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The unique Boer War C.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. Lowe, Royal Navy,thrice mentioned in despatches for his services as a ‘Gunner R.N.’ in the Naval Brigade, Lowe particularly distinguished himself the battle of Graspan, near Belmont, on 25 November 1900, when ‘he charged to the top of a hill, gallantly leading his men, all the time under a heavy fire’ Conspicuous Service Cross, E.VII.R., the reverse hall marked London 1901; Queen’s South Africa...
Hammer Price: £17,000
An outstanding Great War Civil C.B. and Boer War Albert Medal life saving group of ten awarded to Captain Halton S. Lecky, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, with Garrard, London case of issue; Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse inscribed (Awarded by His Majesty to Lieutenant Halton Stirling Lecky, R.N., in recognition of his gallantry in rescuing two soldiers from...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The campaign pair awarded to Captain H. W. James, Royal Navy, who, as Lieutenant of Tartar was in command of a battery of guns at the battle of Colenso, was mentioned in Buller’s despatch and specially promoted to Commander for services during the war; he commanded Proserpine in the Somaliland operations of 1908-10 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut: H. W. James, R.N. H:M:S: Tartar) officially impressed naming; Africa General Service...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Engineer Lieutenant-Commander F. J. Baker, Royal Navy, one of only six naval recipients of the Q.S.A. with clasp ‘Rhodesia’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (Art: Eng. F. G. Baker, R.N. H.M.S. Partridge) note second initial; British War Medal 1914-20 (Eng. Lt. Cr. F. J. Baker. R.N.); Royal...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, S. Africa 1899-1902, China 1900 (E. A. Phillips.) very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,700
The rare Defence of Legations group of five to Colour-Sergeant A. E. Saunders, R.M.L.I., one of the three senior N.C.O.s of the Legation Guard at Peking China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Sergt. A. E. Saunders, R.M.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (CH. 4932 Cr. Sgt. A. E. Saunders. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (CH. 4932 A. E. Saunders. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (CH. 4932 A. E. Saunders, Colr. Sergt., R.M.L.I.) mounted court-style, very fine (5) £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The rare Boxer Rebellion D.S.O. group of four awarded to Captain Eric Charrington, R.N., decorated for gallantry with the storming party at the capture of the Taku Forts, one of only five naval D.S.O.’s for China Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Lieut. E. Charrington. H.M.S. Philomel.); China 1900, 2 clasps, Relief of Pekin, Taku Forts (Lieut. E. Charrington, R.N. H.M.S....
Hammer Price: £13,000
The rare Boxer Rebellion C.G.M. group of four awarded to Leading Seaman Herbert George, H.M.S. Orlando, for gallantry at Hsiku, Taku Forts, in June 1900 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Herbert E. George, Leadg. Seaman R.N. China 1900) officially engraved naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (H. George, Lg. Smn., H.M.S. Orlando); British War Medal 1914-18 (162772 H. E. George, P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (162772 H. E. George, Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard)...
Four: Chief Gunner Charles Davidge, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches and specially promoted for services at the capture of the Hsi-ku Armoury in 1900 China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Act. Gunr. C. Davidge. R.N. H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (Ch. Gnr. C. Davidge. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Gnr. C. Davidge. R.N.) mounted as worn, extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £1,100
China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. B. H. Jones, R.I.M.S. Canning) good very fine and rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £650
China 1900, no clasp (Engr. J. F. Ellis, R.I.M.S. Clive.) nearly extremely fine and rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £500
China 1900, no clasp (C. Nelson., A.B., Victoria Nav. Cont.) edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £2,000-£2,400
Hammer Price: £1,600
The outstanding Great War Dogger Bank D.S.C. and Antarctic 1902-04 group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Dailey, Royal Navy, a carpenter by trade, he assisted in the building and fitting out of the Discovery and lent valuable service in Scott’s first expedition, service duly recognised by the naming of Dailey Islands in McMurdo Sound; subsequently Chief Carpenter of the cruiser Lion for much of the Great War, he was present at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, the...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Polar Medal 1904, E.VII.R., silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1902-04 (A.B. J. Handsley. “Discovery”) officially engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Polar Medal 1904, E.VII.R., Bronze, no clasp (J. T. Good, “Morning” 1902-4) engraved naming, a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Six: Commander N. H. Carter, Royal Navy, one of only five R.N. recipients of the 1903 Delhi Durbar medal Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lieut. N. H. Carter, R.N., H.M.S. Highflyer.); 1914-15 Star (Commr. N. H. Carter. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. N. H. Carter. R.N.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, with silver ribbon buckle; Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., with bar ‘Long Service 1940’ (Norman H. Carter)...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An unusual C.I.E. group of eight awarded to Rear-Admiral W. S. Goodridge, Royal Navy and Director of the Royal Indian Marine, Honorary A.D.C. to the King during his vist to India for the Delhi Durbar in 1903 The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with brooch bar; Jubilee 1887, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Abyssinia 1867 (Midsn. W. S. Goodridge H.M.S. Octavia) suspension claw neatly...
