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The group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to Major J. E. Sargeant, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. [sic]; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of Danilo, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, suspension on VM repaired, generally very fine and a rare, probably unique, combination of awards (8) £200-£300 --- One of only 10 Montenegrin Orders of Danilo Fifth Class Gazetted during the Great War. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and ability throughout the campaign, especially at Ypres on 5 and 24 May, and 16 June 1915, when he repaired the wires repeatedly under shell fire. He has rendered excellent service in keeping up communication between the Battery and the Observation Station since the commencement of the war.’ Montenegrin Orders of Danilo Fifth Class London Gazette 9 March 1917. James Edward Sargent attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 108th Heavy Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 31 August 1915, and for his services during the Great War he was four times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 17 February 1915, 5 August 1915, 1 January 1916, and 23 December 1918), as well as being awarded the Military Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and the Montenegrin Orders of Danilo, Fifth Class. He saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced Major. Sold with four original letters to the recipient from Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. D. Turner, Royal Artillery, Chairman of the Regimental Medal Committee, regarding the donation of the recipient’s full-sized medals to the Royal Artillery in 1966; a Royal Artillery tie-pin; three cloth badges; and an Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Reginald Chambers) in card box of issue.
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Navy League Medals. Navy League ‘Keep Watch’ Special Service Cross, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1913) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Mrs. Alec Tweedie’, last letter of Christian name corrected, with ‘Special Service’ top riband bar; together with two Navy League lapel badges, gilt and enamel, one a scarce South African bilingual version; and an Anchor League lapel badge, silver, very fine and rare (4) £70-£90
Royal Naval Temperance Society Medals. Royal Naval Temperance Society, Five Year Medal, gilt and enamel (4) (RNTS.5), one with ‘10 Years’, ‘15 Years’, ‘20 Years’, and ‘25 Years’ clasps; another with ‘Ten Years’, ‘15 Years’, and ‘20 Years’ clasps; and all with ‘Victory Medal’ top riband bar; Star of Merit, pewter (RNTS.6), all unnamed as issued; together with a R.N.T.S. ‘life-ring’ lapel badge, gilt and enamel, generally very fine (6) £70-£90
A good and well-documented ‘Korea’ D.F.C., Soldier’s Medal and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster group of fourteen awarded to Mustang pilot, Lieutenant Colonel D. C. Dishon, United States Air Force, who served with the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron and was shot down on two separate occasions - successfully bailing out during the first, and being taken prisoner of war as a consequence of the second. Dishon also survived crash landing his F-84F Thunderstreak turbojet fighter-bomber whilst stationed in England in May 1955 United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, unnamed; Soldier’s Medal, reverse engraved ‘Donald C. Dishon’; Purple Heart, reverse engraved ‘Donald C. Dishon’; Air Medal, with Oak Leaf Cluster, reverse engraved ‘Donald C. Dishon’; Prisoner of War Medal, reverse engraved ‘Donald C. Dishon’; Air Force Combat Readiness Medal, reverse engraved ‘Donald C. Dishon’; Army Good Conduct Medal, unnamed; American Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal, with 4 Service Stars; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Korea, Republic, Order of Military Merit, Chungmoo Medal Third Class, metal and enamel, officially numbered 971 and the reverse engraved ‘Lt. D. C. Dishon 4-Feb-’52’; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted for display in a glazed frame, some loose, generally very fine (lot) £600-£800 --- United States of America Distinguished Flying Cross, the citation states: ‘First Lieutenant Donald C. Dishon displayed extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, on 3 January 1952, as a flight leader of two F-51 type aircraft on a visual, armed reconnaissance mission. First Lieutenant Dishon located six camouflaged tank revetments. He led a flight of fighter bombers on this target in the face of heavy automatic weapons fire, destroying two positions, damaging two others, and causing unknown number of enemy casualties. Continuing his reconnaissance, First Lieutenant Dishon intercepted a distress call and immediately located a downed pilot behind enemy lines. Making numerous passes on at least fifteen enemy troops who were moving toward the airman, he aggressively flew protective cover until relieved. As a result of this mission the enemy’s potential was diminished and a friendly pilot was returned to safety. By his courage and devotion to duty First Lieutenant Dishon has brought great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.’ United States of America Air Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster, the citation states: ‘First Lieutenant Donald C. Dishon distinguished himself by meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as a pilot, over enemy held territory, in the air offensive of the United Nations. Lieutenant Dishon is cited for meritorious achievement for the period 27 November 1951 to 15 January 1952. By his courage, fortitude and ability upon these occasions, Lieutenant Dishon has brought great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.’ Donald C. Dishon was born in Louisville, Kentucky in June 1925. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in February 1943, and undertook pilot training. Dishon was commissioned First Lieutenant in March 1945, and was posted for service in Korea as a pilot with the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Mustangs), as part of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, in October 1951. He was shot down twice by ground fire. On the first occasion, 7 August 1951, he successfully bailed out and returned to action. Dishon then crash landed, 4 February 1952, and was subsequently taken prisoner of war - interned at Pyok-Dong Camp. Dishon was repatriated the following year, and spent several months in hospital recuperating. He subsequently served as a Flight Commander with the 390th and 391st Squadrons, in England. Dishon survived crash landing an F-84F Thunderstreak turbojet fighter-bomber whilst stationed in England, 25 May 1955. He advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and served as a Squadron Commander in Germany prior to his retirement in September 1975. Dishon died in Florida in February 2004 Sold with the following original documents: Commission appointing recipient as First Lieutenant in the Regular Air Force, dated 1 March 1954; Bestowal Certificates for the Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier’s Medal and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Nato - Rotation Certificate of Accomplishment; Lodwick Aviation Military Academy Diploma, dated 1 August 1944; Air University, United States Air Force, Academic Instructor Course Certificate, dated 2 August 1962; Certificate of Retirement from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, dated 1 September 1975, with a Certificate of Appreciation named to recipient’s wife, all housed in a Department of the Air Force, United States of America leather presentation file, with photographic images of recipient in uniform, extensive copied research and photographic images of the crash site of his .
The Honours and Awards Bestowed upon a French Count. France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Knight’s breast badge, slightly reduced size, 46mm including crown x 33mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with two lapel rosettes; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Charles III, Commander First Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 62mm including wreath suspension x 40mm, gold and enamel; Star, 74mm x 69mm, silver and enamel, with Kretly, Paris, maker’s cartouche to reverse; Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander First Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 74mm including wreath suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, one tip of cross slightly bent; Star, 71mm x 69mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with Halley, Palais Royal, maker’s cartouche to reverse; Mexico, Empire, Order of Guadeloupe, 3rd type, Civil Division, Officer’s breast badge, 60mm including crowned eagle suspension x 37mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on riband, all housed in a blue velvet and silk lined rosewood fitted case, 295mm x 295mm x 110mm, the Orders housed on a removable tray, with central space housing a conjoined neck riband for the two Spanish Orders of Charles III and Isabella the Catholic, and two additional spaces which house additional ribands, including a length of specially-commissioned miniature-width riband which incorporates the ribands of the four orders; and a compartment beneath which houses the broad sash ribands of the Spanish Orders of Charles III and Isabella the Catholic, with maker’s label ‘P. Sormani, Rue Charlot 10’ by catch, the lid of the case trimmed with nickel silver, with the Count’s coast of arms and depiction of the Orders he received worked into the lid in Boulle-technique, generally good very fine and a magnificent display case (6) £1,800-£2,200
Royal Army Temperance Association Medals. Royal Army Temperance Association Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (2) (RATA.5), one contemporarily impressed ‘Pte. A. Hall. DLI.’; the other with ‘Watch and Be Sober’ top riband bar; Six Year Medal, silver (RATA.6), one with Indian lion hallmark; Seven Year Medal, silver (2) (RATA.7), one struck on a thinner flan with hallmarks for Birmingham 1920; Eight Year Medal, silver (2) (RATA.8), one with hallmarks for Birmingham 1909; King George V Coronation Medal 1911, silver (RATA.17), reverse crudely engraved ‘A. Hall’, with ‘1911’ top riband bar, unnamed as issued except where stated, generally very fine (9) £70-£90
An Order of St. John pair awarded to Private J. Allen, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (4284 Pte. J. Allen. 4/O. & B. L.I.) better than very fine (2) £100-£140 --- J. Allen was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 7 of 1 January 1909.
