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Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant ‘Robert was one of life’s gentlemen and never told anyone that he was the holder of the George Cross and it was a rare privilege if you got him to mention it in any way. He was a quiet man, kept himself to himself but was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it.’ Robert Wild’s nephew, Dennis. The G.C. (Exchange E.G.M.) pair awarded to Robert Wild, who was decorated for his gallant rescue work during a fire at the Dunlop Cot...
Hammer Price: £8,500
‘Johnson was 22 years old in 1889 and conformed to a type that Rhodes found particularly appealing. He was handsome, aggressive and self-confident. Although his military career had not taken him beyond the rank of Quarter-Master Sergeant in the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, Rhodes decided that he was just the man to lead a military expedition against one of the most formidable warrior nations in Africa. By the terms of the secret contract drawn up between the two men, Johnson undertook to rais...
Hammer Price: £9,500
An inter-war C.M.G. group of five awarded to Colonel R. F. Peel, East Surrey Regiment, late Coldstream Guards: a grand nephew of the famous statesman Sir Robert Peel and himself a Member of Parliament, he latterly served as Governor of St. Helena The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Dia...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An outstanding ‘Malaya Emergency’ O.B.E. and Airborne Division ‘North-West Europe’ immediate M.C. group of nine awarded to Colonel E. J. O’B. ‘Rip’ Croker, Leicestershire Regiment and Parachute Regiment; ‘he personally killed 3 Germans with his rifle and when a serjeant was wounded he immediately attacked his assailant and killed him with a fighting knife’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse offi...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A post-war O.B.E. group of four awarded to Group Captain D. P. Singleton, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Sqn. Ldr. D. P. Singleton, R.A.F.), good very fine or better (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
An extremely rare West Africa 1892 operations D.S.O. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Norris, 1st West India Regiment, who was decorated for his bravery at the storming of Tambi Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1892, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Capt. R. J. Norris, D.S.O., 1/W.I. Rgt.), obverse wreath on the D.S.O. with chipped enamel and the centre-piece recessed and off-centre, suspension claw slack on the second, edge...
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Family group: ‘He is perfectly cool under fire and is of a cheerful disposition.’ One of Kenneth Badcock’s many glowing statements on Kenneth Badcock’s service record, as penned by Commodore R. Tyrwhitt in 1916. A fine Great War D.S.O., D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Captain K. E. Badcock, Royal Navy, who served as Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt’s secretary throughout the war, as a consequence of which he was present at a number of notable actions fought by the Harwich For...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Great War D.S.O. group of four attributed to Captain R. C. Dunford, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was recommended for the V.C. on the occasion that he was fatally wounded on the Somme in September 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. C. Dunford, North’d Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Captain R. C. Dunford); renamed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. C. Dunford), good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War Salonika D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Garland, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; 1914 Star (Capt. F. J. Garland, R.A.M.C.) second initial officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. F. J. Garland.) the last three in their named card boxes of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F....
Hammer Price: £1,400
‘The Squadron had several new pilots now, including another American, Nicky Knilans, a droll youngster from Madison, Wisconsin, with precisely the quality of nervelessness that Cheshire wanted in 617. Knilans had already done about twenty trips with 619 Squadron and been in strife on nearly every one of them. Several times on the way to the target he had had engines shot out, and more shells had ripped chunks out of his aircraft, but he had always pressed on and bombed and had a D.S.O. to com...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A Great War anti-U-boat operations D.S.C. group of four attributed to Lieutenant-Commander N. Leslie, Royal Naval Reserve, who was commended for his gallantry on the occasion of the loss of the armed merchant steamer Duke of Albany off the Orkneys in August 1916 - hit by a torpedo from the UB-27, she went down in six minutes Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. N. L...
Hammer Price: £850
Sold by Order of the Recipient ‘Exposing the ships of the Support Squadron [at Walcheren] had been a deliberate ploy to distract German fire while the Marines landed, and the casualties among the ships were heavy: only seven out of 27 survived unharmed. In March 1945 Smith was surprised, however, to learn from the London Gazette that he had been awarded, posthumously, a mention in despatches “for gallantry and great devotion to duty during the assault on Walcheren”. When Smith pointed out...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain W. H. Blackburn, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Capt. William Henry Blackburn, 1918’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. H. Blackburn, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. H. Blackburn); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. W. H. Blackburn), good very fine (5) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain F. Ward, Scots Guards, late London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (8469 Cpl. F. Ward, 1/5 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. F. Ward); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze star, cleaned, polished and lacquered, nearly very fine or better (5) £1000-1200
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major G. Lambert, Royal Engineers, who was wounded in the course of winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with slide-on clasp (28169 Cpl. G. Lambert, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak palm (Major G. Lambert), good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain H. T. Moll, Tank Corps, late Leinster Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. H. T. Moll, Leins. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. T. Moll), good very fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Major H. G. Fry, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. H. G. Fry, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major H. G. Fry); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (7) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Acting Captain R. A. Swinton, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2-Lieut. R. A. Swinton, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. A. Swinton); Delhi Durbar 1911, copy; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze palm, good very fine (6) £800-1000
A Great War Cambrai 1917 M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant E. G. Parfitt, Royal Field Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. during the German Spring Offensive Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘E. G. Parfitt, Lieut., R.F.A., Cambrai 1917’; 1914-15 Star (W-84 B.S. Mjr. E. G. Parfitt, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. E. G. Parfitt), good very fine (4) £800-1000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant J. A. Rawlings, Royal Field Artillery, late Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (T-1597 C.S. Mjr. J. A. Rawlings, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. A. Rawlings), lacquered, very fine or better (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £700
