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Three: Ordinary Seaman T. Baxter, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Ashcrest was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in December 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Thomas Baxter’, extremely fine (3) £60-80
£60–£80
Pair: Second Radio Officer F. W. Brown, Merchant Navy, who was taken P.O.W. following the loss of the S.S. Empire Industry in March 1941 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with original General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen forwarding letter, dated 19 February 1973, extremely fine (2) £30-50
Hammer Price: £30
Family group: Three: Apprentice P. R. Fletcher, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the tanker British Security was torpedoed and sunk in May 1941 - he was just 17 years of age 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Minster of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Peter Radcliffe Fletcher’, extremely fine Three: Corporal R. Fletcher, Royal Army Medical Corps, his...
Hammer Price: £180
Three: Able Seaman A. V. Lamport, Merchant Navy, who was awarded the King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his deeds on the occasion the S.S. Jim was attacked by an enemy aircraft off the Tyne in June 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, together with King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct, oval plastic badge, and the recipient’s original King’s Commendation certificate, dated 9 September 1941, in its forwarding envelope, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £320
Three: Chief Engineer Officer C. A. Powell, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Tredinnick was torpedoed and sunk in March 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Clifford A. Powell’, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Three: Chief Engineer J. C. Hall, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Linwood was mined in the Thames Estuary in November 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Jefferson C. Hall’, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Three: Apprentice J. D. F. Jeans, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Chumleigh capsized when bound for Archangel in November 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘John Douglas Frank Jeans’, and an original portrait photograph, good very fine or better (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Three: George Johnston, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘George Johnston’, extremely fine (3) £20-30
Hammer Price: £45
Three: Second Engineer N. Akerlund, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen forwarding slip, dated 13 March 1979, extremely fine (3) £30-50
Four: Seaman J. Parry, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘John Parry’, extremely fine (4) £30-50
Hammer Price: £50
Four: Second Radio Officer K. P. J. Andersen, Merchant Navy, who lost his life when the M.V. Amerika was torpedoed and sunk in April 1943 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, copy clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Buckingham Palace Memorial Scroll, in the name of ‘K. P. J. Andersen, Second Radio Officer, Merchant Navy’, and his Minister of War condolence slip in the name of ‘Kjeld Peter Johannes Andersen’, extremely fine (4) ...
Hammer Price: £130
Four: Fourth Engineer Officer W. A. Monk, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion of the S.S. Cornish City was torpedoed and sunk in July 1943 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘William Archibald Monk’, and an old cigarette holder, extremely fine (5) £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
Four: First Radio Operator J. N. Duncan, who lost his life on the occasion the M.V. Oakbank was torpedoed and sunk off Brazil in December 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with Buckingham Palace letter of condolence, with official typed inscription to reverse, ‘John Nicol Duncan, M.V. Oakbank’, extremely fine (4) £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
Five: Chief Steward T. MacKenzie, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Cyclops was torpedoed and sunk in January 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Thomas MacKenzie’, extremely fine (5) £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
Five: Able Seaman N. K. Jones, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the Cunard White Star liner Laconia was torpedoed and sunk in shark-infested waters off West Africa in September 1942, with 1800 Italian P.O.Ws aboard: on learning of this, the U-Boat commander commenced rescue operations, but his admirable endeavours, and those of other U-Boats that joined the scene, were quickly curtailed by an unfortunate attack delivered by Allied aircraft - and the transmittal of Doenitz’s...
