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The outstanding Second World War bomb disposal G.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander L. H. Harrison, Royal Air Force, who was decorated for the first action for which the George Cross was awarded George Cross (Leonard Henry Harrison, Civ. Armament Instructor, 3rd January 1941), with its Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (Act. Wg. Cdr. L. H. Harrison, R.A.F.); Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Royal...
Hammer Price: £120,000
The outstanding G.C.B. group awarded to General Sir Charles Keyes, Indian Army, the veteran of at least a dozen action-packed North-West Frontier expeditions in the period 1850-78: twice recommended for the V.C. - and thanked by the Government of India on countless occasions - he will best be remembered for his outstanding leadership of Coke’s Rifles in the savage fighting at Crag Piquet during the Umbeyla operations of 1863 - during which he was severely wounded - and for his leadership of t...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The important and unique K.C.B. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Henry Hozier, Assistant Military Secretary to Lord Napier of Magdala, Times War Correspondent, Secretary to Lloyd's of London and the father of Lady Clementine Churchill The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; China 1857-60, 2 c...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The outstanding Great War C.B., C.M.G., Boer War D.S.O., K. St. J. group of thirteen awarded to Major-General J. Vaughan, late 7th and 10th Hussars, onetime attached 21st Lancers: having emerged unscathed from famous charge at Omdurman, he was wounded in the course of winning his D.S.O. in South Africa, a notable action in which, according to Conan Doyle’s history, his men galloped with such dash that some of them got among the Boers with their swords He subsequently rose to senior command...
Hammer Price: £10,000
A fine Boer War C.B., Groom-in-Waiting’s M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel Hon. C. Harbord, Scots Guards, afterwards the 6th Baron Suffield, who was appointed to the command of the 1st Battalion in July 1901, after seeing much action as 2nd-in-Command of the 2nd Battalion: ‘He was beloved by all ranks, and the men would have followed him anywhere. Surely he was the truest and most loyal friend a man could have; absolutely without guile or affectation, and gifted with a keen sense of hu...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Great War C.B. group of four awarded to Surgeon Captain J. Menary, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his services as Fleet Surgeon in H.M.S. Lord Nelson in the Dardanelles The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. J. Menary, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Ft. Surg. J. Menary, R.N.), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, enamel of reverse wreath on the first ch...
Hammer Price: £950
A fine Second World War C.B. group of thirteen awarded to Rear-Admiral C. S. “Hookie” Holland, Royal Navy, who commanded the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Ark Royal in the early stages of the war, when he had the difficult duty of attempting to negotiate the surrender of the French Fleet under Admiral Marcel Gensoul at Oran in July 1940: having then commanded the Signal Department (Wireless and Radar) at the Admiralty, he was advanced to flag rank and commanded the naval forces at the liberation of...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War civil C.B. group of six awarded to Captain F. C. U. Vernon-Wentworth, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (F. C. U. V. Wentworth, Midn., R.N., H.M.S. Agincourt); 1914-15 Star (Commr. F. C. U. V. Wentworth, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. C. U. V. Wentworth, R.N.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, second wit...
Hammer Price: £800
A Boer War civil C.B. pair awarded to Hon. Colonel E. H. Bearcroft, who commanded the 6th (Militia) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1901-02 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1901, complete with swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Colonel E. H. Bearcroft, Worc. Rgt.), mounted as worn and contained in an old red le...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Second World War civil C.B., Great War M.C. and bar group of six awarded to Captain G. E. Robinson, Royal Artillery, afterwards a Regional Transport Commissioner for London in the Ministry of War Transport The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross privately engraved, ‘Capt. G. E. Robinson, R.F.A., 1918’ and the Bar, ‘1918’; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf...
Hammer Price: £1,800
The impressive inter-war C.B., Baltic 1919 operations O.B.E. group of fourteen awarded to Vice-Admiral E. J. Hardman-Jones, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1932; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Commr. E. J. Hardman-Jones, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. E. J. Hardman-Jo...
A Victorian C.M.G., royal visit to Ireland M.V.O. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral J. L. Burr, Royal Navy, who received the former distinction for his command of H.M.S. Intrepid during the revolution at Blewfields, Nicaragua in 1899 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, swivel-ring suspension, complete with riband buckle; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel,...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A post-war C.I.E., inter-war civil O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Colonel P. H. S. Smith, Indian Medical Service, late Royal Navy The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Surg. P. H. S. Smith, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. P. H. S. Smith, R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waz...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A post-war C.B.E. group of six awarded to Lionel Powys-Jones, Chief Native Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, late Rhodesia Regiment and King’s Royal Rifle Corps, in which latter regiment he was wounded as a young subaltern in the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. L. Powys-Jones); Southern Rhodesia Medal for War Service 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronatio...
The unique D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Jones, 14th Sikhs, for gallantry at the Koragh Defile in March 1895, from which disaster only Lieutenant Jones and 14 of his men emerged alive, all the surviving Sikhs being awarded the I.O.M. Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-891 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut. H. J. Jones. 1/Rl. Ir: Regt.) naming re-engraved; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lieut. H. J. J...
