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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (1 & 2 March 2017)

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Lot 1

The exceptional Great War ‘First Day of The Somme’ V.C., ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain George Sanders, who was awarded his Victoria Cross whilst serving as a Corporal in the 1/7th (Leeds Rifles) Territorial Battalion, for gallantry near Thiepval on 1 July 1916, when, following an advance into the enemy’s trenches, he found himself isolated with a party of thirty men - Impressing upon them that it was ‘...

Sold for £240,000

Lot 2

The C.B., Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ D.S.O., M.C. group of fifteen awarded to Major-General Sir Frederick Gwatkin, 18th (King George’s Own) Lancers, Indian Army, later Colonel of the Royal Deccan Horse Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1940, in Royal Mint case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt an...

Sold for £3,400

Lot 3

A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Edward Grogan, Bt., The Rifle Brigade. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. Sir E. I. B. Grogan, Bt. Ri...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 4

A Great War C.M.G., Delhi Durbar M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. H. D. Creagh, Commandant, 128th Pioneers, Indian Army The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, chips to reverse centre; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., 4th class breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse numbered ‘903’ and additionally named (Lt. Col. A. H. D. Creagh) some s...

Sold for £1,400

Lot 5

The Great War ‘Mesopotamian Operations’ C.M.G. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General L. W. Y. Campbell, Indian Army, who served as a Newspaper Correspondent with the Tirah Frontier Force in 1897-98 before commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade during the Great War at the Battle of Loos and the Relief of Kut - wounded in the attack on Baghdad and three times Mentioned in Despatches in the Great War, he re...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 6

The intriguing C.M.G. group of seven awarded to William F. A. Rattigan, H.M. Diplomatic Service, whose infidelity with Princess Elizabeth of Romania (later Queen of Greece) brought to an end his distinguished diplomatic career; by his wife he was the father of the celebrated playwright Terrence Rattigan The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in its...

Sold for £1,100

Lot 7

The C.M.G., I.S.O., Rhodesian Order of the Legion of Merit group of eleven awarded to Mr. G. B. Clarke, Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia, and the man who authored and drafted Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, 11 November 1965 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Imperial Service Order, E.II....

Sold for £2,600

Lot 8

The K.B.E. group attributed to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt, R.N., Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy who was an expert on burns, surgery and nautical medicine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerus...

Sold for £1,300

Lot 9

An interesting Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel V. V. Hooley, Royal Army Service Corps, late Purser in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, awarded a Brazilian gold life saving medal for saving the life of the daughter of the Brazilian Consul-General to Argentina The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, in Garrard & Co (Civil) case of issue; Transport 1899-...

Sold for £2,800

Lot 10

A Second War C.B.E., ‘Evacuation from Dunkirk’ 1940 D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier M. A. Carthew-Yorstoun, Black Watch, who commanded the 6th Battalion during the withdrawal from Dunkirk, and was twice sunk in the evacuation, being severely wounded on the second occasion and only surviving through the timely intervention of an elderly Able Seaman The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 11

A C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major-General W. L. D. Veitch, [C.B.], Royal Engineers and K.G.O. Bengal Sappers and Miners, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches on the North West Frontier of India, was awarded the O.B.E. for the Waziristan Campaign 1937, commanded the Bengal Sappers and Miners during World War Two, and finished his career as Engineer-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Mil...

Sold for £1,000

Lot 12

A Russian Intervention ‘Archangel’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major R. A. Swan, C.B.E., Essex Regiment, later Assistant Chief Warden, Civil Defence 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 (Capt: R. A. Swan, Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. A. Swan.); Defence Medal (R. A. Swan. As...

Sold for £1,500

Lot 13

An O.B.E., Kaisar-i-Hind group of three to Major Sir Alfred Pickford, Calcutta Light Horse, and sometime Sheriff of Calcutta The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, G.V.R. (Major A. D. Pickford, C. Lt. Horse.) mounted court style for display purposes, nearly extre...

Sold for £460

Lot 14

A fine and scarce M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Sergeant-Major A. E. Malley, Royal Army Medical Corps The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11952 Pte. A. E. Malley. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11952 W.O.Cl. 1 A. E. Mall...

Sold for £1,400

Lot 15

A Second War Middle East ‘mining operations’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. W. Lamb, Royal Air Force 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, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. R. W. Lamb. R.A.F.) mounted court-style f...

Sold for £650

Lot 16

A Second World War Burma operations M.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel M. G. Durant, Royal Engineers, attached 3rd Gurkha Rifles and Royal Indian Engineers, who was mentioned in despatches for operations with 3rd Gurkha Rifles in Iraq, Syria and Persia in 1942; with the Royal Indian Engineers in Burma in 1945; and with the Royal Engineers in Malaya in 1953-54 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Memb...

Sold for £440

Lot 17

A fine Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. H. Broughall, Hamilton Light Infantry and Canadian Intelligence Corps, who served as a Staff Officer with the 2nd Canadian Corps in north-west Europe from June 1944 onwards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in sil...

Sold for £1,200

Lot 18

A Second War ‘North-West Europe’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major E. H. B. Greenfield, Royal Regiment of Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Capt: E. H. B. Greenfield. M.B.E. RA.) on H.A.C. riband, mounted court-s...

Unsold

Lot 19

A Second War Honorary M.B.E. and Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea group of five awarded to Third Officer H. V. Nielsen, M.V. Empire Knight, for his gallantry when the vessel broke up and sank off the coast of Maine, 11-12 February 1944 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, silver (Thir...

Sold for £850

Lot 20

A ‘Malayan Operation’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Brigadier M. H. H. Collins, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who served with the S.O.E. during World War II, and was ‘dropped’ into Greece to work as a British Liaison Officer with the Mission in Macedonia The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast star, silver; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last tw...

Sold for £1,400

Lot 21

A rare Burma Campaign Gold D.S.O. pair to Captain Alexander Campbell, C.I.E., D.S.O., Royal Indian Marine Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar, reverse of top bar with slide fitting to facilitate mounting; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Captn. A. Campbell, H.M. I.M.S.), nearly extremely fine (2) £3000-3600

Sold for £3,600

Lot 22

The unique Boer War D.S.O. and Albert Medal for Sea group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. Thornburgh Cropper, West Kent Militia and Imperial Yeomanry, who was awarded the Albert Medal and Royal Humane Society Medal for gallantly trying to save the life of a waiter who had fallen overboard from the S.S. Idaho in San Francisco Bay on 6 August 1878, by diving into the treacherous Bay after him. Subsequently serving in Africa, he was Menti...

Sold for £11,000

Lot 23

A Boer War ‘gallantry’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. F. de Trafford, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut: A. F. de Trafford, D.S.O., S. Staff: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. F. de Trafford. D.S.O....

Sold for £3,800

Lot 24

A superb D.S.O. and Bar, O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Brighten, Liverpool Regiment, attached 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. S. Brighten, L’pool. R.); British...

Sold for £3,200

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