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

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Lot 1

A fine Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain G. A. Coles, Royal Navy, who as Commander of the destroyer H.M.S. Ambuscade participated in three torpedo attacks on the German battle line Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, this loose; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. A. Coles, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. G. A. Coles, R....

Sold for £2,200

Lot 2

A Great War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. Martin, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, who was decorated and commissioned for his zeal and devotion to duty on the occasion that the lightly armed merchantman Caspian was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U-34 in May 1917; the Captain having being killed, he took charge, only abandoning the ship after 23 of her crew were dead and all ammunition was spent - he later com...

Sold for £1,200

Lot 3

A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Collard, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attached Egyptian Army, who commanded the 14th Sudanese during the Great War, and was six times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. A. M. Collard. 1/D.C.L.I.) eng...

Sold for £3,600

Lot 4

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. Duffett, Royal Navy, whose career in the Royal Navy spanned almost half a century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, Hallmarks for London 1918; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (E. Duffett, Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Active); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (E. Duffett,...

Sold for £1,800

Lot 5

A Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain R. L. Way, Royal Navy 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 Victory Medals (Commr. R. L. Way. R.N.) mounted as worn and housed, together with the related miniature awards, in a fitted case, the lid embossed ‘R.L.W.’, good very fine (3) £160-£200

Sold for £260

Lot 6

A post-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. A. Cole, Seaforth Highlanders The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type officer’s breast badge; 1914 Star (2144 Pte. W. A. Cole. 1/4 Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2144 C. Sjt. W. A. Cole. Seaforth; Coronation 1953, together with a companion mounted set of five miniatures, good very fine (10) £180-...

Sold for £340

Lot 7

A Second War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Ernest Archer, Royal Navy, for services in H.M.S. London The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (J.11876 E. Archer. L.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.11876 E. Archer. P.O. R.N.) these last three mounted as worn; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939...

Sold for £280

Lot 8

A Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain P. Law, Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. P. Law, M.B.E., A.A.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territo...

Sold for £1,400

Lot 9

A post-war M.B.E. group of five awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Ranulph Waye, Radley College Contingent, Army Cadet Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue and outer card box; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, the reverse dated ‘1950’, with additional service bar, the reverse dated ‘19...

Sold for £320

Lot 10

A rare Great War ‘airship operations’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. S. Coltson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, winner of the King’s Medal at the R.N.C. Dartmouth in 1913, who was decorated for a well-executed and convincing attack on a U-Boat in February 1917, while in command of H.M. Airship C-22 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Mid. C. S. Colts...

Sold for £4,400

Lot 11

A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. K. Walker, Royal Engineers, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. K. Walker. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. K. Walker.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Gilbert K. Walker.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £700-£900

Sold for £800

Lot 12

A Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Major The Lord Rowallan, K.T., K.B.E., M.C., T.D., Grenadier Guards, late Ayrshire Yeomanry, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire 1945-59, Governor of Tasmania 1959-63 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Lt. Hon. T. G. P. Corbett Gren. Gds.(S.R.) Boyelles, 30th March, 1918’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. Hon. T. G. P. Corbett. Ayr. Yeo); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. Hon...

Sold for £4,800

Lot 13

A Great War M.C., inter-War K.P.M. group of seven awarded to Captain E. P. McIntosh, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 13th Lancers, and Indian Police Service, who was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry in Mesopotamia, and the King’s Police Medal whilst serving as Superintendent of Police in the United Provinces Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Eric Prideaux McIntosh, M.C....

Sold for £1,400

Lot 14

A scarce inter-War ‘Palestine 1939’ M.C. pair awarded to Lieutenant C. E. W. Hull, The Queen's Regiment, who was killed in action in the Second World War whilst fighting against Vichy forces in the Middle East in June 1941 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse undated as often issued in this period but privately inscribed ‘Captain Charles E. W. Hull, The Queens Royal Regt. 1939’, contained in its Royal Mint case of issue; General Servic...

Sold for £7,500

Lot 15

An unattributed Second War 1940 M.C. group of six Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1940; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £600-£800

Sold for £750

Lot 16

An outstanding and well documented ‘Sicily Landings’ Immediate M.C. and Arnhem casualty group of six awarded to Captain F. Robson, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, who not only successfully landed his glider 250 yards short of the beach, 9 July 1943, but also, having swum ashore under fire, took part in ‘a crawl through 20’ of barbed wire covered by a pill box... marched 10 miles collecting 3 men of the ATk detachment and 6 of E Coy...

Sold for £8,000

Lot 17

The exceptional ‘Battle of Arnhem’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Colonel B. W. Briggs, 1st Parachute Brigade and Leicestershire Regiment, who, having served with the Paras in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, was among those who secured the northern end of Arnhem Bridge with Lieutenant-Colonel J. Frost’s 2nd Battalion on the first night of Operation Market Garden, proceeding to command a composite force occupying buildings on the eastern perim...

Sold for £44,000

Lot 18

A Second War Spitfire pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. F. Thonton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: serving with 2 Squadron, his squadron flew reconnaissance missions in support of the D-Day landings and played an important role in the destruction of the German Army in the Falaise Pocket; and in 1945 he was credited with destroying enemy motor launches and a midget submarine, during strafing attacks in Holland D...

Sold for £1,700

Lot 19

The unique Atbara D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant, later Major, George Hilton, Scots Guards, attached Egyptian Army, who was wounded at the battle of the Atbara, was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during service in South Africa, served during the operations in Jubaland and Somaliland in 1901, and was twice wounded on the Western Front with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and retired as a Wing Commander R.A...

Sold for £6,000

Lot 20

A fine ‘Omdurman’ D.C.M. awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. J. Evans, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was taken prisoner at Spion Kop, and was afterwards Lieutenant & Quartermaster in the Leinster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Cr. Sgt. W. Evans. Lan: Fus: (2nd Sept: 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2184 C/Srgt. W. Evans 2/Lan: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2184 C....

Sold for £4,400

Lot 21

A Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Quartermaster and Captain C. McPhail, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, late Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services during both the Boer War and the Great War Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (48148 S: Sjt: Far: C. McPhail. 79th Bty: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (48148 S: S: Fr:...

Sold for £1,700

Lot 22

A Great War 1914 ‘Battle of the Aisne’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. J. J. Leach, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18722 Pte W. J. J. Leach. R.A.M.C.) contact marks, good fine £600-£800

Sold for £700

Lot 23

A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Robertson, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11589 L. Cpl. H. [sic] Robertson. 2/H.L.I.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (11589 Cpl. R. Robertson. 2/High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11589 Pte. R. Robertson. H.L.I.) mounted for display, letter ‘t’ of surname over-struck on BWM, generally very fine or better (4)...

Sold for £1,000

Lot 24

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal E. McDermott, Connaught Rangers, for his gallantry at Ypres, April to May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc.Dermott. Conn: Rang:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc.Dermott. 2/Conn: Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (9273 Pte. E. Mc Dermott. Conn. Rang.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400

Sold for £1,800

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