A good Great War observer’s M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant B. Head, Royal Air Force, late London Regiment, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps, who rescued his dangerously wounded pilot from the wreckage of their downed R.E. 8 and brought him safely to our lines Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1754 Pte. [B.] Head, 12-Lond. R.), initial barely visible owing to light impressing; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. B. Hea...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. W. Dixon, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Captain R. W. Dixon, 23rd August 1918’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. W. Dixon); Defence Medal 1939-45, very fine and better (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £750
The Great War ace’s M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. V. Blenkiron, Royal Flying Corps, late Somerset Light Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘2nd Lt. Alfred Victor Blenkiron, R.F.C., Mar. 3 1917’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. A. V. Blenkoron, R.F.C.), in their ink inscribed card boxes of issue, the last two recent official replacements, good very fine and better (3) £700-900
A Second World War D.F.C. group of four awarded to Squadron Leader I. A. Stewart, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his services in Hampdens of No. 61 Squadron in 1940-41: a veteran of at least six trips to the “Big City”, he was killed in action while piloting a Lancaster of No. 44 Squadron during a strike on Osnabrück in September 1942 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’ and privately engraved, ‘Ian A. Stewart’; 1939-45 Star; Ai...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second World War pathfinder’s D.F.C. awarded to Pilot Officer R. J. Child, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his services as a Flight Engineer in Halifaxes of No. 35 Squadron, prior to being killed in action in a raid on Stettin in January 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and privately engraved, ‘P./O. R. J. Child, Stettin, Jan. 5th’, in its Royal Mint case of issue, together with a wartime newspaper cutting announcing t...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A good Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. G. Rogerson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a long-served night fighter specialist who claimed three enemy aircraft destroyed during a busy tour of operations in Mosquitos of No. 141 Squadron in 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and privately engraved, ‘J. R.’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A good Second World War A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant S. D. Walbank, Royal Air Force, who completed an operational tour as a Hurricane nightfighter pilot 1941-42, sometimes flying solo low-level sorties to France Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Flt. Lt. S. D. Walbank, R.A.F.), contact marks, generally very fine (7)...
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Baker, Hertfordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (265630 Cpl., 1/1 Herts. R.-T.F.); 1914 Star, with (later) clasp (2723 Pte., 1/1 Herts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2723 Cpl., Herts. R.) mounted as worn; Silver War Badge, reverse inscribed, ‘A. Baker 2723 Herts. No. 472014’ and with Hertfordshire Regiment B.E.F. lapel badge, reverse numbered, ‘510’, fine and better (6) £1000-1400
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. E. Bushell, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (33101 A. By. S. Mjr., R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (33101 B.S. Mjr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) minor contact marks, very fine and better (4) £700-800
A Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman T. W. Winstanley, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant services in H.M.S. Legion at the destruction of the Italian submarine Adua in September 1941: he had earlier been awarded a “mention” for like services in H.M.S. Imogen at the destruction of the U-42 in October 1939 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C/JX. 128820 T. W. Winstanely, A.B., H.M.S. Legion); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa St...
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Farrier Staff Serjeant H. A. Martin, 10th Hussars Military Medal, G.V.R. (4324 Far. S. Sjt., 10/Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-19023 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4324 Shg-Sth., 10th Hussars); 1914 Star, with clasp (4324 Far. Sjt., 10/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (47017 Sjt., 10-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (H-47017 Far. S. Sjt., 10 Hrs.) some with slight edge bruising and contact marks,...
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Williams, 7th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds, France, 19 February 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10704 Pte., 7/Shrops. L.I.) with ornate silver brooch bar; 1914-15 Star (10704 Pte., Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10704 Pte., Shrops. L.I.) very fine (4) £360-400
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Second Lieutenant J. Shield, 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (9198 Pte., 7/R. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut.) extremely fine (2) £240-280
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sapper T. R. March, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (16765 Sapr., 15/F. Coy. R.E.) good very fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £240
A rare Second World War ‘fall of Hong Kong’ M.M. awarded to Sapper F. Sarsfield, Royal Engineers - wounded in action and a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1873257 Spr., R.E.) edge bruising, good very fine £2000-3000
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Second World War ‘Normandy’ M.M. awarded to Serjeant E. Welford, 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2056732 Sjt., Durh. L.I.) impressed naming, good very fine £1200-1400
A Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of seven awarded to Staff Sergeant L. T. Brown, Royal Canadian Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (C. 26213 S. Sjt. L. T. Brown, R.G.A.), note unit which should read ‘R.C.A.’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (S. Sgt. L. T. Brown, R.C.A.), good very fine or better...
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader C. J. Farmery, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: a veteran of a tour of operations as a Sergeant Pilot in Whitleys of No. 10 Squadron in 1941, he gained rapid advancement and was killed in action piloting a Halifax of No. 77 Squadron in January 1944 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (748296 Sgt. C. J. Farmery, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5)...
A good Second World War D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flying Officer W. E. Dunhill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Auxiliary Air Force, who was decorated for a gallant tour of operations as a Rear Gunner in Whitleys and Halifaxes of No. 78 Squadron and Halifaxes of No. 35 Squadron (P.F.F.), his sorties including an attack on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest, the ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’ on Cologne and Essen in May-June 1942 and the Hamburg ‘firestorm’ raids of July-August 194...
A good Second World War pathfinder’s D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant P. E. Turner, No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who participated in three “Thousand Bomber Raids” prior to joining the crew of New Zealand bomber ace, Wing Commander J. E. Barron, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M. Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (569898 Act. F./Sgt. P. E. Turner, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1700-1900
Hammer Price: £1,900
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