An extremely rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D., Great War German South-West Africa D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. de Jager, Piet Retief Commando, one of a handful of South Africans to be awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Anglo-Boer War Decoration voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Kol. P. J. de Ja...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A good Great War Western Front D.S.O., Egypt operations O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. Gubbins, Royal Fusiliers, late 5th Contingent, Victoria Mounted Rifles, who was decorated for his courageous leadership of the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in an attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt in March 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A rare and impressive Great War German South-West Africa operations D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. Carter, South African Forces, who was wounded on the Shiloh Patrol in Rhodesia in 1896 and afterwards commanded the Umvoti Rifles 1908-24 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. S. Carter, “L” Troop B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights,...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major Henry Aplin, Royal Munster Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamels, complete with top suspension; 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. Aplin. R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major H. Aplin); Legion of Honour, Chevalier, silver, gold and enamels, the first and last with minor enamel damage, otherwise good very fine (5) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D., Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Hon. Colonel J. Jacobsz, South African Native Labour Corps, late Harrismith Commando Anglo-Boer War Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Kapt. en Adj. J. Jacobsz); The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. en Adj. J. Jacobsz); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J. Jac...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A fine Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Lieutenant H. M. Fitch, Royal Navy, a recipient of the Orders of St. Sava and the White Eagle for his services with the Naval Mission to Serbia, services that included work as an Observer in aerial reconnaissance of the Danube in 1915 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. H. M. Fitch, R.N.); British War an...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Great War O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Captain H. W. B. Livesay, Royal Indian Marine and Royal Australian Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieutenant, R.I.M.); 1914 Star (Lieut., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt-Comdr., R.I.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 193...
A Great War ‘Mine Clearance’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Commander R. C. Clavell, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £300-360
£300–£360
An inter-war O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain R. H. De’Ath, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who was awarded the French Legion of Honour and Russian Order of St. Stanislaus The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1932; 1914-15 Star (Lt. R. H. De’Ath, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. H. De’Ath, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s brea...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A rare Fleet Air Arm pilot’s O.B.E. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. H. G. Murray, Royal Navy, who was credited with destroying two Egyptian MiG-15 jets - and damaging two other enemy aircraft - in strikes on Almaza airfield in his Sea Venom during the Suez Crisis of 1956: his Squadron Commander described Almaza as ‘seeming to have more 30mm. flak than all the rest (of the enemy’s airfields) put together’ Subsequently awarded the O.B.E. for his part in top secret work at Boscombe Do...
A post-Second World War O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Chaplain H. M. Harris, Royal New Zealand Navy, late Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Australian Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Sub. Lieut., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Australia Service Medal, these five officially impressed, ‘H. M. Harris, R.N.R.’; Royal Naval Res...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Family group: A civil M.B.E. and Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Roy Adamson Moir, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. A. Moir) these in card boxes of issue; together with a mounted group of five miniature dress medals (as above, plus an M.I.D. emblem and a D...
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Telegraphist Lieutenant-Commander W. S. Bloodworth, a Jutland veteran who served in Naval Intelligence for much of the 1939-45 War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Wt. Tel. W. S. Bloodworth, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Tel. W. S. Bloodworth, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £350-400
Hammer Price: £340
A Second World War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Harold “Polly” Parrott, Indian Army, late Somerset Light Infantry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War Medal 1914-20 (8944 Pte., Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8994 Pte., 2 Bn. Som. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and India Service Medals; Jubilee 1935, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V....
Hammer Price: £420
A Second World War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 N. W. E. Smith, 11th Hussars and Royal Armoured Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, copy clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (550009 W.O. Cl.2 N. W. E. Smith, M.B.E., R.A.C.) mounted court style for display with a pre-war G.S.M. ribbon, some con...
Hammer Price: £200
A Second World War ‘Burma’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain Rev. T. Walters, Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (IEE-160170 Rev. T. Walters, I.E.E.) mounted as worn; together with a mounted group of seven miniature dress medals, good very fine (14) £4...
Hammer Price: £500
A Second World War Italy operations M.B.E. group of seven attributed to Major D. J. F. Burgoyne, Nova Scotia Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, silver issues; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp, very fine or better (7) £100-120
Hammer Price: £190
A ‘Malayan Emergency’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 J. C. Cooper, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49, Malaya (1877082 Sjt., R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1877082 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.) some contact marks, very fine and better...
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander E. A. H. Hines, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in Sunderlands during the Korean War and Malayan Emergency The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (1715053 F. Sgt. E. A. H. Hines, R.A.F.); Korea 1950-53 (1715053 F. Sgt. E. A. H. Hines, R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted court-style...
A civil M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain Mavis Amy Bryse, Australian Army Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star (VFX114057 M. A. Bryse); Pacific Star (411672 N. V. Watson); Defence and War Medals (VFX114057 M. A. Bryse); Australia Service Medal (VFX114057 M. A. Bryse) W.W.2 stars and medals all officially impressed; Jubilee 1977, unnamed, note name on Pacific Star, see footnote below, moun...
A civil M.B.E. group of five awarded to Divisional Commandant John Wayne Jones, South Wales Special Constabulary The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother, silver base metal; Jubilee 2002, these unnamed; Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (John Jones); Special Constabulary Long Service, E.II.R., 2nd issue (John W. Jones) mounted court style as worn, extremely...
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Thomas George Salter The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silvered base metal and enamel, enamel damage to one arm; Defence Medal; Civil Defence Long Service, E.II.R., these unnamed; St. John Service Medal, 3 bars (26455 A/Off. T. G. Salter, Priory for Wales, 1940) silver; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, 2 clasps, Ten Years, Five Years (second clasp loose) (10317 Thomas G. Salter) first nearly...
An A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Nursing Sister Harriet Frances Wells, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister, Q.A.R.N.N.S.) extremely fine (3) £200-260
An outstanding Great War ‘Dadizeele 1918’ M.C. and ‘Gheluvelt 1914’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain A. E. Kemp, Royal Irish Rifles, late Worcestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10968 A. Sjt., 2/Worc. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10968 L. Sjt., 2/Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) contact marks, fine and better (5) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £11,000
A fine Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Colonel C. D. M. Buckley, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. C. D. M. Buckley, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. D. M. Buckley); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (Capt. C. D. M. Buckley, M.C., R.A.M.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937, privately engr...
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