Lieutenant Commander Richard C Witte, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired)
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13 December 2007
The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain R. L’E. M. Rede, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the flotilla leader Botha in a night action off Dunkirk in March 1918, when at 27 knots he rammed and ‘cut in two pieces’ an enemy torpedo boat: as Sir Roger Keyes put it, ‘the gift of rapid decision, initiative and readiness to accept responsibility was given to few’, but Rede ‘displayed all of these excellent qualities’ - and was also advanced to...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of nine awarded to Captain P. R. P. Percival, Royal Navy, for his gallant command of the destroyer Morris in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N., H.M.S. Muzbee); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. C. K. “Shiner” Wright, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his magnificent courage as “Jimmy the One” in Percy Dean’s M.L. 282 in the Zeebrugge raid in April 1918: her decks crowded with the dead and dying, she took appalling punishment from point-blank fire, Wright’s own stomach wound being rated as fatal - as a result, at Sir Roger Keyes’ behest, the King was contacted for his approval of an...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The M.V.O., Great War D.S.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander D. P. J. Enright, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of torpedo boat No. 91 in the Mediterranean 1914-18 - which period included at least two encounters with U-Boats - and for his subsequent deeds in Russia in 1919, when, as a member of the Archangel River Flotilla, he distinguished himself under fire and assisted in demolition duties The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast...
Hammer Price: £4,300
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Boatswain D. McK. Shannon, Mercantile Marine, who was specially commended by his ship’s Master after a protracted duel with a U-Boat in which the ship was four times hit by torpedo Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D. McK. Shannon, Bos’n., M.M., Atlantic Ocean, 25-26 May 1918), edge bruising, nearly very fine £1000-1200 D.S.M. London Gazette 7 August 1918: ‘In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty in carrying on the trade of the country...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Great War D.S.M group of five awarded to Able Seaman W. T. Wann, Royal Navy, who, having fought at Jutland in the battleship Agincourt, was decorated for his gallantry in the Q-Ship Stockforce’s clash with the U-98 in July 1918: his captain, Harold Auten, was awarded the V.C. on the same occasion Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 24809 W. T. Wann, A.B., English Channel, 30th July 1918); 1914-15 Star (J. 24809 W. T. Wann, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 24809 W....
Hammer Price: £2,400
The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, and his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery: “Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire” The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Great War D.S.O. and Second World War Bar group of eight awarded to Captain G. B. Hartford, Royal Navy, who, following a lucky escape from an early demise at Jutland, while in command of the destroyer Marne, won his first distinction for the destruction of the UB-124 in July 1918, and a Bar and a “mention” for sustained leadership and endurance in minesweeping operations in 1940-41 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, officially dated ‘1941’ on reverse,...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Russian intervention M.B.E., A.M. group of three awarded to Junior Officer S. J. Haines, Mercantile Marine Reserve, the Albert Medal being a unique award for this conflict The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, the reverse engraved, ‘Awarded by His Majesty to Samuel James Haines, Junior Officer, M.M.R., in Recognition of His Gallantry...
The Kronstadt Harbour raid D.S.O. group of three awarded to Engineer Lieutenant-Commander F. B. Yates, Royal Navy, the senior officer aboard Coastal Motor Boat 86 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. F. B. Yates, R.N.), these two mounted as worn, generally good very fine (3) £6000-7000
The American Medal of Freedom and National Aeronautic Association (Paris Chapter) Medal awarded to Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous pioneer of long distance flight and polar exploration U.S.A., Medal of Freedom (Richard E. Byrd), in its case of issue, with related dress miniature, tunic riband and lapel fitment, extremely fine National Aeronautic Association of the U.S.A., Paris Chapter, silver medal, by E. Blin, obverse, Icarus clasping rock in rough seas, biplane above, reverse,...
