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The unique ‘Perak’ Victoria Cross and ‘Hazara’ C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General G. N. Channer, Indian Army, who was awarded his V.C. for an action on 20 December 1875 whilst serving with the 1st Goorkha Light Infantry - Sent forward on an intelligence gathering operation in command of a small detachment of Gurkhas to reconnoitre a ‘formidable’ enemy stockade, he made an attack on his own initiative, jumping into the stockade and shooting the first Malay dead with his...
Hammer Price: £200,000
A fine Great War ‘Palestine 1917’ D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. K. Channer, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, wounded in the Waziristan operations of 1901-02, and no less that 5 times during the Great War; he raised the 3rd Battalion 3rd Gurkhas in Egypt in 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98, Waziristan 1901-2 (Lieut. G. K. Channer 1st Bn. 3d. Gurkha...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Pair: Troop Sergeant-Major William Channer, 23rd Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Talavera (W. Channer, 23rd Reg. Lt. Dragoons) unofficial re-impressed naming; Waterloo 1815 (Tr. [Serj.] Maj. W. Channer, 23rd Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip, ring and bar suspension, part of rank erased on the second, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise fine or better (2) £1600-1800
£1,600–£1,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Martinique (Major George Channer, St. Elizabeth’s Militia) renamed in unofficial impressed capitals; together with B.R.C.S. War Service Medal (Sister G. S. H. Channer. Commons Hospital) privately impressed naming, nearly very fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £400
The important and deeply poignant Second World War posthumous G.C. awarded to John Alexander Fraser, Civilian Defence Secretary and Assistant Attorney-General, Hong Kong, who organised escape plans and a clandestine wireless service at Stanley Civilian Internment Camp: as a consequence he was brutally beaten and tortured by the Japanese over a prolonged period Displaying high courage of a different nature to the gallant deeds that had won him the M.C. and Bar as a young officer in the...
Hammer Price: £190,000
The unique G.C. (converted E.G.M.), K.P.M. and Bar, Indian Police D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Acting Assistant Commissioner G. J. Adamson, Indian Police, who, having won the K.P.M. for gallantry in 1926 and a Bar in 1931, was awarded the E.G.M. for his courage on the River Hooghly in May 1936 when, as an officer in Calcutta’s River Traffic Police, he piloted, beached, re-floated and sank a barge full of defective dynamite: throughout the 18 hour ordeal the dynamite exuded...
Hammer Price: £18,000
An interesting inter-war C.B.E., Great War Italy operations M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel E. H. M. Clifford, Royal Engineers, who was Senior Commissioner on the British Somaliland-Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1931-36 and directly involved in the Walwal crisis that ‘set the chancelleries of Europe alight’: subsequently appointed Chief Engineer China, he was taken P.O.W. at Hong Kong in 1941 and weighed just nine stone on being liberated by the Russians in Manchuria in August...
£2,200–£2,600
A Scarce C.B.E. group of six awarded to Edward George Gardner Marsh, Deputy Secretary of the Rhodesian Federal Ministry of Home Affairs during the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, formerly a Lieutenant with the Southern Rhodesian Forces during the Second World War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Collingwood case of issue; Rhodesian Independence Commemorative Decoration (ICD),...
Hammer Price: £650
The important O.B.E. group of six to the famous Rhodesian Pioneer, Major Percy Sidney Inskipp, acting Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson, later General Manager of the B. S. A. Company in Rhodesia and a Member of the Legislative Assembly The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1918; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Rhodesia 1896 (Tpr. Inskipp, P.S. - Pioneers);...
