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A fine Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain G. A. Coles, Royal Navy, who as Commander of the destroyer H.M.S. Ambuscade participated in three torpedo attacks on the German battle line Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, this loose; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. A. Coles, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. G. A. Coles, R.N.); Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Third ...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. Martin, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, who was decorated and commissioned for his zeal and devotion to duty on the occasion that the lightly armed merchantman Caspian was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U-34 in May 1917; the Captain having being killed, he took charge, only abandoning the ship after 23 of her crew were dead and all ammunition was spent - he later commanded the Q-ships Dargle and Fresh Hope...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Collard, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attached Egyptian Army, who commanded the 14th Sudanese during the Great War, and was six times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. A. M. Collard. 1/D.C.L.I.) engraved in the usual running script associated...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. Duffett, Royal Navy, whose career in the Royal Navy spanned almost half a century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, Hallmarks for London 1918; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (E. Duffett, Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Active); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (E. Duffett, Gunr. R.N., H.M.S. Cygnet.); British War...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain R. L. Way, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, Hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Commr. R. L. Way. R.N.) mounted as worn and housed, together with the related miniature awards, in a fitted case, the lid embossed ‘R.L.W.’, good very fine (3) £160-£200
Hammer Price: £260
A post-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. A. Cole, Seaforth Highlanders The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type officer’s breast badge; 1914 Star (2144 Pte. W. A. Cole. 1/4 Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2144 C. Sjt. W. A. Cole. Seaforth; Coronation 1953, together with a companion mounted set of five miniatures, good very fine (10) £180-£220
Hammer Price: £340
A Second War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Ernest Archer, Royal Navy, for services in H.M.S. London The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (J.11876 E. Archer. L.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.11876 E. Archer. P.O. R.N.) these last three mounted as worn; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Cd. Gnr. E. Archer. R.N.); 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £280
A Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain P. Law, Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. P. Law, M.B.E., A.A.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (Lieut. P. Law,...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A post-war M.B.E. group of five awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Ranulph Waye, Radley College Contingent, Army Cadet Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue and outer card box; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, the reverse dated ‘1950’, with additional service bar, the reverse dated ‘1950’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; Cadet...
Hammer Price: £320
A rare Great War ‘airship operations’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. S. Coltson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, winner of the King’s Medal at the R.N.C. Dartmouth in 1913, who was decorated for a well-executed and convincing attack on a U-Boat in February 1917, while in command of H.M. Airship C-22 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Mid. C. S. Coltson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. K. Walker, Royal Engineers, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. K. Walker. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. K. Walker.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Gilbert K. Walker.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Major The Lord Rowallan, K.T., K.B.E., M.C., T.D., Grenadier Guards, late Ayrshire Yeomanry, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire 1945-59, Governor of Tasmania 1959-63 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Lt. Hon. T. G. P. Corbett Gren. Gds.(S.R.) Boyelles, 30th March, 1918’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. Hon. T. G. P. Corbett. Ayr. Yeo); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. Hon. T. G. P. Corbett.); 1939-45 Star; Defence...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A Great War M.C., inter-War K.P.M. group of seven awarded to Captain E. P. McIntosh, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 13th Lancers, and Indian Police Service, who was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry in Mesopotamia, and the King’s Police Medal whilst serving as Superintendent of Police in the United Provinces Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Eric Prideaux McIntosh, M.C., Indian Police Service); British War and...
A scarce inter-War ‘Palestine 1939’ M.C. pair awarded to Lieutenant C. E. W. Hull, The Queen's Regiment, who was killed in action in the Second World War whilst fighting against Vichy forces in the Middle East in June 1941 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse undated as often issued in this period but privately inscribed ‘Captain Charles E. W. Hull, The Queens Royal Regt. 1939’, contained in its Royal Mint case of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2/Lieut. C. E....
Hammer Price: £7,500
An unattributed Second War 1940 M.C. group of six Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1940; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
An outstanding and well documented ‘Sicily Landings’ Immediate M.C. and Arnhem casualty group of six awarded to Captain F. Robson, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, who not only successfully landed his glider 250 yards short of the beach, 9 July 1943, but also, having swum ashore under fire, took part in ‘a crawl through 20’ of barbed wire covered by a pill box... marched 10 miles collecting 3 men of the ATk detachment and 6 of E Coy, and captured 2 pillboxes, 21 prisoners, 3...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The exceptional ‘Battle of Arnhem’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Colonel B. W. Briggs, 1st Parachute Brigade and Leicestershire Regiment, who, having served with the Paras in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, was among those who secured the northern end of Arnhem Bridge with Lieutenant-Colonel J. Frost’s 2nd Battalion on the first night of Operation Market Garden, proceeding to command a composite force occupying buildings on the eastern perimeter. Only after nearly three days of...
Hammer Price: £44,000
A Second War Spitfire pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. F. Thonton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: serving with 2 Squadron, his squadron flew reconnaissance missions in support of the D-Day landings and played an important role in the destruction of the German Army in the Falaise Pocket; and in 1945 he was credited with destroying enemy motor launches and a midget submarine, during strafing attacks in Holland Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The unique Atbara D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant, later Major, George Hilton, Scots Guards, attached Egyptian Army, who was wounded at the battle of the Atbara, was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during service in South Africa, served during the operations in Jubaland and Somaliland in 1901, and was twice wounded on the Western Front with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and retired as a Wing Commander R.A.F. in 1921 Distinguished Conduct Medal,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A fine ‘Omdurman’ D.C.M. awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. J. Evans, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was taken prisoner at Spion Kop, and was afterwards Lieutenant & Quartermaster in the Leinster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Cr. Sgt. W. Evans. Lan: Fus: (2nd Sept: 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2184 C/Srgt. W. Evans 2/Lan: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2184 C. Sgt. W. Evans, Lanc: Fus.); King’s South...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Quartermaster and Captain C. McPhail, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, late Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services during both the Boer War and the Great War Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (48148 S: Sjt: Far: C. McPhail. 79th Bty: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (48148 S: S: Fr: C. McPhail, 79th Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South...
