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A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Matron Katherine A. J. Smythe, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who served aboard Egyptian hospital trains, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with...
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War O.B.E. pair awarded to Commandant May Burke, Eastbourne Division, British Red Cross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918, on lady’s bow riband; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, silver, with one Additional Award Bar (May Burke.) the gilding worn to first, otherwise very fine (2) £160-£200
Hammer Price: £340
A Great War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain W. J. H. Pontin, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, privately engraved to reverse ‘William James Henry Pontin 1900’;...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Commandant Laura J. Law, St. John Ambulance Brigade and Voluntary Aid Detachment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Nursg. Sisr. Miss....
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.B.E., Order of St. John group of six awarded to Commandant W. R. Magnus, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who ferried large numbers of wounded men between hospitals in London and the Home Counties in his ambulance The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; Jubilee...
Hammer Price: £800
A particularly fine Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Miss Ada Crosby, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who ‘transformed’ the Buekers Hotel in Finsbury Square into a fully functioning 100-bed Auxiliary Hospital The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1916, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Dame of Grace set of...
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Assistant Commissioner W. S. Woodcock, District Staff, Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, heraldic beasts in angles; Service Medal of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, silver, with one Additional Award Bar (1727. Asst. Comr. W. S. Woodcock (District...
Hammer Price: £220
A Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Driver Christabel Nicholson, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, later Women’s Legion, who devoted the first two years of the Great War to the care of wounded and sick Belgian soldiers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (C. Nicholson. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals (C. Nicholson. F.A.N.Y.C.); Belgium, Kingdom, Medaille de la Reine...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Miss Margaret E. Waring, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Miss. M. E. Waring.); British War and Victory Medals (M. E. Waring. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) scratch to observe of QSA, generally very fine and better (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Chief Commandant Lucy M. K. Pratt-Barlow, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, later Auxiliary Territorial Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military), Member’s 1st type, Lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (D.Ctr. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow.); War Medal 1939-45 privately named ‘Ch. Cmdt. K. L. M. Pratt-Barlow A.T.S.’, note order of...
Hammer Price: £380
A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Nurse Heloise Scott-Nicolls, Voluntary Aid Detachment, later Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (H. Scott-Nicolls. V.A.D.) good very fine and better (3) £240-£280
Hammer Price: £300
A Second War M.B.E. group of three attributed to First Officer Esta Eldod, Women’s Royal Naval Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (3) £120-£160
A Second War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Acting Squadron Officer Mary M. Wade, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Off. M. M. Wade. W.A.A.F.) good very fine (4) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £280
A Second War M.B.E. group of four attributed to Flight Officer Constance A. Hand, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (4) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £120
A Second War M.B.E. group of four attributed to Honorary Junior Commander Phyllis M. Cooper, Auxiliary Territorial Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1951’, very fine and better (4) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £160
A fine post-War M.B.E., Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Sister Anne E. Musson, Territorial Force Nursing Service, later Matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, who displayed ‘outstanding work’ in France The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. fitted case of...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A post-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer Class II Margaret Sutherland, Women’s Royal Army Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (W/24807 W.O.Cl.2. M. Sutherland. M.B.E. W.R.A.C.) good very fine (4) £160-£200
Hammer Price: £200
The important Zulu War R.R.C. pair awarded to Mrs. Jane C. Deeble, Superintendent of Nurses, Army Nursing Service, who was decorated by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 5 July 1883 Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., gold and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Mrs. J. C. Deeble, ‘’Supert. of Nurses.”) nearly extremely fine (2) £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £6,000
A fine ‘Anglo-Egyptian War’ R.R.C. group of three awarded to Nursing Sister Rebecca Burleigh, Army Nursing Service, later Naval Nursing Service, who was Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Nursg. Sister. R. Burleigh.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (3) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
An extremely rare Punjab Frontier R.R.C. pair awarded to Senior Nursing Sister Mary E. Barker, Indian Army Nursing Service, who nursed British and Indian soldiers in a Himalayan fort under constant enemy fire Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Nursing Sister M. E. Barker. I.A.N.S.) good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A fine ‘Victorian’ R.R.C. group of four awarded to Matron Lenora Maxwell St. John, Indian Army Nursing Service, later British Committee of the French Red Cross and Serbian Relief Fund Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals (L. Maxwell St. John.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop in green robes, minor contact marks and edge nick to...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare ‘Boxer Rebellion’ R.R.C. Pair awarded to Nursing Sister Marion J. Hislop, Indian Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; China 1900, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. J. Mislop [sic]. I.A.N.S.) good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,600
An extremely fine Great War R.R.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Principal Matron Dorothea M. Taylor, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, who was further recognised by His Majesty the King of Italy for her valuable work with the Italian Expeditionary Force Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, the reverse privately engraved ‘D. M. Taylor Jan 1916 Q.A.I.M.N.S.’, on lady’s bow riband;...
