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The outstanding Great War 1917 V.C. group of six awarded to Corporal S. J. Day, 11th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire), whose heroics performed during the capture of the labyrinthine trench system at Hargicourt, 26 August 1917, mirrored the calibre of his earlier war service - which had been desperately unlucky not have been rewarded with at least one other gallantry decoration. Day spearheaded the Battalion’s attack at Hargicourt, leading his bombing section he came...
Hammer Price: £160,000
A Great War C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Long, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse centre slightly depressed, with full neck riband; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Lushai 1889-92 (2d Lieut. W. J. Long, 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of L...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine C.I.E., K.P.M. for Gallantry and Indian Police Medal group of seven awarded to Deputy Inspector-General of Police Hugh Keene, Madras Police The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, complete with neck cravat in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, with gallantry ribbon (Asst. Supt. Hugh Keene, Indian Police); Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (Hugh Keene, Indian Po...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A post-War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander J. H. G. D. Budgen, Royal Air Force, who served as Chief Accountant to the British Commonwealth Air Forces, Japan The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (L.Z.7749. J. H. G. D. Budgen. Sig. R.N.V.R.); Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (W/O. J. H....
Hammer Price: £480
The Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain S. Clare, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918, in Royal Mint case of issue; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (6535. Pte. S. Clare. 1/Gren: Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6535 L.Serjt: S. Clare. Gren: Gds: M.I.); Khedive’s Su...
Hammer Price: £550
A Second War 1941 ‘Belfast Blitz’ M.B.E., Order of St. John group of five awarded to Divisional Superintendent J. Shaw, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Belfast The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, retaining pin additionally affixed to reverse; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John Shaw); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’...
Hammer Price: £650
A good 1954 post-war M.B.E., Second War 1945 ‘night fighter’s’ D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander, late Sergeant Pilot, J. A. Wright, Royal Air Force, who flew in Beaufighters, Havocs and Mosquitos with 604 Squadron, and accounted for two enemy aircraft - the last despite being wounded and having to bale out when his ‘aircraft had started to blow up’. He flew with 256 Squadron, tasked with the night defence of Malta, prior to being posted to 169 (Bomber Support) Squadron in Octob...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major Hon. St Leger Jervis, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was severely wounded at Colenso when acting as A.D.C. to Major-General Arthur Fitzroy ‘No-Bobs’ Hart Distinguished Service Order, V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Maj: Hon: St Ledger H. Jervis, D.S.O, K.R.R.C.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, S...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel K. R. N. Speir, Royal Engineers, late Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., lacking top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-19024 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, the last clasp a tailor’s copy (Lieut. K. Speir. 8 Co. 4/Impl. Yeo.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. K. R. N. Speir.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A rare ‘Konigsberg’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral G. A. Scott, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. A. Scott. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. G. A. Scott. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; French Croix de Guerre 1914 1918, very fine (10) £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major H. J. C. Rostron, Royal Fusiliers, late 5th Dragoon Guards and Northumberland Fusiliers, who was wounded in both the Boer War and the Great War Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt: H. J. C. Rostron. North’d Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt. H. J. C. Rostron. North’d. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: H. J. C. Ros...
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Great War German Offensives 1918 ‘Battle of Bethune’ M.C. Attributed to Lieutenant J. L. Hall, Gloucestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue, this with ‘J. L. Hall’ marked on the back, extremely fine £400-500
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major Frank Ludlum, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. F. Ludlum. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major F. Ludlam.) good very fine (4) £500-550
Hammer Price: £1,000
A scarce Great War seaplane pilot’s D.F.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. V. Bessette, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, an American born French-Canadian who took part in the pioneering trials of the Curtis Flying Boat America at Hammondsport, New York, in 1914. Had war not broken out, the America, would have attempted the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. As a result of the conflict the aircraft type was purchased and used by the British Government, and Bessett...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A scarce inter-war ‘Kurdistan’ D.F.C., 1919 ‘Pioneering Flight’ A.F.C. and ‘Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment’ Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Wing Commander E. G. Hilton, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) and 14th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers). A veteran of the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, Hilton transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and served as a Han...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An unusual Second War 1944 D.F.C., and 1945 Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Lancaster and Flying Fortress pilot, Flight Lieutenant, W. D. Austin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Radio Counter Measures Specialist who flew in at least 50 operational sorties with 101 and 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadrons, including five consecutive trips to Berlin and back, and during the first operational use of the Airborne Cigar or A.B.C. - Stuttgart, 7 October 1943 Distinguished Flyi...
