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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA collection of silver including a set of Danish silver gilt and blue enamel coffee spoons, the terminal shaped as a crown, a pair of silver tea spoons with celtic knotwork terminals, by George Edward & Sons, Chester, a set of six silver handled stainless steel butter knives, assorted silver and white metal cutlery, weighable silver 231gms (qty) Condition Report:Available upon request
A WW2 German Third Reich Hitler Youth dagger/knife, the chequer grip inset with enamel swastika diamond badge, the blade engrave " Blut und Ehre!" (trans. Blood and Honour!), with maker's stamp verso: "Klittermann & Moog G.m.b.H. Hann Solingen", housed in metal scabbard with leather strapping Condition Report:Available upon request
An outstanding Great War D.S.O. and Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Kirkpatrick, East Kent Regiment, who afterwards commanded the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was mortally wounded in March 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2d. Lieut. H. F. Kirkpatrick 1st Bn. “The Buffs”); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Jubaland, Somaliland 1908-10 (Lieut. H. F. Kirkpatrick, E. Kent: Rgt:) officially engraved naming, second clasp loose on ribbon; 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. F. Kirkpatrick E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. F. Kirkpatrick.) light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (6) £5,000-£7,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 26 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while in command of his Battalion. The enemy attacked and drove the troops of another division which caused the left flank of his Battalion to become exposed. By his magnificent courage and leadership he succeeded in restoring the situation.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916, 22 May 1917, and 11 December 1917. Harry Fearnley Kirkpatrick was born on 8 January 1876, second son of Sir James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) on 1 April 1895; Lieutenant, 4th May 1896; commissioned from the Militia as 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs, 15 May 1897; Lieutenant, 9 October 1899; Captain, 15 February 1901; Temporary Major, 1 April 1905; retired as Captain, 5 February 1913. Captain Reserve of Officers, then Major 3rd (Special Service) Battalion, The Buffs, 5 December 1914; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 1917, commanding a Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. Joining the 1st Buffs on the Punjab Frontier of India in November 1897, he was involved in the attack and capture of The Tanga Pass. Seconded to the East Africa (later King’s African) Rifles, in January 1901, he took part in operations against the Ogaden Somalis in Jubaland, in late 1901 and then in Somaliland against the Dervishes in 1908-10. Retiring in February 1913, he was recalled in November 1914 as a Staff Officer with 3rd Buffs. Seconded to the Royal Naval Division, which came under Army Control in July 1916, he took over command of the Anson Battalion after the Battle of Ancre in December 1916. This period saw the capture of the Hindenburg Line, the Arras and Passchendael offensives, and the capture of Varlet Farm on 26 October 1917, when 50 prisoners were taken. D. Jerrold’s The Royal Naval Division (1927) details his command of 188 Brigade during the Battle of Welsh Ridge in December 1917: “he wisely decided to postpone until dusk counter-attack on the Ridge with his support Bn. (the Anson) which then succeeded”. Harry was awarded the D.S.O. and Bar in 1918, and had thrice been Mentioned in Dispatches. During the Great German Attack in the early hours of 21 March 1918, Kirkpatrick, again in command of the brigade, led the fighting withdrawal and the Defence of Albert. On the 25th the brigade, reduced by casualties to no more than a battalion, halted on the Albert - Bapaume road with its left at Courcelette Mill. K. Tallett (RND magazine No. 8) writes: ‘188 Bde. withdrew to Courcelette amid many rumours of the enemy being behind or to the side of it, in the absence of friendly troops. There was much confusion. There were sporadic fire-fights during the late evening and early night, one of which claimed the life of Lt.-Col. Kirkpatrick, who was badly wounded in the abdomen and died of his wounds.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Kirkpatrick was mortally wounded at Courcelette on 25 March and died of his wounds on 27 March 1918. He is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1.
