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Four: Company Sergeant-Major K. Kaporo, King’s African Rifles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Z 11084 C.S.M. Khangawa Kaporo, K.A.R.), generally very fine (4) £250-300
Hammer Price: £230
Seven: Sergeant T. H. Franklin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Fusiliers 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (4013068 Cpl. T. H. Franklin, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (4013068 Sgt. T. H. Franklin, R.A.F.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5990282 Sjt. T. H. Franklin, R.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine and a most unusual combination (7) £200-250
Hammer Price: £320
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 J. Campbell, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun Regiment) 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, silver issue; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver issue; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue Canada (Cpl. J. Campbell, C.H. of O. (M.G.)); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with Bar (Q.M.S. (W.O. 2) J. Campbell), contact marks, cleaned and lacquered, nearly very fine and...
Hammer Price: £300
A rare Tayleur Fund Medal group of three awarded to Chief Boatman in Charge R. Twohig, Coast Guard, late Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Richd. Twohig, Cd. Boatn., H.M. Coast Gd.); Tayleur Fund Medal, silver, the reverse officially engraved, ‘Presented to Richard Twohig, Coast Guard, for prompt courage in saving life from the wreck of the Ada at Portrane, 2nd Febry. 1873’, the last with re-pinned suspension claw, occasional edge...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Victorian campaign and lifesaving group of three awarded to Acting Chief Petty Officer T. Honour, Royal Navy, who endeavoured to save a shipmate in shark infested waters in the Red Sea Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp, dated reverse (T. Honour, Cap. F’Top, H.M.S. Thalia); Khedive’s Star, 1882; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (Thomas Honour, Qutr. Mstr., H.M.S. Thalia, 5 Feb. 1883), the first with contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (3) £250-300
Hammer Price: £340
A pre-Great War Sea Gallantry Medal group of three awarded to Leading Boatman W. Marsden, Blyth Haven Coast Guard, also the winner of a rare Tynemouth Medal on the same occasion Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Willliam Marsden, “Dunelm”, 11th January 1913); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (168524 W. A. Marsden, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard); Tynemouth Medal, silver, inverted reverse type (a.k.a. the Tynemouth Extension Medal), this officially engraved, ‘Awarded to Coastguard...
Hammer Price: £2,500
An inter-war Sea Gallantry Medal group of five awarded to Able Seaman R. Inglis, Merchant Navy, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Royal Naval Division Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Robert Inglis, “Czarina”, 28th December 1923); 1914 Star (C.1/2657 R. Inglis, A.B., R.N.V.R., Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (C.1/2657 R. Inglis, A.B., R.N.V.R.); Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver (Robert Inglis, (A.B.), S.S....
Hammer Price: £850
Five: Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Stevens, Royal Navy, a winner of the Naval Good Shooting Medal and the recipient of a Royal Humane Society’s Medal for a gallant rescue attempt with the Coast Guard 1914-15 Star (172681 T. Stevens, P.O. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172681 T. Stevens, P.O. 1, R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (172681 T. Stevens, A.B., H.M.S. Doris, 1909, 6 in. B.L.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (Thomas Stevens, 21st Dec. 1922), the...
Hammer Price: £1,100
An unusual Great War lifesaving group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. B. Stantan, a Civilian Naval Stores Officer who was granted a temporary commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. W. B. Stantan, R.N.V.R.); Greece, Order of the Redeemer, 4th class breast badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Greece, Medal for Saving Life at Sea, silver, the reverse with official Greek inscription and ‘W. B. Stantan’; Royal Humane...
Hammer Price: £1,900
An Edward Medal awarded to Edward Nurse for the gallant rescue of an entombed miner at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire in February 1916 Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze (Edward Nurse), one or two edge bruises, otherwise very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £980
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (P.C.65 William Theobald for a gallant attempt to stop a runaway Horse attached to a Cab in Park Road North Birkenhead on February 24th 1899) with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £370
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Second Officer S. C. Grant, S.S. “Orduna” for Gallant Service, 24th Jan. 1915) with silver buckle on ribbon, extremely fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £210
A fine Great War K.C.M.G., C.B. group of thirteen awarded to Major-General Sir Harold Parsons, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late West Surrey Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel centre, in its fitted Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Major-General Sir Harold Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late West Surrey Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, badge, gold and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military), badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State,...
