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The early India and China campaign service pair awarded to Colonel J. Platt, Indian Army, who was butchered by mutineers of his own regiment - the 23rd Native Infantry - at Mhow in July 1857: his medals, papers and other personal effects appear to have remained in a bank vault until discovered by his descendants in 1989 Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. J. Platt, 23rd N.I.), short-hyphen reverse die, officially engraved naming, in its original card box of issue, the lid...
Hammer Price: £4,000
The early India campaign group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. MacKay, 16th Native Infantry Ghuznee 1839, contemporary engraved naming in reverse field, ‘Brevet Captn. Ae. J. MacKay, 16th Regt. Nat. Infy.’, old but damaged hinged-bar suspension; Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Brevet Captn. AE. J. MacKay, 16th Regt. Nat. Infantry), contemporary engraved naming, with steel clip but lacking bar for suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutenant A. E. J. MacKey (sic), 16th Regt....
Hammer Price: £4,700
The Arctic Discoveries group of three awarded to Sir Alexander Armstrong, K.C.B., Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy, latterly Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, who was ‘Surgeon, Naturalist and Historian’ of the Investigator under McClure in the Franklin Search Expedition of 1850-53, a voyage that led to the discovery of the North-West Passage: Armstrong later published his own account of this Arctic epic and was credited with proving...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Crimea War campaign service pair awarded to Captain F. Sutherland, 2nd Dragoons, who was present as a Troop Leader in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava in October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Francis Sutherland, Capt., 2nd Drags. Scots Greys), contemporary engraved naming, with silver riband buckle for wearing, contained in its Hunt & Roskell velvet lined fitted case, the lid with gilt title, ‘Captn. Sutherland, Royal Scots Greys’;...
The Crimea War campaign service pair awarded to Sergeant H. G. Wickham, 13th Light Dragoons, who received a severe lance wound during the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (H. G. Wickham, 13th Lt. Dragoons), officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Corporal H. G. Wickham, 13th Light Dragoons), regimentally impressed naming, this last fitted with claw and swivel-loop...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The Crimea War pair awarded to Honorary Major F. Fernandez, Army Hospital Corps, who served as an Apothecary with charge of the Army’s Medical Stores at Balaklava - and found Florence Nightingale ‘very, very difficult to work with’ (accompanying letter from his grand-daughter refers) Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Mr. F. Fernandez, Apothecary to the Forces), contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt and Roskill issue (Mr. F....
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Indian Mutiny C.B. pair awarded to Colonel J. W. Osborne, late Indian Army, who in his capacity as political agent at Rewah was responsible for raising a force that prevented the mutineers’ cutting our communications between Calcutta and Bombay - ‘it is not too much to say that he contributed more than almost any officer of his rank to the preservation of the Empire’: twice wounded in these operations, his life was saved on the second occasion by Private Henry Addison, 43rd...
Hammer Price: £3,500
The Canada General Service 1866-70 Medal awarded to Colour-Sergeant R. Evans, 13th (Hamilton) Battalion, which unit clashed with the Fenians at “The Battle of Ridgeway” on 2 June 1866 Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Cr. Sgt. R. Evans, 13th Bn.), extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
The Egypt and Sudan 1882-89 Medal awarded to Boatman J. Jacobs, Caughnawaga Detachment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (12 Boat. J. Jacob, Caughnawaga Det.), unit officially corrected, extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
The North West Canada 1885 Medal awarded to Baptiste Fontaine, Battleford Rifles, a veteran of the “Battle of Cut-Knife Hill” who served as a scout and despatch rider for the North West Mounted Police and survived two weeks as a prisoner of the Indian chief “Poundmaker” and his warriors North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (J. B. Fontaine, Battleford Regt.), officially impressed naming, suspension claw sometime tightened, very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Trooper A. W. V. Crawley, Canadian Mounted Rifles, who was dangerously wounded near Pretoria in July 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Tpr. A. W. V. Crawley, Canadian M.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (66 Pte. A. W. V. Crawley, The Candn. M.R.), one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Great War campaign service group of three awarded to Acting Corporal W. Lynton, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action in June 1917 1914 Star, with clasp (1885 Pte. W. Lynton, L.N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1885 A. Cpl. W. Lynton, ), together with related Memorial Plaque (William Lynton) and a crucifix fashioned from used bullets and shell case brass, the base bearing a Loyal North Lancashire Regiment badge, the second with re-riveted (slack)...
Hammer Price: £370
The Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Sergeant D. Spencer, Machine Gun Corps, late R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Squadron, who was twice decorated by the Russians for his gallantry under fire as one of Locker Lampson’s drivers 1914-15 Star (F. 7587 D. Spencer, P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (79748 Sjt. D. Spencer, M.G.C.); Russian Medal for Zeal, small, silver, Nicholas II, on St. Stanislaus riband; Russian Cross of St. George, 4th class, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £5,800
The Great War campaign service group of six awarded to Sick Room Attendant R. G. Read, Royal Navy, who was attached to the R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Squadron in Russia and Roumania 1914-15 Star (M. 14078 R. G. Read, J.R.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 14078 R. G. Read, S.R.A., R.N.); Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Long Service, G.V.R. (Roy Read); St. John Service Medal (2658 Pte. R. G. Read, (Cromer) Div. No. 10 Dist., S.J.A.B., 1922); Russian Medal for Zeal, small, silver,...
