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10 & 11 May 2017
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘French Theatre’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I, Superintending Clerk, G. A. Woolgar, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1931; 1914-15 Star (11779 E.C.Q.M. Sjt. G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (11779 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (18511489 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A....
Hammer Price: £340
A superb Great War ‘1916’ D.S.O., and ‘Battle of Langemarck’ 1917 Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Ingpen, who despite being only a Captain commanded the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, March 1915, and subsequently the 1/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 1915-17. Twice wounded in action, once severely, and 6 times mentioned in despatches. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A scarce Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain, late Sergeant, A. F. Davidge, 12th Lancers Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. F. Davidge.) good very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain P. A. Burton, Royal Field Artillery, attached British Mission to Portuguese Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Lt (A/Capt) P. A. Burton); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. A. Burton.); Jubilee 1935; Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with enamel damage; Portugal, Republic, Victory Medal 1914-19, with gilt star on riband, good very fine, unless otherwise stated (6) ...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A scarce Great War D.C.M. and Roumanian D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major A. L. Polk, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (25931 B.S. Mjr:- A.R.S. Mjr:- A. L. Polk. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (25931 Dr. A. L. Polk. 18th Batt. R.F.A.) partially officially renamed; 1914 Star (25931 Sjt. A. [sic] Polk. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (25931...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. and 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ Second Award Bar to Private F. Ambler, 1/4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, who after a distinguished wartime career, deserted 11 November 1918, and forfeited his his Great War campaign medals Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (242254 Pte. F. Ambler. 1/4 Gord: Hdrs - T.F.) very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £900
A Royal Household R.V.M. group of ten awarded to Mr. L. W. Cleave, Tapissier at Windsor Castle Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (L. Cleave); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver (L. W. Cleave Jan. 1st. 1917); Jubilee 1897, silver (L. W. Cleave. Windsor Castle.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Italy, Kingdom, Vittorio Emmanuel III Medal for Recompense, silver; Portugal, Kingdom, Carlos I Coronation Medal...
Hammer Price: £850
A historically interesting Crimea campaign group of four awarded to Major-General C. Tyrwhitt [C.B.], Scots Fusilier Guards, A.D.C., Equerry and Private Secretary to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Col: Tyrwhitt [sic], Scots Fus. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruise; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, minor white enamel restoration to tips of arms...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Pair: Private G. Marshall, 60th Foot Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (2092. Pte. G. Marshall, 2/60th Foot.) edge details slightly worn in places; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2092 Private Geo: Marshall 2/60 Foot) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £400-440
Hammer Price: £500
Four: Saddler Sergeant A. H. Goldswain, Marshall’s Horse, late Bechuanaland Border Police and Cape Mounted Yeomanry Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Basutoland, Bechuanaland (Tpr. A. H. Goldswain., C. M. Yeo.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (608. Troopr. A. H. Goldswain. B. B. Police.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (389 Sad: Sjt: A. H....
Hammer Price: £1,300
A scarce Great War M.S.M. combination group of five awarded to Sergeant E. T. May, Royal Defence Corps, late Sergeant Bugler, 24th Post Office Rifles, and Drummer, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (30.. Drumr. E. May, 2/Cdm....); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Edwin Thomas May); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (652 Sjt. E. T. May R.D.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (2993 Sjt: Bugr. E. T. May 24th...
Hammer Price: £650
Pair: Private S. John, Sierra Leone Battalion, West African Field Force East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (899. Pte. S. John. S: Leone F:P:C:); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kissi 1905 (899 Pte. Sorie John S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F) attempt to obliterate surname on last, and solder repair to claw, nearly very fine, scarce (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £400
Six: Major J. H. Barbour, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. J. H. Barbour, M.B. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star (Major: J. H. Barbour. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major J. H. Barbour.); Portugal, Republic, Military Order Aviz, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral riband buckle and rosette on riband; France, Colonial, Order of the...
A rare Liyakat Medal in gold group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Bonham, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded in action during the Boer War at Biddulphsberg, 29 May 1900, and held positions with both the Macedonian and Ottoman Gendarmeries, for which he was awarded the Liyakat Medal - in recognition of services rendered during the revolutionary period of 1908. He was married to Amy Bonham (nee Gaskell), the daughter of the well known society hostess May Gaskell, and the subject of...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pair: Corporal W. O. Black, Kimberley Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Corpl: W. O. Black. Kimberley Town Gd:) Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed, with top riband bar, generally good very fine (2) £300-360
Hammer Price: £550
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel D. McCay, Indian Medical Service China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Lieutt. D. Mc: Cay. I.M.S.) engraved naming, surname partially officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (Maj. D. McCay.) edge bruising to first, otherwise very fine or better (2) £280-320
Hammer Price: £360
A scarce Great War and North West Persia campaign group of four awarded to Gunner R. C. Young, “E” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery - No. 4 Gun from “E” Battery fired the first shot of the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (52856 Gnr: R. C. Young. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (52856 Gnr. R. C. Young. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N. W. Persia (1044096 Gnr. R. C. Young. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue...
Four: Battery Sergeant Major W. E. Varney, Royal Artillery, late British Red Cross Society 1914-15 Star (51358 B. S. Mjr. W. E. Varney R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (51358 W.O. Cl. 2. W. E. Varney. R.A.); British Red Cross Society Medal for the Balkans Wars 1912-13, 1 clasp, Turkey, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘William E. Varney’, with integral ‘Balkan War 1912-13’ top riband bar, this loose, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better...
