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An Indian Mutiny ‘50th Anniversary’ C.B. group of five awarded to Colonel Aylmer MacIver-Campbell (formerly Aylmer Vivian), 3rd Punjab Cavalry, who commanded a Ressala of Pathan Horse during the mutiny in 1857-59, and was mentioned in despatches for services in the march from Kabul to Kandahar and at the battle of Kandahar in 1880 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, lacking ribbon buckle; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £4,800
An interesting C.B. group of eight awarded to Colonel Percy Holland, 47th Sikhs, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with narrow swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle, central devices lacking from obverse; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut.: P. Holland. 2/D of C.L.I.);, India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The important Sierra Leone C.M.G. and Royal Service M.V.O. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with ribbon buckle; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels the reverse unnumbered; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Commr: P. Hoskyns, H.M.S. Blonde);...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A scarce Colonial Officer’s C.M.G. group of three awarded to H. S. Goldsmith, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Nigeria Province 1918-21 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (H. S. Goldsmith, P.D.N.N.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, poincon...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A rare Great War C.I.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. M. Salmond, Royal Indian Marine, who was Director of Sea Transport in Mesopotamia and later Deputy Director of the Royal Indian Marine; he was on two occasions awarded the Royal Humane Society medal The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. H. M. Salmond, R.I.M.S. Minto) official correction to...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Second War C.B.E. group of three awarded to J. A. Williams, Esq., Deputy Director of Accounts, Ministry of Supply, who served as Financial Adviser to the General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in the inter-War period, and with the Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; Queen’s South Africa...
Hammer Price: £420
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Cleaver, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Cleaver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. W. Cleaver.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s related miniature medals, the Victory Medal with M.I.D. oak leaves, very fine (6) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
The emotive and rare Second War D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. J. Cook, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who as an Observer with 15 Squadron took part in numerous sorties against targets in France and Germany in 1941, for which he was awarded the D.F.M. Retraining as a pilot, he was assigned to 608 Squadron, piloting Mosquito’s in the elite Light Night Striking Force, being twice more recognised for his gallantry. Post-War, he continued to fly with...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A Great War ‘Seaplane Station, Port Said’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant L. S. Goss, Royal Navy, late 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (519 Cpl L. S. Goss. 1/28 Lond: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Surg. Lt. L. S. Goss. R.N.) court mounted as worn but now lacking the Victory Medal,...
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War ‘Egyptian Theatre’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Major W. I. Tait, Suffolk Regiment, attached Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. I. Tait. Suff. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. I. Tait) very fine (3) £180-£220
Hammer Price: £160
A good Great War O.B.E., R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron Miss Clara L. Ross, Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force, who, leaving Australia with the first hospital unit, served with No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Egypt and on the Western Front, and later as Matron of No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield Park The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A scarce Third Afghan War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain J. D. Green, 24th North Western Railway Battalion, Indian Defence Force, late Volunteer Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. J. D. Green Railways); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Lieutenant J. D. Green. N.W. Ry Voltr. Rifles) engraved naming; Indian...
A rare Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Commander (E.) G. P. Blake, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who served ashore in 1944 as a Forward Air Control Officer and thence in support of carrier operations off Korea - a distinguished career that was tragically curtailed in early 1953 when his Sea Vampire crashed into the ground near the R.N.A.S. Culdrose The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type...
Hammer Price: £950
A Second War ‘Home Guard’ O.B.E and Great War ‘Italian Theatre’ A.F.C. and Al Valore Militare group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. J. Hope-Vere, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, a Seaplane Pilot with No 66 Wing in the Adriatic theatre in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Sq. Cr. R. J. J. Hope-Vere. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt....
Hammer Price: £4,400
A ‘Jubilee 1935’ M.B.E. group of thirteen awarded to Warrant Officer Ethelbert F. Norman, 55th (Wessex) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1933; British War and Victory Medals (2006 Dvr. E. F. Norman. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1577 Dvr. E. F. Norman. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (860257 Bdr. E. F. Norman R.A.)...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Second War ‘Home Guard’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Cooper, Morayshire Home Guard and Combined Cadet Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Defence Medal; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated ‘1960’, with top ‘Territorial’ ribans bar; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Lt-Col. H. Cooper. CCF) court mounted as worn, good very...
Hammer Price: £440
A good post-War ‘Malaya’ M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Major J. F. V. Carruth, 2/2nd King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles and Seaforth Highlanders, subsequently Gold Coast Regiment The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula (Capt. J. F. V. Carruth, M.B.E., Seaforth) unit officially corrected; U.N. Cyprus; U.N....
Hammer Price: £550
A post-War M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Warrant Officer Herbert Price, South Staffordshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus (2027492 Cpl. H. Price. S. Staff. R.); Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2027492 W.O....
Hammer Price: £850
An M.B.E. group of three awarded to J. A. P. Smith, Esq., St. John Ambulance Brigade, India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (394 Pte. J. A. P. Smith. St. J. A. Bde. India.); together with a Board of Transport Control Medal, gold (9ct?), the obverse engraved ‘Mr J. P. Smith Inspector in Charge Customs Dinjan 1945’, the reverse engraved ‘From Board of...