An Indian Mutiny C.B. pair awarded to Major-General C. J. B. Riddell, Royal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas & Henry Davies, a wonderful example of a Georgian badge refurbished by Garrard in the late 1850s for subsequent re-issue, fitted with narrow swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. fitted case of issue; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lt. Col. & Bt. Col. C. J, B, Riddell, C,B, R. Arty.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, some very minor enamel chips to the first and very light contact marks to the second, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Charles James Buchanan Riddell was born on 19 November 1817, third son of Sir John Buchanan Riddle, 9th Bart., M.P. for the burghs. of Selkirk, Lanark, &c. He was appointed a gentleman cadet, Royal Artillery, on 7 February 1832; 2nd lieutenant, 19 December 1834; 1st lieutenant, 10 January 1837; 2nd captain, 12 December 1845; captain, 27 May 1850; lieutenant-colonel, 24 September 1855; brevet colonel, 24 September 1858; colonel, 19 May 1865; major-general (retired), 8 August 1865. Major-General Riddell commanded the siege artillery of Outram’s force on the left bank of the Goomtee at the siege and capture of Lucknow in March 1858; also commanded the artillery of Lugard’s column at the affair of Tigree, relief of Azimghur, operations in the jungle, and capture of Jugdespore (Three time mentioned in despatches; brevet of colonel; created C.B.; medal with clasp). Riddell afterwards served in the West Indies, and filled a staff appointment at Woolwich. He married, 11 February 1847, Mary, 2nd daughter of Field-Marshal Sir Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B., and by her had a daughter, Mary Frances, who died on 29 April 1900. Major-General Riddell died at Chudleigh, South Devon, on 25 January 1903, in his 86th year. Sold with a good quantity of original documentation, including Warrant for Companion of the Bath, signed by the Queen and dated 26 July 1858; letter from the Herald’s College transmitting warrant for same and noting ’Badge sent to Lord Clyde for presentation’; nine commission documents, the first five on vellum, reflecting his various steps in rank from December 1834 to August 1865, each with the reigning monarch’s signature; various portrait photographs of Riddell and his family, including two silhouettes created in 1843 and 1845; various news cuttings and obituary notices, notes of services and promotions, etc.
An important Boer War C.B. group of six awarded to Major-General C. D. Cooper, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who commanded the regiment at the Battle of Colenso and was the first man into Ladysmith at the head of the Relieving Force The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) C.B. Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, converted for neck wear, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Maj. Genl. C. D. Cooper, C.B., R. Dub. Fus.) officially engraved naming; King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Col. C. D. Cooper. C.B., Staff) officially engraved naming; Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Royal Dublin Fusiliers Regimental Medal, gold, inscribed on the edge (Maj. Gen. C. D. Cooper. C.B.), the suspension dated ‘1662-1911’, with gold riband bar inscribed ‘Colonel 13th March 1910’, and gold top suspension brooch inscribed ‘Old Toughs’, generally good very fine or better (6) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998. C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901. Charles Duncan Cooper was born on 25 June 1849, the son of Brigadier-General G. L. Cooper, Royal Artillery, who was killed during the Relief of Lucknow. He was educated at Christ College, Finchley, and began his military career at 19 years of age as an Ensign in the 2nd Battalion, 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers). He remained with that regiment, which became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1881, throughout his career. Cooper served as Adjutant to the 4th Battalion (Dublin City Militia) from 1885 to 1889. When the Boer War broke out in 1899, he was ordered to South Africa in command of the 2nd Battalion. After arriving there, and upon the wounding of the regimental commander, Cooper was breveted a full Colonel and took overall command. The Dublin Fusiliers formed part of General Sir Redvers Buller’s Western Field Force, comprising some 30,000 men, which was pushing its way to Natal to relieve the besieged garrison in the town of Ladysmith. During the advance he took part in the action at Lombard’s Kop, the battle of Colenso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krantz, Tugela Heights, and Pieter’s Hill. At Colenso the Dublins, led by Cooper, suffered very badly. General Hart, Commanding Officer of the Irish Brigade, of which the Dublins were a part, was of the old school and thought that correct assault tactics meant a repeat of parade ground drill in the face of the enemy. Cooper, however, had witnessed the effect of Boer Mauser fire in previous attacks and knew that to march shoulder to shoulder into battle was tantamount to suicide; especially so inasmuch as at Colenso the Dublins were to advance along a very narrow front against an entrenched enemy. Cooper spread his men out at intervals and ordered them forward. General Hart saw this movement and beckoned Cooper to his side. “Sir, you will close ranks to the proper order!” “General”, Cooper replied, “I fear the consequences, but do it I will!” The Dublins suffered a great many casualties in the attack, and they found themselves trapped in the open throughout the entire day before they could safely extricate themselves. Shortly after the battle of Pieter’s Hill, advance mounted units of Buller’s army made their way into Ladysmith. The siege was over and the Dublin Fusiliers were specially selected to march into Ladysmith at the head of the relieving force, and Colonel Cooper, on horseback, was the first man to enter the town. Cooper was promoted to the rank of local Major-General in March 1900, and given command of the 4th Infantry Brigade which he took through the operations in Natal, including the battle of Laing’s Nek. In July of that year he was appointed General Officer Commanding the Heidelberg sub-district. He was mentioned in Buller’s despatch of 30 March, 1900, ‘a thoroughly good officer who led his regiment thoroughly well’, and again on 9 November, ‘was appointed to command on General Lyttleton’s promotion. An excellent regimental C.O., has proved himself equally valuable in command of a brigade, and shown himself to be a resolute, capable commander.’ He was subsequently appointed a Companion of the Bath in recognition of his services during the Boer War. With the end of hostilities, Cooper was sent home to command 102nd regimental district, Naas, in 1903. In 1905 he was promoted Brigadier-General in command of the North Irish Regimental grouped districts, and retired from the army in 1906 as a Major-General. He was made Colonel of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 13 March 1910, a position he held until his death on 31 July 1922. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient. For the recipient’s related miniature awards see Lot 528; and for a related silver chalice and the recipient’s watch fob see Lots 501 and 502. For the recipient’s son’s Queen’s South Africa Medal see Lot 369.
An outstanding post-War C.M.G., Great War D.S.O. and Second War Bar, Great War M.C. group of fourteen awarded to Colonel Allan ‘Jiggy’ Spowers, Commanding 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, he was awarded both the D.S.O. and M.C. in 1916 whilst serving as a second lieutenant in Mesopotamia with the East Lancashire Regiment, and a Second Award Bar to his D.S.O. in 1945 following his capture in the Western Desert at El Alamein in July 1942 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., undated as issued, with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially dated ‘1945’, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. Spowers. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. A. Spowers.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, these last five all officially impressed ‘VX14840 A. Spowers’; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Sweden, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Vasa, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, medals unmounted, generally good very fine or better (14) £5,000-£7,000 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 2 January 1956: ‘For public services in the State of Victoria.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 22 December 1916: ‘For distinguished service in the field in Mesopotamia.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 15 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.’ M.C. London Gazette 24 June 1916; citation published 26 July 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in leading a night attack on the enemy’s position, although twice wounded.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916; 30 December 1941 (Middle East); 15 December 1942 (Middle East). Allan Spowers (1892-1968), army officer and company director, was born on 9 July 1892 at South Yarra, Melbourne, only son and third of six children of William George Lucas Spowers, a journalist from New Zealand, and his London-born wife Annie Christina, née Westgarth. Ethel Spowers was his elder sister. Allan attended Miss Turner’s school and boarded (from 1905) at Geelong Church of England Grammar School. Nicknamed ‘Jiggie’, he became a prefect and captain of boats. He entered the University of Melbourne (B.A., 1920) in 1912, but interrupted his studies to travel to England where he enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned in the East Lancashire Regiment on 4 May 1915. Attached to the regiment’s 6th Battalion, Spowers fought at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, in August and in Mesopotamia in the following year. He won the Military Cross (1916) for leading his men in a night-attack during which he was twice wounded. In addition, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (1916) and was mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted lieutenant in April 1917 and demobilised from the army in July 1919. Returning to Melbourne, he worked as a journalist on the Argus and Australasian. At the 1930 Imperial Press Conference in London he represented these newspapers; within a few years he was a director of the company that ran them. On 29 April 1922 at St Mark’s Church of England, Darling Point, Sydney, he had married Rosamond Sandys Lumsdaine, a niece of A. B. (’Banjo’) Paterson. In 1928-33 Spowers served in the militia. He was mobilised as a captain in the 46th Battalion in September 1939 and promoted major in November. Transferring to the Australian Imperial Force in May 1940, he was promoted lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the 2nd/24th Battalion in July. Six ft 1 in. tall and sparely built, with penetrating grey-blue eyes and a commanding voice, he maintained high standards of conduct, insisted on mental and physical toughness, and disdained pretentiousness. The 2nd/24th arrived in the Middle East in December 1940, withdrew to Tobruk, Libya, in April 1941 and was besieged there until October. In January 1942 the battalion was sent to Syria for intensive training. Spowers was twice mentioned in dispatches for his services. Ordered back to the Western Desert in June in response to the German advance into Egypt, he and his men played a leading role in the battle of Tel el Eisa. Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead described Spowers’s leadership as ‘outstandingly meritorious’ and he was to be awarded a Bar (1945) to his D.S.O. On 12 July 1942 he became a prisoner of war when his jeep was inadvertently driven into enemy territory. Freed in Germany in March 1945 and repatriated in August, Spowers was appointed temporary colonel and director of amenities, Army Headquarters, Melbourne. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 17 July 1946. Although he resigned from the board of the Argus and Australasian Ltd in 1949, he held a number of other directorships and chaired (1951-59) the Victorian division of the Australian Red Cross Society. In 1956 he was appointed C.M.G. and to the Swedish Royal Order of Vasa. He died on 4 May 1968 at Golden Ball, his property at Everton, and was buried in Wangaratta cemetery; his wife, and their daughter and two sons survived him.’ (Australian Dictionary of Biography refers). For the recipient’s miniature dress medals and related objects, see Lot 529.
