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A Second War K.B.E., C.B., Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of fourteen awarded to Major-General Sir Noel G. Holmes, East Yorkshire Regiment, late Royal Irish Regiment, who after being wounded and four times Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War went on to serve as Director of Movements at the War Office, 1940-43, and as Deputy Quarter Master General at the War Office, 1943-46 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type se...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Family Group: A Knight Bachelor’s, Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel Sir Cusack Walton, Royal Engineers, Agent for the North-Western Railway, Lahore, 1924-32, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1932, unnamed as issued, red enamel background badly chipped; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, light c...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A rare Great War C.I.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. M. Salmond, Royal Indian Marine, who was Director of Sea Transport in Mesopotamia and later Deputy Director of the Royal Indian Marine; he was on two occasions awarded the Royal Humane Society medal The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. H. M. Salmond, R.I.M.S. Minto) official correction to first...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second War C.I.E., inter-War O.B.E., ‘Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. L. Harvey, 1st Gurkha Rifles, late Hampshire Regiment and subsequently Indian Political Service The Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. C. W. L. Harvey 2/1 G.R.’; British War Medal (Capt. C. W. L. Harvey.); Victory Medal (Li...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A post-War C.I.E. group of nine awarded to Captain W. R. Shewring, Royal Indian Navy The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. W. R. Shewring. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal 1939-45, mounted for display purposes; together with the recipient’s full size and miniature riband bars, gener...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Second War C.B.E., ‘1940’ D.F.C. group of ten awarded to Hampden pilot, Group Captain H. P. Broad, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who gallantly led his formation during an attack on the Tirpitz, 8/9 October 1940. Just over a week later his operational flying was bought to an end after suffering serious injuries during a crash landing returning from a raid. Subsequent postings included on the Air Planning Staff, HQ Combined Operations and on the Staff, Air Planning Section of the RAF Delegati...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A C.B.E. group of six awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral H. S. Roome, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. H. S. Roome. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. H. S. Roome. R.N.); Defence and War Medals, together with Boy Scouts Medal of Merit (H. S. Roome 18-5-60) good very fine (7) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £550
A fine post-War 1955 ‘Malaya’ C.B.E. [and pre-War 1937 ‘Palestine’ M.B.E.], 1938 ‘Waziristan’ M.C. and 1940 ‘Retreat to Dunkirk’ Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Brigadier W. F. Anderson, Royal Engineers, who as part of the rear-guard of the British Expeditionary Force was taken Prisoner of War on 29 May 1940 and held for the remainder of the War at Colditz Castle, where he served as head of the Forgery Department under the Escape Committee, manufacturing both metal insignia and for...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The exceptional Boer War D.S.O., Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. V. K. Applin, 14th Hussars, formerly a District Officer with the British North Borneo Company during the Syed and Mat Salleh rebellions of 1895-97, one of many interesting chapters in his life to be related in his autobiography Across the Seven Seas: a machine-gun expert who commanded the machine-guns of the 2nd ANZACs at the battles of Messines, Passchendaele and 3rd Ypres in 1916-17, he later con...
Hammer Price: £9,000
Family Group: The important and poignant Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain Hon. J. H. F. Grenfell, 1st Royal Dragoons, the noted war poet whose “Into Battle” received critical acclaim on being published by The Times on his death from wounds in May 1915 and became one of the most anthologized poems of the century - ‘Brother, brother, if this be the last song you shall sing, sing well, for you may not sing another; Brother, sing’: more controversial was...
Hammer Price: £15,000
An outstanding Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O., Irish troubles 1920s O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. L. “Ham” Riley, Rifle Brigade, who was twice wounded in action with the 1st Battalion in the retreat from Mons, services that undoubtedly led to the recommendation for his D.S.O.: wounded for a third time before the War’s end, he nonetheless added the O.B.E. to his accolades for his services with the 2nd Battalion in Ireland in 1921-22 Distinguished Service Or...
