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A rare campaign service group of nine awarded to Paymaster Captain J. M. L. Cusack, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne for his services in H.M.S. Yarmouth at the Battle of Jutland, in addition to receiving the Czech War Cross Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Clerk J. M. L. Cusack, H.M.S. Doris); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (J. M. L. Cusack, Clerk, R.N., H.M.S. Magicienne); 1914-15 Star (Payr....
£3,000–£4,000
An unusual Great War D.S.M. pair awarded to Junior Reserve Attendant S. Rothwell, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, attached Royal Naval Air Service Seaplane Base, Dunkerque Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 15814 S. Rothwell, Jun. Res. Att., R.N.A.S. Dunkerque, 27 June 1917); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze leaf riband fitment, the first with minor official correction to unit, edge nicks and contact marks, nearly very fine or better (2) ...
Hammer Price: £800
Pair: Flight Sub-Lieutenant C. R. W. Hodges, 4 (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, who was killed when his Sopwith Camel was shot down during a dogfight on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Flt. S. Lt. C. R. W. Hodges. R.N.A.S.) the Victory Medal officially re-impressed, extremely fine (2) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £480
Pair: Air Mechanic First Class B. Pearson, Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (F.17702 B. Pearson. A.M.1 R.N.A.S.) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
A Great War D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander H. Forrester, Royal Navy, for services whilst commanding torpedo boat destroyers in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1915, and attractively engraved ‘Lieut,. Henry Forrester, R.N. Presented by King George V. Oct. 4th 1916. “Carried out dangerous patrol duties with marked ability”; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Forrester. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War ‘Dover Patrol’ D.S.M. and ‘Zeebrugge raid’ M.I.D. group of five awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer W. May, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who was later commended for his conduct after a collision between the Phœbe and Miranda in November 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (270362. W. May, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., “Phœbe” Dover Patrol 1918); 1914-15 Star (270362. W. May, E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (270362 W. May....
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War ‘1919, Dvina Offensive’ D.S.M. pair awarded to Petty Officer Telegraphist F. S. Stuckey, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J29 F. S. Stuckley, P.O. Tel. "M27" Archangel River 10/8/19); British War Medal (J.29 F. S. Stuckey. L. Tel. R.N.) pitting and contact marks, worn, good fine (2) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £700
The Royal Humane Society Medal in Silver, with scarce Second Award Clasp awarded to Acting Captain H. Hopper, Royal Navy, who was awarded a D.S.O. in the Second World War Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Sub Lieut. H. G. Hopper, R.N.15 July 1918) with Second Award Bar, dated ‘8th Aug. 1922’, with integral top silver riband buckle, good very fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
A fine Second War ‘Far East’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. L. Jerrard, Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, who served in H.M.S. Achilles throughout the war - a veteran of the Battle of the River Plate, when the cruiser ‘Achilles opened fire on the German ‘pocket battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, at 6.21 am on 13 December 1939, it became the first New Zealand unit to strike a blow at the enemy in the Second World War. With the...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Six: Able Seaman W. F. Thomas, Royal Navy, who was present aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Cossack at the time of the famous ‘Altmark Incident’ of 16 February 1940, when 300 British merchant seamen were rescued from the holds of the German auxiliary ship Altmark in neutral waters in Jossingfjord, Norway 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 105039...
Hammer Price: £300
Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer W. J. P. Thompson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Glasgow when she evacuated the King of Norway to the United Kingdom on 29 April 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (MX.51240 W. J. P. Thompson. C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Victory.) good very fine (5) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £190
Three: Able Seaman H. J. Beck, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Acasta was sunk in the Norwegian Sea by the German Battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, during Operation Alphabet- the evacuation of Norway, 8 June 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. K. H. Rhodes, 17 York Road, Erdington, Birmingham 23’; together with the recipient’s Memorial Scroll (Able Seaman H. J. Beck...
