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The famous Indian Mutiny ‘Siege of Lucknow’ V.C. awarded to Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Bengal Uncovenanted Civil Service Serving under the orders of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram in Lucknow, Kavanagh was decorated with the highest honour for undertaking an epic quest to escape the surrounded Residency at night, cross enemy lines, make contact with the camp of the Commander-in Chief, and then using his local knowledge, guide the relieving force through the city to the beleaguered...
Hammer Price: £750,000
Pair: Major-General Albert Goldsmid, 12th Light Dragoons, one of the first Jewish officers to serve in the British Army Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (A. Goldsmid, Cornet 12th Lt. Dgns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Albert Goldsmid. 12th Light Dragoons) contemporarily re-engraved naming in upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement ring suspension, this with contact pitting and edge bruising, fine, both dark toned, suspension post on first...
Hammer Price: £16,000
A rare Second War ‘Norwegian Coast 1940’ C.G.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman R. H. Wellard, Royal Navy, whose gallantry when H.M.S. Pelican was dive bombed by enemy Ju-88s and severely damaged undoubtedly saved many lives and possibly the ship itself Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (S.SX. 22441 R. H. Wellard. A.B. H.M.S. Pelican) officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain F. W. M. Cornwallis, 17th Lancers, attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), who, having rejoined his cavalry regiment in Ireland in 1920, was gunned down during the Irish War of Independence by a gang of I.R.A. volunteers in the bloody Ballyturin Ambush near Gort, Co. Galway, on 15 May 1921 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘F. W. M. Cornwallis. 17th Lancers.’; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2....
Hammer Price: £11,000
A well-documented Northern Ireland M.I.D. campaign group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant I. Missenden, Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment and the Force Research Unit (FRU), who carried out 6 tours of Northern Ireland - suffering a gunshot wound as an 18 year old infantryman during his first, and going on to distinguish himself in an intelligence capacity as an ‘agent handler’ whilst serving with West Det (FRU), St. Angelo, Fermanagh. His tours spanned 20 years, and during that time...
Hammer Price: £10,000
A very fine and rare Waterloo Medal and ‘Salamanca operations’ Guelphic Medal pair awarded to Sergeant Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons, King’s German Legion Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) fitted with matching Guelphic Medal style silver bar suspension; Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (*Heinr. Erdfelder. vorm Quartiermstr im Leib-Cuir. Regt.*) officially engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Stevenson, 79th Cameron Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Captn. Henry H. Stevenson. 79th. Highlanders) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Brig. Majr. Hy. Holford Stevenson.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, by Hunt & Roskell, London, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bt. Major H. H. Stevenson 79th Highlanders’, with manufacturer’s...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A mounted group of forty-two miniature dress medals representative of the medals worn by H.M. King Hussain of Jordan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Hussein bin Ali; Order of the Renaissance; Hashemite Star; Military Gallantry Medal; Order of the Star of Jordan; Order of Independence; Order of Military Merit; Medal for the Battle of Karama 1968; Medal for the Great Ramadan War 1973; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Hashemite Collar; Morroco, Kingdom, Order of El...
A rare Punjab campaign C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General James Eckford, C.B., Bengal Infantry, late Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with wide swivel-ring bar suspension, gold ribbon buckle and gold top suspension brooch; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (J. Eckford, C.B. Lieut. & Adjt. 6th...
