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The ‘Tirah 1897-98’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain J. A. L. Haldane, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards General Sir Aylmer Haldane, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., who famously commanded the armoured train at Chieveley when he and Winston Churchill were captured with others and imprisoned in Pretoria from where they each escaped; after the Great War he rose to be G.O.C. in Mesopotamia where he successfully suppressed the Arab Rebellion of 1920-22 - his published writings included How We...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A Boer War D.S.O. goup of seven awarded to Major E. V. Jenkins, West Riding Regiment, who afterwards led a punitive expedition against the Kisii tribe in East Africa 1905 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Lieut. E. V. Jenkins, D.S.O. W. Rid: Rgt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. E. V....
Hammer Price: £3,600
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Commander W. H. Coates, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for services in command of H.M.S. Clacton when she was torpedoed and sunk in August 1916; he afterwards commanded H.M.S. Redbreast until he was killed when she was torpedoed and sunk on 15 July 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Commr. W. H. Coates, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. W. T. Coates....
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. and M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Smithard, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. R. G. Smithard Shrops L.I.’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. G. Smithard. Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R. G. Smithard.); India General Service 1908-35, 1...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Williams, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, attached 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. W. E. Williams. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. W. E. Williams.) medals contained in an individually fitted case, extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Second War D.S.O. group of five attributed to Acting Lieutenant-Commander N. J. M. Teacher, Royal Navy, who was decorated as Lieutenant in command of H.M.A.S. Stuart, for sinking the Italian submarine Gondar on 30 September 1940; he was afterwards twice mentioned in despatches, was a Lieutenant-Commander in Combined Operation Pilotage Party 3 (COPP 3) and died while carrying out a reconnaissance in Sicily, when he failed to return to his waiting canoe and was presumed drowned...
A Great War O.B.E., ‘Western Front’ M.C. and ‘Capture of Ere, October 1918’ Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Captain Richard Charnock, Liverpool Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. R. Charnock L’pool Regt.’; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the cross inscribed ‘Lieut. R. Charnock L’pool Regt.’, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Great War ‘Salonika’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. G. Ashton, East Surrey Regiment, he commanded the 2nd Battalion at Ypres 1915 until wounded and later commanded the 1st Battalion in North Russia, Ireland, Egypt and Sudan 1919-23 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, West Africa 1908 (Captain C. C. G. Ashton. E. Surrey...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War O.B.E. Group of five awarded to ‘The Fighting Bishop’ Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Reverend Adam Urias de Pencier, Archbishop of the Metropolitan of British Columbia, who served with the 6th Canadian Chaplain Service, attached to the 62nd Battalion (British Columbia) Candian Infantry, who was also a notable local boxer The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; British War and...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An inter-War O.B.E., post-War K.P.F.S.M. group of four awarded to R. Mitchell, Esq., Chief Constable of Kincardineshire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Robert Mitchell. O.B.E. Chief Const. Kincardineshire Constab.); Jubilee 1935 (Chief Constable R. Mitchell.) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1937 (Chief Constable R....
Hammer Price: £600
A post-War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Miss Kathleen J. Reddin, British Red Cross Society and Blood Transfusion Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with six Additional Award Bars (Miss Kathleen J. Reddin) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £220
An extremely rare ‘Sudan Campaign’ R.R.C. and Order of St. John group of four awarded to Superintendent Sarah E. Webb, Army Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, who was erroneously awarded the Royal Red Cross First Class a second time - this before Second Award Bars were possible - and was Mentioned in Despatches for her services in the Boer War Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Miss Isabel G. Eveleigh, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Sister I. G. Eveleigh T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister I. G. Eveleigh) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards (the Star a 1914 Star); a British Royal Red Cross...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War ‘Minesweeping’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Herbert Klugh, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917 and additionally inscribed ‘Lieut. H. Klugh R.N.V.R. 1st Apr. to 1st Dec. 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Klugh, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. Klugh. R.N.V.R.) the Victory Medal with naming erased, mounted for display, good very fine (4) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Second War ‘Withdrawal from Greece’ D.S.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant-Commander A. B. Heckstall-Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, when as a Lieutenant in command of a Lighter he was wounded Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse with London hallmarks for 1941, officially dated ‘1941’, and additionally inscribed ‘Lieut. A. B. Heckstall-Smith R.N.V.R. Greece’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £800
Family group: A Great War 1917 ‘Egyptian theatre’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. S. Cotterill, 1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomany (Sherwood Rangers), attached Artillery Horse Lines, late Private, Lord Strathcona’s Horse Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: H. S. Cotterill. Sher: Rang:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. S. Cotterill.) with related miniature awards, mounted for wear, generally nearly very fine or better Four: Attributed to Captain H. A....