Hammer Price: £240
A Second War ‘1940, Little Ships, Dunkirk’ D.S.M. pair awarded to Able Seaman E. Fenton, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.145044 E. Fenton. A.B. H.M.Y. Bounty.) on original mounting pin; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Ernest Fenton) last in case of issue, good very fine and better (2) £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £3,000
A notable Second War period campaign group of five awarded to Petty Officer J. R. Darby, who was mentioned in despatches for gallant deeds aboard the paddle steamer Glen Gower off Dunkirk and likewise for his part in post-V.E. Day minesweeping operations aboard H.M.S. Frolic - he subsequently served in the Shropshire Fire Brigade for 25 years 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A fine Second War ‘Operation Dynamo’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Patrol Man E. B. Wilkinson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a pom-pom gunner in the destroyer H.M.S. Keith Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 152120 E. B. Wilkinson, A.B., H.M.S. Keith); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (C/JX. 152120 E. B. Wilkinson, D.S.M., Ldg. Smn., R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A fine Second War ‘Dunkirk’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker First Class W. S. Grimmitt, Royal Navy, who in the destroyer H.M.S. Malcolm made eight trips to Dunkirk and, under incessant fire, brought away 6,400 troops Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX. 90969 W. S. Grimmitt, Sto. 1, H.M.S. Malcolm); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wear, light contact marks, generally very fine or better (5) £1,400-£1,800
A Second War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman T. J. Seaborne, Royal Navy, ‘for courage and skill in a successful action against an enemy submarine in heavy seas’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.138057 T. J. Seaborne. A.B. H.M.S. Rhododendron.) in case of issue, nearly very fine £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,000
A scarce Second War ‘1941’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Stoker H. A. Holland, Royal Naval Reserve, for services with the Channel Mobile Balloon Barrage Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (237 W., H. A. Holland. Sto. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation Medal 1937; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (1947 V., H, A. Holland, L. Sto. R.N.R.) mounted for wear, cleaned, generally very fine or better...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Nine: Chief Stoker Mechanic J. J. Blacklock, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (C/K 65976 J. T. [sic] Blacklock C.P.O.S.M. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (K.65976 J .J. Blacklock. S.P.O. H.M.S. Renown.) very fine or better (9) £500-£700
A Second War ‘Minelayers’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman G. S. Line, Royal Navy, who participated in Operation Dynamo and was present at the sinking of the Bismark Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.128623 G. S. Line. A.B. H.M.S. Ivanhoe) officially re-impressed naming; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.128623 G. S. Line. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st...
Hammer Price: £600
A Second War ‘Battle of Cape Matapan’ D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant G. E. Allen, Royal Navy, Gunnery Officer in H.M.S. Warspite during the battle of Calabria in July 1940 when the ship achieved one of the longest range gunnery hits from a moving ship to a moving target in history, hitting Giulio Cesare at a range of approximately 24 km; and also in the same battleship at the battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 when he was decorated for his ‘efficiency and successful...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Second War ‘Battle of Cape Matapan’ Immediate D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Seaman A. Blaney, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid, on 19 August 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (SSX. 21349 A. Blaney. A.B. H.M.S. Valiant.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800
Six: Able Seaman C. G. Coe, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Warspite at the Battles of Narvick and Cape Matapan 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £180
A good Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Senior Commissioned Ordnance Engineer E. W. T. Sainsbury, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his services in H.M.S. Norfolk during the sinking of the Bismarck British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.O.A. Edwin W. T. Sainsbury, D./M. 37652 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M. 37652...
Seven: Chief Petty Officer Air Mechanic H. Wilkinson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Ark Royal during the sinking of the Bismarck, and later survived the sinking of H.M.S. Ark Royal off Gibraltar in November 1941 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (FX.76888 H. Wilkinson. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal 1992, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (7) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £280
A fine Second War ‘Bismarck action’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Stoker Petty Officer R. J. Hugill, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in H.M.S. King George V Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (K. 61658 R. J. Hugill, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. King George V); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K. 61658 R. J. Hugill, S.P.O., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue...