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War Serbian Oblitch Bravery Medal group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal F. Monk, Liverpool Regiment 1914-15 Star (14723 Pte. F. Monk, L’Pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14723 Pte. F. Monk. L’Pool. R.); Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 30mm., bronze-gilt, unnamed, generally nearly very fine (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £420
Four: Private A. W. Brandon, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (18769 Pte. A. W. Brandon. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (18769 pte. A. W. Brandon. Bedf. R.); Russia, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, reverse officially numbered ‘901641’, mounted for wear, generally very fine (4) £300-400
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Scott, Rifle Brigade and Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Capt. P. A. Scott. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P. A. Scott.); Belgium, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver and enamel, white enamel damage on two arms of cross; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A.I.R.’ cypher, otherwise good very fine (5) £400-500
An unusual Great War group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant G. J. Welsh, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Private 1/4th East Kent Regiment, and later Acting District Commissioner for Burao, Somaliland, 1929-36 1914-15 Star (2307 Pte. G. J. Welsh. K. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. J. Welsh.); Jubilee 1935; Ethiopia, Order of Menelik II, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, last in case of issue, medals mounted as worn, generally very fine (5) £300-400
Seven: Captain and Quarter Master A. H. Dancer, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (272. S. Mjr. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (272 W.O. Cl. 2. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); Jubilee 1935; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (437003 S. Sjt:- A.S. Mjr:- A. H. Dancer. 56/C.C. Stn: R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral ‘Territorial’ top riband bar; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (437003. Q.M. Sjt:...
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Nurse H. M. Rogers, Voluntary Aid Detachment 1914-15 Star (H. M. Rogers, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (H. M. Rogers. V.A.D.); Order of the League of Mercy, silver-gilt and enamel, on bow riband, campaign awards mounted as worn, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £300
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant W. ‘Winnie’ Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; First Aid Nursing...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The extremely rare Messina Earthquake and Great War group of five awarded to Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds, West African Medical Service, attached H.Q. Nigeria, ‘one of the first women to land in German West Africa’ in 1915, a veteran of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, and the Balkan War of 1912-13. Fluent in seven languages she found employment as an interpreter during the Second World War, despite being in her 70’s 1914-15 Star (Nursing Sister B. M. Simmonds. W. Afr. M.S.);...
A Great War campaign group of five awarded to Airship Pilot, Second Lieutenant J. F. M. Phillips, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (J. F. M. Phillips. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style by Spink & Son, 1st two with official corrections, nearly extremely fine (5) £260-300
Hammer Price: £200
Pair: Second Lieutenant, The Reverend C. Buchan, Lancashire Fusiliers, later Private, Gordon Highlanders, who died of wounds, 2 December 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. Buchan.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Buchan) last in card envelope of issue, with enclosure, plaque with solder marks to reverse, otherwise good very fine (3) £260-300
Hammer Price: £280
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel P. MacDuff, Royal Highlanders, who, aged 58, commanded the 1/7th Battalion Black Watch in France throughout 1915 British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P. MacDuff.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major P. MacDuff. 6/V.B. Rl. Hdrs); Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1912, with integral top riband bar, generally good very fine (4) £280-320
A poignant Great War casualty pair to a ‘Boy Soldier’, Second Lieutenant B. L. Lawrence, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action, 1 June 1915, aged just 17. As his father wrote to Lord Kitchener - ‘He went gladly, and I would have had my tongue taken out, rather than have breathed a word to stop him; he has done his duty, and died a noble death, but the fact remains he was only a child, anyhow in years.’ British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. B. L. Lawrence.) BWM...
Five: Lieutenant H. R. Burnham, 3rd Light Armoured Car Battery, Machine Gun Corps, late Legionnaire 2nd Class, 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment, French Foreign Legion British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. R. Burnham.); France, Third Republic, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; France, Victory Medal 1914-19; France, Croix du Combatant Voluntaire 1914-18, mounted as originally worn, generally very or better (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
An interesting Great War group of five awarded to Sergeant J. E. Beswick, Royal Army Service Corps, who was the grandson of the founder of Beswick Pottery. He expanded his family business including securing the rights to produce Beatrix Potter character figurines, for which the company became famous. Despite contracting Malaria and Bronchitis during his military service, Beswick went on to make 58 appearances for Stoke City in the Football League British War and Victory Medals (M2-121934...
£800–£1,000
A well documented Great War group of four awarded to Quartermaster and Lieutenant W. H. C. Giddy, Special List, employed at the British Resting Camp, Faenza, Italy British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. H. C. Giddy.); Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown of Italy, 5th class breast badge, gold and enamel, white enamel damage to one arm of cross; Italy, War Merit Cross, bronze; with Medal for the Battle on Asiago Plateau, 15 June 1918, silver, generally good very fine unless...
An extremely rare Serbian Oblitch Bravery Medal in gold group of six awarded to Ambulance Driver G. S. Jensen, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, for her gallantry during the disastrous Serbian retreat of 1915 British War and Victory Medals (G. S. Jensen.); Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 30mm., bronze-gilt; Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 35mm., ‘gold’; Russia, St George’s Cross for Bravery, an early replacement silver issue, reverse officially numbered ‘83272’, lacking class...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Corunna, Vittoria (Thos. Longworth, 6th Foot.) minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (J. Kennedy, Serjt. 97th Foot.) nearly extremely fine, scarce £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,600
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Thomas Gentles, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot.) with later steel clip and bar suspension, generally very fine £1600-2000
Cabul 1842 (G. F. Bailey Provost Marshal To The Army) contemporary cross-hatched engraved naming, with original steel clip and contemporary hinged straight bar suspension, remnants of lacquer, very fine £460-500
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gr. J. Willis. I. Troop Royal Horse A....llery.) regimentally impressed naming, edge details worn in places, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £800
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Corpl. J. Pymm Rangoon Vol Arty.) minor edge bruising, very fine, rare £140-180
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