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Somaliland campaign medal to Sergeant H. J. Capon, Royal Marines, who was killed in action in the Dubai Incident, 24 December 1910 Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (CH.9910 Sgt. H. J. Capon, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Hyacinth.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £1,400-£1,800
Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1910-13 (R. Oliphant, A.B., Terra Nova:) good very fine and very rare £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
The outstanding Great War V.C. group of six awarded to Captain H. P. Ritchie, Royal Navy, who won the Senior Service’s first V.C. of the conflict for his gallant command of H.M.S. Goliath’s steam pinnace at Dar-es-Salaam in on 28 November 1914 When the pinnace came under a withering fire, he took over the wheel from his wounded coxswain and steered for the harbour’s entrance, but it took twenty minutes to get clear, in which period he was wounded eight times - on the forehead, in...
Hammer Price: £240,000
The rare Great War C.S.I. group of seven awarded to Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, Royal Navy, Senior Naval Officer during the Persian Gulf operations 1914-15 The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s, neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star and silver-gilt ring suspension, with neck cravat; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The Great War ‘Falklands 1914’ D.S.M. and Italian Al Valore Militare group of six awarded to Shipwright 1st Class A. E. N. England, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the cruiser H.M.S. Glasgow Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (341971 A. E. N. England, Shipt. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Glasgow); 1914-15 Star (341971 A. E. N. England, D.S.M., Shipt. 1, R.N.); British War & Victory Medals (341971 A. E. N. England. Ch. Shpt., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (341971 A. E. N....
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Commander H. B. Boothby, Royal Naval Reserve, for minesweeping off Scarborough in December 1914, the first award of the D.S.O. to an Officer of the R.N.R. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. B. Boothby, D.S.O., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Commr. H. B. Boothby. R.N.R.) mounted for display, good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000
Three: Private Walter Goodenough, R.M.L.I., Plymouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was killed in action at Kum Kale, Gallipoli, on 4 March 1915 1914-15 Star (PLY. 11957. Pte. W. Goodenough. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (PLY. 11957. Pte. W. Goodenough. R.M.L.I.) extremely fine (3) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £480
The Dardanelles D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman William Longworth, Royal Navy, a volunteer in Majestic’s daring Picket Boat torpedo attack to destroy the stricken British submarine E-15 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (205543 W. Longworth, A.B. H.M.S. Majestic); 1914-15 Star (205543 W. Lomgworth.D.S.M., A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205543 W. Longworth. A.B. R.N.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £2,000-£2,400
The superb Great War C.B.E., Gallipoli ‘Y’ Beach D.S.O. group of six awarded to Commander A. St. V. Keyes, Royal Navy: the brother of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, his other claims to fame included service as a pioneer submariner in the Edwardian era, command of the Royal Canadian Navy’s first ever submarine flotilla in 1914, and the successful beaching of the ‘Q’ ship Mavis after she had been torpedoed in June 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E....
