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The posthumous Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea awarded to 18 year old Radio Officer M. R. Gerard, Merchant Navy, whose ship fell victim to the U-Boat Ace Gunther Prien of Royal Oak fame: Gerard refused to leave his post, transmitting S.O.S. signals to the end, in company with his 16 year old assistant Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Radio Officer M. R. Gerard, S.S. “Empire Toucan”, 29th June 1940) in its fitted case of issue, with M.I.D. oak leaf for King’s...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Mercantile Marine B.E.M. group of six awarded to Mr Rowland Goldman, Quartermaster in the S.S. Makalla when she was sunk by enemy action in August 1940 British Empire Medal (Civil) E.II.R. (Rowland Goldman); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with commemorative medal issued by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, to the crew of the S.S. Makalla which was sunk by enemy action on 24 August 1940, silver...
Hammer Price: £550
The Second War 1940 operations D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant (S.C.C.) J. Derrick, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Javelin when she was severely damaged by torpedo attack in November 1940, with Lord Mountbatten aboard in his capacity as Captain (D.), and survived 24 hours on a raft after the loss of the Wild Swan to enemy bombers in the Bay of Biscay in June 1942: he had earlier been awarded the Greek Medal of Military Valour for his part...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The posthumous Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of four awarded to 16 year old Ordinary Seaman S. Anderson, who, although wounded, refused to leave his post at the ship’s gun, and was killed when it took a direct hit from the shellfire of an Italian submarine in January 1941 Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Ordinary Seaman Stanley Anderson, S.S. “Shakespear”, 5th January 1941); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, edge nicks,...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The outstanding and extremely rare Second War D.E.M.S. gunner’s D.S.M., and Great War ‘Gavrelle Mill, April 1916’ M.M. group of ten awarded to Sergeant A. J. Kerslake, Royal Marines, who was wounded facing-off a determined low-level attack by a Fw. 200 Condor in January 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A./T./Sgt. A. J. Kerslake, R.M., Ply. 17813) small official correction to rank; Military Medal, G.V.R. (Ply.-17813 Pte. A. J. Kerslake, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The fine Second War G.M. and Lloyd’s Bravery Medal group of five awarded to Captain D. A. MacDonald, Merchant Navy, who returned to rescue survivors from his unescorted convoy after it was attacked by the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in February 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R. (Captain Donald Arthur Macdonald); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyd's Medal for Bravery at Sea (Captain D. A. Macdonald, S.S. "Blairatholl". 12th February 1941) a couple of edge bruises and a...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Acting Yeoman of Signals G. J. Davis, H.M.S. Vanoc, later Chief Airman Fleet Air Arm, for the destruction of U-99 and U-100, commanded by two of Germany’s leading U-boat aces Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P/JX.137589 G. J. Davis. A/Y.S. H.M.S. Vanoc); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R., 1st issue (L/FX. 670883, G. J. Davis. D.S.M. C.A....
Hammer Price: £2,600
The post-War C.B.E. and Second War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Captain (E.) H. G. Southwood, Royal Navy, who was decorated for H.M. submarine Regent’s gallant mission to the Gulf of Kotor in April 1941, in order to rescue a British diplomat. After frantic negotiations with Yugoslavs and Italians alike, the absent diplomat failed to appear; more reliable were the two German aircraft that did, the pair of them machine-gunning and bombing Regent with consequent damage and casualties The...
The outstanding Second War ‘withdrawal from Crete’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman Rodney Bridge, Royal Navy, for gallantry when the destroyer H.M.S. Havock came under heavy air attack on 23 May 1941, he continued to man his gun ‘after having half his back shot away, and refused to be looked at’ Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (C/SSX.28291 R. Bridge. A.B. H.M.S. Havoc) officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Second War ‘Battle of Crete 1941’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Leading Seaman F. M. Waite, serving aboard H.M.S. Kelly under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C/JX.142954 F. M. Waite, L. Smn. H.M.S. Kelly) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,600
The unique Second War ‘Maritime R.A.’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Gunner F. J. Carus, 6th Maritime Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, who, though wounded in several places, continued to engage enemy aircraft as his ship broke up and sank beneath him Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3717702 Gnr. F. J. Carus. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last six privately inscribed ‘3717702 Gunr. F. J....
Hammer Price: £4,800
The outstanding Second War ‘Bismarck action’ D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Petty Officer (Airman) S. E. Parker, Royal Navy, who flew as Telegraphist Air Gunner in the Swordfish piloted by Lieutenant-Commander Eugene Esmonde, C.O. of 825 Naval Air Squadron, in the first of two celebrated Fleet Air Arm attacks launched against the mighty Bismarck Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (FAA/FX.76360 S. E. Parker. P.O. Airman. H.M.S. Victorious); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The First and Second War group of seven awarded to Commander R. H. D. Lane, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dunkirk who commanded the destroyer Wryneck in the evacuation of Greece, and was among those lost when she was sunk by enemy aircraft in April 1941 - he was last seen sliding off a raft, badly wounded and covered in oil 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. R. H. D. Lane, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. H. D. Lane. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf;...
