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The K.C.B. group of four awarded to Admiral Sir A. F. R. de Horsey, Royal Navy, who distinguished himself as Senior Officer on the Lakes of Canada during the Fenian disturbances of 1866-67, and was afterwards Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific and present in the Shah when, together with the Amethyst, engaged in action with the Peruvian rebel turret-ship Huascar in May 1877 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The K.C.B., ‘Royal Yacht’ M.V.O. group of twelve awarded to Admiral the Hon. Sir V. A. Stanley, Royal Navy, who was Naval Attaché at St Petersburg 1905-08, and commended for services at Jutland when in command of H.M.S. Erin The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, fitted with gold pin for wearing; The Royal...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A ‘Scinde’ 1843 C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel J. Lloyd, Bombay Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmark date unclear, with swivel ring an wide suspension, with integral gold riband buckle; Ghuznee 1839 (Major John Lloyd) edge engraved, with replacement ball mount and ring and straight bar suspension, with brooch bar; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Major John Lloyd) engraved naming, with replacement ball...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War Mesopotamia operations C.B., C.I.E. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General W. Ewbank, Royal Engineers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E. Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. W. Ewbank, R.E.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The impressive C.B., Great War D.S.O. and 1915 ‘French theatre’ M.C., ‘Old Contemptibles’ group of ten awarded to Air Vice-Marshal C. T. Maclean, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was credited with at least 1 enemy aircraft destroyed whilst serving with 25 Squadron, commanded 11 Squadron 1916-17, and also held overall command of the Tenth (Army) Wing during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. The highly decorated New Zealander went on to have a...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A rare ‘Ashanti War’ C.M.G., Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. K. McDowell, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Principal Medical Officer to the Ashanti Field Force at the relief of Kumassi The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Great War C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Air Commodore D. Le G. Pitcher, No. 4 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, and 39th King George´s Own Central India Horse, ’One of the Pioneers of Flying in India’, who flew with the squadron which ‘on 19th August, 1914, shared R.F.C.’s first reconnaissance in the field with No. 3 Squadron and also in that month recorded what was probably the first aerial engagement with an enemy aircraft. On 31st October, 1914, made what is...
The C.I.E. and Great War group of five awarded to Captain Frederick Williamson, Middlesex Regiment and Gurkha Rifles, later a distinguished Political Officer in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, complete with neck cravat in Garrard & Co case of issue; British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. F. Williamson.); Territorial Force War Medal (Lieut. F. Williamson....
A fine and well documented 1937 ‘Coronation Honours’ C.V.O, Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O, M.C. and Second Award Bar group of thirteen awarded to Brigadier L. M. Gibbs, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded near Vermelles on 3 October 1915, and was four times Mentioned in Despatches The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘C974’, with short section of neck riband, in slightly damaged Collingwood,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A most unusual M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Captain B. S. Green, Director of Music and Bandmaster of the Royal Marine Artillery Band, the official Band of the Royal Yacht The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘375’; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. B. S. Green R.M.A.) the Victory Medal officially re-impressed’; Denmark, Kingdom,...
A C.B.E. group of five to Lieutenant-Colonel R. M. Daniel, Royal Garrison Artillery, who as a Captain in the British South Africa Police served at the Defence of Mafeking, latterly Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State,...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E., Second War Home Guard ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major E. Cawkell, Essex Home Guard, Late Honourable Artillery Company and Rifle Brigade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (2179 Pte. E....
Hammer Price: £550
A civil C.B.E., Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain H. Brierley, Rifle Brigade, afterwards House Governor of the London Hospital The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. Brierley); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. H. Brierley), a little polished, very fine or better (5) ...
Hammer Price: £1,200
An O.B.E. and gold Kaisar-i-Hind group of four awarded to Sir Alfred Pickford, Kt., Member of the Legislative Council of India and a Major in the Calcutta Light Horse The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, complete with top suspension brooch; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., (Maj. A. D. Pickford, 3rd Cal. Lt....
Hammer Price: £1,900
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to R. E. France, Esq., Principal, India Office, late Coldstream Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (26423 Pte. R. E. France. G. Gds.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, good very fine (5) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £240
A Great War ‘North Russia 1919’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. G. A. Forbes, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was subsequently deprived of his commission, had his M.B.E. cancelled and annulled, and forfeited his M.S.M. following his conviction by the Civil Powers in October 1922 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps,...
Hammer Price: £800
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant (Quartermaster) F. W. Price, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (S-21925 Sjt. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-21925 W.O. Cl.1. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937;...
Hammer Price: £600
An inter-war M.B.E. group of five awarded to Paymaster Commander H. S. Bradbrook, Royal Naval Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1924; 1914 Star (Asst. Payr. H. S. Bradbrook, R.N.R., Transport Staff); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Payr. Lt. H. S. Bradbrook, R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Officer’s Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London...
An inter-War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major D. A. Graham, Scottish Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (5171 Sjt. D. A. Graham 5/Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (5171 Sjt. D. A. Graham. Sco. Rif.); Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, silver-gilt and enamel, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; Territorial Force...