Hammer Price: £1,800
The Great War pair awarded to Sergeant W. E. Allen, Machine Gun Corps, late R.N.A.S. Armoured Cars British War and Victory Medals (79680 Sjt. W. E. Allen, M.G.C.), together with an R.N.A.S. Armoured Car sweetheart’s brooch, bronze and enamel, good very fine or better (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £820
The Gallipoli landings V.C. group of six awarded to Sergeant W. Cosgrove, Royal Munster Fusiliers, for his exceptional bravery the day following the costly disembarkation from the River Clyde on ‘V’ beach, Cape Helles on 25 April 1915: a giant of a man who weighed 16 stone and stood at 6ft. 6in., he used his exceptional strength to wrench enemy wiring stanchions out of the ground to clear a path for his comrades, notwithstanding a terrific fire from both front and flanks, as a result of...
Hammer Price: £180,000
The Great War D.S.O. attributed to Lieutenant J. P. G. MacLeod, 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, which unit became known as the “Suicide Battalion” as a result of its horrendous losses on the Western Front: decorated for his gallant deeds in an extraordinary encounter with the enemy at Valenciennes in November 1918, his N.C.O. was awarded the V.C. for the same action Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue,...
The Great War O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Brigadier W. E. Hinchley Cooke, a long-served member of M.I. 5 who became known as ‘Britain’s chief spy-catcher’ in the period leading upto the 1939-45 War - ‘there was enough drama in his life to fill a shelf of best-sellers’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. E. H. Cooke); British...
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant L. J. Simpson, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Royal Fusiliers, one of 22 soldiers to volunteer their services in the typhus outbreak at Gardelegen P.O.W. Camp in 1915: as noted in the official report of October 1916, ‘Twenty of them caught the disease; two of them died’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12673 Pte. L. J. Simpson, R.A.M.C.); 1914...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Great War M.M. and Bar group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant F. R. Brunt, 78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in the face while winning his M.M. at Passchendaele Ridge in October 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (148445 Cpl. F. R. Brunt, 78/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (148445 A. Sjt. F. R. Brunt, 78-Can. Inf.), together with related regimental collar badge, mounted as worn, good very fine or better (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,000
The Great War escaper’s M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal J. A. Scott, 8/Canadian Infantry (“The Little Black Devils”), late Scots Greys, who afterwards wrote extensive accounts of his experiences in the Boer War and of his successful bid for freedom as a P.O.W. in 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10 Pte. J. A. Scott, 8/Can. Inf.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4409 Pte. J. A. Scott, 2-Dns.); King’s South...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Company Sergeant-Major H. B. Kenner, Canadian Army Veterinary Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (48503 S. Sjt. H. B. Kenner, 3/M.V. Sec. Can. A.V.C.); 1914-15 Star (48503 S. Sjt. H. B. Kenner, Can. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (48503 A.C.S. Mjr. H. B. Kenner, C.A.V.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., ‘Canada’, unnamed, contact marks and one or two edge bruises, very fine or better (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £920
The Great War “pigeoneer’s” M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal J. Hilton, a member of the Royal Engineers’ Carrier Pigeon Service Military Medal, G.V.R. (115598 Pr. J. Hilton, C.P. Serv. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (115598 Pnr. J. Hilton, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (115598 A. Cpl. J. Hilton, R.E.), one or two edge bruises, very fine and better (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £950
The Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. Waterhouse, Royal Navy, a mainstay of that remarkable team of “Jack Tars” who transported two gunboats through 100 miles of African jungle to successfully challenge German superiority on Lake Taganyika in 1915-16 - and inspire C. S. Forester’s “The African Queen” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (180131 W. Waterhouse, Act. C.P.O., Taganyika Nl. Expn.); 1914-15 Star (180131 W. Waterhouse, P.O., R.N.); British...
Hammer Price: £33,000
Family group: The Great War D.F.C., M.M. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. Owen, Royal Air Force, late 29/Canadian Infantry (a.k.a. “Toban’s Tigers”) and Royal Flying Corps: having been awarded the M.M. for rescuing comrades from No Man’s Land on the Somme in September 1916 - when he was himself wounded - he transferred to the R.F.C. and won an immediate D.F.C. for a three hour long low-level contact patrol over enemy lines in October 1918 Distinguished Flying Cross,...
Hammer Price: £9,200
The Great War Egypt theatre of war A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Inspector W. J. Butler, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force and British Columbia Provincial Police Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. J. Butler, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Flt. Lieut. W. J. Butler, R.A.F.); Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Great War “balloonatic’s” D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant P. G. Phillips, Royal Air Force: twice compelled to take to his parachute, he completed 150 hours in the air and was accordingly entitled to wear the Observer’s half-wing Brevet Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (33443 Sergt. Mech. Phillips, P. G., R.A.F.); British War and Victory Medals (33443 Sgt. P. G. Phillips, R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Percy Phillips), together with...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Great War K.B.E. group of seven awarded to Sir Percival Phillips, who was Senior War Correspondent on the Western Front and probably the best known special correspondent writing for the British Press in the first half of the 20th century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (P. Phillips); British War and...