An interesting inter-War ‘Iraq’ C.B.E., pre-War M.V.O. group of six awarded to Captain A. L. F. Smith, Hampshire Regiment, who was the Tutor to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VIII) at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was later Inspector General of Education in Iraq The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with next riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unnumbered; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. L. F. Smith.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (A. L. F. Smith); Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Civil Division, Third Class neck badge, with neck riband, in Arthis Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, about extremely fine (6) £700-£900 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1927: Arthur Lionel Forster Smith, Esq., M.V.O., Inspector General of Education, Iraq. M.V.O. Fourth Class London Gazette 13 November 1914: Arthur Lionel Forster Smith, Esq., Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford [in the same Gazette in which the President of Magdalen was appointed K.C.V.O., and the Senior Tutor in Modern History at Magdalen was appointed C.V.O.] Iraqi Order of the Two Rivers, Third Class London Gazette 31 May 1932: Arthur Lionel Forster Smith, Esq., C.B.E., M.V.O.: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered while in the employment of the Iraq Government.’ Arthur Lionel Forster Smith was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, and was appointed a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He served as Tutor to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VIII) during the latter’s undergraduate residence in the College, for which he was appointed a Member Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order. Subsequently commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment, he served with both the 2nd/7th and 1st/9th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1917, before proceeding to Iraq in a civilian capacity, being employed first as Acting Political Officer at Shamiya and Najaf from 18 January 1919, and then as Acting Director of Education in Baghdad from 14 February 1920. Appointed Director of Education in Baghdad on 1 August 1920, he was advanced Inspector General of Education in Iraq, for which services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1927 Birthday Honours’ List. Sold with copied research.
A rare Second War ‘Burma operations’ C.B.E., inter-War ‘Waziristan operations’ D.S.O., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Brigadier L. A, Harris, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was twice wounded during the Great War on the Western Front, and later saw extensive service on the North West Frontier of India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1938, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. L. A. Harris. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. L. A. Harris.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. L. A. Harris. R.G.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major L. A. Harris. D.S.O. M.C. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947, unnamed as issued, all mounted for display, contact marks to the Great War awards therefore these nearly very fine; the rest better (13) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, September 1991. C.B.E. London Gazette 15 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Brigadier Harris has been Corps Commander, Royal Artillery since January 1944. During the campaign January to June 1944 he worked tirelessly and fearlessly to get the best out of his corps artillery and to help the divisions. He was always right forward seeing problems for himself and spent long periods during the battle in the forward brigade positions. His advice was invariably sound and much of the success of counter-battery and defensive fire was due to his drive and inspiration. During the campaign of September 1944 to date he has again shown outstanding qualities of initiative and has overcome incredible difficulties in getting corps artillery forward in every type of craft to support numerous landings in mangrove swamps. His gallant and distinguished service over these two campaigns deserve recognition by the award of the C.B.E.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 21 December 1937: ‘For distinguished service rendered in the field in connection with operations in Waziristan during the period 17 January to 15 September 1937.’ M.C. London Gazette 17 December 1917; citation published 23 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During two attacks he went under shell and machine gun fire to the front line and brought back much valuable information.’ Lawrence Anstie Harris was born on 13 December 1896 and was educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 28 July 1915, and served with the 14th Corps Heavy Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 September 1915. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917, he was twice wounded during the Great War, near Montauban in August 1916, and again at Mazingarbe in June 1918, and for his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) and awarded the Military Cross. Harris spent most of the inter-War years on the North West Frontier of India, and was promoted Captain on 14 May 1925; and Major on 1 August 1936. For his services in the inter-War years he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938), and as Major Commanding the 15 (Jhelum) Mountain Battery, 25 Indian Mountain Brigade, was awarded the D.S.O. ‘for his outstanding command ability during the Waziristan campaign’ (letter from Major-General Peter Glover, who served in the Battery under Harris, refers). Harris served throughout the Second World War in India and Burma, ultimately as Corps Commander, Royal Artillery, 15th Indian Corps, from 1944, for which services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was promoted Colonel on 1 January 1945, and his final appointment was as Director of Artillery, Pakistan, 1947-48. He retired with the honorary rank of Brigadier on 3 June 1948, after 33 years’ continuous service, and in retirement wrote the chapters ‘The Arakan (Artillery in the Arakan)’ and ‘Gunners in India 1939-45’ in ‘The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-45’. He died in Droxford, Hampshire, on 19 January 1970. Note: The M.I.D. emblems on the recipient’s India General Service Medal 1908-35, and on his War Medal 1939-45, are both unconfirmed. Sold with two photographic images of the recipient (one as a young officer in the Great War, the other as a Brigadier post-Second World War), and extensive research, including two original letters from officers who served with Harris in India in the late 1930s.
A post-War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Brigadier J. M. Green, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 4 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Near East, Cyprus, subsequent clasps loose on riband, as issued (Lt. Col. J. M. Green. M.B.E. R.N.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similar mounted, light contact marks, good very fine and better (4) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1957. M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. John Michael Green was born in Lancashire on 19 June 1904, and was commissioned second lieutenant, General List, on 16 March 1942. Posted to the Royal Engineers, he served with them during the latter stages of the Second World War, and then throughout the immediate post-War years. He retired on 16 March 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier. He died in Surrey on 16 January 1989. Sold with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet; various riband bars and rank and unit insignia; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the M.B.E.; and a photographic image of the recipient.
A scarce post-War M.B.E., Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer W. H. Griffiths, Royal Air Force, who was also mentioned in despatches for services during the Second World War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamel, minor white enamel damage to one arm of cross; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (W/O. W. H. Griffiths. (V 0639261) R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Act. W/O. W. H. Griffiths. (639261) R.A.F.) mounted for wear, very fine (9) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1968. Order of St. John, Serving Brother London Gazette 27 June 1952. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943. William Henry Griffiths enlisted in the Royal Air Force in April 1939, and advanced to Warrant Officer in January 1960 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1957). The Order of St. John, Serving Brother award to a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force is extremely scarce. Griffiths was recommended for admittance to the order by the Medical Training Establishment, No. 13 Site, R.A.F. Lytham. The latter site (the old U.S.A.F. base at Warton had been broken up into 13 sites) was used for medical training, 1951-55. It became known as the R.A.F. School of Hygiene. Later when the site was renamed R.A.F. Freckleton, the training establishment became the R.A.F. Institute of Community Medicine. Sold with copied research.
