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10 & 11 December 2014
A rare Great War airship operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. S. Coltson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for a well-executed and convincing attack on a U-Boat in February 1917, while in command of H.M. Airship C-22 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Mid. C. S. Coltson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. S. Coltson, R.A.F.), generally good very fine (4) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £2,700
The Royal Naval College Dartmouth, King’s Medal, G.V.R. (Chief Cadet Captain Charles Sydney Coltson), the reverse dated ‘1913’, gold, 44mm., minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
The outstanding Great war fighter ace’s Italy operations D.F.C. group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. F. M. Apps, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Artist’s Rifles, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: carrying out his first offensive patrols in Sopwith Camels of No. 66 Squadron in January 1918, he was to remain similarly employed until being wounded by A.A. fire in his right leg in mid-July - a period encompassing well in excess of 100 operational sorties and 10 confirmed...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare Great War East Africa operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. R. Johnston, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his services in H.M.S. Manica, the Navy’s first kite balloon ship Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 5523 T. R. Johnston, P.O., R.N.A.S., E. Africa, Mar.-June 1917); British War and Victory Medals (313789 Sgt. T. R. Johnston, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (313789 Sgt. T. R....
Hammer Price: £1,650
Four: Private L. C. Eddey, South African Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, late Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (34523 Tpr. L. Eddey, P. of W. Lt. Horse); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. L. C. Eddey, S.A.S.R.F.C.), together with a Johannesburg 1914-19 Peace Medal, bronze, edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £220
Four: Flight Sergeant F. G. Preen, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who went out to France on the strength of No. 3 Squadron in August 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (79 1/A.M. F. G. Preen, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (79 Sgt. F. G. Preen, R.F.C.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (79 F./Sgt. F. G. Preen, R.A.F.), second initial and surname officially corrected on the last, contact marks, generally very fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £820
Four: Air Mechanic 1st Class H. R. Gladwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, one of a handful of R.F.C. personnel awarded the Khedive’s Sudan 1910 Medal 1914-15 Star (7650 2 A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (7650 1 A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.A.F.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, no clasp (7650 2/A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.F.C.), officially impressed naming, service number officially corrected on the last, good very fine and better (4) £1100-1300
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Great War campaign group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant D. C. Rees, Royal Air Force, late South African Infantry and Royal Flying Corps, who died of wounds while serving as a pilot in No. 84 Squadron in September 1918 - having claimed three kite balloons and shared in the destruction of at least one enemy aircraft 1914-15 Star (Pte. D. C. Rees, 8th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. D. C. Rees, R.A.F.), together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque 1914-18...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Three: Flight Cadet M. N. Clark, Royal Air Force, late South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte. M. N. Clark, 12th Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (F. Cdt. M. N. Clarke, R.A.F.), note surname spelling; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. M. N. Clark), very fine or better (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £120
Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class H. Barton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (249747 2 A.M. H. Barton, R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £80-100
Pair: Lieutenant S. H. B. Emus, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally with No. 142 Squadron in Palestine in 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. H. B. Emus, R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
Eight: Squadron Leader H. G. Goacher, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for his services in South Russia in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), both with officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (51210 Sgt. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), the Great War awards and M.S.M....
Hammer Price: £720
British War Medal 1914-20 (Z. 204 1 A.M. E. C. Sweeney, S.A.R.F.C.), good very fine and scarce £80-100
Hammer Price: £60
A Second World War ‘Southampton Blitz’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain F. J. Phillips, a Deputy Controller and Air Raid Precautions Officer, late Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was credited with two confirmed victories as a Flight Commander in No. 48 Squadron in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (4608 Spr. F. J. Phillips, R.E.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £550
19–21 June 2013
The important Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Colonel A. D. Carden, Royal Engineers, attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a pioneer of the air who, in his own words, learned to fly by ‘taking his plane into the sky and putting it down again without killing myself’, an achievement all the more admirable in light of the fact ‘he was probably the only one-armed pilot in the world’: from his part in the maiden flight of the army balloon Nulli Secundus II to his...
