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A rare Battle of Maharajpoor C.B. group of three awarded to General Charles Hamilton, Indian Army, who commanded the 2nd Regiment of Grenadiers, Bengal Native Infantry, throughout the Gwalior campaign of 1843-44, and during the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46; the Grenadiers captured two regimental standards at Maharajpoor The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, compl...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An inter-War C.B., C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel C. H. K. Chauncy, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Great War in Mesopotamia and Egypt The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, small ring on top...
£3,600–£4,400
A fine Great War K.C.M.G., C.B. group of eight awarded to Surgeon-General Sir Robert S. F. Henderson, Army Medical Services, who served as Director-General of the New Zealand Medical Services 1915-19; an Honorary Physician to H.M. the King, he was also a 19th Century England Rugby International The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Star, silver, gold appliqué,...
An outstanding and well-documented Great War Gallipoli operations C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General T. A. Andrus, North Staffordshire Regiment, a veteran of campaigns in the Sudan and on the North-West Frontier who, having raised the 7th Battalion, took it to Gallipoli, where he was severely wounded in the assault on Sari Bair in August 1915. He subsequently commanded the Battalion in the relief of Kut operations and held a Brigade Command in the ‘Tigris Corps’ at the capture...
Hammer Price: £4,200
An important C.M.G. pair awarded to Lieutenant Colonel S. Browning-Smith, Medical Officer of Colonel Kelly's force at the relief of Chitral in 1895 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Waziristan 1901-2 (Surgn. Captn. S. B. Smith 32d Bl. Infy.) mounted for display, very fine (2) £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £3,000
A C.B.E. and Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. H. Sloggett, The Rifle Brigade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type neck badge; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. A. J. H. Sloggett. Rifle: Bde:) the last two clasps contemporary tailor’s copies; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: A. J. H. Slo...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Second World War ‘Middle East’ C.B.E. and Great War M.C. and Bar group of nine awarded to Brigadier C. G. Bicknell, Royal Artillery, twice decorated as a Subaltern under the age of 21, and later awarded the O.B.E. and C.B.E. for organising Anti-Aircraft Defences in Egypt The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. G. B...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hevey, Royal Artillery 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 (2. Lieut. F. Hevey.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top ‘Territorial’ riband bar, the two stars plated, other...
Hammer Price: £260
A Second War Burma operations O.B.E. group of six attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. E. Nash, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, who served as Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the XII Army in the lead-up to the Japanese surrender and the period immediately following - including having a key role in ‘sending immediate succour to prisoners and internees in Japanese hands... as well as the mounting and despatch of troops to Japanese occupation zones’ The Most Excellent O...
Hammer Price: £200
A post-war O.B.E., ‘1940’ Battle of Britain pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Sergeant Pilot, later Group Captain, R. C. ‘Dickie’ Haine, Royal Air Force. A Blenheim night-fighter pilot, Haine took part in the first defensive night patrol of the Second War, 4 September 1939, and the first fighter attack of the war on Germany - the successful raid on Borkum seaplane base, 28 November 1939. During the latter he claimed a He. 59 probably destroyed on the water. Having transferred to 600 (...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A Great War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Jones, Canadian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, hallmarked London 1918 and additionally inscribed ‘Presented to Lieut. W. H. Jones by King George V 26 July 19’; 1914-15 Star (30430 Sjt. W. H. Jones. Can: A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. H. Jones.); Canadian War Service Medal; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, in...
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of three awarded to Elizabeth Mildred Shillington, Women’s Legion The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for 1919, unnamed, mounted ‘bow and tails’; British War and Victory Medals (E. M. Shillington); with three miniature dress medals; an American Committee Medal for the Devastated Regions of France 1916-23, silver, unnamed; and a Medal ‘Reconnaissance de l’Ais...
Hammer Price: £460
The well-documented Second World War M.B.E., Great War M.C. and Bar, D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander J. H. Norton, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Essex Yeomanry, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his gallantry in France and later in the Palestine campaign 1917-18, where he was detached for special duties with the Arab forces and placed under the direct command of Colonel T. E. Lawrence at Akabah The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B....
Hammer Price: £12,000
A Second World War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain L. K. Massey, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, late Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. L. K. Massey.) together with A.S.C. brass cap badge, very fine (4) £120-140
Hammer Price: £130
An unattributed Second World War M.B.E. group of seven The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, Territorial, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse officially dated 1950, with two additional long service bars, officially dated 1954 and 1956, all unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (7) £140-16...
Hammer Price: £160
An interesting Boer War D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Bart., The Rifle Brigade, who was wounded at Vaal Krantz and afterwards became an Intelligence officer, a career he pursued throughout and beyond the Great War Distinguished Service Order, V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt: Sir T. A. Cuningham, D.S.O. Rif: Bde:); King's South Afric...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Great War 1916 ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. F. Gow, Indian Medical Service, for helping to carry a wounded officer back to safety whilst under fire at Sannaiyat, Iraq, 7 April 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top-riband bar; 1914 Star (Lt. P. F. Gow. I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Maj. P. F. Gow.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Major P. F. Gow. I.M....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare Niger 1897 and Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General E. I. de S. Thorpe, Bedfordshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (Lieut. E. I. De S. Thorpe. Bedf: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major E. I. De S. Thorpe. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Brig. Gen. E. I. De S. Thorpe.); Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, clasp, Nigeria 1886-1897 (Captain E....
