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Lot No 441
A fine Inter-War K.C.B., Great War K.C.M.G. group of twenty-one awarded to General Sir William “Bill” Thwaites, Royal Artillery, who as a young Lieutenant ‘displayed great gallantry saving a gun at Lombard’s Kop’, fought in the Defence of Ladysmith and rose to senior command in the Great War, having seen...
Lot No 442
A rare Colonial Officer’s K.C.M.G., C.B. group of eight awarded to Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Island, previously an Army Officer and Agent for the Indian Political Department, and a Commissioner in Uganda 1901-05 and Governor of the British East Africa...
Lot No 443
A scarce Colonial Officer’s C.M.G. group of three awarded to H. S. Goldsmith, Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Nigeria Province 1918-21 The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, converted from breast wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (H....
Lot No 444
A superb Great War Brigade Commander’s C.B., C.M.G., Battalion Commander’s D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General C. E. Heathcote, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was attached to the West African Frontier Force between 1904-09, when he was a key player in the extraordinary Anglo-German...
Lot No 445
The excessively rare Lake Tanganyika 1915-16 Expedition D.S.C. group of four awarded to...
Lot No 446
An extremely rare Lake Tanganyika 1915-16 Expedition D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. E. Sims, Royal Navy, who was ‘the life and soul of the crews’ and, more unusually, served as Gun-layer of the loaned Belgian vessel “Vengeur” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (199647 W. E. Sims, P.O.,...
Lot No 447
An extremely rare German East Africa ‘Tanga 1914’ operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private M. Lawlor, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9422 Pte. M. Lawlor, 2/L.N. Lanc. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (9422 Pte., L.N. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9422 Pte.,...
Lot No 448
A rare German East Africa 1914 operations King’s African Rifles D.C.M. awarded to Company Sergeant George Williams, 3rd K.A.R., who was afterwards recommended for the V.C. for an action at Jasin in January 1915 King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1925 C. Sjt. George Williams, 3/K.A.R.)...
Lot No 449
A rare German East Africa 1917 operations King’s African Rifles D.C.M. awarded to Corporal Ngalawesa, 1/1 K.A.R. King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (542 Cpl. Ngalawesa, 1/1 K.A.R.) contact marks, edge bruising and polished, otherwise good fine £250-300
Lot No 450
An excessively rare Cameroons 1915 operations West African Frontier Force D.C.M., German East Africa M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant P. Grumah, Gold Coast Regiment, who was wounded at Jabassi in October 1914, mentioned in despatches in May 1916 and killed in action in September 1917 West African Frontier Force...
Lot No 451
An extremely rare German East Africa 1917 operations West African Frontier Force D.C.M. awarded to Acting Sergeant A. Kontagora, Nigeria Regiment Artillery, who was also mentioned in despatches in March 1918, shortly before his death at sea West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (16 A....
Lot No 452
A very rare Somaliland 1920 operations M.C. pair awarded to Lieutenant G. Godfrey, 6th King’s African Rifles, who detonated a 100lb. charge at the base of a tower of an enemy fort, the defiant, defending Dervishes having tried everyone’s nerves with streams of gunfire and abuse throughout the day Military...
Lot No 453
A very rare Somaliland 1920 operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Acting Quarter-Master Sergeant H. Wood, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, attached 6th King’s African Rifles, and Lieutenant Godfrey’s partner-in-crime at the Baran Forts in January 1920 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (305039...
Lot No 454
A Second World War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Acting Squadron Leader H. Ezekiel (afterwards Ellis), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who later served in the Mau Mau troubles in the Police Reserve The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military), 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army;...
Lot No 455
Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Picton’s Medal, silver, an excellent example, nearly extremely fine and scarce £700-900
Lot No 456
Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze, fitted with straight bar suspension, traces of lacquer, otherwise nearly very fine £150-200
Lot No 457
Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation 1800, silver, nearly extremely fine £400-450
Lot No 458
Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm., complete with original chain and hook suspension, good very fine £1000-1200
Lot No 459
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Camperdown (William Neal) toned, nearly extremely fine and scarce £1800-2200
Lot No 460
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (P. Burn, Master) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Lot No 461
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (James Folley) edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine £3500-4000
Lot No 462
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (Joseph Barker) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £600-700
Lot No 463
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent (John Cooke) clasps sometime re-fixed, otherwise very fine £1500-2000
Lot No 464
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Nile (James Cummings) brooch marks to reverse and suspension re-fixed, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £800-1200
Lot No 465
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Egypt, Algiers (Thos. Bishop) very fine £1000-1200
Lot No 466
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal for Nivelle to Major Dudley Ackland, 57th Foot, killed in the battle whilst gallantly leading the Light Companies of the Brigade Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Nivelle (Major Dudley Ackland, 57th Foot) fitted with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine £8000-10000
Lot No 467
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (W. McCoully, 12th Lt. Dragns.) good very fine £700-800
Lot No 468
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (E. Hudson, Corpl. R. Arty. Drivers) edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £500-600
Lot No 469
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (P. Haines, 59th Foot) good very fine £800-900
Lot No 470
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera (Thos. Skeels, 40th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
Lot No 471
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (Thos. Wright, 31st Foot) edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £700-800
Lot No 472
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Ludolph Bening, Corpl. 2nd Line Bn. K.G.L.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £1200-1400
Lot No 473
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (M. Turner, 95th Foot Rifles) some heavy edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £1500-1700
Lot No 474
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Francis Read, Royal Staff Corps) fitted with original steel clip, silver bar suspension and silver ribbon buckle, good very fine and rare £1500-1800
Lot No 475
Waterloo 1815 (The Master of the Mint to The Rt. Hon. N. Vansittart) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, extremely fine and rare £600-800
Lot No 476
China 1857-60, 4 clasps, China 1842, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued, very fine £200-250
Lot No 477
The extremely rare New Zealand Cross pair awarded to the noted Bushman and Scout Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides and Wanganui Rangers New Zealand Cross, silver, with gold crown and appliqué decoration, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides’, the reverse of the...
Lot No 478
An extremely rare posthumous London Blitz George Cross awarded to Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell, Royal Navy, a rating from the bomb and mine disposal team at Vernon, who was killed by the detonation of a parachute mine in the East End in October 1940 George Cross (O.S. Bennett Southwell, P/JX 294557, 23rd...
Lot No 479
The highly emotive Norway 1940 ‘V.C. action’ C.G.M. awarded to Petty Officer W. T. W. Scott, Royal Navy, whose guns were seen to re-engage the enemy after his destroyer H.M.S. Glowworm rammed the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, and was sinking: he was one of a handful of survivors from this magnificent but...
Lot No 480
An excessively rare 1940-41 bomb and mine disposal operations George Medal and Bar group of three awarded to Able Seaman W. H. Bevan, Royal Navy: the Bar was for making safe a parachute mine that was suspended over the stage of the London Palladium Theatre - when the clockwork in the fuse whirred into action,...
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