Hammer Price: £3,700
‘After tea Collett and I went back to town by train and had a talk about many things, for Collett was in the Camel Squadron on the same aerodrome and he used to come back shot to ribbons nearly every time he went out. One day he drove a German machine down to the ground behind the German lines, and then to make quite sure he fired at it on the ground until it burst into flames. Collett was always downing the Hun, whenever and wherever he could find him ...’ Flying Fury, by James...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain J. L. Trollope, M.C. and Bar, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, who claimed a record six victories in a single day as a Flight Commander in No. 43 Squadron in March 1918: shortly afterwards shot down by the renowned ace Leutnant Paul Billik and taken prisoner, he suffered terrible wounds that would affect him for the rest of his life - ‘Tall, well built and well liked, Trollope was a brilliant fighter pilot and an...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A rare Great War M.S.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. W. Brown, Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. W. Brown, R.A.F.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1087 Fl. Sjt. C. W. Brown, R.F.C.), together with his Grenadier Guards brass nameplate, impressed ‘13106 C. W. Brown’, generally good very fine (4) £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Mechanic H. W. Hartwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (7132 F. Sjt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7132 F. Sgt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), renamed; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (7132 Ch. Mec. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), generally good very fine (4) £400-450
Hammer Price: £330
A fine Second World War Battle of Britain O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander H. G. P. Ovenden, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late East Surrey Regiment, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in B.E. 2s on the Western Front, prior to witnessing further active service out in India in 1919-21: but his time as Adjutant at R.A.F. Hornchurch throughout the Battle of Britain was probably no less memorable, the airfield being subjected to enemy raids on no...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Five: Flight Lieutenant M. O. F. England, Royal Air Force, late Royal Marines Divisional Engineers and Royal Naval Air Service, who saw operational service as an Observer in No. 1 Wing at Dunkirk 1914-15 Star (Deal 49-S Spr. M. O. F. England, R.M.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.), renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £150
Three: Flight Sergeant T. W. Print, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service 1914-15 Star (F. 5636 T. W. Print, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (F. 5636 T. W. Print, C.P.O. 3, R.N.A.S.), very fine or better (3) £150-200
Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £200-250
Pair: Temporary Captain H. J. Taplin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an Aero Engine and Aeroplane Designer British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H. J. Taplin, R.F.C.), good very fine (2) £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
Pair: Lieutenant W. H. Douche, Machine Gun Corps, late Artists Rifles and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. H. Douche), very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
Pair: Air Mechanic 1st Class R. McG. Amos, Australian Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (1454 1-A.M. R. McG. Amos, A.F.C. A.I.F.), in their original card boxes of issue, good very fine and rare (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £520
Family group: Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class G. R. Noble, South African Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (Z-458 2-A.M. G. R. Noble, S.A.R.F.C.), very fine or better and rare Board of Trade Rocket Life Saving Apparatus Long Service, G.V.R. (Andrew Noble), good very fine (3) £150-200
A scarce South Russia 1919 operations group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant F. G. Reid, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for services in R.E. 8s of ‘Z’ Squadron British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. F. G. Reid, R.A.F.); Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, French stamp mark on suspension, silver-gilt and enamelled on both sides, 37mm. by 37mm., one or two minor cracks to enamel on the last, otherwise good very fine (3) ...
The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Flight Cadet S. C. Botha, Royal Air Force, a South African British War Medal 1914-20 (178148 F. Cdt. S. C. Botha, R.A.F.), very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £45
Pair: Flying Officer H. B. Williams, Royal Air Force, who served operationally under the famous ace Raymond Collishaw in No. 30 Squadron in Iraq in 1920 British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (F./O. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.), very fine and better (2) £250-300
Hammer Price: £290
The Great War Memorial Plaque to 2nd Lieutenant C. A. Moore, Royal Flying Corps, late Artists Rifles and York and Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action while serving as an Observer in a No. 36 Squadron during a Zeppelin raid in September 1917 Memorial Plaque (Cuthbert Alec Moore), together with an original portrait photograph in uniform, on card mount, extremely fine £200-250
13 & 14 September 2012
A Fine Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force (Part II) A rare Great War C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore A. Fletcher, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An important Great War fighter ace’s D.S.O., M.C. and 2 Bars group of four to Captain J. Gilmour, Royal Air Force, late Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps, who amassed around 40 victories, the majority of them in Sopwith Camels of No. 65 Squadron and, remarkably, five of them in a single day Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J....
Hammer Price: £40,000
An outstanding Great War ace’s D.S.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. B. Ridley, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who completed in excess of 200 operational sorties in Sopwith Triplanes and Camels of No. 1 Naval Squadron and No. 201 Squadron, a remarkable record that included at least 40 air-to-air combats and undoubtedly more “kills” than his official total of 11: moreover, he was renowned for his low-level strafing activities, once dropping to 10 feet to support...
A rare Great War D.S.M. group of three awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Grade J. A. Mortimer, Royal Naval Air Service, a member of the famous “Spider Web” patrol who was present on the occasion of the destruction of the enemy submarines UC-1 and UC-6 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F. 11344 J. A. Mortimer, Air Mech. 1st Gr., R.N.A.S., 28th Sept. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (F. 11344 J. A. Mortimer, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.), good very fine (3) £2000-2500
A scarce Great War M.M group of four awarded to Chief Master Mechanic C. I. Collett, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who served as an Observer in R.E. 8s of No. 12 Squadron Military Medal, G.V.R. (413 Fl. Sjt. C. I. Collett, 12/Sq. R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (413 Cpl. C. I. Collett, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (413 T.S.M. C. I. Collett, R.F.C.), generally good very fine (4) £1100-1300
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare and important 1914 Star trio awarded to Major E. N. Fuller, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, a pre-war aviator who flew reconnaissance sorties with No. 3 Squadron during the retreat from Mons and who later commanded No. 17 Squadron in Salonika and No. 103 Squadron in France 1914 Star (2 Lieut. E. N. Fuller, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major E. N. Fuller, R.A.F.), with named card boxes of issue, good very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £620
Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £300-350
£300–£350
A poignant Great War campaign group of three awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class H. F. Matthews, who was killed in action in September 1917 while serving as an Observer in No. 20 Squadron, when his aircraft was shot down in flames by German ace Leutnant Werner Voss - a fortnight later after raising his score to 48, Voss was himself shot down and killed 1914-15 Star (1712 2-A.M. H. F. Matthews, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1712 Pte. H. F. Matthews, R.F.C.), extremely fine (3) ...
Hammer Price: £680
A poignant Great War pair awarded to Mechanic 2nd Class R. Hickling, Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action in May 1917 while serving as an Observer in a B.E. 2c of No. 13 Squadron, his aircraft being shot down by German ace and “Blue Max” holder Leutnant Karl Allmenroder British War and Victory Medals (77687 Pte. R. Hickling, R.F.C.), together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque (Reginald Hickling), this last pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise good very fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £800
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