Pair: Sidney Shann, 3rd Waiter, killed when the S.S. Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 British and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Sidney Shann) in named card box of issue together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Sidney Shann) extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Great War Memorial Plaque to Chief Petty Officer R. F. Toy, who was awarded the C.G.M. for his gallantry on the Gallipoli Peninsula and killed in action on 6 June 1915 Memorial Plaque (Richard Farley Toy) extremely fine £200-£300
Hammer Price: £380
The outstanding Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander D. Loughlin, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the river gunboat Comet on the night of 18 September 1915, when he tended the wounded under a heavy fire, among them his C.O., Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson, who was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915; 1914-15 Star (Surg. D. Loughlin, M.B., R.N.); British...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The poignant Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. W. Graham, Royal Naval Air Service, a pioneer scout pilot in No. 1 Wing at Dunkerque who downed ‘a large German seaplane’ off the Belgian coast in December 1915; he was killed in September 1916, when, having taken off on an operational patrol from Great Yarmouth, his Short 184 Seaplane dived into the sea from 200 feet, the impact exploding his bomb load Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and...
The rare Great War D.S.M. group of seven awarded for gallantry on land in France to Master-at-Arms W. C. Hatherley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (196082. W. C. Hatherly, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. Service in France.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. C. Hatherley, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (W. C. Hatterley, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); British War and Victory Medals (196082 W. C. Hatherley. M.A.A. R.N.) the War medal officially re-impressed; Royal Navy...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Great War ‘Serbian Retreat’ D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Commander M. E. Cochrane, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Sub. Lieut. M. E. Cochrane, R.N., H.M.S. Centurion); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lieut. M. E. Cochrane, R.N., H.M.S. Mohawk); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. M. E. Cochrane. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals Commr. M. E....
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Great War ‘Irish Rebellion’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. H. A. Bee, Royal Naval Reserve, who was awarded a D.S.C. and an M.I.D. for his command of H.M.T. Lord Heneage, which ship played a vital part in the capture of the German Auxiliary Cruiser Aud off the south-west coast of Ireland where she was due to rendezvous with Sir Roger Casement to deliver her cargo of 20,000 rifles, 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition and ten machine-guns to aid the imminent Easter...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The unusual Great War posthumous D.S.M. group of four awarded to Stoker Petty Officer William Punt, Royal Navy, who suffered severe burns when H.M.S. Laertes was hit by enemy shellfire on 25 April 1916, and died of septicaemia eleven days later Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (302295 W. Punt, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Laertes 25 Apl. 1916.); 1914-15 Star (302295, W. Punt, S.P.O., R.N.), British War and Victory Medals (302295 W. Punt. S.P.O. R.N.) mounted for display, good very fine (4) ...
Hammer Price: £1,000
The important G.C.B., Great War K.C.M.G. and K.C.V.O. group of twelve awarded to Admiral Sir William Pakenham, British observer with the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05, he was Commanding Officer of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron at Jutland and afterwards of the Battle Cruiser Fleet The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with gold centres; and breast star, silver,...
The Great War C.B. group of ten awarded to Admiral E. V. Underhill, Royal Navy, Commended and awarded the Russian Order of St Anne for services in command of H.M.S. Temeraire at Jutland The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat in its Garrard, London case of issue; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Lieut. E. V. Underhill H.M.S. Philomel) official correction to one letter of surname;...
The exceptional Great War destroyer captain’s D.S.O., inter-War M.V.O. group of five awarded to Commander J. O. Barron, Royal Navy, who displayed exceptional gallantry at Jutland, when, as captain of the destroyer Acasta, he braved a galling fire to offer assistance to Loftus Jones, V.C. in the destroyer Shark Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Great War Jutland D.S.O. group of six awarded to Rear-Admiral H. S. Currey, Royal Navy, Commander and Executive Officer of H.M.S. Marlborough, the only ship to be torpedoed during the battle Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar, the edge of the lower arm inscribed ‘H. S. Currey 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Commr. H. S. Currey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. S. Currey, R.N.); Jubilee 1897, silver...
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Great War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Captain P. W. S. King, Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Liberty at the battle of Jutland and was decorated for ramming and sinking the UC-46 in February 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. P. W. S. King, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. Commr. P. W. S. King. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals...
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain J. E. A. Mocatta, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his magnificent bravery and skill in command of the destroyer Nicator at Jutland, where he once engaged the enemy at the suicidal range of 600 yards, under ‘a perfectly hair-raising bombardment’, all the while ‘leaning coolly against the front of the bridge, smoking his pipe, and giving orders to his helmsman’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with...
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