An inter-War Order of St. John group of three awarded to Lieutenant H. G. Matthews, Canadian Infantry The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (730199 A. Sjt. H. G. Matthews. 75-Can. Inf.) lacquered, very fine (3) £60-£80
A Great War ‘Givenchy, May 1915’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Corporal P. A. Guest, 24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s), Territorial Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1155 Pte. P. A. Guest. 24 Lond: Regt.-T.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, South Africa 1901, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal (15449 Tpr: P. A. Guest, 75th Coy. 18th Imp: Yeo:) clasps mounted in order listed with unofficial rivets between first two clasps; 1914-15 Star (1155. Pte. P. A. Guest. 24-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1155 Pte. P. A. Guest. 24-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6779760 Cpl. P. A. Guest. D.C.M. 24-Lond. R.) medals unmounted, together with silver and enamel regimental award ‘Bayonet Fighting 1913, Class “B”, Lce. Corpl. P. Guest, “A” Co.’, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, therefore good fine or better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. Throughout the attack on an enemy trench he led, with great skill and bravery, a party of men against a machine gun.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Givenchy, 25-26 May 1915.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916 (Field-Marshal French’s despatch of 15 October 1915). Percy Albert Guest served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 75th Company (Sharpshooters) 18th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (Medal with 4 clasps, roll confirms). He served with the 24th London Regiment (T.F.) in France from 16 March 1915. Sold with two photographs of the recipient, one in uniform wearing medals, together with copied research including Battalion War Diary extracts with detailed narrative of the operations at Givenchy, 25-26 May 1915.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) a good Great War period Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, silver, with gold and enamel appliqué centre, complete with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co Ltd fitted case of issue, minor loss to red berries on wreath of star, otherwise extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with correct wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, minor enamel damage to ‘Ich Dien’ scrolls and loss to some red berries on both wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., a very fine late Victorian Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gold and enamels, the central motto in finely cut gold lettering superimposed on a blue ground, and breast star, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, the reverse fitted with gold pin for wearing, with neck cravat, in its R. & S. Garrard & Co., Haymarket, London, fitted case of issue, this a little scuffed, minor chips to green enamel orb of crown, otherwise extremely fine (2) £4,000-£5,000
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E., Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with long length of civil neck ribbon and a short length of military neck ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with length of military neck ribbon in its Toye Kenning and Spencer Ltd case of issue, suspension ring detached from crown, small chip to red enamel, therefore very fine £200-£240
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Miller, 80th Foot, who served with the Turkish Contingent during the war in the Crimea India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Pegu, Bhootan (Lieut. F. Miller. 80th Regt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. F. Miller, 80th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with silver bar suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class large type breast badge, silver, with gold and enamel centre and Crescent suspension, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, small chip to Crescent suspension on the last, otherwise very fine and better (4) £700-£900 --- Frederick Miller was appointed ensign in the 80th Foot on 16 May 1845; lieutenant, 4 April 1846; captain, 1 December 1854; brevet major 6 June 1856; lieutenant-colonel, 63rd Foot, 1 January 1868. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller served with the 80th Regiment in the Burmese war of 1852-53 (Medal with Clasp for Pegu). Served in Turkey and the Crimea in 1855-56 with the Turkish Contingent in command of the 1st Regiment of Infantry (Brevet of Major, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served in India during the mutiny in 1858-59 with the 80th with the column in Futtehpore District, engaged with rebels on 5 March 1858, and the campaign in Oude in October, November, December and January 1858 and 1859 (twice mentioned in despatches, Medal). Served also with the 80th Regiment in the Expedition against Bhootan in 1865 (Clasp).
A Second War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Colonel N. S. Hart, East Kent Regiment, the youngest son of General Sir Reginald Hart, V.C., G.C.B., Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Capt. N. S. Hart. E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. S. Hart.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Major N. S. Hart. The Buffs); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog (Christian X) 5th class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, minor damage to red enamel on the last, otherwise very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 1997. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944. Norman Synnot Hart war born in March 1888 and educated at Hurst Court and Cheltenham College. He joined the Buffs in 1906 and went to South Africa the following year as A.D.C. to his father at Cape Town, until 1911. He served in France with the 1st Battalion and was wounded on 7 June 1915, near Bois Confluent, during the Ypres operations. He returned to France at the end of 1916 but was gassed at Wancourt on 23 April 1917, and invalided home. He returned once again to France, late in 1918, as Acting Brigade Major with the 93rd Infantry Brigade. He served briefly on attachment with the Royal Air Force in Palestine in the mid 1920s, and with his regiment during the operations in Burma 1930-32, following which he returned to the UK as D.A.A.G. to Scottish Command. He was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog Third Class in 1931, and saw service with the Buffs as a Lieutenant-Colonel during the Second World War and was awarded the O.B.E. in 1944. Note: The Order of the Dannebrog insignia in this lot has been added to complete the group, the original insignia awarded to Hart being returnable upon the death of the recipient.
