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A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private E. A. Pittock, Suffolk Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (40324 Pte. E. A. Pittock. 12/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (40324 Pte. E. A. Pittock. Suff. R.); Defence Medal, with named card box of issue for Great War pair, and card box of issue for Defence Medal, addressed to recipient at ‘4, Victoria Terrace, All Saints Road, Newmarket, Suffolk’, good very fine (4) £260-300
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant G. T. Rogers, 2nd Notts. and Derby. Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (67064 Sjt: G. T. Rogers. 2/N. & D. R.); together with an unrelated single British War Medal (202844 Pte. A. Best. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £320
A rare Second War ‘Norway 1940’ M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal J. J. Binns, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, for single-handedly silencing an enemy machine gun post - He was subsequently killed in action on the Anzio beachhead on 8 May 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4687417 A/L/Cpl. J. J. Binns. K.O.Y.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; together with five photographs, letter of congratulations on the award of the M.M. from the Chief of the...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A rare Malaya 1941 operations M.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Mohd Khan, 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, who drove straight through the the enemy’s line in an armoured car, thereby assisting his unit’s withdrawal in the face of overwhelming odds: his award was gazetted after the War, beyond doubt as a consequence of him having been taken P.O.W. at the fall of Singapore Military Medal, G.VI.R. (11335 L. Naik Mohd Khan, Punjab. R.), officially impressed naming, number officially...
£700–£900
A rare Second World War East Africa operations group of five awarded to Sergeant Jali Nakhoro, 1st King’s African Rifles Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7413 Sjt. Jali Nakhoro, K.A. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the M.M. poor, with severe edge bruising, and extremely worn by polishing, the other medals very fine (6) £500-600
£500–£600
An outstanding Second World War escaper’s M.M. group of five awarded to Private A. E. Atkinson, East Yorkshire Regiment: taken prisoner at Gazala in May 1942, he and a comrade made a bid for freedom in Italy in September 1943, thereby embarking on a journey infused with partisans and S.O.E. operatives, the dispatch of two fascists, a wound and the threat of being shot as a spy Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4345096 Pte. A. E. Atkinson, E. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A rare and outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Lance-Sergeant G. Campbell, King’s Own Scottish Borderers: at the hotly contested crossing of the Escaut Canal in September 1944, an 88mm. shell exploded immediately beside him, the blast of which shook him badly and left him in a dazed condition for some time: nonetheless he refused to be evacuated and soon distinguished himself again, advancing in his ‘Kangaroo’ armoured...
A good Malaya M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal Robert Grundy, 1st Battalion, Green Howards, who gained his award for repeated acts of gallantry whilst serving as a section commander between September and December 1951, in one action he personally killed two ‘bandits’ Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (14462494 Cpl. R. Grundy. Green Howards) official correction to rank; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (14462494 Pte. R. Grundy. Green...
Hammer Price: £2,400
An exceptional Malaya M.M. group of five awarded to Rifleman Budhiraj Limbu, 1st Battalion, 10th (Princess Mary’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, who was awarded an M.M. for gallantry in an action in which he personally accounted for four terrorists Military Medal, E.II.R. (21140132 A/L/Cpl. Budhiraj Limbu. 10 G.R.); Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S. E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (11668 Rfn. Budhiraj Limbu 3/10 G.R.); India Independence 1947 (1140132 Rfn. Budhiraj....
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Korean War ‘Operation Commando’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal John Norton, 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, a 19 year-old National Service soldier who was decorated for his exceptional gallantry on 4 October 1951, when although wounded, he pressed on and silenced an enemy machine-gun post with his Bren gun – His citation stating that during the subsequent bunker clearing operations ‘Norton was always to the fore, charging down the trenches...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An exceptional Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. E. King, Royal Navy, who, following the loss of H.M.S. Malvernian in the Bay of Biscay in July 1941, and in spite of his wounds, handled a crowded lifeboat for nine days in rough seas: finally rescued by a German minesweeper, he and his comrades became P.O.Ws, among them Lieutenant J. M. Moran, R.N., who, on being repatriated from Colditz at the War’s end, contacted the Admiralty with an account of...
Hammer Price: £1,000
An outstanding Second World War escaper’s B.E.M. group of four awarded to Trooper J. D. Divall, 7th Royal Tank Regiment (R.A.C.), who was captured at Gazala in June 1942: after many adventures accrued over the course of seven previous escape attempts - including a brace of run-ins with the Gestapo - he made an eighth, successful bid for freedom in March 1945, as a consequence of which he was recommended for a D.C.M. British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Military Division (7887982 Tpr. John D....
A fine Second World War Operation “Diver” B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. Street, Royal Artillery, whose battery took a direct hit from a ‘flying bomb’ in November 1944: mercifully the warhead did not explode but burning fuel caused several casualties - he plunged into his battery’s blazing ammunition shelter, where he smothered a comrade’s burning battle dress by enveloping him in his own greatcoat British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Military Division (1073615 Sgt....
