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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (9 & 10 May 2018)

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Lot 1

An impressive Peninsula Wars C.B., K.H. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Robert Barclay Macpherson, 88th Foot The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards, fitted with replacement gold wide suspension bar and gold ribbon buckle; The Royal Guelphic Order, K.H. (Military) Knight’s breast badge, gold and e...

Sold for £34,000

Lot 2

A fine C.B., Great War ‘Adriatic’ operations D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Vice-Admiral H. G. C. Somerville, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with neck cravat; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top suspension brooch; China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. H. G. C. Somerville, R.N., H.M.S. Waterwitch.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp...

Sold for £4,800

Lot 3

The important Sierra Leone C.M.G. and Royal Service M.V.O. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse unnumbered; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1...

Sold for £4,000

Lot 4

A Great War C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel E. R. H. J. Cloete, Royal Horse Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut: E. R. H. J. Cloete, 5/1 Sco. Div. R.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt: Col: E. R. H. J. Cloete. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Col. E. R. H. J...

Sold for £1,500

Lot 5

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major C. P. Parker, Royal Marines, late 5th Dragoon Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. C. P. Parker. 5/Drgn. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major. C. P. Parker) mounted c...

Sold for £500

Lot 6

The impressive Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of ten awarded to Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, the Conservative politician and Government Minister who served as Governor-General of Ceylon 1949-54: his O.B.E. and M.C. were awarded in respect of his services in the Bedfordshire Regiment and on the Staff The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London...

Sold for £4,200

Lot 7

An O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. D. Marshall, 78th (1st East Anglian) Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1933; British War and Victory Medals (625632 Bmbr. A. C. D. Marshall. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1s...

Sold for £400

Lot 8

A Second World War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Commander H. L. S. Baker, Royal Navy, on loan to Greek Government 1936-46 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. H. L. S. Baker. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Greece, Medal for Oustanding Acts 1940, mounted on board for display together with companion se...

Sold for £500

Lot 9

A post-war O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain P. L. Cloete, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (Cdr. P. L. Cloete, O.B.E., R.N.), mounted court-style as worn, the Star...

Sold for £440

Lot 10

A post-war O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. M. Moore, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lt-Col. T. F. M. Moore. O.B.E. R.E.M.E.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kemya (Lt Col T. F. M. Moore. O.B.E. R.E...

Sold for £800

Lot 11

A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Matron E. M. E. Todd, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service - Matron of the Royal Arsenal Hospital, Woolwich, during the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919 [sic], reverse additionally engraved ‘Matron E. M. E. Todd 3 June 1918’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasps...

Sold for £440

Lot 12

A Second War 1944 ‘Merchant Navy’ M.B.E., and superb campaign combination group of nine to Chief Steward R. H. Whitaker, M.V. Rangitata, Merchant Navy, a veteran of three conflicts, including serving as a Private with the 12th Lancers during the Second Boer War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901,...

Sold for £900

Lot 13

A 1946 ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Senior Commissioned Master at Arms W. E. Gillings, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (221774. W. E. Gillings, Sh. Cpl. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (221774 W. E. Gillings. Sh. Cpl. 1 R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (221774....

Sold for £300

Lot 14

A Boer War ‘Colenso’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. F. Meiklejohn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Mons in August 1914, and interned in Switzerland for the duration of the war; he afterwards served with the North Russia Expeditionary Force and was later an intelligence officer in the Baltic Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch; Queen�...

Sold for £6,000

Lot 15

A Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of three awarded to Brigadier-General C. T. Martin, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne in May 1918, whilst commanding 151st Infantry Brigade Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, complete with top suspension bar in its Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Witteber...

Sold for £2,200

Lot 16

The Great War D.S.O., ‘Presentation of the Colours’ M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Captain T. C. FitzHugh, Royal Irish Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘44’; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (2d. Lieut. T. C...

Sold for £4,400

Lot 17

A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Ash, Middlesex Regiment, Connaught Rangers, and Malay State Volunteer Regiment, who served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was decorated for his services on the Western Front during the Great War as Commanding Officer of the 2nd/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral t...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 18

A fine Second World War ‘sinking of the Bismarck’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Commander (E) A. D. Merriman, Royal Navy, Engineer Officer of H.M.S. Suffolk during this classic action Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse of the lower suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, complete with top suspension brooch; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. A. D. Merriman. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France an...

Sold for £6,000

Lot 19

The exceptional Afghanistan 2013 ‘Army Sniper’s’ C.G.C. pair awarded to Lance Corporal of Horse S. G. Moloney, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), for his gallantry in July 2013 following a night-time helicopter assault operation deep into an insurgent stronghold, where, although himself shot through the neck by an enemy sharpshooter, the force of which threw him off the roof from where he was providing covering sniper f...

Sold for £130,000

Lot 20

A fine Great War 1917 D.S.C. group of four awarded to Squadron Leader W. T. S. Williams, Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., silver, hallmarks for London 1917, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt. W. T. S. Williams. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Flt. Lt. W. T. S. Williams. R.N.A.S.) mounted court-style as worn, VM officially re-impressed naming, as relatively common to RNAS...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 21

A fine Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Second Officer J. McD. Dunbar, Mercantile Marine, who distinguished himself on the occasion of an attack on his ship Caspian by a German U-Boat in the Mediterranean, 20 May 1917, and was taken Prisoner of War at sea Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, unnamed as issued; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (James Mc D. Dunbar) generally good very fine (3) £...

Sold for £1,600

Lot 22

A Second World War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Temporary Lieutenant A. E. Heydon, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for services with 58th L.C.A. Flotilla Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, and additionally inscribed ‘Lt. (E) A. E. Heydon R.N.V.R.’ in its Garrard & Co case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals, the...

Sold for £800

Lot 23

A Great War 1916 ‘Squadron Commander’s’ M.C., A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Major, later Wing Commander, T. O’B. Hubbard, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a published author on aviation prior to the Great War, he went on to command 11 Squadron in France, December 1915 - August 1916, during which time he claimed at least 1 ‘Victory’ and had Albert Ball under his command. After a brief stint as 44 (Home Defence) Squadron’s f...

Sold for £5,500

Lot 24

A Great War M.C. attributed to Captain J. Paterson, London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘J. Paterson. Capt. 14/Lond. Regt. 23rd June 1915.’ very fine £400-500

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