A Second War 1945 ‘Pathfinder Force’ D.F.C., 1943 D.F.M. group of six awarded to Halifax and Lancaster Flight Engineer, Flying Officer G. H. Jones, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 50 operational sorties with 76 and 635 Squadrons. He participated in attacks on some of the most heavily defended German targets including taking part in the Peenemunde Raid, 17 August 1943, during which his Halifax suffered substantial damage Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Second War 1940 ‘attack on the Scharnhorst’ D.F.C. group of six awarded to Beaufort pilot, Wing Commander F. G. L. Smith, 42 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who led a formation of nine aircraft on a low-level attack on the German battle cruiser, 21 June 1940. During the course of the attack Smith’s aircraft accounted for one of the escorting M.E. 109’s and damaged another. He was shot down and taken POW whilst leading another shipping raid off Norway, 26 October 1940 - he saw out the remain...
A 1945 ‘V.I.P. Flight’ A.F.C. awarded to Dakota pilot Flight Lieutenant A. Bollington, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was heavily engaged with 575 Squadron for both the Normandy Landings of June 1944, and as part of Operation Market Garden for the airborne operations over Arnhem in September 1944. He later flew V.I.P. flights during the latter part of 1945, including for the King and Queen, Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Montgomery, Anthony Eden and Harold Mac...
An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Captain R. H. Hadfield, Royal Army Medical Corps The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. H. Hadfield.); Defence Medal; St. John Service Medal, with 3 Additional Award Bars (10201 D. Sgn. R. H. Hadfield. Pendeen Div. No. 9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1931.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Fourth Class breast badge, by Lattes, Cairo, silver and enamel, maker’s name on re...
A scarce and early Albert Medal Second Class awarded to Mr. J. Batist, Boatman, Dymchurch Coast Guard Station, for gallantry in saving the life of the sole survivor from the wreck of the Courier de Dieppe, off the coast of at Dymchurch, Kent, on 6 January 1867 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Wreck of Courrier de Dieppe 6th. Jany. 1867 Presented in the name of Her Majesty to John Batist’, reverse of the crown with...
An Albert Medal Second Class for Sea awarded to Mr. A. J. Cooper, 4th Officer of the S.S. Massilia, for gallantry in rescuing from shark-infested waters in the Gulf of Aden an Indian Lascar who had fallen from the rigging, 8 April 1890 - for this gallant action he was also awarded the Royal Humane Society Silver Medal and ultimately the Stanhope Gold Medal for the most gallant rescue of 1890. He subsequently lost his life in a courageous attempt to make a similar rescue Albert Medal, 2nd C...
A Great War 1917 Albert Medal in Gold for Land awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class H. V. Robinson, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, for gallantry in saving the lives of the crew of airship SSZ 7 following her collision with SSZ 10, just outside of RNAS Polegate, 20 December 1917. Robinson, in company with one other, rescued the pilot and two crewmen from the flames, and returned to the towering inferno to remove her bombload, suffering serious burns in the process. Robinson’s aw...
