Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (21 May 2020)

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Lot 1

A fine post-War C.B., Second War O.B.E. group of fifteen awarded to Major-General T. Young, Royal Army Medical Corps, Honorary Physician to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II and Colonel Commandant of the R.A.M.C. 1955-61 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 19...

Sold for £1,900

Lot 2

The rare ‘Bechuanaland Expedition 1884-85’ C.M.G. group of four awarded to Colonel F. G. S. Curtis, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, late 6th Dragoon Guards The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, in a later Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Cornet F. G. S. Curtis, 6th Dra...

Sold for £4,000

Lot 3

A Great War C.M.G., ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General C. A. Elliott, Royal Engineers, who was mentioned in despatches for his service as a Field Engineer during the Tibet Expedition of 1903-04, and mentioned in despatches a further five times during the Great War The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage; Distingu...

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Lot 4

A scarce inter-War ‘Burma 1930-32’ C.B.E. group of three awarded to Colonel A. Lethbridge, Deputy Inspector General, Burma Military Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Lt- Col. A. Lethbridge. B.M.P.); Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500

Sold for £1,100

Lot 5

A Second War C.B.E. group of ten awarded to Paymaster Captain B. Carter, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Persian Gulf and Dardanelles operations who went on to witness active service in North Africa in the 1939-45 War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Asst. Payr. B. Carter, R.N., H.M.S. Swiftsu...

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Lot 6

A Boer War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain E. J. G. Upton, Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry, who afterwards settled in South Africa and fought in G.S.W. Africa with Brands Free State Rifles Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Captain E. J. G. Upton, Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Af...

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Lot 7

A Great War ‘Destroyer Commander’s’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Commander E. P. U. Pender, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse centre slightly loose; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. P. U. Pender. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. E. P. U. Pender. R.N.) mounted as worn, minor enamel chipping to first, otherwise good very fine (4) £1,200-£1,600

Sold for £1,000

Lot 8

Family Group: The Outstanding Korean War D.S.O. and Second War Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot’s D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Commander S. J. Hall, Royal Navy; the D.S.C. for gallantry in leading 800 Squadron’s Hellcats from H.M.S. Emperor during Operation Tungsten, the raid against the German Battleship Tirpitz on 3 April 1944. Mentioned in Despatches for Operation Pot Luck, when he led his squadron in strafing attacks of Germ...

Sold for £18,000

Lot 9

A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major C. C. Lamb, Royal Highlanders and 10th Sudanese Infantry Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (Lieut: C. C. Lamb, 2nd Rl: Highldrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1...

Sold for £850

Lot 10

A post-War O.B.E. group of four awarded to the prominent scientist Edgar H. J. Schuster, a member of the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council; formerly a Captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery, he served during the Great War in France and at Salonika where he contracted severe malaria The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (Lieut: E. H. J. Schuster. R.G.A.); B...

Sold for £280

Lot 11

A rare ‘Niger 1897’ and Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Major T. A. G. Sangster, Leinster Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: T. A. G. Sangster. 1/R.W. Kent R.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (Capt: T. A. G. Sangster. Leins: R.); Royal Nige...

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Lot 12

A scarce inter-War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant P. H. Cocks, Army Educational Corps and Corps of Army Schoolmasters, a recipient of an M.S.M. for Bermuda 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 Medal 1914-20 (W.O. Cl. 1. P. H. Cocks. C. of A.S.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Schoolmaster P. H....

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Lot 13

A scarce and well-documented Great War R.N.A.S. Observer’s 1917 D.S.C. and 1918 Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Wing Commander C. Chapman, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, for his skill and gallantry in flying photographic reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines, combined with spotting for Monitors and Naval Siege Guns on successful shoots over the Belgian coast. Based at Dunkirk and operating in Sopwiths with 2 Squadr...

Sold for £4,600

Lot 14

A Second War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant R. T. White, Royal Navy, who commanded the minelayer H.M.S. Plover Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, silver, hallmarks for London 1947; British War and Victory Medals (J. 57765 R. T. White. Ord. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, the medals...

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Lot 15

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. R. Williams, “A” Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: H. R. Williams. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. H. R. Williams.) nearly extremely fine (4) £700-£900

Sold for £850

Lot 16

A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. E. Smith, Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘17389 C.S.M. J. E. Smith 15th Hants Regt.’; British War and Victory Medals (17389 W.O. Cl. 2. J. E. Smith. Hamps R.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, a little polished, otherwise very fine or better (5) £800-£1,000

Sold for £3,200

Lot 17

A well-documented Second War 1944 ‘Bomber Command’ D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant Air Bomber J. L. Kirner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600

Sold for £2,400

Lot 18

An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Frederick Polkinghorne Esq. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on neck riband; Defence Medal 1939-45; St John Service Medal, silver, straight bar suspension, with 6 Additional Award Bars (16829. A/Off. F. Polkinghorne. Redruth Div. No.9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1937) the second and third mounted as worn, with the remnants of a blac...

Sold for £170

Lot 19

An Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class I J. H. Potter, Royal Army Medical Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and Special Constabulary The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; 1914 Star (44929 Q.M. Sjt. J. H. Potter. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (44929 W.O....

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Lot 20

An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Police Constable J. G. G. Pearson The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 4th type, silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with the background, named to reverse ‘Presented to PC. 1209 J. G. G. Pearson 23rd February 1978 by The Lord Baliff of Egle’; Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. John. G...

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Lot 21

An Order of St. John pair awarded to Mrs. Dorothy K. Grindal The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel, in case of issue; St. John Service Medal, silver (2895. D. Grindal. 12 Dis. India. S.J.A.B.O. 1939) edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine An Order of St. John pair awarded to Miss Angela Gannon The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles...

Sold for £220

Lot 22

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Driver O. Handford, 88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (64419 Dvr: O. Handford. 88th Bty: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (64419 Dvr: O. Handford, 88th Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (64419 Dvr: O. Handford. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, light...

Sold for £1,200

Lot 23

A Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. H. Lavis, 8th (Railway) Company, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (19016 Q-Mr:-Serjt: W. H. Lavis. 8th Coy. R.E.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (19016 Srgt. H. Lavis, R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (19016 Sjt. W. H. Lavis. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Afri...