Hammer Price: £4,600
An outstanding Second World War ‘Hong Kong’ O.B.E., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. D. Walker, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, late Royal Engineers, who was wounded in the bitter fighting at the Wong Nai Chung Gap in December 1941: taken prisoner by the Japanese, his fighting spirit and good humour appear to have shone bright during nearly four years of hardship and suffering The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A ‘Civil’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Commander P. A. Morgan, Royal Naval Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil), 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Mid. P. A. Morgan, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. P. A. Morgan, R.N.R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, generally good very fine (7) £300-400
Hammer Price: £420
The important Knight Bachelor’s, Second World War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Sir John Masterman, who served as Chairman of M.I. 5’s ‘XX Committee’ during the 1939-45 War, namely the group of officials charged with running the ‘Double Cross System’ which turned enemy spies into double agents: as a consequence he was closely associated with some of the most important deception plans of the war, including Operation “Mincemeat” - better known as ‘The Man Who Never Was’...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The rare ‘R. 101 disaster’ M.B.E. awarded to George Darling, a civilian who made a gallant effort to rescue men from the burning wreckage of the airship in October 1930: credited with being the first man on the scene, he was much sought after by the media at large, one resultant - and remarkable - interview today being viewable on youtube.com Some years later, he displayed courage of a very different kind - as a Captain in S.O.E’s famous “Prosper” and “Physician” circuits:...
Hammer Price: £600
A rare Second World War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Harrison, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was decorated for his services as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in Hong Kong: his pre-war India General Service Medal for Burma 1930-32 and Mohmand 1933 is unique to the R.A.M.C. and one of only six such awards issued to the British Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 W. Cartwright, Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (WOII W. Cartwright) mounted...
A Second World War Burma operations M.B.E. group of six awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel M. G. Durant, Royal Engineers, onetime attached 3rd Gurkha Rifles and Royal Indian Engineers, who was thrice mentioned in despatches: for operations with 3rd Gurkha Rifles in Iraq, Syria and Persia in 1942, likewise the Royal Indian Engineers in Burma in 1945 and finally as a Major in the Royal Engineers in Malaya in 1953-54 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military Division)...
£500–£600
A post-war M.B.E. group of four awarded to Experimental Sergeant-Major P. E. Crack, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Defence and War Medals; Regular Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (1061819 W.O.Cl.I. P. E. Crack. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £190
An unattributed Great War period O. St. J. pair The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Lady of Grace’s breast badge, silver and enamel, on riband bow; Belgium, Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth, this last in its case of issue with a card from the Compte G. de Hemricourt de Grunne, inscribed to the recipient in ink, ‘With thousands of best congratulations for a most well deserved reward’, good very fine or better (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
A fine Burma campaign Gold D.S.O. group of five awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. Patterson, Medical Staff Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Sur: Majr. T. W. Patterson. 1/8th R.A.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Surgn. Maj: T. W. Patterson, Med: Staff.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Surgeon Major T. W. Patterson Medical Staff); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, mounted as worn and contained...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A rare Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Moffitt, Essex Regiment: having gained a brace of “mentions” in the Boer War, he was decorated for his gallantry at Le Gheer in October 1914, when he was severely wounded holding off the Germans with a half company: afterwards he commanded the 1st Battalion in Cork during the Irish Troubles 1919-21 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel G. J. Houghton, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was decorated for his command of 112 Field Ambulance on the Western Front and afterwards mentioned in despatches for his services in the Iraq operations of 1919-20 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. G. J. Houghton, R.A.M.C.),...
An important and outstanding Great War ‘Moeuvres 1917’ D.S.O. and inter-war North-West Frontier operations Bar, Great War ‘Flanders 1915’ M.C. group of twelve awarded to Major-General D. M. Murray-Lyon, G.O.C. 11 Indian Division, late Highland Light Infantry and C.O. of 2/4th Gurkha Rifles His notable gallantry in the Great War and as a Gurkha C.O. on the North-West Frontier in the 1930s aside, Murray-Lyon found himself - as G.O.C. Indian Troops - facing the Japanese onslaught...
Hammer Price: £8,500
A Great War 1916 ‘First Day of the battle of the Somme’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Major C. G. Rathbone, Royal Engineers, late Royal Fusiliers, for gallantry opposite Maricourt, 1 July 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. G. Rathbone. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major. C. G. Rathbone.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these four officially inscribed ‘240828 C. G....