Hammer Price: £700
A fine ‘Northern Ireland’ B.E.M. pair awarded to Corporal Joseph Sommerville, Cheshire Regiment, for gallantry when his patrol was ambushed by I.R.A. gunmen in the Creggan district of Londonderry in April 1978 British Empire Medal, E.II.R., Military Division (24332040 Cpl. Joseph Somerville, Cheshire); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24332040 Pte. J. Sommerville Cheshire), one or two minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine or better (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,700
A rare Northern Ireland ‘Ardoyne’ B.E.M. for gallantry awarded to Sergeant Anthony R. Leak, Light Infantry British Empire Medal, E.II.R., Military Division, with gallantry emblem (23668269 Sgt. Anthony R. Leak. L.I.) with Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Second World War Burma operations M.B.E. group of six awarded to Subedar & Hon. Lieutenant Kanshi Ram, Bahadur, 1st Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment, who was decorated and mentioned in despatches for his leadership in the Arakan and Imphal, to which distinctions he later added the 2nd Class of the Order of British India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military Division) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32...
Hammer Price: £420
A Second World War Burma operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Jemadar Manbahadur Gurung, 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, who led his platoon on a successful ‘nuisance raid’ and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy in hand to hand fighting during two night attacks in April 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (1858 L.-Nk. Manbahadur Gurung, 1-8 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma...
A Second World War Burma operations M.C. group of six awarded to Jemadar Kalu Ram, 5th Battalion, (Napier’s), 6th Rajputana Rifles, who won an immediate award for leading a bayonet charge on Rajput Hill in June 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (I.O. 45699 Jemdr. Kalu Ram, 5 Bn. Raj. Rif.), very fine and better (6) £1200-1400
£1,200–£1,400
A Second World War Burma operations M.C. group of six awarded to Subedar Nagina Ram, 5th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry and leadership during the advance on, and capture of Mandalay Hill in 1945 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1946’; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (13349 Sep. Nagina Ram, 5-10 Baluch R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45,...
Hammer Price: £900
A rare and outstanding Second World War Burma operations M.M. and Bar awarded to Lance-Naik Kharakbahadur Rai, 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, who won immediate awards for his gallantry on the Tiddim Road during the battle of Imphal in April-May 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (63258 L./Naik Kharakbahacdur Rai, 2/5 R.G.R.), officially engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, the first with edge nicks and bent suspension, very fine or better (4) ...
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of six awarded to Acting Naik Rahim Ali, 19th (Maymo) Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: the first Indian gunner to receive the M.M, in the 1939-45 War - an immediate award - he gallantry manned his wireless set under heavy fire in the Arakan in February 1944 and at one point was blown down a hill by the blast of a shell Military Medal, G.VI.R. (43455 A. Naik Rahim Ali, Ind. Art.), officially impressed naming; India General Service 1936-39,...
Hammer Price: £550
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Sapper Balouch, 70 Field Company, Bengal Sappers & Miners Group, Royal Indian Engineers, who was decorated for his gallant part in manning an L.M.G. during the assault on ‘Bare Patch’ on Vaona Ridge in February 1944: ‘one particular sniper hit the stones on the parapet of his slit trench three times until finally ... Sapper Baluch spotted him and finished him off with two well-aimed bursts.’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (26155 Spr....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of six awarded to Naik Bachan Singh, 1st Royal (Kohat) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), who was decorated for gallant deeds in the Kachin Hills in February 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (40638 Nk. Bachan Singh, R.I.A.), officially impressed naming; India General Service 1936-37, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (40638 Dvr. Bachan Singh, 1 R. Mtn. Bty.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, scratch to obverse...
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Rifleman Ramparsad Gurung, 3rd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, who won an immediate award for his gallantry in an attack on ‘Wireless Ridge’ on the Silchar Track during the siege of Imphal in April 1944: invested with his award by the Viceroy of India that August, he was wounded in subsequent operations during the capture of Monywa Military Medal, G.VI.R. (10390 Rfmn. Ramparsad Gurung, 8 G.R.), officially engraved naming, edge bruise,...
Hammer Price: £500
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of five awarded to Naik Vakil Singh, 9th Battalion, 12th Frontier Field Force, who won an immediate award for his gallantry in attacking an enemy held village in Assam in May 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (12600 Naik Vakil Singh, 1 F.F. I.A.), officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, minor contact wear, very fine and better (5) £600-800
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Mohd Ajaib, 8th Indian Mountain Battery, 23 Indian Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery, who won an immediate award for his gallant work at Lambui in July 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (44353 L. Naik Mohd Ajaib, I.A.), officially re-impressed naming, re-riveted suspension claw, edge bruising, nearly very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Naik Lakhman Rai, 4th Battalion, 10th Gurka Rifles, who won an immediate award for his bravery at Talingon in February 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5978 Rfn. Lakhman Rai, G.R.), officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star, Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these four officially impressed, ‘5978 L. Nk. Lakhman Raid, 10 G.R.’, together with 1939-45 Star, Defence and War Medals, likewise impressed but in the...
