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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (11 & 12 December 2019)

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Lot 1

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ K.B.E. group of fifteen awarded to Brigadier Sir Iltyd N. Clayton, Royal Artillery, who saw action during both the Great War, the inter-War period, and the Second War in Egypt and Iraq, and latterly served as Political Adviser to the Head of the British Middle East Office, Cairo The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, si...

Sold for £1,900

Lot 2

A fine Great War C.M.G and Boer War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. King, Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Camel Corps, Egyptian Army. A man of action who had several horses shot from underneath him, and aside from his gallantry award was mentioned in despatches on 9 separate occasions - and in all 3 of the wars that he was engaged in The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s ne...

Sold for £4,000

Lot 3

A scarce Great War C.M.G., ‘Somme’ 1916 D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Air Commodore A. L. Godman, Royal Flying Corps and Yorkshire Regiment, who having commanded a section of his parent unit during the expeditions against Muhammed bin Abdullah in Somaliland, served during the Great War as Brigade Major for the 4th Brigade, R.F.C., in particular during the Battle of the Somme. He later served during the Second War as Northern Area Commandant...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 4

A Great War C.M.G., 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Brigadier-General J. A. Gunn, Canadian Infantry, who commanded the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles) in West Flanders 1915-16, and recorded his time with them for posterity The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Spink, London, case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 5

A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ C.M.G. group of six awarded to Colonel W. L. Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Second Boer War and the Great War, and served as Assistant Director of Medical Services for both the 22nd and 2nd Division between 1915-17 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue;...

Sold for £850

Lot 6

A Glasgow Home Guard C.B.E. and Great War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel G. S. Simpson, 4th (Lowland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, complete with neck cravat in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (Major G. S. Simpson, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, wit...

Sold for £1,500

Lot 7

A scarce Second War C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Brigadier G. F. Charles, Assistant Director of Dental Services, late Army Dental Corps and Royal Air Force Dental Branch The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver and enamel, enamel damage to upper arm; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. F. Charles); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. F. Charles.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Med...

Sold for £380

Lot 8

A good Great War Western Front D.S.O., Egypt operations O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. Gubbins, Royal Fusiliers, late 5th Contingent, Victoria Mounted Rifles, who was decorated for his courageous leadership of the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in an attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt in March 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the Br...

Sold for £1,500

Lot 9

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 Afric...

Sold for £800

Lot 10

The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Vice-Admiral D. F. Moir, Royal Navy, a destroyer commander at the battles of Dogger Bank, Heligoland Bight and Jutland, who was killed when, as Commodore of Convoy SC-94 travelling from Nova Scotia to Britain, his ship Trehata was torpedoed and sunk by U-176 in August 1942 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Afri...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 11

A fine Great War 1918 Tank Corps D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Major A. R. H. Rycroft, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Yeomanry, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers, ‘for conspicuous gallantry and ability’ whilst leading a company of Whippet Tanks during the battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Hei...

Sold for £2,600

Lot 12

A scarce Great War Immediate D.S.O. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Percy G. Coleman, North Staffordshire Regiment, later Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. P. G. Coleman.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., second issue (Percy G. Coleman.) these last four...

Sold for £1,700

Lot 13

A Great War D.S.O. and U.S. Military Order of the Dragon group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Craik, 19th Bengal Lancers (Fane’s Horse), Indian Army Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. J. Craik. 19th Bl. Lcrs:) official correction to regimental number; 1914-15 Star (Major J. Craik.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. Craik.); Delhi Durbar 1903,...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 14

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant Colonel F. B. Nixon, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, attached 10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse central medallion loose; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: F. B. Nixon, 6/Drgns.)...

Sold for £1,300

Lot 15

A scarce Second War ‘Operation Market Garden’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant J. L. Williams, 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, who served as the Battalion’s Transport Officer for the operation, and having gathered a group of isolated parties and stragglers made a valiant attempt to relieve Johnnie Frost on Arnhem bridge. Repelled by overwhelming numbers and armour, Williams and his men were forced back to form part of the Oost...

Sold for £3,800

Lot 16

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain F. P. Smith, Royal Lancaster Regiment, Assistant Provost-Marshal at Cologne The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, the reverse hallmarked London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. F. P. Smith. R. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. P. Smith.); France, Reconnaissance Medal, 3rd Class, bronze, mounted as worn, nearl...

Sold for £440

Lot 17

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Shaw, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, later Labour 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; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. F. A. Shaw.); Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1909, the las...

Sold for £460

Lot 18

An inter-War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Goode, Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Force) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, the reverse hallmarked London 1919, virtually no gilt remaining; 1914-15 Star (Major T. F. Goode. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major T. F. Goode.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1919; Special Co...

Sold for £420

Lot 19

An inter-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to C. L. Bruton, Esq., District Officer, Uganda Protectorate, late Uganda Volunteer Reserve, who played First Class cricket for Gloucestershire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1934); British War Medal 1914-20 (126 Pte. C. L. Bruton. Uganda V.R.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted...

Sold for £480

Lot 20

A Second War O.B.E., Great War D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. Corby, Royal Navy, who as a Petty Officer of H.M.S. Bacchante was decorated for bravery on shore at Anzac Cove, where his ship was tasked with supporting Australian and New Zealand attacks from April to September 1915. During the Second War, he made clandestine ordnance trips to Portugal, being awarded the O.B.E. for his services The Most Excellent Order of t...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 21

Family Group: A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Group Captain J. C. M. Hay, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. C. M. Hay. R.F.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and accompanying slip, in card box of issue, addressed...

Sold for £460

Lot 22

A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant C. F. G. Everett, Hampshire Regiment, attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. F. G. Everett.) good very fine (3) £180-£220

Sold for £240

Lot 23

A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Commandant Miss Dorothy M. Liddell, Sherfield Manor Auxiliary Hospital, and French Red Cross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (D. M. Liddell.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Fifth Class badge, silver and ename...

Sold for £550

Lot 24

An unusual and attractive Family Group: The Indian Volunteer Forces group of five awarded to Major J. A. Simpson, Calcutta Light Horse, who was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal Delhi Durbar 1903, lacking top riband buckle; Delhi Durbar 1911, privately engraved, ‘Capt. J. A. Simpson, Calcutta Light Horse’; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially engraved, ‘Maj. J. A. Simpson,...

Sold for £1,300

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