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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (16 April 2020)

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Lot 1

A Second War C.M.G. and Great War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain A. G. H. Smart, Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Air Force, who served for many years in the Colonial Medical Service The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1...

Sold for £800

Lot 2

A rare Boer War D.S.O. and Great War Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. P. Wickham, Royal Horse Artillery, who was wounded in both the Boer War and the Great War, was five times Mentioned in Despatches, and commanded the 14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery on the Western Front Distinguished Service Order, V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, minor white enamel damage to lower obverse arm of cross...

Sold for £3,400

Lot 3

A Boer War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major W. J. Venour, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, late Egyptian Army, who led three companies in an assault on a kopje stubbornly held by Boers at Pieter’s Hill, 27 February 1900 and on 1 March, as one of the Battalion’s few remaining officers following its bloody Tugela Heights campaign, rode into Ladysmith, two days ahead of the main relieving force; later employed with the West African Fr...

Sold for £4,000

Lot 4

A good Great War ‘French theatre’ D.S.O., O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Mackenzie, 13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons), who having served with the 1/13th, commanded 2/13th with distinction in France, Salonika, Macedonia, Egypt and Palestine, February 1916 - April 1918…. ‘Puffing at a cigarette and carelessly swinging his walking-stick, Colonel Mackenzie moved about nonchalantly, maki...

Sold for £2,600

Lot 5

A fine Great War 1916 ‘Capture of Beaumont-Hamel’ D.S.O. and post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Colonel J. J. Robertson, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded while leading his company at Festubert in June 1915 and decorated for his gallant command of the 5th Battalion in their successful assault on a stronghold previously regarded, by both British and Germans alike, to be impregnable Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt a...

Sold for £1,600

Lot 6

A fine Great War Battalion Commander’s 1917 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., 1915 ‘Battle of Loos’ M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel N. C. Phillips, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who, on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos, having been badly gassed earlier in the day, took command of the remnants of the 1st Battalion while still a Captain; his subsequent recommendation for a D.S.O. resulting in the award of his M.C. Disti...

Sold for £2,200

Lot 7

A Great War 1918 ‘Salonika’ D.S.O., May 1915 ‘2nd Ypres’ M.C. group of six awarded to Brigadier H. C. Ponsonby, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, one of just three officers of the 4th Battalion to survive the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8 May - 10 May 1915; thrice mentioned in despatches, he would go on to further distinguish himself in the Balkans while attached to and in command of the 10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Distinguished Serv...

Sold for £3,400

Lot 8

A superb Great War 1915 ‘2nd Ypres’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel C. W. H. Crichton, 10th Hussars, who, while suffering from enteric fever, was captured by De Wet’s Boers at Sannah’s Post in March 1900; wounded at Zillebeke in October 1914, he was awarded the D.S.O. for his conspicuous gallantry near Ypres on 13 May 1915, where, having taken command of the regiment following the death of the C.O., in a counter-attack ‘he contin...

Sold for £2,000

Lot 9

A scarce Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Colonel S. R. A. Hankey, South Irish Horse and Remount Department, late 3rd Dragoon Guards, who was three times mentioned in despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, obverse centre loose; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. S. R. A. Hankey, 3/Dgn...

Sold for £1,900

Lot 10

A Second World War ‘Evacuation from Greece’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Commander F. A. Bond, Royal Naval Reserve, a survivor of the wreck of the Hospital Ship Rohilla in November 1914, he was 63 years old at the time of winning the D.S.O. Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1941, with integral top riband bar; Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, China 1900, S. Africa 1899-1902 (F. A. Bond...

Sold for £4,800

Lot 11

A Great War O.B.E. and post-War Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Fisher, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St. John of...

Sold for £800

Lot 12

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

Sold for £120

Lot 13

A Second World War O.B.E. and Great War ‘Minelaying’ D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander J. H. Drummond, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. H. Drummond, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. J. H. Drummond. R.N.) these four mounted as worn; Egypt, Order...

Sold for £1,500

Lot 14

A scarce Second War ‘Burma’ operations O.B.E., Korean War United States of America Bronze Star group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Colonel R. C. W. Thomas, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Lieut. R. C. W. Thomas. R. W. Kent. R.); 193...

Sold for £3,000

Lot 15

An unattributed Second War ‘Military’ Division O.B.E. group of five The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £80-£120

Sold for £140

Lot 16

A post-War ‘Re-occupation of Malaya’ O.B.E., Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Wallich, Royal Horse Artillery, who served on the Legislative and Executive Councils of the Federation of Malaya from 1947-49 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. W. Wallich...

Sold for £800

Lot 17

A very rare and well-documented post-War ‘Berlin Airlift’ O.B.E., Second War ‘Martin B-26 Marauder operations’ D.F.C., and ‘V.I.P. Flight’ A.F.C. group of ten awarded to Wing Commander H. S. Grimsey, Royal Air Force, late Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in operations in support of the 8th Army in 1942, becoming a member of the Caterpillar Club after bailing out after one such raid, and flying B-26 ‘Widowmakers’ in 1943...

Sold for £3,800

Lot 18

A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Commander H. K. N. Thurston, Plymouth Special Constabulary The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp ‘The Great War 1914-18’ (Cmdr Hugh K. N. Thurston, M.B.E.); together with a mounted set of corresponding miniatur...

Sold for £400

Lot 19

A 1940 M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain A. E. Bonham, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Medaille des Epidemies for his service during the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. E. Bonham); France, Third Republic...

Sold for £600

Lot 20

A Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain K. M. Hunt, Royal Corps of Signals 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 named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Capt. K. M. Hint, M.B.E., The Paddock, Duck Lane, Limington, Yeovil’; Coronation...

Sold for £300

Lot 21

A post-War M.B.E. and Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Commander D. B. Deller, Metropolitan Police, late Royal Field Artillery 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, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (L-5245 Dvr: D. B. Deller. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-5245 Gnr. D. B. Deller. R.A...

Sold for £550

Lot 22

A post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Sister Mary A. Redwood, Territorial Army Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Lady’s Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Swansea General and Eye Hospital Badge, bronze, the reverse inscribed...

Sold for £240

Lot 23

An inter-War R.R.C. group of three awarded to Superintending Sister Miss Marguerite M. Abraham, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals (Supt. Sister M. M. Abraham. Q.A.R.N.N.S.) good very fine and better (3) £1,000-£1,400

Sold for £1,000

Lot 24

A rare Second War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Wing Officer Olive Suddaby, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in pre-War Palestine Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1946’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Sister O. Suddaby. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.); Africa Star, 1 clasp, Nor...

Sold for £1,500

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