£4,000–£5,000
Seven: Stoker First Class E. C. Foster, Royal Navy, late Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 1 June 1941 during the evacuation of Crete British War and Victory Medals (1910 Pte. E. C. Foster. R. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.119958 (Ch.B.18521) E. C. Foster. Sto. 1, R.F.R.) mounted for wear, fine and better (7) £180-£220
A Second War 1942 Malta ‘Immediate’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. A. Gill, Royal Navy, for his gallantry during the bombing and sinking of H.M.S. Maori in the Grand Harbour, Valetta, on 12 February 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (K.63381 A.A. Gill S.P.O.); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.63381 A. A. Gill. S.P.O. H.M.S. Defiance.) mounted as worn, nearly...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Five: Attributed to Able Seaman J. W. Rice, Royal Navy, who witnessed extensive action in the Mediterranean in the destroyer H.M.S. Legion in 1941-42, and was wounded when the Legion was bombed and sunk at Malta on 19 March 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £80-£100
Hammer Price: £130
A Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Commander H. S. Pugh, Royal Navy, for services in H.M.S. Rodney 1942-43, including escorting the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta in August 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, gilt mostly worn off; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. H. S. Pugh. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly very...
A rare Second War ‘Malta’ B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Stoker H. E. Sutton, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ldg. Stoker Henry E. Sutton, C/KX. 116593) minor official correction to number; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally very fine or better (7) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £340
Eight: Warrant Mechanician F. G. Hall, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Nigeria including when damaged by a torpedo escorting the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta in August 1942 British War and Victory Medals (K.27996 F. G. Hall. Sto. 1, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (K.27996 F. G. Hall. Mech., H.M.S. Pembroke) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (8) ...
Hammer Price: £320
A rare Second War escaper’s group of six awarded to Able Seaman G. V. Wilson, Royal Navy: captured on the occasion of the loss of the destroyer H.M.S. Bedouin on the Malta run in June 1942, he ‘jumped ship’ on being entrained for Germany from Italy in September 1943 and reached Allied lines some three months later - in a subsequent letter to his counterpart in Naval Intelligence, the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence recommended this gallant rating for mention in...
A Second War ‘D.E.M.S. Operations - Russian Convoy PQ 16’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Acting Petty Officer H. Tomlinson, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P/JX.200147 H. Tomlinson. A/L. Smn.) on original mounting pin; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-85, edge bruise to first, otherwise extremely fine (8) ...
A fine post-War ‘Royal Visit to South Africa 1947’, B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Quartermaster-Sergeant A. Rendell, Royal Marines, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War whilst serving in H.M.S. Sikh during Operation Agreement, the disastrous raid on Tobruk on the night of 13-14 September 1942 Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued; British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (Q.M.S. Albert Rendell, Ply.X.1448, R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy...
Four: Able Seaman R. N. Cain, Royal Navy, killed when H.M.S. Curacao collided with the R.M.S. Queen Mary whilst escorting her to the Clyde, 2 October 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. M. Byrne, 90 Beacon Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (J.78777 R. N. Cain. A.B. H.M.S. Cairo.) light contact marks to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £160
A Second World War Submariner’s D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Senior Commissioned Engineer A. G. W. Stokes, Royal Navy, for services as Warrant Engineer in H.M. Submarine Shakespeare during Mediterranean patrols, including two Special Operations and the sinking of the Italian Submarine Velella in the Gulf of Salerno on 7 September 1943 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943 and hallmarked London 1943; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A superb Second War Arctic convoy Fleet Air Arm Telegraphist-Air-Gunner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Petty Officer Airman C. A. Vines, Fleet Air Arm, for the sinking of U-973 by his Fairy Swordfish of the escort carrier H.M.S. Chaser, off Narvik on 6 March 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Temp. A.P.O. Airmn. C. A. Vines. FAA/FX 115046); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £3,000-£4,000
A good Second War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer R. Goldsmith, Royal Navy, whose command of a 4-inch gun in H.M.S. Porchester Castle against a surfaced U-Boat contributed to the latter’s destruction in September 1944 – conclusive evidence being found in ‘a glove and fresh human remains’: his ship was later used to portray the Saltash Castle in the famous film, The Cruel Sea Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. R. Goldsmith, C/JX....
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, including his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery on D-Day, 6 June 1944: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £4,400
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