Hammer Price: £420
An inter-War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain C. F. W. Wates, 35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers, late 21st Battalion London Regiment and Rifle Brigade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914 Star, with clasp (3777 L.Sjt. C. Waites [sic]. 3/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3777 A.C.Sjt. C. F. W. Wates. Rif. Brig.); General Service 1918-62, 1...
Hammer Price: £500
A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain and temporary Major H. F. Kennaugh, South African Engineer Corps, who was wounded in Italy on 9 August 1944 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa Service Medal, the Stars and campaign Medals all officially named ‘55015 H. F. Kennaugh’; together with three Park Town...
Hammer Price: £200
A well-documented post-War ‘Palestine’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Powell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who served in the Army Kinema Section in Palestine, and subsequently as Ordnance Executive Officer with the Control Commission for Germany The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £400
A Post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain C. R. Ward, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Capt. C. R. Ward. M.B.E. R.E.); Efficciency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (Lt. C. R. Ward. R.E.) light contact marks, good very fine (7) £280-£320
Hammer Price: £320
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Luxmoore, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, later commanding the 2nd Manchesters in their famous V.C. action at Francilly-Selency in April 1917 when they captured a German battery of 77mm guns Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Capt. N....
Hammer Price: £2,400
An exceptional Great War 1914 ‘Cameroons’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Captain E. E. Loch, Highland Light Infantry, attached 2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, who was originally recommended for the V.C.: post-war an explorer, he led an expedition in search of the lost gold of the Incas in the 1930s and died of a tropical disease in Ecuador in 1944 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15...
The outstanding Second World War ‘St Valery-en-Caux 1940’ D.S.O., ‘Waziristan 1924’ operations M.B.E., Great War ‘East Africa’ operations M.C. group of ten awarded to Major G. S. Johnson, 7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment, late Indian Army, captured in June 1940 he remained a prisoner in Germany until the end of the war Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1945’; The Most Excellent Order...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The excessively rare Boer War C.S.C. pair awarded to Midshipman T. F. J. Livesey-Wardle, Royal Navy, for his gallantry at the Battle of Graspan, near Belmont, on 25 November 1900 - Wardle’s C.S.C. was one of only 8 ever awarded Conspicuous Service Cross, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed as issued, hallmarks for London 1901; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Diamond Hill (Mid: T. F. J. L. Wardle, R:N: H.M.S. Doris) impressed naming,...
Hammer Price: £26,000
A Great War 1915 ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel and local Brigadier K. C. S. Erskine, Royal Gurkha Rifles, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. K. C. S. Erskine, 1/5/Gurkha Rfls. F.F.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. K. C. S. Erskine.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919; Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. K. C. S. Erskine. 1-5 G.R.);...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Major J. E. Fasken, Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. J. E. Fasken, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. E. Fasken); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; France, Third Republic, Medal of Recognition, Third Class, bronze, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (8) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. M. Shackel, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was decorated for his bravery as a Company Commander in the attack on Bois-en-Hache in April 1917, when he was wounded after his battalion went ‘over the top’ in a blizzard Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. M. Shackel, R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. M. Shackel), mounted as worn, together with a Canadian ‘Little...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. T. Archibald, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who made a most gallant stand at Fontaine Le Crossilles on 23 April 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. T. T. Archibald); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze palm, mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain L. A. F. Ireland, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Lt. Leonard A. F. Ireland, March 16th 1918 / Ypres 31st July 1917’; in its case of issue; 1914-15 Star (58143 2 Cpl. L. A. F. Ireland, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. L. A. F. Ireland), together with a Royal Sussex Regiment locket containing portrait photograph, a gymnasium prize...
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War Mesopotamia operations M.C. group of five awarded to Captain F. H. Charnley, Royal Engineers, late Leicestershire Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Indian Army Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. H. Charnley); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt. F. H. Charnley, 4-39 R.G.), mounted as worn, very fine or better (5) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain R. A. Marriott, Northamptonshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. R. A. Marriott, North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. A. Marriott); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant H. S. Woolley, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. H. S. Woolley); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., with two Additional Award Bars for ‘Long Service 1945’ and ‘Long Service 1953’ (Divnl. Comdt. Herbert S. Woolley), very fine and better (5) £600-800
A Great War 1918 ‘Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major H. Daniels, Royal Garrison Artillery and Glamorgan Home Guard Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. Daniels.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £900
A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major J. L. Veitch, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action whilst attached to the 1st Devons at Nieppe in May 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, contained in a contemporary bronzed-copper glazed display frame surmounted by regimental badge; 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. L. Veitch. Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major J. L. Veitch) extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. R. McKaig, Liverpool Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1729 L. Cpl. W. R. McKaig, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. R. McKaig), mounted as worn, very fine or better (4) £700-£900
A scarce ‘North Russia’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant D. W. T. Gurney, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, for consistent gallantry, in particular in leading his men in action under very heavy fire while attacking Bolshevik forces north of Medvyeja-Gora on 15 May 1919, being wounded shortly before the capture of the position. Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. W. T. Gurney.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £2,200
An outstanding Burma campaign M.C. group of seven awarded to Jemadar Shandi Gul, 50th Parachute Brigade Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7136 Sep. Shandi Gul, 2-12 F.F.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7136 Sep. Shandi Gul, 2-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; India Service Medal; War Medal, nearly very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,400
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