Six: Colonel the Earl of Donoughmore, K.P., British Red Cross Society, who served on the Society’s War Committee, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches 1914-15 Star (Earl of Donoughmore); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Earl of Donoughmore); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, generally very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Richard Walter John Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore, was born on 2 March 1875, the son of the 5th Earl of Donoughmore, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He succeeded to the Earldom in 1900, and then served briefly as a Captain in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Taking his set in the House of Lords, he served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1903 to 1905, and in 1913 was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. During the Great War Lord Donoughmore was a Commissioner of the British Red Cross Society’s War Committee, and served on the Western Front with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel from 10 August 1915. For his services he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 24 December 1917) and was promoted honorary Colonel. He was also part of the Mesopotamia Commission of Inquiry. He was created a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick in 1916, and appointed to the Privy Council in 1918. He died on 19 October 1948, and was succeeded to the earldom by his son. Sold with copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (755198 Spr. N. Charrette. C.E.; 3289821 Spr. D. H. Holmes. C.E.; 536106 Pte. J. Eyles. C.A.M.C.; 166779 L.Cpl R. F. Hains. Can. Pnr. Bn.; 402001 Spr. E. G. Tufts. C.E.) last accompanied by a named enamel veteran’s badge, edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Sold with copied service papers.
Temperance Medals. Royal Naval Temperance Society Membership Medal, silvered and enamel One Year Medal (RNTS.3), with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar; Army Temperance Association India One Year Medal, silver (ATAI.2), with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar, Army Temperance Association India Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (ATAI.5), Church Lads Brigade medal with Bar ‘1908’, some enamel damage, generally very fine (4) £50-£70
Sweetheart Brooches: A group of 10 Sweetheart Brooches, the majority silver and enamel, including Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Engineers, Devonshire Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Worcestershire Regiment, South Staffordshire Regiment, Army Service Corps, and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the R.E. and R.E.M.E. badges both embellished with ‘diamonds’, generally good condition (10) £140-£180
The group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., Royal Dublin Fusiliers The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) C.B. Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998 (in the same sale as the recipient’s full-sized medals). Sold with an old display case label engraved ‘Major General Charles Duncan Cooper C.B., Colonel of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers from March 13th. 1910 to July 31st. 1922.’; and a photographic image of the recipient. For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 102.
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Colonel Allan ‘Jiggy’ Spowers, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., Commanding 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, who was taken prisoner at El Alamein in July 1942 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, these last two by K. C. Luke, Melbourne; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953, mounted court-style by Ince Bros., Tailors, Melbourne, very fine (12) £300-£400 --- Sold with a Great War period portrait miniature of the recipient as a second lieutenant, in hinged standing display case; and a small silver tea caddy, hallmarked Birmingham 1913, maker’s mark ‘C.E.T.’, the front face inscribed, ‘Presented to Mrs Allan Spowers, from The Argus and The Australasian Staffs, 4th Imperial Press Conference. London. 1930.’ For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 103.
Order of British India (2), 1st Class, 1st type badge, gold (15ct) with sky blue enamel centre and dark blue around, with top gold riband buckle; 2nd Class badge, gold (15ct) and dark blue enamel, with top gold riband buckle, both stamped ‘15ct’ to reverse, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240
A Second War Belgian group of five attributed to Mr. J. P. Vanderauwera, who served as an Intelligence Agent with the Belgian Resistance, and died in Esterwegen Concentration Camp on 23 April 1944 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with silver palm on riband; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with bronze palm on riband; Political Prisoner’s Cross, silver and enamel, with riband bar with 4 Stars and black ‘next of kin’ riband bar; Resistance Medal 1940-45, with bronze lightening bolt device on riband; War Medal 1940-45, bronze, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- Jean P. Vanderauwera was born in Liege, on 3 May 1893 and served as an Intelligence Agent in the Belgian Resistance with the rank of Adjutant from 1 August 1942, as a member of the Boule and Luc-Marc intelligence networks. An engine driver for the Belgian railway company on her international trains, his job allowed him to gather information and to act as courier bringing back information gathered by the labourers in Germany. He headed a section of the Boule resistance-network and took part in sabotage actions and theft of arms and ammunitions; Boule was the only Belgian network that could operate within Germany, and among other things it provided information on the Peenemünde rocket base, the V1 and V2 rockets, and about the nature and importance of the Möhne and Eder dams. Vanderauwera was arrested on 23 February 1943 and was held as a political prisoner for the next year. He died in Esterwegen Concentration Camp on 23 April 1944. Sold with the recipient’s original ‘Carte des états de services de guerre du combattant 1940-45’ (1940-45 War Services Card) which contains a portrait photograph of the recipient.