Germany, Third Reich, Police Long Service Medal (2), for 18 Years’ Service, silvered, with original embroidered riband, in embossed card box of issue; for 25 Years’ Service, gilt, in embossed case of issue; Faithful Service Medal, for 25 Years’ Service, silver and enamel, in original embossed card box of issue, good very fine (3) £160-£200
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24506127 Pte J McRobb RS); together with a Royal Scots 350th Anniversary medal, gilt and enamel, with dated top suspension bar ‘1633-1983’, named on the reverse (Pte McRobb J) the first with edge bruise, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-£160
A German Second World War SA Man’s Dagger. Poor blade but with rare maker of Chronolit, full length blade, unsharpened, good clear motto but unfortunately corrosive black marks overall. Grip mounts good, group marked S to the lower mount. High quality national eagle. Slight chip to the enamel of the SA inset. Repainted scabbard. Damage to the ball at the lower scabbard mount; together with a single non etched blade for a navy dagger, fair condition (2) £160-£200 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A Great War 1914 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Major J. E. S. Woodman, Lancashire Fusiliers, late West India Regiment, who was killed in action at Loos in September 1915 whilst attached to the 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers; he was personally decorated by H.M. The King on his visit to the front, 2 December 1914 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Cap: J. E. S. Woodman. 3/W.I.R.:); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1903-04 (Captain J. E. S. Woodman. Lanc: Fus.); 1914 Star (Capt: J. E. S. Woodman. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. E. S. Woodman.) the Great War medals in their named card boxes of issue and registered OHMS transmission envelope; Memorial Plaque (James Edward Somerville Woodman) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope of issue; Memorial Scroll ‘Major James E. S. Woodman, D.S.O. 2nd Lan. Fus. attd. 12 Northumberland Fusiliers’, in transmission tube, light contact marks to the three pre-Great War awards, these good very fine; the Great War awards extremely fine (9) £6,000-£8,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 December 1914: ‘Captain James Edward Somerville Woodman, 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. Commanded three companies of his regiment in attack on Le Touquet, and afterwards commanded the section of defence which included that village.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 December 1914 and 17 February 1915. James Edward Somerville Woodman was born at Clifton on 26 July 1870, the son of Commander C. E. S. Woodman, R.N. From Sandhurst he was commissioned into the West India Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant on 7 January 1891, becoming Lieutenant in January 1893, and Captain in January 1898. He served with the West India Regiment in the Ashanti Expedition, 1895-96 (Star), and took part in the operations in Sierra Leone, 1898-99, with the Mendiland Expedition (Medal with clasp). In 1900 he transferred to the 4th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and served in West Africa (N. Nigeria), 1903-04, and took part in the operations in Bassa Province against the Okpotos (Medal with clasp). From July 1909 to March 1912, he held the Adjutancy of the King’s Own Malta Regiment of Militia. Woodman served in the European War with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from 22 August 1914, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry at Le Touquet. He was decorated by the King, 2 December 1914, on the occasion of His Majesty’s visit to the Expeditionary Force. ‘Captain Woodman went to France with the 2nd Battalion, and at the battle of Ligny, on August 26th, he at once, by his cool, imperturbable leading, proved himself a brave and capable officer. Before our artillery had come up and when the Germans were pressing he, with Captain Spooner and Lieutenant Cross, rallied a large number of men from different Companies and made a stand on the second ridge. He took part in the battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and those who served under him believe that he had a charmed life. Men fell around him, but he remained unscathed. At Le Touquet where Colonel Butler commanded a mixed force, Captain Woodman was in command of the Battalion, and led the attack on the village. For this he received the Distinguished Service Order. He was promoted Major. Major Woodman was present at all the actions up to May 2nd, 1915, when he suffered from the infamous German gas attack. In consequence of this he was sent to England, and for a short time commanded a detachment of the 3rd Battalion at Withernsea. He was subsequently appointed second in command of the 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, and with this Battalion he met his death in France between the 25th and 27th September, 1915. A soldier of studious habits, he found pleasure in the study of languages. He was thorough in all that he undertook. Reserved in manner, it was the reserve that comes to one who has felt the bitterness of disappointment in some of the tenderest relationships of life. With those under him he was strict and not very genial, and yet they were devoted to him, with an absolute confidence. During the winter of 1914-15 he was selected to take temporary command of the Monmouths, and in the short time he was there he impressed all ranks with his qualities as a commanding officer.’ (The Lancashire Fusiliers Annual for 1915 refers) Woodman was promoted to Major on 1 September 1915 and was killed in action in the battle of Loos on 26 September 1915. The Officer Commanding the 12th Northumberland Fusiliers wrote: ‘Major Woodman was with us through the bad time the battalion had on Saturday, 25 September, and after orders were received to take the German trenches by assault on the morning of Sunday, 26 September, he came up the hill with us and encouraged the men in the charge. The men could not run up the hill without a rest to get their breath again, and it was then that Major Woodman sat up and put up his field glasses to look at the enemy’s position. He was immediately shot through the heart, and fell over on his side. He was a brave and gallant officer, and you have the satisfaction of knowing that he died at the head of the battalion, facing the foe. We suffered very badly; only seven of our officers remained with the battalion after the charge, and of these only two were unhit. We all deplore Major Woodman’s loss, as he was a man of very wide experience, and was of the greatest help to us. One of the last things he did was to tell my servant to get back down the hill, as the boy had been wounded in the wrist, but still was going on.’ Sold with the following original documents: M.I.D. certificates dated 8 October 1914 and 14 January 1915 (F.M. Sir John French’s despatches of those dates); another related M.I.D. certificate for ‘Lieut. C. E. T. Woodman, 20th Hussars’, dated 7 November 1917 (F.M. Haig); Royal Warrant for the D.S.O., dated 28 November 1914, and signed by Kitchener, together with a copy of the Statutes and War Office enclosure letter; various registered envelopes addressed to his next of kin; and copied research.
Army Temperance Association Home Medals. Army Temperance Association Home Eight Year Medal, silver (ATAH.7); Ten Year Medal, silver (ATAH.8); Fifteen Year Medal, silver (2) (ATAH.10), one of two-piece construction with the Royal Arms mounted on a large silver shield, the other a single piece consisting of just the Royal Arms without the backing shield; Twenty Year Medal, silver-gilt and enamel (ATAH.11), with ‘A.T.A. XX Years’ top riband bar, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine, the last rare (5) £70-£90
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Four: Private P. Millin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1922 Pte. P. Millen [sic]. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1922 Pte. P. Millin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze; together with a British Legion lapel badge in gilt brass and enamel, very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 July 1918: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Percy Millin attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Advanced Lance-Corporal, he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, and was disembodied on 9 March 1919.
Jubilee 1935 (C. A. Jackson.) contemporarily engraved naming; together with the ‘Windsor Castle’ Jubilee Medallion, silver, in card box; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (2) (Charles R. Harrison; Albert Joyes); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harold Shaw); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Con Offr Daphen W Walpole) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with a National Fire Brigades Association South Coast District, Sussex, Past Chairman’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘H. J. Jones 1937’, generally good very fine (9) £120-£160
Army Temperance Association India Medals. Army Temperance Association India Ten Year Medal, silver oval medal (4) (ATAH.9(a)), one of two-part construction with Indian lion hallmark; Twelve Year Medal, silver-gilt and enamel (2) (ATAI.11), one with Indian lion hallmark to reverse; Fifteen Year Medal, silver, one piece construction (ATAI.12); Twenty Year Medal, silver with gilt Roman numerals (ATAI.13), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine, the last rare (8) £80-£120
The Second War I.S.O., Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to A. H. J. Watson, Esq., Assistant Director of Stores, Admiralty Imperial Service Order, G.VI.R., silver, gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1941, in Elkington, London, case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1918, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- I.S.O. London Gazette 11 June 1942: ‘Albert Harold Joseph Watson, Esq., M.B.E., Assistant Director of Stores, Admiralty.’ M.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918: ‘Albert Harold Joseph Watson, Esq., Naval Store Department, Admiralty For services in connection with the War.’ Albert Harold Joseph Watson was born in Kennington, London, on 8 March 1876 and joined the Civil Service as a temporary Boy Copyist on 10 September 1891. He was appointed a First Class Writer in the Naval Store Department of His Majesty’s Naval Yards on 1 November 1901, and was promoted to Assistant Examiner in the Department of the Controller of the Navy on 1 May 1909. He became an Assistant Naval Store Officer on 28 June 1912, and remained in this branch of the Admiralty for the remainder of his career, ultimately becoming Assistant Director of Stores - by the time he was awarded the Imperial Service Order he had over 50 years’ service to his name. He died on 29 August 1958. Sold together with the original named Bestowal Documents for the I.S.O., the M.B.E., and the 1937 Coronation Medal; and copied research.
