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22 September 2006
The North-West Europe operations Croix de Guerre group of six awarded to Captain A. Melville, Royal Canadian Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver; French Croix de Guerre 1939, with star riband fitment, extremely fine (6) £250-300
Hammer Price: £350
The Second World War North-West Europe campaign service group of four awarded to Captain J. H. W. Jackson, Royal Artillery, attached No. 652 (A.O.P.) Squadron, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine or better (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
The Second World War clandestine operations D.C.M., M.M. group of nine awarded to Sergeant B. W. Ogden-Smith, East Surrey Regiment, a Commando who was attached to No. 2 Special Boat Section (later S.B.S.), and a member of the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (C.O.P.Ps): in this capacity he swam ashore to enemy beaches on 30 occasions, gathering intelligence for the Normandy landings - so impressed was General Omar Bradley with such handiwork that he was ordered to guide in the assault...
Hammer Price: £36,000
The Second World War North-West Europe operations D.C.M. and Korea War Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Corporal L. Major, Canadian Army: having won his D.C.M. for orchestrating the liberation of Zwolle in Holland in April 1945, while serving as a scout in Le Regiment de la Chaudiere, he added a Bar to his decoration for his leadership of the Scouts and Sniper Platoon of the Royal 22nd Regiment at the battle of “Hill 355” in Korea Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R., with...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The Second World War North-West Europe operations honorary D.C.M. awarded to Staff Sergeant R. F. Kommer, United States Army, who was also a recipient of the American D.S.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (S. Sjt. R. F. Kommer, U.S. Army), extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal O. T. Camphaug, Canadian Provost Corps, who, among other feats, displayed great gallantry under fire on Nijmegen Bridge Military Medal, G.VI.R. (L-12647 L./Cpl. O. T. Camphaug, C. Pro. C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas bar; War Medal 1939-45, silver, together with metalled and embroidered C.P.C....
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant I. J. Grant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who was decorated for his services as a cameraman in the Army’s Film and Photographic Unit (A.F.P.U.): he later published Cameramen at War, a vivid account of his experiences under fire - having landed with Lord Lovat’s Commando Brigade on D-Day and covered the crossing of “Pegasus Bridge”, he and his camera accompanied 11 Armoured Division throughout the...
Hammer Price: £5,800
The Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 J. F. Jones, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his courageous and efficient services at Belsen concentration camp following its liberation in April 1945 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (5109276 A./W.O. Cl. 2 James F. Jones, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5109276 Sjt. J. F. Jones, R.A.), the...
Hammer Price: £920
The civil C.B.E., Second World War R.R.C. group of ten awarded to Principal Matron D. C. Bridges, Territorial Army Nursing Service, who was also awarded the rare distinction of the International Committee of the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal in 1953 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge on Lady’s riband bow, silver-gilt and enamel; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R., 1st issue, gold, silver-gilt and enamel, the...
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Second World War G.M. group of three awarded to Dr. Alison McNairn, the Medical Officer in Charge of the Obstetrics Department and the Childrens’ Wards at City General Hospital, Plymouth during the “Blitz”: afterwards commissioned into the R.A.M.C., she attained the rank of Major George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, on Lady’s riband bow (Miss Alison Jean McNairn, M.B., B.S.), in its card box of issue; Defence and War Medals, these two with addressed card forwarding boxes,...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Second World War honorary C.B. group of twenty-three awarded to General M. T. Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Commander of the Polish Forces in the Middle East, late Commander of the Polish Underground Armies “S.Z.P.” (in German-occupied Poland) and “Z.W.Z.” (in Soviet-occupied Poland): his 2nd class Order of Military Virtue was awarded for his command of these Polish Underground Armies Poland, Order of Military Virtue, 2nd class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Order...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Second World War Belgian Resistance operations O.B.E., Legion of Honour and Silver Star group of ten awarded to Colonel Georges Gerard, Chef Nationale of the “NOLA” Group: undoubtedly one of the most complete collections of its type to ever appear at auction - down to a wartime agent’s wireless set (official Mk. III type), complete with codes Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940, with palme; Belgian Labour Decoration, 2nd class breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel; Belgian Labour...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A family group to fellow resistants: The King’s Medal for Courage group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Thorkild Hansen, a Danish national who served in Special Operations Executive’s ‘DF’ escape section and in inter-related M.I. 9 operations Danish Medal for Participation in the War 1940-45, in its red A. Michelsen, Copenhagen card box of issue; Great Britain, King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, in its Royal Mint case of issue; French...
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Second World War Legion of Honour, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre and King’s Medal for Courage group of fifteen awarded to Ernest Bechet, a gallant member of the French Resistance: code-named “Rebelle”, he was captured while employed as a Lieutenant of the “Marco Polo” network and endured torture at the hands of the Gestapo prior to being interned in Buchenwald concentration camp Legion of Honour, 4th Republic, 4th class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel,...