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, French motto, unmarked, in Wolfers, Brussels, case of issue, minor enamel damage and one tip of lower arm somewhat bent, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, significant white enamel damage and some poor quality restoration; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, both with enamel damage to mottos around central medallions, the first fair, the second better Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross, Third Class breast badge, bronze, with crown and crossed swords suspension, unmarked, good very fine United States of America, Allied Victory Medal, 2 clasps, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, bronze, very fine (5) £80-£100
The Brazilian Order of Rio Branco attributed to Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás, President of the Republic of Portugal Brazil, Republic, Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross set of insignia, by Stern, Brazil, comprising sash badge, 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark on suspension; Star, 76mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with maker’s cartouche and silver mark on reverse, with full sash riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue, significant white enamel chipping to reverse of badge, and central cross on Star loose, therefore nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Sold with the original Bestowal Document, named to ‘Américo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, President of the Republic of Portugal’, and dated 11 July 1972, in named envelope. Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás served as President of the Republic of Portugal form 1958 to 1974.
Brazil, Republic, Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross set of insignia, by Stern, Brazil, comprising sash badge, 100mm including wreath suspension x 73mm, gilt and enamel, maker’s mark to suspension; Star, 76mm, gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, with full sash riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue, very minor enamel damage, overall good very fine (2) £400-£500
Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog, F.IX.R. (1947-72), Grand Cross set of insignia, by Michelsen, Copenhagen, comprising sash badge, 81mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 88mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with silver mark and maker’s mark on reverse, with full sash riband, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
The French Legion of Honour attributed to Baron Amand Casier de ter Beken France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 59mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver, gold, and enamel, extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: Spink, July 2010 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other Orders and Decorations). Sold with the original Bestowal Document, named to M. le Baron Amand Marie Corneille Casier, and dated Paris, 31 July 1931; and a Belgian Permission to Wear Document for the Legion of Honour, dated Brussels, 13 October 1931. For the recipient’s Dutch Order of Orange Nassau, see Lot 556.
Korea, Republic, Order of Service Merit, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 82mm including star suspension x 57mm, gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘10’; Star, 72mm, gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘10’, with full sash riband, test scratches to reverse of Star, otherwise very fine, scarce (2) £400-£500
Korea, Republic, Order of Military Merit, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 78mm including star suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘2357’; Star, 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘2357’, with neck riband, riband bar, and lapel emblem, in case of issue, gilding somewhat damaged with traces of verdigris on Star, otherwise very fine, scarce (2) £240-£280
The Dutch Order of Orange Nassau attributed to Baron Amand Casier de ter Beken Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassau, Officer’s breast Badge, 60mm x 39mm, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband, extremely fine £140-£180 --- Provenance: Spink, July 2010 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other Orders and Decorations). Sold with the original Bestowal Document, named to A. Casier, and dated The Hague, 14 June 1911, together with accompanying letters and a copy of the Statutes of the Order; and a Belgian Permission to Wear Document for the Order of Orange Nassau, dated Brussels, 28 August 1911. For the recipient’s French Legion of Honour, see Lot 547.
Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Civil Division, Grand Cross set of insignia, by Tostrup, Oslo, comprising sash badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 63mm, gold and enamel, maker's name and gold mark ‘750’ to suspension ring; Star, 80mm, gold, silver, and enamel, maker's cartouche to reverse, with full sash riband, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
Spain, Kingdom, Royal Military Order of St. Ferdinand, Grand Officer’s Star, with wreath, 68mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Royal Order of St. Hermenegildo, Knight’s breast badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 38mm, gilt and enamel, with top riband bar, in Cejalvo, Madrid, case of issue, good very fine and better (2) £120-£160
Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Grand Cross set of insignia, by Carlman, Stockholm, comprising sash badge, 78mm including crown suspension x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 83mm, silver, with maker’s mark and silver marks on hinge, with full sash riband, in case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £400-£500
Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, 3rd (1941) issue, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 90mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 82mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with maker’s mark to reverse of retaining pin, with neck riband, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £160-£200
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