A German Second World War SA Dagger with Presentation Inscription. A very nice model 33 enlisted mans dagger. The blade is absolutely superb with much original cross grain finish by the scarce maker of A.Werth, Solingen. To the face side the standard Ulles Fur Deutschland deeply etched inscription. To the reverse side Fur Tapferkeit Im Ostfeldzug 1942 with the etched inscription of an unidentified SA Obersturmbannfuhrer. All of the grip fittings are of the heavy nickel type, marked NA, this is Group Nordmark. Undamaged wood grip. High quality national emblem. Undamaged enamel to the SA inset. Early anodised scabbard, which retains at least 70% of original anodising. Good heavy quality scabbard mounts, one indentation to the ball of the lower scabbard mount, which has one screw missing, one screw missing also to the upper scabbard mount. Complete with its brown leather hanging strap and unmarked sprung loaded belt clip, very good condition £600-£800 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Army Temperance Association Home Medals. Army Temperance Association Home Six Month Medal, bronze (ATAH.1); One Year Medal, silver (2) (ATAH.2), one with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar; Three Year Medal, silver (2) (ATAH.3), one with ‘Excelsior’ top riband bar; Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (2) (ATAH.5), one with ‘Watch and Be Sober’ top riband bar; Seven Year Medal, silver (ATAH.6), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (8) £70-£90
Royal Army Temperance Association Medals. Royal Army Temperance Association Fifteen Year Medal, silver and silver-gilt (3) (RATA.12), all of two-piece construction with the Royal Arms mounted on a large silver shield, one with hallmarks for Birmingham 1912; Twenty Year Medal, silver-gilt and enamel (RATA.13), with ‘R.A.T.A. XX Years’ top riband bar, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine, the last rare (4) £70-£90
Royal Army Temperance Association Medals. Royal Army Temperance Association Nine Year Medal, silver (3) (RATA.9), two with hallmarks for London 1907 and 1909 respectively; Ten Year Medal, silver (RATA.10), one with hallmarks for Birmingham 1906; Twelve Year Medal, silver and enamel (RATA.11), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (6) £60-£80
A fine ‘Hazara 1891’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Colonel J. Keith, Royal Artillery, who was twice mentioned in despatches, and commanded the Royal Artillery in the Sikkim 1888, Hazara 1891 and Izazai Expeditions Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Captn. J. Keith. R.H.A.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Sikkim 1888, Hazara 1891 (Major J. Keith 9/1 N.D. R.A.) mounted for display, generally nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 19 November 1891: ‘In recognition of services during the late Hazara Expedition.’ James Keith was born in November 1842, and was the son of William Keith, M.D. He was commissioned from being a Cadet into the Royal Artillery in December 1861. Keith advanced to Captain in April 1875, served with the 1/1 Field Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in Afghanistan 1878-80, and advanced to Major in October 1882. He served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General R.A., Bengal, March 1882 - March 1887. Keith commanded the Royal Artillery for the Sikkim 1888 (M.I.D.), Hazara 1891 (D.S.O. and M.I.D.) and the Izazai Expeditions. He was presented with his D.S.O. in India in July 1892, and advanced to Colonel in September 1894. He retired in September 1895. Sold with copied research.