£3,600–£4,600
A Great War ‘East Africa’ D.S.O., O.B.E. group of five awarded to Major P. Whiteley, South African Army Pay Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Mjr. P. Whiteley.); South Africa War Service Medal 1939-45, silver, unnamed as issue...
£1,200–£1,500
An important Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General H. R. Cumming, late Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in a Sinn Fein ambush during the Anglo-Irish War whilst Commanding the Kerry Brigade, at Clonbanin, Co. Cork, on 6 March 1921 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt: H. R. Cumming. Durham Lt. Infy.); 1914...
Hammer Price: £8,500
A Great War ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General R. N. Dick [C.M.G.], Royal Sussex Regiment, who was M.I.D. for services whilst attached to the King’s African Rifles in Somaliland 1908-10, and served during the Great War on the General Staff of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, during which time he was M.I.D. on 7 separate occasions Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top-riband bar; Africa General Service 1902-...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War ‘Salonika’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major C. E. Browning, 8th, late 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers, who was decorated for his gallant command of a night raiding party on ‘Flat Iron Hill’ on 12/13 July 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, slight enamel damage and obverse centre depressed; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. E. Browning, S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. E...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A fine Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major E. G. Clerk, 4th South African Infantry (S.A. Scottish), who served with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the Boer War and was severely wounded in the Zulu rebellion of 1906; he assisted Brigadier-General Royston to raise the Natal Light Horse in August 1914 and, after service in German S.W. Africa, landed with the South African Brigade for service in France where he was twice gassed and three times wounded Distinguished Service Order...
Hammer Price: £4,200
An extremely rare ‘Russian Intervention’ D.S.O., ‘Australasian Royal Visit’ M.V.O., Great War ‘Convoy Section’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Paymaster-Commander J. M. Hodge, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘286’; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type b...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A scarce inter-War 1937 ‘Waziristan’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Brigadier T. H. Angus, 3rd (Rattray’s Sikhs) Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment, Indian Army, who subsequently commanded the 51st Indian Infantry Brigade in Burma during the Second World War, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. T. H. Angus.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of seven awarded to Brigadier R. M. Airey, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Major. R. M. Airey. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. M. Airey.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, generally good very fine (7) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
A Great War ‘Anti-Submarine Work’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant C. S. Thicke, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. S. Thicke. R.N.V.R.) polished, very fine (3) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £220
A scarce ‘South Persia’ O.B.E., Kaisar-I-Hind group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Taylor [C.I.E.], Royal Engineers and India Public Works Department, who commanded the Royal Engineers as part of the Bushire Field Force, South Persia, February 1918 - June 1919. He also served as Chief Engineer for Assam The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1934 [sic]; Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 2nd cla...
Hammer Price: £1,200
An inter-War O.B.E. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. White, late Wing Commander, Royal Air Force, late District Commissioner for Zanzibar and Provincial Commissioner for Tanganyika The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Zanzibar, Order of the Brilliant Star, Sultan Ali II bin Hamud issue (1902-11) Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, good very fine (2)...
Hammer Price: £600
An unattributed inter-War O.B.E. group of three The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1928; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, very fine (3) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £120
A Second War 1943 ‘Persia-Iraq operations’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. P. Baliga, Indian Medical Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. B. P. Baliga.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Capt. B. P. Baliga, I.M.S.) both officially renamed, good very fine (3) £200-£300
Hammer Price: £240
A post-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Commander L. H. Butler, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers’ Decoration, E.II.R., with Second Award Clasp, all unnamed, mounted in a glass-fronted case, good very fine (lot) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
A post-War I.S.O. group of four awarded to C. E. Matthews, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Health, late Royal Engineers The Imperial Service Order, E.II.R., silver, gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1949; British War and Victory Medals (214241 2.Cpl. C. E. Matthews. R.E.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £120-£160
Hammer Price: £160
A Great War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain F. Wombwell, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Bedfordshire Regiment, and Grenadier Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver (hallmarks for London 1919); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3737. Pte. F. Wombwell 1/Gren: Gds:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9482 R.S. Mjr. F. Wombwell. 1/Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. &...