Hammer Price: £750
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of six awarded to Naik Kulbahadur Gurung, 4th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, who took a steady toll on the enemy in a series of daring patrols on the east and west banks of the Irrawaddy in March-May 1945 He also distinguished himself in the three day siege of Taungdaw, where he displayed magnificent steadfastness in the face of overwhelming odds, his example so inspiring his men that ‘every enemy attack was held and smashed’: one of those...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An impressive Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of four awarded to Rifleman Ganja Bahadur Rai, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles, who won an immediate award for his clearance of enemy bunkers and slit trenches with his Tommy gun and grenades: having then exhausted his ammunition he rushed a Jap officer - cutting him down with his khukri Military Medal, G.VI.R. (75799 Rfmn. Ganja Bahadur Rai, G.R.), officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last three...
A scarce Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Dafadar Badan Singh, ‘C’ Squadron, 16th Light Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps, who won an immediate award for knocking out an enemy tank at Pyawbe in April 1945 and killing nine of the enemy Military Medal, G.VI.R. (A-1451 Dfr. Badan Singh, I.A.C.), officially impressed naming, edge bruise and contact marks to obverse, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of seven awarded to Havildar Golaba Ram, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, who won an immediate award for his gallantry in facing off a protracted attack in May 1945, nine dead Japanese being found in front of his position at daybreak: he had earlier participated in the Eritrean campaign in 1941, in which he was wounded in the action at Gogni Military Medal, G.VI.R. (10741 Hav. Golaba Ram, Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star;...
Hammer Price: £800
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Naik Tekbahadur Thapa, 1st Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, who was decorated for a series of point-blank encounters with the enemy in May-August 1945: he was also awarded Jangi Inam, a grant of land Military Medal, G.VI.R. (36031 L. Nk. Tekbahadur Thapa, G.R.), officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, these three officially impressed, ‘36031 L./Nk. Tekbahadur Thapa, 3 G.R.’, one or...
An M.B.E., Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Divisional Superintendent G. H. Peck, London and North Eastern Railway Company Police, late Military Foot Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (P-1135. L-Cpl. G. H. Peck. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (P-1135 Sjt. G. H. Peck....
A post-War military M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major E. A. Clarke, Corps of Military Police and Rifle Brigade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major E. A. Clark. R.B.) naming on last worn, nearly extremely fine (8) £240-280
Hammer Price: £480
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant W. B. Little, 5th Dragoon Guards and Machine Gun Corps Cavalry, late Military Mounted Police and 1st Dragoon Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4852 Corpl: W. Little 1st. Dgn: Gds:) unofficial rivets between clasps; 1914 Star (P-162 Sjt. W. B. Little. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. B....
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant A. J. Thomas, Military Mounted Police, late 2nd Life Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (675 Cpl. A. J. Thomas . M.M. P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, Driefontein (2039 Tr: J. Thomas, 2: L-Gds:) unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps; 1914 Star (675 L.Cpl. A. J. Thomas. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (675 A. Sjt. A. J. Thomas. M.M.P.); Army L.S. &...
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant W. Lea, Military Mounted Police, late Imperial Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (P-978 Pte. -A.Sjt.- W. Lea. M.M.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (25435 Tpr: W. Lea. 57th. Coy. Imp: Yeo.) unofficial rivets between State and date clasps; 1914-15 Star (P.978, L-Cpl. W. Lea, M.M.P.); British War Medal (P.978 A.Sjt. W. Lea. M.M.P.); Victory Medal,...
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant N. H. J. Hookey, Military Mounted Police Military Medal, G.V.R. (815 Pte. -A.Sjt.- N. H. J. Hookey. M.M.P.); 1914 Star (815 L.Cpl. N. H. J. Hookey. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (815 A.Sjt. N. H. J. Hookey. M.M.P.) edge bruise to first, nearly very fine (4) £300-400
Hammer Price: £650
Family Group: A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. T. Blackburn, Military Foot Police, late Grenadier Guards, who was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for forming part of the King’s Company at the funeral of H.M. King Edward VII Military Medal, G.V.R. (1258 L.Cpl. -A.Sjt:- J. T. Blackburn, M.F.P.); 1914 Star (1258 L.Cpl. J. T. Blackburn. M.F.P.); Victory Medal (1258 T.Sjt. J. T. Blackburn. M.F.P.) mounted with an unrelated British War Medal (9113 Pte. C....
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant W. R. Jupp, Military Foot Police, who was wounded by shellfire in May 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (P-1074 Pte. -A.Sjt. W. R. Jupp. M.F.P.); 1914-15 Star (P-1074. L-Cpl. W. R. Jupp. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (P-1074 Sjt. W. R. Jupp. M.F.P.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937 (W. R. Jupp. Stn. P.S. Metro. Police.) contemporarily engraved naming, good very fine (6) £400-500
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