Hammer Price: £17,000
The remarkable Crimean War D.C.M., Medaille Militaire group of four awarded to Private Patrick McGuire, 33rd Regiment, whose award of the Victoria Cross was vetoed by Queen Victoria, his deed being ‘one of very doubtful morality’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (No. 3103. Patrick McGuire. 33rd Regt.) regimental number added in impressed style; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 3103. Patrick McGuire, 33rd Regt.) officially impressed naming but regimental number ad...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A Crimean War ‘2nd Redan’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant Joseph Lynass, 62nd Foot Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Colr. Serjt. Joseph Lynass. 62nd Regt.) parts double-impressed in naming process; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Joseph Lynass 62nd Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Colr. Serjt. Joseph. Lynass. 62. Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2135. Qr. Mr. Serjt. J. Lynass, 62nd Foo...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A good Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major James Tatton, Royal Garrison Artillery, for the skilful handling of the 6-inch Howitzer in the attack on Balmoral in November 1900; he was subsequently wounded by the accidental explosion of the same gun in May 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (74816 Sjt: J. Tatton. 92nd Coy. R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (74816 Sgt. J. Tatton, 15th Coy. S.D., R.G.A...
An extremely rare Natal Rebellion D.C.M. awarded to Trooper G. O. Oliver, Zululand Mounted Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R., ‘Natal’ reverse (Trooper G. O. Oliver. Z.M.R.) second initial officially corrected, toned, nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Private H. R. Perian, Machine Gun Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (66450 Pte. H. R. Perian. 203/Coy. M.G.C.) nearly extremely fine £400-500
An exceptional Second World War ‘North West Europe’ Immediate D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant R. A. Clark, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, whose gallantry in the attack on Cahier in July 1944 was recommended for the Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5379128 Sjt. R. A. Clark. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, neat solder repair to scroll suspension at one side, otherwise nearly extre...
An outstanding Second World War ‘Arakan’ Immediate D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant F. E. Hedley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, attached 1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, whose ‘successful action, and the gallantry displayed, ranks equal with the highest annals of the War against Japan’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6853483 Sjt. F. E. Hedley. K.R.R.C.) note minor variation in regimental number; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, suspension re-affi...
King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Wali Muhammad Khan, Sub-Inspector, N.W.F.P. Police) good very fine £200-260
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Posthumous K.P.M. for Gallantry awarded to Subedar Mir Zaman Yusafzai, Frontier Constabulary, North West Frontier Province King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Gallantry (Late Mir Zaman Yusafzai. Subedar, Frontier Constabulary, N.W.F.P.) very fine £500-600
A scarce K.P.M. and Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Conduct group of six awarded to Inspector General C. J. Minister, Bengal Police, late Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Air Force, who was twice wounded during the Great War King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (C. J. Minister, I.P. Addl. I.G. of Police, Bengal); Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (C. J. Minister, I.P., Bengal); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. J. Minister); Jub...
Hammer Price: £950
A scarce K.P.M. combination group of seven awarded to Superintendent S. E. Collings, British South Africa Police, late 12th Lancers King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Capt. Sydney [sic] E. Collings, B.S.A. Police) in Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (5615 L. Cpl. S. E. Collings, 12-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5615 Pte. S. E. Collings. 12-Lrs.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., crowned bust, Southern Rhodesia (2129....
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War French theatre I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Naik Mushtak Husain, Lahore Division Signal Company Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (No. 23 Lce. Naik Mushtak Husain, Lahore Sig. Co.) complete with top suspension brooch; British War Medal (23 Havr. Mastak. Sig. Cps.) mounted for wear, nearly very fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £360
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Indar Singh, 36th Sikhs Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2324 Lce Naik Indar Singh 36th Sikhs) good very fine £300-360
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War Mesopotamia I.D.S.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Jowala Singh, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1960 Lce.-Naik Jowala Singh. 51st Sikhs (F.F).) nearly very fine £280-320
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Second World War Burma campaign I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Anar Khan, 8-10th Baluch Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (11449 Hav. Anar Khan, 8-10 Baluch R.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £600-800
A Great War ‘Dover Patrol’ D.S.M. awarded to Blacksmith S. T. Smith, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M.2725 S. T. Smith, Blksh. H.M.S. Marshal Ney) light pitting, nearly very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Leading Stoker G. H. Bell, for gallantry when H.M.S. Botha engaged and sank the German torpedo boat A-19 before she was herself torpedoed by the French destroyer Capitaine Mehl with the loss of 13 men Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (SS.105468. G. H. Bell, Ldg. Sto. “Botha” off Belgian Coast. 21. Mar. 1918.) good very fine £600-800
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