The Second World War K.B.E., C.B. group of fourteen awarded to Air Vice-Marshal Sir Victor Tait, Royal Air Force, late Canadian Army and Royal Flying Corps, who as Director-General of Signals (Intelligence) and Director of Radio/Radar Direction Finding played a crucial role in many wartime operations, from the Bruneval and Dieppe raids of 1942 to the Normandy landings in 1944: it was he who persuaded Churchill of the importance of countering the enemy’s Freya system The Most Excellent...
Hammer Price: £3,500
The Second World War D.S.O., D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Acting Squadron Leader P. S. Blomfield, Royal Air Force, who completed 228 fighter-bomber operations in Kittyhawks and Mustangs during the Tunisian, Sicilian and Italian campaigns 1943-45, a period that witnessed him claiming numerous “probables” or damaged aircraft and inflicting significant damage on enemy ground targets Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse of the...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The Second World War Bomber Command operations D.S.O., D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander A. R. Poole, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, late Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed a remarkable tally of 100 operational sorties, latterly in No. 617 Squadron and as Gunnery Leader in No. 97 Squadron of the Path Finder Force: ‘his spirit of aggression can be best illustrated by the fact that after a century of sorties, it has been necessary to issue a direct order to prevent him...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Family group: The Second World War escaper’s M.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader H. N. “Bill” Fowler, Royal Air Force, one of a handful of British officers to make a successful “home-run” from Colditz Castle - “the boldest way being the safest”, he made his exit via the office of the castle’s senior German N.C.O., an escape route that caused even the Germans some amusement Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Second World War D.F.C., D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. H. Marshall, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Flight Engineer who completed numerous sorties in No. 138 “Special Duties” Squadron and who successfully evaded capture on being compelled to take to his parachute over France in May 1943: after many adventures - including a ride on the Paris Metro during which he dropped a Penny coin in the pocket of the German soldier seated next to him - he reached...
The Second World War D.F.C., D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flying Officer A. J. Garwell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who won an immediate D.F.C. for the famous low-level unescorted daylight raid on the M.A.N. diesel factory at Augsburg in April 1942, in which he piloted the only Lancaster of his squadron to reach the target - other than the one flown by Squadron Leader J. D. Nettleton, who was awarded the V.C.: Garwell afterwards crash-landed his heavily damaged aircraft and was...
Hammer Price: £8,800
The Second World War 2nd T.A.F. precision bombing operations D.F.C., 1939-40 operations D.F.M. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader P. E. Barns, Royal Air Force, who acted as Lead Navigator in the famous strike on Amiens Prison in February 1944, when his Mosquito was first to “go in” at tree-top height - 10 feet to be precise - an astonished witness breaking radio silence to exclaim “Bloody hell! From here it looked like the buggers were going to land!” Distinguished Flying...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Second World War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader The Rev. L. A. Sutherland, Auxiliary Air Force, a very popular Chaplain to No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron - he made a point of journeying south to Tangmere to visit his pilots at the height of the Battle of Britain, where he ‘was an inspiration to all with whom he came in contact’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20 (Rev. L....
Hammer Price: £1,000
Family group: The Second World War test pilot’s A.F.C., fighter ace’s D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader R. V. “Monty” Ellis, Royal Air Force, who as a Flight Sergeant in Hurricanes of No. 73 Squadron first saw action during the fall of France, when he was credited with arranging General de Gaulle’s flight to England: he afterwards shared in several victories in the Battle of Britain and downed three Ju. 87s in a single day over North Africa - all of which...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The Second World War France 1940 operations D.F.C. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer E. J. H. Sylvester, Auxiliary Air Force, who claimed four victories prior to being killed in action in the Battle of Britain after a combat over Lyme Bay in a Hurricane of No. 501 Squadron: in the interim, he had twice qualified for membership of the Caterpillar Club Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’ and privately engraved, ‘90556 P./O. E. J. H. Sylvester,...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader R. W. “Wally” Wallens, Royal Air Force, a Battle of Britain ace who was seriously wounded by a cannon-shell in a combat with a 109 in September 1940, his leg resembling ‘a ghastly mess of blood and mush’: unable to return to operational flying until late 1943, he went on to serve with distinction in Air Sea Rescue, flying Walrus aircraft Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated...
The Second World War Typhoon pilot’s North-West Europe operations D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer S. “Crusher” Croft, Royal Air Force, who flew in excess of 100 operational sorties between D-Day and the end of hostilities: he had earlier operated out of Biggin Hill in Spitfires of 73 Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, good very fine...