Hammer Price: £720
An impressive civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Colonel L. Green, who was wounded with the 4/East Lancashire Regiment in Gallipoli: afterwards High Sheriff of Lancashire and Commandant of the Lancashire Special Constabulary - he also led Lancashire’s Cricket XI to three successive county championship victories in the late 1920s The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1936; The Most...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An outstanding North-West Frontier operations C.B. group of eight awarded to Brigadier-General H. A. Abbott, Indian Army, the recipient of five “mentions” - and two severe wounds - after 20 years of campaigning with the 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs: Field Marshal Lord Birdwood described him in his memoirs as ‘a fine hard-fighting soldier who was never daunted or dismayed’, part reflecting no doubt the occasion Abbott refused to be evacuated after being shot ‘bang in his face’ by a...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A rare Great War D.S.O., Waziristan 1920s O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Richey, Royal Artillery, an early aviator of 1911-vintage who was seconded to Royal Flying Corps and commanded No. 21 Squadron 1915-16 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 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 (Capt. F. W. Richey, R.F.A.); British War...
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Ash, Malay State Volunteer Regiment, late Middlesex Regiment and Connaught Rangers, who was decorated for his services as C.O. of the 2/6th Durham Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt. Col. E. A. Ash); Jubilee 1935; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Private Ernest Arthur Ash, D.S.O., Malay States Vol. Regiment);...
A rare and impressive Waziristan 1939 operations D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Evanson, Indian Army, late Royal Irish Fusiliers, in which latter regiment he was wounded in Gallipoli and again in France in 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1940’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. E. A. Evanson, R. Ir. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. E. A. Evanson), as issued separately by the India Office;...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare and early Second World War D.S.O., inter-war M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Commander E. L. Woodhall, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his gallant services as a destroyer C.O. in anti-U-boat operations, died in an open boat after his command, H.M.S. Cape Howe, actually the decoy (or ‘Q’ ship) S.S. Prunella, was torpedoed off Land’s End in June 1940 - a loss that led to Churchill cancelling the decoy ship project Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, the...
The remarkable Great War period O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major S. K. Flint, Royal Fusiliers, late Royal Irish Rifles, whose attachment to the Egyptian Army 1895-1906 resulted in him being awarded a unique Khedive’s Sudan Medal with 10 clasps - and four “mentions” The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919, with its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. S. K. Flint, A...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Major S. K. Flint, O.B.E., Royal Fusiliers, late Royal Irish Rifles, whose attachment to the Egyptian Army 1895-1906 resulted in him being awarded a unique Khedive’s Sudan Medal with 10 clasps - and four “mentions” The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Turkey, Order of Osmania, badge, silver,...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A most unusual Great War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. T. Phillips, Australian Imperial Forces, late Royal Marine Artillery, including rare awards for services in the Sudan 1896, a Royal Marines M.S.M. and “royal visit” Spanish decoration The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3912 Br. H. T. Phillips, R.M.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Captain H. T....
Hammer Price: £3,200
A most unusual Great War M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Wing Commander J. E. Parkin, Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps - described as ‘a great Grenadier’, he served as a Sergeant-Major in the 1st Battalion during the retreat from Mons and was mentioned in despatches by Sir John French in November 1914 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; Royal Victorian...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A Second World War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Commander V. A. C. H. G. De Mauny, Royal Navy, a Gallipoli veteran who won a “mention” for his gallantry off Dunkirk and was decorated for like services in patrol vessels in the North Sea Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’, hallmarks for London 1947; 1914-15 Star (Mid. V. A. C. H. G. De Mauny, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. V. A. C. H. G. De Mauny, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A fine Great War M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Pearce, Dorsetshire Regiment, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was commissioned for his leadership on the Somme, decorated for gallant deeds during the German Spring Offensive and final Allied advance in 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. H. Peacre); Defence Medal 1939-45, somewhat polished, particularly the second, but otherwise generally very...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Great War September 1918 advance M.C., Somme M.M. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Shepley, Durham Light Infantry, late Manchester Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Lt. H. Shepley, 19th D.L.I., Sept. 16th 1919’; Military Medal, G.V.R. (4502 Cpl. H. Shepley, 11/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (4502 L. Cpl. H. Shepley, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. H. Shepley), minor contact marks, very fine and better (5) £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant L. R. Hutchison, Machine Gun Corps, late Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. L. R. Hutchison, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. R. Hutchinson), very fine or better (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £820
A fine Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain F. H. G. (afterwards Sir Francis) Layland-Barrett, Grenadier Guards, who was decorated for the 2nd Battalion’s attack on Les Boeufs in September 1916, when enemy shells fell at a rate of one per second - he was subsequently wounded at Gouzeaucourt Wood in December 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘F. H. G. Layland-Barratt, 2nd Batt. Grenadier Guards, Les Boeufs, Sept. 25 1916’; British War and Victory...