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Evans, Royal Engineers, who was wounded during the Great War and was four times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, minor red enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Lieut. G. F. Evans. R.E.); King’s South Af...
The Great War D.S.O. attributed to Lieutenant J. P. G. Macleod, 46th (Saskatchewan) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, for conspicuous gallantry at Valenciennes on 1 November 1918, on which occasion his platoon Sergeant, Hugh Cairns, D.C.M., was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch in its Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue, some repair to enamel in obverse centre, otherwise extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
A fine K. St. J., Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, the 5th Lord Cromwell, who, as a Company Commander in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was severely wounded and taken P.O.W. at the gallant defence of Calais in May 1940 - ‘He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected, and yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen, were dead’ The O...
The good Second War North-West Europe operations D.S.O., pre-war M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. Bell, Royal Engineers, who undertook much hazardous mine clearance work Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1946’, with integral top riband bar, in its Garrard, London, case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in its Royal Mint cas...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War R.R.C. and Kaisar-i-Hind group of five to Matron Mary L. Harris, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, late Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 1st class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd Class, 2nd type, silver, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. L. Harris.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. L. Harris.); British...
Hammer Price: £950
A fine long service Great War M.C., B.E.M. and M.S.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer W. G. Prescott, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (William G. Prescott, M.C.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 902 (2374 Sapr. W. G. Prescott. Tel: Bn: R.E.) suspension claw and post repaired with solder; 1914 Star, with clasp (2374 C.Q.M. Sj...
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. V. Evans, Canadian Mounted Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. V. Evans.) mounted for display and professionally cleaned and lacquered,, nearly extremely fine (3) £550-650
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Major F. S. Winser, 49th Canadian Infantry Battalion Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Major F. S. Winser.) mounted for wear and professionally cleaned and lacquered,, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War ‘Second Battle of the Scarpe - 23 April 1917’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major H. B. W. Williamson, Worcestershire Regiment, later Union Defence Force, for clinging on to an isolated position for 48 hours, in the face of constant attacks from overwhelming numbers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (321971 Spr. W. Blake. R.E.) note recipient’s details; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. H. B. Williamson.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, l...
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War ‘Battle of Arras’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. S. R. V. de Gaury, Hampshire Regiment, later Essex Regiment, who was wounded once at Gallipoli and three times in France; a noted Arabist, explorer, historian and diplomat who shared in the creation of the Arab states that emerged between the wars, he was the author of many books on the Middle East including his autobiography Traces of Travel Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lie...
Hammer Price: £14,000
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain Frank Taylor, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. F. Taylor. 8th Lincoln Regt. 1918’; 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. F. Taylor. Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. Taylor.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1352 C. Sjt. F. Taylor. Linc: Regt.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. F. Taylor. Linc. R.) mounted as worn, very fine or bette...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Major E. W. Fleming, Fort Garry Horse, for leading his Squadron in the outstanding charge through the enemy lines at the battle Cambrai in 1917, when Lieutenant Henry Strachan won the Victoria Cross Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Major. E. W. Fleming.) the Victory Medal naming erased, together with mounted set of three miniatures, the M.C. named ‘E. W. Fleming Nov 20th 1917 Fort Garry Horse’, good very...
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. F. Studd, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders) Canadian Infantry, later Princess Louise Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. F. Studd.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R. (Lt. Col. R. F. Studd M.C. P. L. Fus.) mounted court style, the first three professionally cleaned and lacquered,, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
A fine Great War ‘Bullecourt 1918’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. G. Ludolf, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer to the 4th Lincolns Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘H. G. Ludolf R.A.M.C. M.D. 4th Lincolns Bullecourt 21, March 1918’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. G. Ludolf.) good very fine (3) £700-900
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to the Reverend A. Kenelm Swallow, Royal Army Chaplain’s Department, attached 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Rev. A. K. Swallow.) mounted as worn, together with a related British War Medal (A. Swallow.) nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
A good Great War 1918 ‘Fighter Ace’s’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. G. Hegarty, Royal Air Force, who served as Flight Commander of No. 60 Squadron, and ‘achieved 8 Victories between 28 January and 1 July 1918’ Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. C. Hegarty. R.A.F.) generally very fine (3) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain O. Behrendt, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (106284 Cpl. O. Behrendt. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. O. Behrendt.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £700-900
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant I. E. de Sherbinin, Canadian Field Artillery, later R.C.A.O.C., who served with the C.E.F. in France and with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force in 1918-19, and was later a member of the Light Horse, Shanghai Volunteer Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lieut. Ingvar Edward de Sherbinin France June 21st 1918’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. I. E. de Sherbinin.); Canadian War Service Medal, with clasp; War M...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. E. Lennox, 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (10093 Pte. O. E. Lennox. 3/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. O. E. Lennox.) court mounted and professionally cleaned and lacquered, extremely fine £550-650
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War 1918 ‘Palestine’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. W. Street, Hampshire Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. A. W. Street.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £700-900
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Barnett, Royal Highlanders, for his gallantry in action near Rolleghem Cappelle, Belgium on 14 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. A. Barnett.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s relat...
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Clements, Canadian Engineers, late Grenadier Guards Mounted Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9001 Pte. J. Clements. Gren: Gds: M.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. Clements.) court mounted and professionally cleaned and lacquered, very fine or better (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,600
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