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer (Pensioner) W. C. Mudge, Royal Navy, who commanded a 6-inch gun crew aboard the armed merchant cruiser Alcantara at the time of her famous clash with the enemy raider Thor in July 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (D/227540 W. C. Mudge, P.O., H.M.S. Alcantara); 1914-15 Star (227540 W. C. Mudge, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (227540 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Second World War G.M. group of six awarded to Frederick “Sexton” Blake, a former Stoker, R.N. who was decorated for his courage as an employee of the Great Western Railway during the Birmingham Blitz 1940: on being interviewed about his award, the Jutland and North Russia “Altham Flotilla” veteran was quoted as saying, “As I see it, I had no right to a medal ... these blitzes seem tame to me” George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Francis Blake); 1914-15 Star (K....
Hammer Price: £3,300
The Second World War D.S.O. and Bar group of three awarded to Captain M. B. Sherwood, Royal Navy, who, having served as a submariner between the Wars, was decorated for his gallantry as C.O. of an anti-submarine trawler flotilla off Norway in 1940, and again for hazardous operations off Greece in the following year: such was the quality of his courage and leadership in the former theatre of war that a fellow officer was moved to observe, ‘all of us in trawlers would have gladly followed...
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Commander H. M. C. Sanders, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action in command of the first of the flower-class corvettes, the Gladiolus, when she was torpedoed and sunk in October 1941: her C.O. from March 1940, he had participated in the destruction of at least two U-Boats in the interim, a gallant wartime career with parallels to the Compass Rose of Cruel Sea fame Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Second World War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Paymaster Captain W. J. G. Prophit, Royal Navy, who served in the cruiser Aurora 1940-43, better known to the Italians as the “Silver Phantom”, whose ships she regularly sent to the bottom of the Mediterranean The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals ((Payr. Mid., R.N.), surname spelt ‘Prophet’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star,...
Hammer Price: £400
The Great War and Second World War group of eight awarded to Paymaster Captain B. O’F. Gregory, Royal Navy, a Dardanelles veteran who went on to win a brace of “mentions” in the cruiser Carlisle 1939-42, a period of intense operational activity that encompassed the withdrawal from Greece and Crete: one of the greatest dangers her crew faced ashore was the ‘exuberant rumbustious hospitality offered by huge weatherbeaten Autralians’ - grateful indeed for Carlisle having rescued them...
Hammer Price: £250
The Second World War group of six awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. J. Warden, Royal Navy, who won a “mention” for his constant attention to the proper functioning of Warspite’s fire at Cape Matapan in March 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; War medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M. 38600 C. J. Warden, O.A. 1, H.M.S. Warspite), good very fine and better (6) £300-350
Hammer Price: £650
The Second World War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Engineer W. G. Rockey, Royal Navy, an ex-submariner who went on to witness the destruction of at least two U-Boats in the destroyer Wolverine - one of them the command of Gunther Prien of Royal Oak fame The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 26972 W. G. Rockey, B. Art., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star;...
Hammer Price: £520
The Second World War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. E. Mammatt, Royal Navy, who, having been present in the First Battle of Narvik in the destroyer Hostile, was decorated for his gallantry in the Hereward during the withdrawal of Greece - he was taken P.O.W. when the latter ship fell victim to Stukas off Crete in May 1941 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Second World War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman G. E. Sharratt, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his part in the boarding of the Italian submarine Perla in July 1942, went on to witness the destruction of three U-Boats in the frigate Affleck - and win the Royal Humane Society’s Medal for saving many lives on the occasion of the loss of the frigate Gould in 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 159716 G. E. Sharratt, A.B.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star;...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker W. E. McFarlane, Royal Navy, who, having won a “mention” when his ship was bombed and sunk off Tobruk in May 1941, added a decoration to his accolades for fire-fighting duties in a heavy raid on Bari in December 1944 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Sto. William E. McFarlane, P/KX. 76763. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Korea War pair awarded to Lieutenant-Commander D. N. Dalton, Royal Navy, who came under fire in the destroyer Comus off Kunsan in August 1950 Korea 1950-53 (Lieut. D. N. Dalton, R.N.); U.N. Korea, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £300
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