A fine Great War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron Dora Westbrook, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, later British Red Cross Society Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister D. Westbrook. I.Y. Hp. Staff); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister D. Westbrook.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with Second Award Bar (Dora King.); British Red Cross...
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron Charlotte I. K. Sumner, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, late Territorial Force Nursing Service, who helped to evacuate large numbers of sick and wounded from Antwerp in September 1914 Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (C. I. K. Sumner. B.R.C.S. & O.St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (C. I. K. Sumner.); Belgium, Kingdom, Civic...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A fine Great War R.R.C. group of seven awarded to Chief Principal Matron Emily V. Forrest, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) breast badge in frosted silver (1926-36), on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (Sister E. V. Forrest. Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (A. Matron E. V. Forrest.); Jubilee 1935,...
A scarce Inter-War R.R.C. group of four awarded to Senior Nursing Sister Ethel Kelso, Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service for India, who later served in her early 70s as a Lady Ambulance Driver on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (Nursing Sister E. Kelso, Q.A.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Nursing Sister E. Kelso.) good very fine (4) ...
An Inter-War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Lady Superintendent Ethel Green, Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service for India Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; 1914-15 Star (Sister E. Green. Q.A.M.N.S.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. Green.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Charing Cross Hospital Medal, bronze, unnamed, good very fine (6) £700-£900
A Second War R.R.C. group of five to Superintending Sister Edith Hope, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who received the Norwegian Freedom Medal in 1947, believed to be the only award of its kind to her service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, reverse dated ‘1943’, on lady’s bow riband; Victory Medal 1914-19 (N.Sister E. Hope. Q.A.R.N.N.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Norway, Kingdom, King Haakon VII Freedom...
Hammer Price: £700
A Second War R.R.C. group of six awarded to Principal Matron Kathleen M. Cooper, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, late British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who rose from Pantry Maid to Principal Matron in a nursing career spanning more than 30 years Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1944’; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, 1st type...
Hammer Price: £420
A fine Second War R.R.C. group of seven awarded to Matron Dora G. Grayson, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, late Civil Hospital Reserve Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’, on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (Miss D. G. Grayson. Civ: Hosp: Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister. D. G. Grayson.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000
A fine Second War ‘Waziristan Operations’ North-West Frontier R.R.C. group of ten awarded to Matron Eileen M. Blainville, Indian Military Nursing Service, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Queen Alexandra’s Medical Nursing Service, India, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; British War Medal 1914-20 (Nurse E....
Hammer Price: £2,400
A fine post-War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Temporary Principal Matron Ileene Minas, Indian Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1947’, on lady’s bow riband and housed in a Garrard & Co. case; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Matron I. Minas, I.M.N.S.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, very fine and better (5) ...
A fine post-War ‘R.A.F. Hospital Changi’ R.R.C. group of seven awarded to Group Officer Elsie Maltman, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1954’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Sqn. Off. E. Maltman. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, very fine and...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War A.R.R.C. and inter-War Kaisar-I-Hind pair attributed to Staff Nurse Christina J. Oliver, Lady Minto’s Indian Nursing Association, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, with integral top suspension brooch bar, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge and Lady Minto’s...
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Sister Florence C. Puddicombe, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Reserve, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister F. Puddicombe.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister F. Puddicombe.); 1914 Star (Miss F. C. Puddicombe. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War...
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Matron K. M. Hawkins, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, late Queen Alexandra’s Military Families Nursing Service and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (S. Nurse K. M. Hawkins. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister K. M. Hawkins.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very...
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War ‘Balkans theatre’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Mary M. L. Johns, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Sister M. M. L. Johns.); France, Third Republic, Medaille des Epidemies en argent (M. L. Johns 1919) the case to first a little worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700
A Great War ‘Salonika’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Isabella Thomson, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals (Sister I. Thomson.); Greece, Kingdom, Medal for Military Merit, Fourth Class, bronze, generally good very fine (4) £500-£700
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Ward Sister Ada A. M. Gibson, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister A. A. M. Gibson.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (S. Nurse A. A. M. Gibson. T.F.N.S.) nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,200
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