Hammer Price: £500
The Second War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Signalman H. E. Tobin, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, for the sinking of U-501 south of Greenland by H.M.C.S. Chambly on 10 September 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (V.8336 E. H. Tobin, Sgln. H.M.C.S. Chambly); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Canadian Voluntary Services Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal, Canadian issue in silver, with small M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine and very rare (5) £3,000-£4,000
The unique and poignant Second War bomb and mine disposal G.C., D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. E. Hiscock, Royal Navy In his capacity as Controlled Mining Officer at H.M.S. St. Angelo, Malta, he dealt with no fewer than 125 ‘incidents’ at the height of the island’s siege, among them an ‘Italian torpedo machine’ and other unknown types of ordnance: in dismantling the former, which contained a 650lb. high explosive charge fitted with four firing devices and...
Hammer Price: £140,000
The Second War ‘Fall of Singapore’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Stoker P. A. H. Dunne, Royal Navy, for a motor launch versus Japanese destroyer action of “Li Wo” proportions: few escaped the resultant carnage inflicted by several point-blank hits on H.M.M.L. 311’s hull and upper deck and those that did had to endure over four years as a P.O.W. of the Japanese, the wounded Dunne amongst them Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sto. P. A. H. Dunne, P/KX 132616); 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £3,200
The First and Second War campaign group of nine awarded to Brigadier Ivan Simson, Royal Engineers, Chief Engineer and Director-General Civil Defence at the time of the fall of Singapore in February 1942, and subsequently a Japanese prisoner of war 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut, I. Simson. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Major I. Simson.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Major I. Simson. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak...
Hammer Price: £2,200
The very rare ‘Great War 1917’ D.S.M. and ‘Second Battle of Sirte 1942’ Second Award Bar group of ten awarded to Petty Officer Fred Smith, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.28911 F. Smith. A.B. H.M.S. Laburnam 1917) with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (J.28911 F. Smith, Ord. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.28911 F. Smith. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal...
The important ‘Royal Yacht’ M.V.O., Great War ‘Coastal Motor Boats’ D.S.C., Anglo-Persian Naval Mission 1920, and Second War Posthumous M.I.D. group of thirteen awarded to Captain R. F. J. Onslow, Royal Navy, who gained his posthumous mention for gallant services as Captain of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Hermes when she was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft in April 1942 The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the...
The exceptional Second War Arctic convoy ‘QP. 10’ B.E.M. group of five awarded to Galley Boy C. E. Slaughter, Merchant Navy, who was ‘aged about 15 years’ at the time of his gallantry aboard the stricken merchantman Harpalion British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., first issue (Charles Edward Slaughter); 1939- 45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, good very fine (5) £500-£700
The rare Second War Polish Cross of Valour group of eight awarded to Leading Telegraphist G. A. Rouse, Royal Navy, attached Polish Navy, who was decorated for his bravery aboard the Polish destroyer Kujawiak in the famous Malta convoy ‘Operation Harpoon’ 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oakleaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 112785 G. A. Rouse. Ldg. Tel. H.M.S. Pembroke); Polish Cross of Valour...
Hammer Price: £900
The Second War submariner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer G. H. Wilkes, Royal Navy, who served as Coxswain to Commander J. W. ‘Tubby’ Linton, V.C. in the Turbulent and was among those lost when she was mined off Sardinia in March 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.125656 G. H. Wilkes, C.P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.125656 G. H. Wilkes. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War...
The Second War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman G. E. Sharratt, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his part in the boarding of the Italian submarine Perla in July 1942, went on to witness the destruction of three U-Boats in the frigate Affleck, and win the Royal Humane Society’s Medal for saving many lives on the occasion of the loss of the frigate Gould in 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 159716 G. E. Sharratt, A.B.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The outstanding Second War North Russian Convoy ‘PQ 17’ D.S.O. and Lloyd’s Bravery Medal group of eight awarded to Captain Augustus Banning, Merchant Navy, Master of the Rescue Ship Rathlin which, during the course of the War, escorted 60 convoys and rescued over 600 survivors Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. Banning. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War...
The Second War North Russian Convoy ‘PQ 17’ D.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Chief Mechanician S. J. Hughes, H.M.S. Dianella, previously taken prisoner at Antwerp 1914 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C/K.21108 Chief Mechanician S. J. Hughes.) impressed naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (K.21108 S. Hughes, Sto. 1Cl. Benbow Battn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (K.21108 S. J. Hughes, Sto. 2, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45,...
A Second War Malta convoys D.S.M. and Daily Herald Industrial Order of Merit pair awarded to Carpenter N. W. Owen, Merchant Navy, decorated for his gallant part in ‘Operation Pedestal’, which he completed aboard the tanker S.S. Ohio after the loss of his own ship, the Deucalion; he went on to win the “Worker’s V.C.” for his courage as a deep-sea diver for British Railways during a diving incident off Holyhead in 1952, in which he had to cut off one of his own fingers to save his...
