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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (4 & 5 March 2020)

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Lot 1

An Indian Mutiny C.B. pair awarded to Brigadier-General Edward Brice, commanding ‘F’ Troop, Madras Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, makers mark ‘WN’, complete with gold swivel bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Bt. Major E. Brice, F. Tp. Madras Art.) good very fine £3,000-£3,600

Sold for £2,800

Lot 2

A fine Sudan Campaign C.B. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. F. Lewis, Cheshire Regiment, late the Buffs; wounded and Mentioned for the Defence of Eshowe in the Zulu Campaign, he was attached to the Egyptian Army, 1886-1900, seeing action during the Mahdist War at Gemaizah, and going on to hold important commands during the reconquest, including during the Dongola Expedition, the Battles of Atbara and Omdurman, for which latter servi...

Lot 3

A Great War C.B., C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General N. W. Haig, 6th Dragoons, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s silver medal for saving life in South Africa during the Boer War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, traces of white enamel restoration to tips of points of cross; The Most Dist...

Sold for £3,200

Lot 4

Family group: A C.B., Second War ‘1943’ O.B.E., ‘1942’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral K. St. Barbe Collins, Royal Navy, who was a specialist in Hydrographic Surveying and served as Hydrographer to the Navy, 1955-60 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt enamel, minor white enamel damage, in Collingwood case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O...

Sold for £4,200

Lot 5

A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Mr E. E. N. Macdonell, H.B.M. Consul in Lourenço Marques during the Boer War, and liaison officer with the Portuguese forces in German East Africa during the Great War The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Errol Napier Macdonnell Esq:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I...

Sold for £900

Lot 6

A C.I.E., gold Kaisar-i-Hind group of four awarded to C. Tindall Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd ‘solid’ type, gold, with integral top riband bar, lacking pin, in case of issue; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long S...

Sold for £2,800

Lot 7

A ‘Waziristan 1922-23’ C.B.E., Great War D.S.O. and M.C. group of seven awarded to Colonel E. C. Kensington, commanding 3-8th Punjab Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, complete with full neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. E. C. Kensington. 1916...

Sold for £2,800

Lot 8

A fine Second War ‘British Expeditionary Force 1940’ C.B.E., Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Brigadier A. G. Barry, Lancashire Fusiliers, Machine Gun Corps, and Royal Tank Corps, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches, and died on active service in 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with fu...

Sold for £2,800

Lot 9

A Second War C.B.E. group of three awarded to M. Campbell Esq., Shipbuilder and Special Constable The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband; Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Mungo Campbell); Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange-Nassau, Civil Division, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband and lapel r...

Sold for £450

Lot 10

The Great War D.S.O. attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. S. Rendall, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for the Boer War, and died of wounds in September 1916 at the Thiepval Spur during the Battle of the Somme, whilst commanding the 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue;...

Sold for £900

Lot 11

A superb Great War ‘Subalterns’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. Mutch, Gordon Highlanders, for his gallantry in leading the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt on 29 January 1917, capturing the vital position, and taking many of the enemy prisoner; subsequently transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, he was killed in action on 6 July 1917 when his aircraft was shot down over France by the German Ace Leutnant Kurt Wolff Disting...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 12

A Great War ‘1918’ D.S.O., ‘1916’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major E. W. Hughes, 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Rifles) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar inscribed ‘London Regiment. 1st January 1918’; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘Captain Edward William Hughes, 6th Bn. City of London Regt. (T.F.) 3rd June 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. W. Hug...

Sold for £2,400

Lot 13

The unique Spanish Civil War Albert Medal and Second World War D.S.O., O.B.E., and Polish Cross Of Valour group of nine awarded to Commander B. G. Scurfield, Royal Navy, who won the Albert Medal when H.M.S. Hardy was blown almost in two by a fascist naval mine in 1937, and the D.S.O. during the Battle of Pantelleria, June 1942, when, as Captain of H.M.S. Bedouin during operation ‘Harpoon’, he led a charge by destroyers escorting a Malta convo...

Sold for £22,000

Lot 14

A superb and rare Second War ‘Arctic Convoys’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Commander A. P. Colthurst, Royal Navy, who, in June 1942, while escorting the forty merchantmen of the famous PQ-18 convoy to North Russia, handled the aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Avenger, and employed his aircraft, in the most masterly manner while in the face of relentless attacks by enemy aircraft and submarines – the sky was so thick with enemy aircraft that they...

Sold for £4,600

Lot 15

The outstanding Second World War D.S.O., D.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Major H. C. “Nick” Knilans, United States Army Air Forces, late Royal Canadian Air Force, attached Royal Air Force, who somehow survived a spate of hair-raising sorties in 619 and 617 Squadrons in the period May 1943 to October 1944, the majority of them under Cheshire, V.C. and “Willie” Tait. On being ‘grounded’ after the attack on the Tirpitz in September...

Sold for £13,000

Lot 16

A Second War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore G. R. Howie, 216 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Service Order, G.V.I.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Sqn. Ldr. G. R. Howie. R.A.F.) officially re-engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; together wit...

Sold for £1,300

Lot 17

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Lennox-Conyngham, Worcestershire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Major W. A. Lennox-Conyngham. Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major W. A. Lennox-Conyngham) good very fine (4)

Sold for £320

Lot 18

A rare ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. and Central Africa pair awarded to Mr S. H. Fletcher, H.M. Consul at Chinde and Agent there for the Nyasaland Government The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, in its Garrard & Co case of issue; Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (Vol. S. H. Fletcher, Civilian Vols.) officially impressed naming, good very fine and rare (2) £1,2...

Sold for £3,200

Lot 19

A Second War ‘1941’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. H. S. Hounsell, Royal Engineers, who served during the Great War as Assistant Director of Military Works, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 1918, for which he was M.I.D; and as Deputy Assistant Director of Military Works in India from 1920, for which he was also M.I.D. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silv...

Sold for £480

Lot 20

A Second War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Brigadier J. D. White, Deputy Director-General of Railways, Harbours, and Sea Transport, Union of South Africa, late Royal Highlanders and Durban Reserves The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Queen...

Sold for £400

Lot 21

A good Second War 1945 ‘Fire Service’ O.B.E., Q.S.F.M. medal group of seven awarded to Chief Officer G. Drury, City of Plymouth Fire Brigade, National Fire Service, a Flight Sergeant Mechanic with the Royal Air During the Great War, he was recognised for his bravery with the award of the M.B.E. whilst serving as Regional Fire Brigades Inspector, South Western Civil Defence H.Q., Bristol, during the Bristol Blitz, 1940-41 The Most Excellent...

Sold for £1,800

Lot 22

A ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain A. R. Grant, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. R. Grant. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. R. Grant). last three mounted as worn and housed in a fitted case, good very fine and better (4) £180-£220

Sold for £260

Lot 23

An inter-War M.B.E. pair awarded to Superintendent R. Sweeney, Glasgow City Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1931; Visit to Scotland 1903 (P.C. R. Sweeney) with integral top thistle suspension bar, good very fine (2) £140-£180

Sold for £300

Lot 24

An inter-War M.B.E., Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of six awarded to Major H. M. Fox, Indian Army Ordnance Corps 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; Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Civil), unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (5763098 S-Cond. H. M. Fox. A.C. Dept.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Ar...

Sold for £800

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