An inter-War M.B.E., Order of St. John group of five awarded to L. R. N. Percey, Esq., St. John Ambulance Brigade Commissioner for Hertfordshire 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, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with full neck riband, in Toye, Kenning & Sp...
Hammer Price: £340
A Second War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Private M. A. Greenhill, Gloucestershire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (35970 Pte. M. A. Greenhill. Glouc. R.) with damaged named card box of issue for the Great War awards, good very fine (3) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £150
Family group: A Second World War Civil M.B.E. group of three awarded to R. A. Cox, Esq., Department of Justice, Southern Rhodesia, late Inns of Court O.T.C. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20 (14003. Pte. R. A. Cox. I. of C. O.T.C.); Coronation 1937, mounted for display Four: Flight Sergeant (Pilot) C. A. Cox, No. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Meda...
Hammer Price: £360
A Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.B.E. and Bronze Star group of six awarded to Major E. N. Crump, Royal Tank Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Major E. N. Crump M.B.E., 148 Norbury Court Road, London, SW16’ with enclosure slip; United States of America, Bronze Star, reverse e...
A ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Wing Commander F. A. A. H. Agar-Strath, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (F/O. F. A. A. H. Strath. [sic] R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Wg. Cdr. F. A. A. H. Agar-Strath. R.A.F.); Coronation 1937, engraved ‘F/Lt. F. A. A. H. St...
A Second War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. pair attributed to Second Officer Miss Leonora E. G. Howe, Women’s Royal Naval Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine (2) £80-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Family Group: A post-War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Mrs. Marjorie H. Freeman, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; Defence Medal; Women’s Royal Voluntary Service Long Service Medal, with two additional Long Service bars, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s riband bar, good very fine Three: Lieutenant M. J. L. Freeman, Royal Navy Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Serv...
A rare Great War R.R.C. pair awarded to Sister Frances M. Billington, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, New Zealand Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow ribbon; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Sister F. M. Billington.) together with an unnamed British War Medal, gilding slightly rubbed on first, good very fine (3) £400-£500
A Second World War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Senior Commissioned Engineer A. G. W. Stokes, Royal Navy, for services as Warrant Engineer in H.M. Submarine Shakespeare during Mediterranean patrols, including two Special Operations and the sinking of the Italian Submarine Velella in the Gulf of Salerno on 7 September 1943 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943 and hallmarked London 1943; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43;...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A fine Second World War ‘Sinking of the Scharnhorst’ D.S.C. and 1940 M.I.D. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant W. M. Livingston, Royal Navy, who, as Acting Engineer Officer aboard H.M.S. Savage, ‘enabled a successful torpedo attach to be carried out on the Scharnhorst’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse hallmarked London 1943, officially dated 1944 and additionally inscribed ‘Lieut. (E) W. Mc. C. Livingston’; British War and Victory Medals (M.3840 W. M. Livingston. E.R.A.4 R.N...
The Great War siege of Kut and escaper’s M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Hon. Brigadier K. D. Yearsley, Royal Engineers, the story of his epic home run from captivity appearing under the title 450 Miles to Freedom - The Adventures of Eight British Officers in their Escape from the Turks Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. K. D. Yearsley, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. K. D. Yearsley); Coronation 19...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. T. Swan, Rifle Brigade, who was awarded the King’s Medal at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1907 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. C. F. T. Swan. The Rifle Brigade. Presented by H. M. King George V October 5th 1915’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. C. F. T. Swan. R.B.) both the Star and clasp a copy; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Bt. Major. C...
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain S. Brocklehurst, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Q.M. & Lieut. S. Brocklehurst 1917’; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (5261 Lce. Corpl., S. Brocklehurst 2d Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.); 1914 Star, with clasp, pierced holes to right hand side of clasp mis-aligned (5261 Q.M. Sjt. S. Brocklehurst. K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. &...
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