A particularly fine and unusual Second War ‘1942’ D.S.O., ‘immediate’ 1942 D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Whitley, Halifax and Wellington pilot Squadron Leader A. S. R. E. Ennis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 85 operational sorties with his Log Book annotated to suggest that he flew in over 100 operational sorties. Amongst his extensive number of sorties over occupied Europe and the jungles of Burma, his aircraft was hit on countless occasions and he...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, 12 Octr. 1798, St. Domingo, Java, Algiers (John Boon.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000
A fine Napoleonic war and Waterloo pair awarded to Private Samuel Green, 2nd Battalion, 95th Foot (Rifles) Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Samuel Green, 95th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Green, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £5,000-£7,000
The V.C. group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Major-General E. H. Sartorius V.C., 59th Foot, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Sliah-jui, Afghanistan, on 24 October 1879, and who was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother (and fellow V.C. recipient) R. W. Sartorius Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar contemporarily engraved ‘R. S. to E. S. 25.5.81’; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gold and...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (G. Stone. Py. Offr. 2. Cl. H.M.S. Discovery) a little polished and some light scratches, otherwise very fine and scarce £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A fine Second War 1945 Pathfinder Force Master Bomber’s ‘immediate’ D.S.O., 1944 ‘immediate’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Lancaster pilot Squadron Leader G. A. ‘Alex’ Thorne, Royal Air Force, who was additionally recommended for the Second Award Bar to his D.F.C. Thorne flew in at least 54 operational sorties, all but two of which were flown with 635 Squadron - predominantly as a marker crew, but also acting as Deputy Master Bomber on 3 occasions, and ending the war as...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Second War Night Fighter’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Blenheim and Mosquito navigator Flight Lieutenant G. A. Waller, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew as an air gunner with 601 Squadron on the Borkum Raid, 25 November 1939, before remustering as a navigator and flying operationally with 29 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Waller assisted in the destruction of 3 enemy aircraft destroyed, 1 probable and 1 damaged Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Charles Dallas, 32nd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £3,600-£4,400
Hammer Price: £4,800
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (V. Domines. Cook. 1. Cl. H.M.S. Alert.) light marks, otherwise good very fine and scarce £5,000-£7,000
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (G. Smithers. Captns. Coxn. Pandora.) a little polished and some light marks, otherwise very fine and very scarce £5,000-£7,000
A rare campaign group of six awarded to Perceval Landon, special correspondent for The Times in the Boer War and in the Tibet campaign, an author and lifelong friend of Rudyard Kipling Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. P. Landon. “Times”) officially impressed naming; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (P. Landon Esq: Press Corspdt.) officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (P. Landon.); British War and Victory Medals (P. Landon); Coronation 1911, unnamed, these mounted for wear in...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Second War ‘Italian Operations’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Sherman Tank Commander Major C. V. King, Prince Alfred’s Guard and Southern Rhodesian Forces, late Royal Navy, for his gallantry during the crossing of the Finale in April 1945; he had previously been wounded by shell fire on 3 June 1944 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1945, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (J.59714 C. V. King. Boy....
Hammer Price: £4,200
The superb Great War ‘Bellewaarde Ridge’ Battle of Loos, September 1915 D.C.M., and ‘Westhoek operations’ 3rd Battle of Ypres, August 1917 Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant H. J. Willey, Rifle Brigade; he was wounded in the left shoulder at Delville Wood in August 1916, was commissioned in April 1918, and severely wounded in the thigh during the Battle of Albert in August 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (B-2391 Sjt: H. J....
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War Western Front ‘Flesquieres’ September 1918 D.C.M., and M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Private H. Hickling, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (26553 Pte.-L. Cpl.- H. Hickling. M.M. 2/S. Staff: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (26553 Pte.-L. Cpl.- H. Hickling. 2/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (26553 Pte. H. Hickling. S. Staff: R.) medals loose as issued, toned, nearly extremely...
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. James Markland, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000
A German Second World War Luftwaffe Honour Goblet Awarded to Feldwebel Alfons Kunik A very nice condition Luftwaffe Honour Goblet constructed in the Alpaka material, marked on the base Feinsilber Alpaka Joh. Wagner & Sohn. The majority of the pre 1942 goblets were made from pure silver and after were made from the substitute Alpaka material. This example having all its original hand stippling remaining, good clear detail to the two fighting eagles with the Iron Cross on the reverse side...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Waterloo 1815 (John Reeves, 2nd. Batt. 44th. Reg. Foot.) with original steel clip and split ring suspension, and contemporary top silver riband buckle, edge bruising, traces of lacquer, otherwise good very fine £1,800-£2,200
A Royal Irish Constabulary Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate and Pouch Badge. Two extremely fine examples, silvered with gilt centre, St. Edward’s crowned strap with ‘Royal Irish Constabulary’, to the centre Harp with shamrock sprays, three screw post fasteners; together with the smaller pouch badge with two screw post fasteners, very good condition (2) £800-£1,000
A superb ‘Logeast Wood’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant H. J. Trigg, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 1st R.M. Battalion, Royal Naval Division, when ‘he himself killed large numbers of the enemy with a Lewis gun’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Ply-466(S) Sjt: H. J. Trigg, 1/R. Marines); 1914-15 Star (Ply. 466-S-, Pte. H. J. Trigg, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 466-S-. Pte. H. J. Trigg, R.M.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare 1914 ‘Bombardment of Scarborough’ Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross First Class in Bronze group of three awarded to Patrol Leader P. Robertshaw, 3rd Scarborough Troop, later Private, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (101998 Pte. P. Robertshaw, R.A.M.C.); Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 1st Class, 1st issue, bronze, the reverse inscribed, ‘Percy Robertshaw, Scarboro., 16-12-14’, with ring suspension and integral top riband bar, in its...