The Second World War campaign service group of four awarded to Flying Officer A. M. Gregg, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers (Territorials), who was killed in operations in the defence of Ceylon in April 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with original Air Council condolence slip in the name of ‘Flying Officer A. M. Gregg’, extremely fine (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
The post-war C.B.E. group of five awarded to Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces Brigadier The Rev. N. Maclean, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department: he had earlier been awarded the M.B.E. for his gallant and distinguished services while a P.O.W. and went on to become Honorary Chaplain to the Queen The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The civil M.B.E., Mau Mau troubles G.M. group of nine awarded to Assistant Superintendent L. M. Brans, Kenya Police, late East Surrey Regiment, Royal West Kent Regiment and Eritrea Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; George Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (A./Asst. Supt. Lionel M. Brans, M.B.E., Kenya Police); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56,...
The post-war M.B.E., K.P.F.S.M. group of five awarded to Assistant Chief Officer A. S. Shawyer, London Fire Brigade, who served as a Column Officer in the City and East End of London throughout the Blitz and beyond, during which period he was commended for bravery in a flying bomb incident: a talented middleweight boxer, he was the A.B.A’s Champion in 1933, the British Empire Amateur Champion in 1934 and the winner of the famous “Golden Gloves Tournament” at Madison Square Gardens, New...
The “Yangtze incident” M.B.E. attributed to William Sudbury, a Shanghai Pilot who accompanied H.M.S. London on her attempt to assist the Amethyst on 20-21 April 1949: he had earlier served in the Mercantile Marine in the Great War and as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy in the 1939-45 War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £450
The “Yangtze incident” group of three awarded to Stoker Mechanic S. J. Bannister, Royal Navy, who was seriously wounded by a shell splinter in the opening stages of the action and among those evacuated to Rose Island: he was subsequently moved to Wutsin, operated on without anaesthetic, and held hostage and interrogated by the Chinese, before being returned to the Amethyst in time for her triumphant escape under Commander Kerans Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949...
Hammer Price: £5,600
The Korea War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Corporal R. F. Mathews, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was taken P.O.W. while attached to the Glosters at the battle of Imjin River: for his subsequent resistance to enemy propaganda and coercion, he was ‘arrested, manacled and placed in a very small cell, wherein he lay for many months, emerging only for interrogations of the most brutal kind’ British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22305928 Cpl. Robert F. Matthews,...
Hammer Price: £4,400
The 1939-45 and Korea War campaign service group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. F. Keay, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, late Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, whose Battalion was awarded a U.S.A. Presidential Unit Citation for its bravery at Kapyong in April 1951 when the enemy ‘attacked savagely under the clangor of bugles and trumpets’ France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver; Korea 1950-53, silver...
Hammer Price: £300
The Oman 1958 S.A.S. operations D.C.M. group of three awarded to Staff Sergeant J. Hawkins, Royal Engineers, who, as a permanent member and Troop Commander of 22 Special Air Service Regiment, was decorated for great bravery in repulsing a determined rebel attack at Aqbat: with just five men, he held his fire until the enemy force of 40 men was little more than 100 yards away - they were quickly dispersed by mounting casualties from his S.A.S. patrol’s accurate fire Distinguished Conduct...
Hammer Price: £28,000
The Borneo operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. V. O. Robinson, Commanding Officer of the Sultan of Oman’s Frontier Force: having been mentioned in despatches with the Royal Irish Fusiliers for Malaya in 1954, he transferred to the 6th Gurkha Rifles and won his M.C. for several “contacts” in Borneo - he later commanded the Sultan of Oman’s Frontier Force, with whom he was twice decorated in the Dhofar operations of 1973 Military Cross, E.II.R., the...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Northern Ireland D.C.M. pair awarded to Corporal G. W. “Sniffer” Courtenay, Gloucestershire Regiment: seriously wounded in 1972, he returned to an operational footing in the Lower Falls in the following year, where he was responsible for the discovery of significant quantities of terrorist weapons and explosives Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (23910745 Cpl. G. W. Courtenay, Glosters); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (23910745 Pte. G....
Hammer Price: £25,000
The Northern Ireland operations Q.G.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant M. J. Kirby, Royal Marines Queen’s Gallantry Medal (Sgt. Martin J. Kirby, R.M., PO38833G); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Mne. M. J. Kirby, PO38833G R.M.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Mne. 1 M. J. Kirby, PO38833G R.M.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Sgt. M. J. Kirby, PO38833G, R.M.), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and better (4) £5000-6000
The General Service Medal 1962 awarded to Trooper T. M. Cook, Special Air Service General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Dhofar (23874243 Tpr. T. M. Cook, S.A.S.), good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Falklands War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company-Sergeant-Major W. “Bill” Nicol, Scots Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (23867615 W.O. 2 W. Nicol, S.G.); General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Northern Ireland (23867615 L./Cpl. W. Nicol, S.G.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (23867615 W.O. 2 W. Nicol, S.G.), mounted court-style as worn, generally good very fine (3) £20,000-25,000
Hammer Price: £52,000
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