A Great War 1914 ‘Battle of the Aisne’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. J. J. Leach, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18722 Pte W. J. J. Leach. R.A.M.C.) contact marks, good fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Robertson, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11589 L. Cpl. H. [sic] Robertson. 2/H.L.I.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (11589 Cpl. R. Robertson. 2/High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11589 Pte. R. Robertson. H.L.I.) mounted for display, letter ‘t’ of surname over-struck on BWM, generally very fine or better (4) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal E. McDermott, Connaught Rangers, for his gallantry at Ypres, April to May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc.Dermott. Conn: Rang:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc.Dermott. 2/Conn: Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (9273 Pte. E. Mc Dermott. Conn. Rang.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
A fine King’s African Rifles D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Masauri, 2/1 King’s African Rifles King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (28 C.Q.M. Sjt. Masauri, 2/1 K.A.R.); Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (92 Pte. Masouri [sic], 1st K.A.R.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10, Nyasaland 1915 (92 L.Corpl: Masauri, 1st K. African R.); 1914-15 Star (BR 28 Sjt. Masauri 1/K.A.R.); British War...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Second War 1940 ‘Battle of Britain’ period ‘Bomb Disposal’ G.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant K. Lythgoe, Royal Air Force George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (515738 Sergt. Kenneth Lythgoe, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £2,800-£3,200
A fine post-War G.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant L. Scott, Metropolitan Police, late 21st Independent Parachute Company, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, who gained his George Medal for gallantry in overpowering and arresting an armed and dangerous prison escapee - he had earlier seen combat in Italy and at Arnhem where his Company experienced intensive fighting while trapped within the Oosterbeek Perimeter George Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Laurence Scott) in Royal Mint case of...
Hammer Price: £11,000
A rare Second War Burma Gallantry Medal awarded to Rifleman Saw Thein Maung, Burma Rifles Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (50056 Rfn. Saw Thein Maung 2 Burma Rifles) in a Royal Mint case, nearly extremely fine, case slightly distressed, rare £1,400-£1,800
A fine Great War submariner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Stoker Henry Brassington, Royal Navy, for his part in the E. 11’s famous patrol in the Sea of Marmora in May 1915, that resulted in the destruction of at least 90 enemy vessels and the award of the V.C. to his skipper, Martin Nasmith Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K.12223. H. Brassington, Sto. 1 Cl. H.M. Submarine. E11.); 1914-15 Star (K.12223. H. Brassington, D.S.M. Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.M., Second War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Yeoman of Signals G. Whitby, Royal Navy, who was additionally Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Battle of Jutland whilst serving in Admiral Jellicoe’s flagship H.M.S. Iron Duke Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (182090. G. Whitby. Ch. Yeo. Sigs. H.M.S. Iron Duke. 31. May - 1. June. 1916.) partially officially corrected; British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A scarce Second War ‘Norway 1940’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman J. Mc C. Smith, Royal Navy, for gallantry in attempting to save a life during an air-raid on Harstad Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.138633 J. Mc C. Smith. A.B. H.M.S. Delight.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £950
A rare Second War ‘Normandy Landings operations’ D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman D. E. Halladay, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M. Landing Craft Guns (Large) No.1 on D-Day, 6 June 1944, shelling the German positions on Sword Beach and was decorated for the recovery and destruction of an enemy torpedo in “Juno” anchorage: he almost certainly went on to witness further action in the assault on Walcheren in November 1944, on which occasion No. 1 was sunk Distinguished Service Medal,...
A scarce Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Arras’ M.M. and 1918 ‘Messines’ Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Private H. J. Cole, 2nd South African Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 5 May 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (8334 Pte. H. J. Cole. 2/S.A. Inf:); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. H. J. Cole. 2nd S.A.I.) the VM an official Replacement, minor edge bruising, very fine (3) £800-£1,200
A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Langemark’ M.M. awarded to Driver S. Pyrah, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (34479 Dvr: S. Pyrah. 29/D.A.C. R.F.A.) very fine £300-£400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Fitter Staff Sergeant J. Mitchell, 242nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (56786Ftr: S. Sjt. J. Mitchell. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (56786. S-Sjt. J. Mitchell, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (56786 S. Sjt. J. Mitchell R.A.) the VM with re-engraved naming, and additionally marked ‘R’ for Replacement, very fine (4) £260-£300
Hammer Price: £400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sapper F. A. Dovey, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 22 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (560530 Sapr: F. A. Dovey. R.E.) good very fine £240-£280
Hammer Price: £240
An interesting Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Pioneer L. V. Phillips, Royal Engineers, later Lieutenant-Colonel, General List, who in civilian life served as Chief Executive Officer to the Permanent Secretary at the War Office Military Medal, G.V.R. (172551 Pnr: L. Phillips R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (172551 Pnr. L. V. Phillips. R.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Lt/Col. L. V. Phillips. Gen. List) very fine or better (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant C. E. Lowe, 2/1st West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force), who was killed in action on the Western Front, 20 September 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (1481 Sjt: C. E. Lowe. 2/1 W. Rid: Fd: Co: R.E. - T.F.) very fine £240-£280
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant T. J. Goodman, 520th London Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) Military Medal, G.V.R. (550161 Cpl T. J. Goodman. 520/Lond: F. Coy R.E. - T.F.) number partially officially corrected, very fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £220
A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal G. E. Bishop, 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (17873 L. Cpl G. E. Bishop. 12/R. Fus:) light contact marks, very fine £200-£240
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