The Great War M.B.E., distinguished service K.P.M. group of five awarded to Superintendent W. C. Robinson, Metropolitan Police, latterly a Divisional Commander who had ‘charge of a large area of London during the air raids of the 1914-18 War’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (Insp. W. Robinson, R Divn.); Coronation 1902,...
Hammer Price: £980
The G.C.B., Second World War C.B.E., aircraft carrier operations D.S.O. group of fifteen awarded to Admiral Sir Michael “Make and Mend” Denny, Royal Navy, who served as a S.N.O. in Norway and as one of Ramsay’s right hand men in “Operation Dynamo” in 1940, prior to winning a “mention” and the D.S.O. for his command of the aircraft carrier Victorious, the former of these distinctions for the F.A.A’s attack on the Tirpitz in April 1944 and the latter for “Operation Iceberg”...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The C.B.E., Second World War clandestine operations D.S.O., inter-war M.V.O. group of thirteen awarded to Colonel R. H. Quill, Royal Marines, who was C.O. of 30 Assault Unit, R.M., a jeep-bound Commando which on occasion operated in advance of the Allies in North-West Europe in order to capture secret enemy weapons and intelligence: the results obtained by Quill’s command were later credited with making a material contribution towards final victory - and with allowing us to get a head...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Second World War Normandy operations D.S.M. pair awarded to Acting Lance-Corporal A. S. Morgan, Royal Marines, a cameraman in 30th Assault Unit, R.M., a unit charged with journeying into enemy held territory to capture secret military hardware and documentation Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Mne. (A./L. Cpl.) A. S. Morgan, PO. X. 115315, R.M.), in its case of issue; Police Long Service, E.II.R. (Const. Albert S. Morgan), in its card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Second World War Mediterranean and Far East operations D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. C. G. Mars, Royal Navy, the celebrated submariner ace who commanded Unbroken and Thule with great distinction, survived 30 war patrols in 1000 days at sea - and 15 depth-charge attacks of the hair-raising kind: court-martialled admidst much publicity in 1952, he embarked on a second career as an author, his subsequent work selling nearly a million copies...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Second World War D.S.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Able Seaman S. D. Bennett, Royal Navy, who, having been originally decorated for his part in the famous boarding of the Altmark off Norway in February 1940, went on to win a Bar to his D.S.M. for services in H.M. Submarine Saracen in the Mediterranean: taken P.O.W. following her loss off Bastia in July 1943, he made at least two bids for freedom, one of them leading to him enjoying a period of several months at large - when he...
The Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. group of six awarded to Stoker 1st Class A. S. Webb, Royal Navy, who served in the Torbay under Commander Anthony Miers, V.C., D.S.O., the latter recommending him for his efficiency in working the periscope during six successful torpedo attacks and for his deeds when boarding the Vichy French tanker Alberta in June 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX. 77734 A. S. Webb, Sto. 1, H.M.S. Torbay); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star;...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Second World War Charioteer’s D.S.M. awarded to Ordinary Seaman A. F. Brown, Royal Navy, for an extremely daring and successful attack on enemy shipping in Phucket harbour in October 1944: it was only at the conclusion of the operation that Brown’s decision to hide the fact he was a non-swimmer was exposed, a truly shining example of turning a blind-eye to danger, not least since the enemy had made it be known that such raiders would indeed be blinded if captured - and be castrated...
Hammer Price: £4,900
The Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant J. S. Filleul, Royal Navy, who served as First Lieutenant to “Walker, R.N.”, the legendary Escort Group leader and winner of four D.S.Os: Filleul first joined Walker in H.M.S. Stork in early 1942, and subsequently became his “Jimmy the One” in H.M.S. Starling - as a consequence, he was directly involved in operations that led to the destruction of 18 U-boats, several of them due to his...
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. awarded to Stoker 1st Class W. Mockridge, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his part in the destruction of six U-boats in 10 days, when serving as a dynamo operator under “Walker, R.N.”, the legendary Escort Group leader and winner of four D.S.Os, in H.M.S. Starling Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sto. 1st W. Mockridge, D/KX. 120530), nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander C. G. Cuthbertson, Royal Naval Reserve, whose meeting with Nicholas Monsarrat immediately following the disastrous Gibraltar convoy OG. 71 inspired the latter to write his best selling novel, “The Cruel Sea”: Cuthbertson was one of only 15 survivors from his torpedoed ship, and was fortunate to be picked up by a dinghy from H.M.S. Campion after clinging to the trunk of a body to stay afloat - ‘with...
The Second World War Pacific operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A. C. K. Yates, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: decorated for his gallantry and skill in ministering to the wounded of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable during Japanese “kamikaze” attacks in 1945, he went on to add the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal to his accolades while serving as Ship’s Surgeon in the R.M.S. Queen Mary in 1955 - one newspaper...
Hammer Price: £3,200
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