A very rare Great War East Africa operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. Cairnduff, South African Rifles, late Transvaal Scottish Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18 Rfmn. H. Cairnduff, 1/S. Afr. Rif.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. H. Cairnduff, 8th Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. H. Cairnduff, 4th S.A.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oakleaf (Pte. H. Cairnduff, 1st S.A.R.), contact marks, generally very fine (4) £1200-1400
An extremely rare Great War D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Captain G. C. Andrews, New Zealand Forces, late 2nd Dragoons, in which latter regiment he was decorated for gallantry at Bourlon Wood in November 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20858 S.S. Mjr. G. C. Andrews, 2/Dgns.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5817 Sjt. G. C. Andrews, 2/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (2 Dn.-5817 W.O. Cl. 2 G. C. Andrews, 2-Dns.); War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant F. Emerson, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated for his bravery in the 11th Battalion at Thiepval in September 1916 and at Westhoek Ridge in August 1917 - he died of wounds that November Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (7291 L. Cpl. F. Emerson, 11/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (7291 Pte. F. Emerson, R. Fus.); British War & Victory Medals (GS-7291 Cpl. F. Emerson, R. Fus.), together with related Memorial Plaque...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Sapper A. W. Gush, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for gallant deeds in 23rd Signalling Company at Le Sars in October 1916 and at the crossing of the River Monticano in Italy in October 1918 - a little over two weeks later he succumbed to influenza Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (66338 Sapr. A. W. Gush, 23/Sig. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (66338 Spr. A. W. Gush, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (66338 2 Cpl. A. W....
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. S. Sillick, London Regiment, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the 1/22nd (Queen’s) Battalion in the summer of 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (695085 Pte. F. S. Sillick, 1/22 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (351648 Pte. F. S. Sillick, 7-Lond. R.), very fine and better (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £360
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant G. F. Greig, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (1138 Cpl. G. F. Grieg, 2/Nth. Bn. Fd. Co. R.E. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1138 2-Cpl. G. F. Greig, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1138 A. Sjt. G. F. Greig, R.E.), good very fine and better (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
A rare Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant S. W. Hennig, Army Ordnance Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (O.1332 Cpl. S. W. Hennig, A.O.C.); 1914-15 Star (O.1332 L. Sjt. W. Hennig, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (O.1332 A. Sjt. S. W. Hennig, A.O.C.), minor contact wear, very fine and better (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £430
A scarce Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. H. Gaskon, 2nd South African Infantry, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Lewis Gunner in the final Allied advance of 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (8130 Cpl. A. H. Gaskon, 2/S.A. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpl. A. H. Gaskon, 2nd S.A.I.); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (ACF 133719 A. H. Gaskon), somewhat polished, nearly very fine or better (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Gunner M. C. Brown, Royal Field Artillery, who was decorated for gallant deeds in 9th Battery in 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (87133 Gnr. M. C. Brown, 9/By. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (87133 Gnr. M. C. Brown, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (87133 Gnr. M. C. Brown, R.A.); Defence Medal 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £350
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant F. A. Lewis, London Regiment, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the 1/15th Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), and later served in the 16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Military Medal, G.V.R. (535 Sjt. F. A. Lewis, 1/15 Lond. R); 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals (535 C. Sjt. F. A. Lewis, 15/Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with (copy) Bar (535...
Hammer Price: £580
An unusual Great War M.M. group of nine awarded to Honorary Captain A. J. Stiff, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for services on anti-aircraft searchlight duties in France Military Medal, G.V.R. (562577 Spr. - A.L. Cpl. A. J. Stiff, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1471 Cpl. A. J. Stiff, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, this last privately inscribed, ‘Capt. A. J. Stiff, R.E.’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., Regular Army (1858830 C.Q.M. Sjt. A. J. Stiff,...
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