A fine Great War ace’s D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Captain G. L. Graham, Royal Air Force, late 18th Hussars and Royal Flying Corps, who, having flown some 200 hours as an Observer in No. 70 Squadron, claimed 13 victories piloting Sopwith Camels of No. 73 Squadron in 1918: one of South Africa’s highest scoring fighter aces of the Great War, he was also decorated by the French with a Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant-Major E. T. Connellan, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2832 Clr: Serjt: E. T. Connellan. Lincoln: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2832 Cr: Sjt: E. T. Connelan. 2/Linc Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2832 Serjt:-Maj: E. T. Connellan. Lincoln: Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The outstanding Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Two Bar group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer William Brown, R.N.V.R., Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division; a unique group of gallantry awards to the Royal Navy Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Tyne Z 618 C.P.O. W. Brown. Hood: Bn: R.N.V.R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (TZ-618 A.S. W. Brown. Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (TZ. 618. W. Brown. A.B. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 618 W....
Hammer Price: £36,000
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private P. F. W. May, 2nd King Edward’s Horse, attached Canadian Mounted Brigade Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. 2/K. Edw: H.); 1914-15 Star (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. K. Edw. H.) very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A rare ‘Crowned Head’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant T.J. Connolly, 1st Battalion, The Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment, who received his award for gallantry during a fire fight in Palestine on 21 August 1936 - one of only 14 such awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., 2nd 'crowned head' type (7145048 Sjt. T.J. Connolly. 1-Loyal R.); General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, Palestine (7145048 Cpl. T.J. Connolly. Loyal R.), nearly extremely fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £3,800
The unique ‘Palestine 1939’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant Major (later Captain) Walter Webb, 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment, who received his award for gallantry during the attack on Abu Salami on 23 May 1939 after his Company Commander had been killed Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6079895 W.O.Cl.II. W. Webb. The Queen's R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6079895 W.O.Cl.2. W. Webb. The. Queen's. R.) this with official correction to...
Hammer Price: £11,000
An extremely rare Second World War North Africa operations D.C.M., M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant W. J. Knight, East Kent Regiment, a regimentally unique combination of gallantry awards for the last war, between winning which he was wounded but refused to be evacuated: At Galal during the El Alamein operations of November 1942, well out in front of his platoon in a captured enemy Fiat car, he ran into 20 enemy tanks - notwithstanding the fact his Fiat car stalled and his machine-gun...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A K.P.M. awarded to District Superintendent C. H. M. Roberts, Myaungmya, Burma Police King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Cecil Herbert Munro Roberts, Dist. Supt., Myaungmya, Burma C. Pol.) naming rubbed but as issued, on ‘distinguished service’ ribbon, in red leather case of issue, nearly extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £280
Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3485 Sowar Sundar Singh 19th Lcrs.) very fine £240-280
Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (294 Kot Dfdr. Hira Singh 20th. Deccan Horse.) minor edge cut, very fine £240-280
Hammer Price: £700
Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subadar Major Kanhaiya 97th. Deccan Infy.) very fine £280-320
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War posthumous M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. R. J. Sutton, 2nd Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Somme Military Medal, G.V.R. (8043 Sjt. W. R. J. Sutton. 2/Midd’x: R.); 1914 Star (L-8043 Dmr. W. R. J. Sutton. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8043 Sjt. W. R. J. Sutton. Midd’x R.) good very fine (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal T. Jordan, Army Service Corps, attached No. 3 Light Railway Operating Company R.E. Military Medal, G.V.R. (270363 Sapr. T. Jordan. No. 3 L.R.O. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (869 Cpl. T. Jordan. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (869 Cpl. T. Jordan. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) £260-300
Hammer Price: £360
A Great War Italy campaign M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. Vale, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (51915 Cpl. J. A. Vale. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (51915 Spr. J. A. Vale. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (51915 Cpl. J. A. Vale. R.E.) very fine (4) £260-300
Hammer Price: £320
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. T. Tapp, South Lancashire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (2019 Sjt: J. T. Tapp. 3/S. Lanc: R.); 1914-15 Star (2019 Pte. J. T. Tapp. S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2019 Sjt. J. T. Tapp. S. Lan. R.) good very fine (4) £260-300
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sapper H. Hill, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (42059 Spr. H. Hill. 61/F. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (42059 Spr: H. Hill. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals ((42059 Spr. H. Hill. R.E.) nearly extremely fine (4) £260-300
Hammer Price: £340
A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. P. Compton, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (5859 Sjt: J. P. Compton. 12/Middx. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (G-5859 Pte. J. P. Compton. Midd’x R.) good very fine (2) £200-240
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