Hammer Price: £200
An unattributed ‘Royal Air Force’ M.B.E. group of five The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Malaysia, Pingat Peringatan Malaysia, silver; Oman, As Sumood Medal, gilt, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (5) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £140
A superb and well documented Second War 1940 ‘Norway Operations’ D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. Hare, Fleet Air Arm, who located the German cruiser Königsberg in Bergen harbour while on reconnaissance in April 1940 and returned the following day in the lead dive bomber of 800 Naval Air Squadron to take part in her destruction - he was subsequently taken Prisoner of War by the Vichy French in Algeria in 1941 and saw post-war service at Supreme Headquarters Allied...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Second War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commissioned Engineer F. J. Doy, Royal Navy, for services aboard the minesweeper H.M.S. Harrier Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942 and hallmarked London 1941, on original investiture pin and in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (M.4808 F. J. Doy. E.R.A.4 R.N.) this pair mounted as worn; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, these three unnamed as issued, good very fine or...
A fine Second War 1942 Fairey Swordfish pilot’s D.S.C. awarded to Lieutenant D. C. Scott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in two successful attacks upon an enemy convoy bound for Tripoli; he was later killed in action on 4 September 1944 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., silver, hallmarks for London 1942, reverse officially dated ‘1943’ and contemporarily engraved ‘Sub/Lt (A) D. C. Scott R.N.V.R. Malta 1942’, in Garrard, London, case of issue, extremely...
Hammer Price: £2,200
The superb Great War 1916 ‘High Wood’ M.C., ‘Life Saving’ A.M. group of seven awarded to Captain W. L. C. Rathbone, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), formerly Devonshire Regiment, who was awarded the Albert Medal for great gallantly in disarming a ‘madman’ who had run amok in a trench carrying a loaded rifle with fixed bayonet Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Captain W. L. C. Rathbone, 15th London Regt., 18th Sept. 1916’; Albert Medal,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The outstanding and rare Great War ‘Western Front’ Lovat’s Scouts ‘sharpshooters’ M.C., 1919 ‘Archangel’ D.C.M. and M.M. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Whammond, a Scot who served in the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Police, and during the 1914-15 campaign in German South West Africa as a Regimental Sergeant Major in the South African Mounted Rifles, before being commissioned into Lovat’s Scouts, where of his scouting work, one contemporary would write of...
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) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Major J. McLachlan, Royal Engineers, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2322 L-Cpl. J. Mc Lachlan, A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. McLachlan); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (8) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. N. Prior, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. N. Prior. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. N. Prior.) good very fine (4) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. Walker, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. Walker. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with slightly damaged M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. Walker.) good very fine (4) £700-£900
A Great War ‘trench raiders’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. A. Knowles, O.B.E., Cheshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. A. Knowles. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. A. Knowles); together with the related miniature awards, generally good very fine (4) £700-£900
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) minor official correction to surname on BWM; together...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Major F. G. P. Philips, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached Manchester Regiment, who served as a Staff Officer attached to the Leinster Regiment during the Boer War Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, the two date clasps both tailor’s copies (Capt. F. G. P. Philips. Leins: Rgt:); 1914-15 Star (Major F. G. P....
An enigmatic and intriguing ‘Palestine Balloonatic’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel O. H. Warne, Manchester Regiment, who was previously attached to both the Royal Flying Corps/ Royal Air Force and the Egyptian Army/ Sudan Defence Force, and was one of the few men who were actually on active service at the start of both World Wars Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. O. H. Warne’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt....
A superb Second War escaper’s M.C. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer S. K. Gordon-Powell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, on the occasion that his Halifax was shot down by Germany’s top scoring night-fighter ace, Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, over Belgium in June 1943, was fortunate to survive - evading capture until betrayed in Paris and imprisoned in Stalag IVB. After five escape attempts and the threat of execution if caught once more, he immediately began plans...
A well-documented post-War ‘Malaya Emergency’ M.C. pair awarded to Second Lieutenant J. C. Dunton, Green Howards, for gallantry and leadership while commanding a composite patrol from Support Company in an attack on the jungle camp of Phang Ngen, the Communist District Committee member for Ayer Kuning, Perak, during which they killed three M.P.L.A. terrorists (including Phang, who had a price of $13,000 on his head) and captured three other bandits, two rifles, hand grenades, ammunition...
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The outstanding Second War fighter ace’s D.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader J. M. V. ‘Chips’ Carpenter, Royal Air Force, who scored a number of aerial victories flying Spitfires with 222 Squadron from Hornchurch during the most dangerous phase of the Battle of Britain; twice required to take to his parachute himself, on one occasion he was blown from his cockpit over Kent by anti aircraft fire. Having earlier flown Gladiators from frozen ice strips...
Hammer Price: £10,000
A Second War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Squadron Leader H. A. Marsh, Royal Air Force, who flew Sopwith Snipes with 1 Squadron in Iraq, 1924-26, and commanded 529 (Rota) Squadron, 1941-45 - a pioneer of rotating wing aviation, he later became Chief Test Pilot of the Cierva Autogiro Company and a founder member of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain and its first Chairman; he was killed while test flying the experimental Cierva Air Horse helicopter in 1950 Air Force Cross,...
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister Miss Mary R. Stewart-Richardson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, who saw extensive service in France at Belgium, serving with the B.E.F. from the Retreat of Mons until the cessation of hostilities 1919 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914 Star (Sister M. R. Stewart-Richardson....
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War A.R.R.C. awarded to Miss Emily H. Jones, Voluntary Aid Detachment Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; together with the recipient’s Liverpool Nurses Training School silver brooch bar, engraved with initials ‘E. H. J.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140
A Great War A.R.R.C. and French Legion of Honour group of five awarded to Sister Ethel Goodall, Haden Guest Unit and British Committee, French Red Cross Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914 Star (E. Goodall. Haden Guest Unit.) significant attempt to obliterate naming; British War and Victory Medals (E. Goodhall); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £460
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