Hammer Price: £4,600
The unique First and Second War double D.S.M. and B.E.M. group of four awarded to Boatswain James Moar, Merchant Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (L.1538 J. Moar, Sea. R.N.R. Mediterranean 16 Feb. 1917); Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J. Moar, Bosn. B.E.M.) impressed naming; British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (James Moar); Norway, War Medal, Haakon VII (J. Moar 1942) nearly extremely fine (4) £4,000-£5,000
The emotive Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. P. R. Nichols, Royal Army Service Corps, who died after nearly three weeks adrift in a lifeboat from the Cunard White Star Line’s Laconia, which ship, when torpedoed and sunk in shark-infested waters in the South Atlantic in September 1942, had 1800 Italian P.O.Ws aboard: upon learning of this, the U-Boat commander commenced rescue operations, but his admirable endeavours, and those of other U-Boats that joined the...
The Second War Pacific operations D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer Steward E. Barton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for tending wounded members of his gun crew aboard H.M.N.Z.S. Moa although himself severely wounded; several of his shipmates were subsequently decorated by the Americans and the Moa won a Presidential Unit Citation; hours earlier he had won a “mention” for a spectacular two hour action against a Japanese submarine but was subsequently among those lost on Russian convoy JW....
Hammer Price: £3,600
The important Great War Naval intelligence K.C.M.G., C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, Royal Navy The multi-talented Gaunt excelled in his wartime role as Naval Attaché in Washington D.C., his counter-espionage work costing the Germans dearly, not least his role in the notorious ‘Zimmermann Telegram’ affair He had earlier won rapid promotion to Commander for his gallant exploits in Samoa at the turn of the century, when amidst civil unrest he defended the...
The rare Second War Italy operations M.M. group of four awarded to Marine F. P. Tyman, No. 40 R.M. Commando, who made two escape attempts on being taken P.O.W. in January 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (CH.X.113132 F. P. Tyman. Mne. R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, edge bruising to the first, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000
The impressive Second War K.B.E., inter-War C.B., Gallipoli operations D.S.O. group of thirteen awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir George Swabey, Royal Navy Having served ashore with distinction in Gallipoli as a Naval Observation Officer, he rose to senior rank, serving as a Commodore of Convoys 1940-41 and as Flag Officer in Charge at Portland 1942-44: during the latter posting he successfully oversaw the embarkation of an entire U.S. Army Division bound for the Normandy beaches The Most...
The Second War G.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman M. H. Woods, Royal Navy, who served as a diver in ‘P’ Party 1571 during many weeks of extremely hazardous mine clearance operations in the ‘liberated ports’ George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. Maurice H. Woods, P/JX. 519951 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
The impressive Second War Mosquito pilot’s immediate D.F.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer L. C. Doughty, Royal Air Force, who attacked a U-Boat passing through the harbour boom at Lorient at ‘30 or 40 feet’, amidst very intense flak: ‘To pursue the enemy to the very gates of his own harbour with a single aircraft is a most courageous act’ Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (935786 F./Sgt. L. C. Doughty, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals...
The unusual Second War B.E.M. and Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal pair awarded to Leading Fireman W. H. A. Crouch, Merchant Navy, the former for bravery under enemy fire during a rescue incident in the Channel in June 1944, some 25 years after receiving his American decoration British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Civil (William H. A. Crouch); American Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal, the reverse officially engraved, ‘To W. Crouch, Seaman, of the British Tug Lady Crundall, in...
The posthumously gazetted Second War Coastal Command D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant W. R. Hoyle, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action in a Liberator of No. 206 Squadron off Norway in September 1944 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1481202. F/Sgt. W. R. Hoyle. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,900
The ‘Okinawa operations’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Leading Seaman D. I. J. Moyse, who as a Bofors gunner displayed ‘great courage and presence of mind’ aboard the aircraft carrier Illustrious during ‘a suicide attack by a Japanese aircraft which missed his position by only a few feet’: the enemy pilot’s eyeballs were afterwards found on the flight-deck, and booted overboard by a “Kiwi” from the F.A.A. Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A./Temp. L.S. D. I....
The Second War submariner’s D.S.M. awarded to Leading Stoker W. E. Edwards, Royal Navy, who was present at some memorable actions and incidents, including the occasion Lieutenant Roberts and Petty Officer Gould gained V.Cs for dealing with two unexploded bombs in the casing of Thrasher in February 1942, and the Trenchant’s spectacular 8-torpedo strike against the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in July 1945, the largest warship ever sunk by a British submarine Distinguished Service...
The rare post-War Bomb and Mine Clearance B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Seaman W. G. Reynolds, Royal Navy, Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (D/KX.90842 W. G. Reynolds L.S., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Minesweeping 1945-51, B. & M. Clearance Mediterranean (D/KX.90842 W. G. Reynolds. B.E.M.,...
The Second War and post-War bomb and mine clearance operations O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander F. G. Gregory, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who dealt with over 40 UXBs within the Port of London authority The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53,...
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