Pair: Walter Neale, Private Royal Marines, H.M.S. Active South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (W. Neale, Pte. R.M. H.M.S. “Active”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Walter Neale, Pte. R.M. H.M.S. Active) mounted on card for display, polished, nearly very fine £1,200-£1,600
Pair: Sergeant and Bandmaster William Russ, 82nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (William Russ, Serjt. 82nd Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (William Russ, Serjeant 82nd Regiment. 1832.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, glue deposits to reverse of clasps on the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £3,600-£4,400
Hammer Price: £3,400
Hartley Colliery Medal 1862, 51mm, silver, the obverse featuring an angel looking on as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from the rubble;, the reverse inscribed in raised letters ‘Presented to those who risked their own lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow workmen buried in Hartley Colliery, January 1862’, the edge engraved ‘Richard Johnston’, fitted with claw and straight silver bar suspension, with silver buckle brooch, with Wyon, London, case of issue,...
The rare ‘Defence of Mafeking’ Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Private R. Wright, Mafeking Cadet Corps, a 14-year old serving with the ‘original Boy Scouts’ Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (Pte. R. Wright. Mafeking C.C.) officially re-impressed naming as usual to unit, edge bruise, good very fine, rare £1,200-£1,600
A German Second World War SS 12 Year Long Service Medal. A superb example of the SS 12 Year Long Service Medal, all bright frosted silver finish with highlights showing with its classic teardrop type loop and raised ridge to the central loop attached to the award, with its correct watered blue silk ribbon with its very delicately woven silver SS runes. Fitted into its presentation case with just minor scratches to the two lower arms of the SS runic symbol, the box itself otherwise...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (William Brown.) good very fine £2,400-£2,800
A good Great War, Western Front ‘Langemarck’ August 1917 operations D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant E. Renaut, Essex Regiment, late Norfolk Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (41573 Sjt: E. Renaut. 1/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (1775 Sjt. E. Renaut. Norf. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (29469 Sjt. E. Renaut. Norf. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, medals unmounted, contact wear and polished, therefore generally nearly very...
The Crimea campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Shadforth, 57th Regiment, who was killed in action in the First Attack on the Redan, at the head of his regiment leading the “Forlorn Hope”; his father had commanded the 57th at Albuhera, where he fell wounded Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Col. T. Shadforth. 57th Regt.) officially impressed naming, with original frayed ribbon, a few marks but generally good very fine £2,000-£2,400
A Constabulary of Ireland Early 19th Century Shako Plate. An extremely rare early 19th Century bronze shako plate, multi rayed back plate and shamrock sprays an oval title strap ‘Constabulary of Ireland’, with two loop fasteners; together with an Officers small oval badge oval, gilt with shamrock wreath and Guethic Crown with title strap and silvered Harp to the centre, very good condition (2) £400-£500
A Great War Western Front January 1917 D.C.M. and Passchendaele ‘Tunnel Trench’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Corporal Henry Bill, 7th Battalion, Leinster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2112 Pte. H. Bill. 7/Leins: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (2112 L. Col.. H. Bill. 7/Leins: R.); 1914-15 Star (2112 Pte. H. Bill. Leins: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2112 A. Cpl. H. Bill. Leins. R.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Martinique (William Winniett.) suspension bar slightly distorted, otherwise polished, nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £3,000
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