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. C. Beckett, Shropshire Light Infantry, late 24th Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lieut. William Charles Beckett King’s Shropshire L.I. 1917’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. W. C. Beckett.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major F. W. Prentice, Tank Corps, late Royal Engineers, who had previously served as an Assistant Storekeeper on the R.M.S. Titanic, and survived her sinking on her maiden voyage in April 1912 by jumping 100 feet from the poop deck over the propellors just as the stern disappeared into the freezing North Atlantic Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (32144 Cpl. F. W. Prentice. R.E.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £24,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant R. G. Morison, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lieut. R. G. Morison 1st Battn. Herts Regt. T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. G. Morison.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Reverend J. Jackson Wright, Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class, Army Chaplains Department Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Rev. J. Jackson Wright A.C.D. 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Rev. J. J. Wright. A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Rev. J. J. Wright.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £800-£1,000
A Second War ‘Italian theatre’ M.C. group of four attributed to Captain D. E. Harris, South Wales Borderers, late 2/5th Queen’s Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and additionally inscribed ‘Capt. D. E. Harris S. Wales Borderers); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last three all privately named, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £600-£800
A post-War A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant H. D. Moseley, Royal Air Force, sometime attached South African Air Force, who also received a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1961, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the last officially named ‘207335 H. D. Moseley’; together with the related miniature awards,...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Nursing Sister J. E. Sword, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who later married Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Girvan, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Commanding the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Battalion Canadian Infantry Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamels, mounted on original investiture bow; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister J. E. Sword. Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister J. E. Sword.) the silver awards...
An Order of St. John, Second War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Miss Violet A. Reading, St. John Ambulance Brigade, who served during the Portsmouth Blitz as a Lay Superintendent, Civil Defence First Aid Post The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, 1st type (1892-1939), circular badge with white enamel cross...
Hammer Price: £650
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private Francis Markey, 41st Regiment, who was severely wounded on 28 December 1854, and died before Sebastopol on 8 February 1855 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Francis Markey. 41st Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, this clasp loose as issued (Francis Markey. 41st Regt.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with replacement scroll suspension, mounted on triple...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An extremely rare Boer War ‘Balloon Section’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant W. J. Wellman, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (22671 Serjt: W. J. Wellman. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (22671 Serjt: W. J. Wellman R.E.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (22671 Coy. Q.M. Sjt. W. J. Wellman. R.E.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and extremely...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Private D. Donaghue, West Riding Regiment, who was wounded at Clocolan on 22 December 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3439 Pte. D. Donaghue. W. Riding Regt.) extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Gunner J. McGlade, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (87130 Gnr: J. McGlade. R.G.A.) fitted with replacement suspension claw, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant A. Chadwick, 1/7th West Riding Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10888 Sjt: A. Chadwick. M.M. 1/7 W. Rid: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (10888 Cpl. A. Chadwick. 1/7 W. Rid: R.) minor official correction to surname on the second, a few scratches to obverse of first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant G. T. Stanners, 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12900 L. Cpl. G. T. Stanners. 6/R. Berks: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (12900 Sjt: G. T. Stanners. 6/R. Berks: R.); 1914-15 Star (12900 L. Cpl. G. T. Stanners. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12900 A.W.O. 2 Cl. G. T. Stanners. R. Berks. R.) the B.W.M. officially re-impressed, mounted as worn, good very...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of five awarded to Corporal R. F. Olver, 46th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (357 Gnr. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, very fine (5) £800-£1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Acting Sergeant R. H. Ward, 174th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, late Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (79985 A. Sjt: R. H. Ward. 174/Tlg: Co: R.E.) good very fine £1,000-£1,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to 2nd Corporal H. Liddle 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (102009 2. Cpl. H. Liddle. 176/Tlg: Co: R.E.) polished, otherwise nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400
A Great War ‘Cuinchy, January 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Gill, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action at Festubert in March 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (914 Pte. J. Gill. 2/R. Suss: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (GSSR-914 Pte. J. Gill. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-914 Pte. J. Gill. R. Suss. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £800-£1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private R. A. Hanscombe, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (G-4263 Pte. R. A. Hanscombe, 1/R.W. Kent R.); 1914-15 Star (G-4263 Pte. R. A. Hanscombe. R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-4263 Pte. R. A. Hanscombe. R.W. Kent R.) mounted as worn, the first with pitting from star, otherwise very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. N. Daly, 36th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, later 9th Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5739 Sjt. T. N. Daly. 36/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (5739 Sjt. T. N. Daly. M.G.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (7807151 Sjt. T. Daly. M.G.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (7807151 Sjt. T. Daly. R. Tank Corps.) mounted as worn, edge...
The outstanding and rare Second War C.G.M., ‘Immediate’ D.F.M. group of five awarded to Lancaster Rear Gunner V. A. Roe, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in 14 operational sorties in Wellingtons and Halifaxes with 466 Squadron, prior to flying the remainder of his operational service with 35 Squadron - which amounted to a remarkable 84 operational sorties with the Squadron, 50 of which were with Flying Officer John Forde as his pilot, and out of the total of 84, 11 were as...
Hammer Price: £40,000
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Likal Singh, 14th King George’s Own Ferozepore Sikhs, who was also mentioned in despatches Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4019 Sepoy Likal Singh 14th K.G.O. Sikhs) suspension tightened at claw, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£400
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ I.D.S.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Naik Ali Asfar, Indian Army Medical Corps Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (78537 L-Nk. Ali Asfar, I.A.M.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, these last four all privately named, mounted as worn, good very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare ‘River Tigris Operations’ Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Petty Officer W. H. Rowe, Royal Navy, Gunlayer of H.M. Armed Launch Shaitan, whose crew of 9, armed with a single 12-pounder, in a display of cool audacity at the expenditure of only 2 or 3 shells, captured over 250 Turkish Troops and contributed largely to the evacuation of Amara Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (152932. W. H. Rowe. Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Shaitan.) minor official correction to rate; 1914-15 Star...
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