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The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal awarded to Warrant Officer B. J. Wickett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who was taken hostage following the invasion and accordingly the recipient of the ‘2 August 1990’ clasp: he was held in captivity at a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24170241 W.O. 1 B. J. Wickett, R.E.M.E.), in its card box of...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The First Gulf War, U.N. and N.A.T.O. campaign service group of five awarded to Private M. Thompson, Royal Army Medical Corps: having served in 24 (Airmobile) Field Hospital in the Gulf, he served in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of 1 Armoured Field Ambulance Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan. to 28 Feb. 1991 (24710599 Pte. M. Thompson, R.A.M.C.); U.N. Medal, U.N.P.R.O.F.O.R. ribbon with ‘2’ fitment; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait...
Hammer Price: £400
The Legion of Merit, Second World War D.F.C., Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Air Medal group of sixteen attributed to Colonel G. A. McConnell, United States Army Air Corps and United States Air Force United States of America, Legion of Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Flying Cross, the reverse impressed, ‘Glenn A. McConnell, 1st Lt. 14th A.A.F., China 1944’; Bronze Star; Purple Heart; Air Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; Air...
Hammer Price: £410
The Bronze Star and Purple Heart pair awarded to Private First Class H. H. Dunn, 87th Mountain Infantry, United States Army, who was killed in action in Italy April 1945 Bronze Star, the reverse engraved ‘Harry H. Dunn’; Purple Heart, the reverse engraved ‘Harry H. Dunn’, both in cases of issue, together with a Combat Infantry badge, extremely fine (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £700
The Order of the Red Star awarded to Senior Medical Nurse Maria Julianovna Kadukova, Soviet Forces U.S.S.R., Order of the Red Star, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘872595’, complete with screw-back fitment, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
The Second World War Dickin Medal (a.k.a. “The Animals’ V.C.”) awarded to “Brian”, a German Shepherd dog, who parachuted into Normandy with the 13th Battalion, Airborne Division, in June 1944 The Dickin Medal, obverse, ‘P.D.S.A., For Gallantry, We Also Serve’, reverse, officially inscribed ‘ “Brian”, 13th Btn. Airborne Division, Normandy, June 1944, A.F.M.C. No. 1211, D.M. No. 48’, with double-ring suspension, original investiture hook and length of riband, extremely...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A gold-plated half-hunter pocket watch presented to Major J. Hedges, M.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., late Rifle Brigade and Royal Tank Corps, by A. L. D. Dennison, the inner cover engraved, ‘Presented to R.S.M. F Hedges, M.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., by members of Sgts. Mess on Completion of Duty with 2nd Bn. R.T.C., 27-10-26’, the enamel dial-face cracked in places £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
A Great War gold wrist watch presented to Lance-Corporal G. Nesbitt, M.M., the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Lanc. Corp. G. Nesbitt by the Officials & Workmen of Bowden Close Colliery on His Winning the M.M. in France Oct. 2nd 1917’, with leather strap, some dents to case and the mechanism appears to be in need of some repair, otherwise good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
The gold presentation bracelet to Lieutenant-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), comprising eight hinged links, four of them with the numbers of the Polish Brigades he commanded, namely ‘6’, ‘16’, ‘17’ and ‘18’, with four rectangular links inbetween, these with embossed Family Coat of...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A silver cigarette case with gold decoration appertaining to No. 300 (Polish) Squadron, the lid with crowned ‘300’ to upper left and ‘Dowodcy Oficerowie 300 Dyon’ (which translates as ‘Commanding Officers of 300 Squadron’) at base, these applied letters and numbers in gold, and the gilt interior with immaculately engraved details of 58 operational sorties, ranging from ‘10.I.1942 Wilhelmshaven’ to ‘4.XI.1943 Bostock’, several of these entries with bordering details of...
Hammer Price: £520
A pair of Israeli commemorative medallions for “Operation Jonathan” - the raid on Entebbe in July 1976: (a) Circular silver striking, obverse, an aircraft with fuselage in the form of a dagger, and overlaid olive branch, and ‘Operation Jonathan, 4th July 1976’ to lower left field, with matching Hebrew text, reverse, ‘He Sent From Above And Took Me’ and ‘Psalm 18, 17’ to lower left, 58mm. diameter, the edge bearing assorted silver marks, contained in original hinged wooden...
Hammer Price: £620
The original flying log book used by Flying Officer R. A. Urquhart, D.F.C., Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in action in the famous “Dambusters” raid of May 1943, being an R.C.A.F. Observers’ and Air Gunners’ edition, covering his entire career from training flights in August 1941 up until his death in action on 16 May 1943, the final entry stating, ‘Ops. - Eder Dam. Missing’ and signed-off by Flight Lieutenant H. B. “Micky” Martin, O.C. ‘B’ Flight, and Wing...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The prisoner of war correspondence, notes and related memorabilia of Flight Lieutenant F. J. Mortimer, Royal Air Force, a Beaufighter navigator who was shot down off the Dutch coast in April 1944 and incarcerated in Stalag Luft III at Sagan, comprising a fine series of letters from his wife (and other family and friends) from June 1944 until April 1945 (approximately 35), several of the later examples having been returned to her by the Swiss Post Office due to ‘the interruption of...
Hammer Price: £360
The embroidered Air Transport Auxiliary (A.T.A.) uniform “Wings” and civil and R.A.F. pilot’s flying log books appertaining to First Officer G. A. Phelps, Air Transport Auxiliary, the R.A.F. edition covering the period December 1940 to March 1943 and detailing numerous delivery flights made by him from No. 1 Ferry Pool at White Waltham, with more than 70 different aircraft types recorded, from fighters to heavy bombers; together with his earlier civil aviation flying log book, covering...
Hammer Price: £500
The original embroidered Air Transport Auxiliary (A.T.A.) uniform “Wings” worn by Third Officer Jean Gough, Air Transport Auxiliary, together with an original wartime photograph of her in the cockpit of a Spitfire, the first a little worn at edges, otherwise in excellent condition £150-200
An original naval “hospital ticket” appertaining to Able Seaman John Robson, H.M.S. Audacious, who was wounded on “The Glorious First of June” in 1794, the single printed sheet filled-in by hand with appropriate entries, these confirming that Robson was landed at Plymouth for medical treatment on 4 June 1794 but discharged as ‘cured’ on the 14th, signed by ‘Saml. Day’ (Appointed to take Care of Sick and Hurt Seamen, at Plymouth’), two stains to right margin, otherwise in...
Hammer Price: £310
A copy of the film script of “Odette, G.C.” - as used by “Odette” herself, the outer blue card cover with numbered label inscribed in ink ‘Capt. & Mrs. Churchill’, the title page stating, ‘Herbert Wilcox presents “Odette, G.C.”, screenplay by Warren Chetham-Strode, from the book “Odette” by Jerrard Tickell’ and dated 5 December 1949, 140pp., with occasional ink annotation, presumably by Odette or her husband, Captain Peter Churchill, the whole bound by May Hemery...
Hammer Price: £450
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