Hammer Price: £230
Family group: The Second World War campaign group of five awarded to Captain B. L. Carnie, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these all late claims and officially impressed Australian-style, ‘B. L. Carnie, M.N.’, extremely fine The Danish Medal of Freedom attributed to H. M. Carnie Denmark, Medal of Freedom 1940-45, silver, in its A. Michelsen fitted card box of issue, extremely fine (6) £120-150
Six: Cadet G. N. Scurr, Merchant Navy, who was awarded the King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his command of a crowded lifeboat - aged 18 years 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Pacific Star, clasp Burma; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf representative of the King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with a quantity of original documentation (see below), extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £330
Five: Captain W. J. Slade, Merchant Navy, who survived the loss of two ships in the last War - the Empire Antelope and Samouri - both victims of U-Boats 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953, together with the recipient’s original Coronation Medal certificate in the name of ‘Captain William John Slade’, good very fine (5) £120-150
Hammer Price: £120
Five: Second Engineer A. T. Webb, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen forwarding slip, dated 15 July 1946, and a photograph, good very fine and better (5) £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Six: First Radio Officer J. Moore, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their addressed card forwarding box; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (J. Moore), extremely fine (6) £180-220
Hammer Price: £240
Six: Sergeant G. Robinson, 6th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, late Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (6) £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Five: Second Engineer G. Summers, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (W. (sic) G. Summers), attempted erasure of first initial on the last, generally good very fine (5) £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Five: Fireman, Trimmer and Donkeyman J. H. Cumberbatch, Merchant Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (J. H. Cumberbatch), extremely fine (5) £160-180
Hammer Price: £140
Five: First Radio Officer W. I. Briggs, Merchant Navy, who was taken P.O.W. after his ship the Indus was sent to the bottom by the German raider Thor in July 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (W. I. Briggs); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £250-300
Hammer Price: £520
Four: Senior Radio Officer J. M. Sutton, Merchant Navy Korea 1950-53 (J. M. Sutton); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (J. M. Sutton); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (Sen. Radio Off. J. M. Sutton), the third with officially re-impressed naming and the last with official correction to rank, good very fine (4) £300-350
Pair: K. J. Holmes, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (MM1 K. J. Holmes, RFA); Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, extremely fine (2) £200-250
£200–£250
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Geo. Rhind, Wreck of the “John Silver” of Halifax, Octr. 1861), in its (damaged) case of issue, good very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £350
Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 1st issue, silver (John Nelson, Wreck of the “British King” on the 11th March 1906), edge bruise, good very fine £400-500
An Edwardian S.G.M. group of three awarded to J. R. Lascelles, Mercantile Marine Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small, bronze (James Reah Lascelles, “Elswick Hall”, 12th September 1910); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (James R. Lascelles), the first with edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £600
Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small, bronze (Richard James Hewitt, “Gothic”, 26th January 1910), refixed suspension, onetime swivel-mounted, polished, fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £190
A Great War S.G.M. group of three awarded to Chief Engineer J. Brymer, Mercantile Marine Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (James Brymer, “Chilka”, 1st July 1917), in its fitted case of issue; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (James Brymer), good very fine and better (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £650
A fine S.G.M. and Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea group of eight awarded to Captain E. J. R. Pollitt, Royal Naval Reserve and Merchant Navy Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Ernest J. R. Pollitt, S.S. “Usworth”, 14th December 1934); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve Officer’s Decoration, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £1,900
An inter-war S.G.M. and Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society group of six awarded to Boatswain J. H. Kjellberg, Merchant Navy Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (John Helmer Kjellberg, “Ria”, 16th November 1931), in its fitted case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Medal for Lifesaving, small, bronze (To John H. Kjellberg, For Gallant Service, 16/11/31), good very fine and better (6) £400-500
Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), G.V.R., silver (Fritz Meyer, “Volturno”, 9th October 1913), good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful). the reverse officially inscribed, ‘T. Sinclair, 1842’, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £400
Three: Captain James O’Neill, Merchant Service, who was decorated by the Royal Humane Society for gallantry at Galveston, Texas, when aged 64 years, and twice honoured by the French for picking up two survivors mid-ocean in August 1908 Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (James O’Niell, 22nd May 1913); France, Central Society of Life Saving Medal, silver, the reverse with embossed inscription, ‘Mr. James O’Neil, Capitaine du Vapeur Anglais “Oilfield”,...
Hammer Price: £290
Three: Able Seaman F. Green, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (Frederick Green); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Frederick Green, 26th Dec. 1911), the first two with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Five: Chief Officer P. A. N. Port, Merchant Navy British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (Philip A. N. Port); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (P. Port, 20th Dec. 1922), in its fitted Elkington & Co. case of issue; Shipping Federation Meritorious Service Medal, the lower reverse officially inscribed to ‘Philip A. N. Port, 20th December 1922’, in its fitted case of issue; Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver, the reverse officially inscribed to...
Hammer Price: £460
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (John McNeill, 14 April 1882), in its fitted case of issue, wearing buckle bent, otherwise extremely fine £80-100
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (John Dunning, 22nd May 1897), extremely fine £80-100
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