‘The whole business was horrible, as one never knew who was for or against you. An innocent looking civilian would walk past the barracks, see our position and then go to a house and snipe. The fighting in France I think was infinitely preferable to this and in this others concur.’ (Personal memoir of the Easter Rising by Major G. A. Harris, Dublin University O.T.C.) ‘I do not know how I should have got on without him, he did everything, and was always cheerful and active and never seemed to get tired, though the strain was great. He organised the defence most efficiently...’ (Colonel F. W. Shaw, Commanding 2nd (H.S.) Gn. Bn. R. Irish Regt.) The important and unique inter-War C.B.E. (Civil), 1916 ‘Easter Rising - Defence of Beggars Bush Barracks’ D.S.O., Great War O.B.E. (Military) group of eight awarded to Major and Adjutant G. A. Harris, Dublin University Officer Training Corps, Territorial Force, who led his poorly armed column of above age military reservists - ‘The Gorgeous Wrecks’ - in a week long defence of Beggars Bush Barracks during the 1916 Easter Rising: arranging his veteran volunteers to the best possible advantage and by keeping up a constant fire on all surrounding houses occupied by the rebels, Harris prevented them from making an attack, and ‘bluffed them into thinking the garrison was much larger than it really was.’ Sold with an important archive of related material including the recipient’s unpublished diary of the Defence, written during the siege on ‘Beggars Bush, Dublin’ headed writing paper. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 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 Medal 1914-20 (Major G. A. Harris.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major G. A. Harris); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar, last seven mounted as worn, minor green enamel damage to wreath on DSO, otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £8,000-£12,000 --- C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 June 1927: ‘Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 24 January 1917: General citation but awarded in connection with services rendered during the Sinn Fein Rebellion, Dublin, April 1916. O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1917: general citation but in connection with services rendered during the Sinn Fein Rebellion, Dublin, April 1916. George Arthur Harris was born in 1879 at Longford, Ireland, into a family with successful business interests and long Ulster associations. He won a scholarship to Trinity College Dublin, where he gained a gold medal in mathematics, played rugby for the 1st XV and assisted in the foundation of the Dublin University Officers’ Training Corps before graduating via open competition to an appointment as a first-class clerk at the Admiralty in London in 1903. The following year he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales’s Own (Civil Service) Rifle Volunteer Corps but, having chosen to return to Dublin, in 1910 he was appointed an officer of the Dublin University Officer Training Corps. Appointed to the command of the Infantry Unit in 1911 and promoted to Major in February 1913, it was in this capacity that Harris was serving on the outbreak of war in 1914. Additionally appointed to the command of the 1st Dublin Battalion Volunteer Training Corps from August 1915, Harris was leading a party of these veteran volunteers on military manoeuvres in the Dublin Hills on 24 April 1916 when he received news that Sinn Fein had risen in Dublin. Easter Rising Following the armed insurrection of around 1800 Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army in Dublin on Monday 24 April 1916, the VTC were ordered to return to Beggars Bush Barracks at once. Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Browning, the senior officer present, split the volunteers into two columns placing the larger party under Harris. These part time reservists, many of them lawyers, doctors and other professional men were mostly above military age - the Irish Rugby Union also had its own contingent. Unofficially termed the ‘Gorgeous Wrecks’, they wore civilian clothes with an armband emblazoned ‘GR’ - Georgius Rex. As a Volunteer Force they had no ammunition and many of their rifles were dummies for training purposes only. Unarmed and militarily ineffective then, this body of men was led back by Harris who recorded his experiences over the following days in his contemporary personal diary of the Easter Rising written on Beggars Bush Dublin headed note paper. Of the journey back to the Barracks, Harris notes: ‘I immediately collected them and marched back via Anglesea Road having a protective screen in front. All went well until I arrived at the corner of Lansdowne Road and Shelbourne Road where I heard from civilians that they heard that the Sinn Feiners were sniping at the Barracks. I sent on two motor cyclists for information and they brought back word from the Barracks that the road was fairly clear. So I ordered the GRs to go up in small parties of four or five. I went on horseback with the foremost parties. As I rode up Haddington Road several shots were fired at me and one man was hit at the Barrack Gate. All the rest of the party got in without further casualty. The wounded man was carried in by Elie and Stranthers of the VTC who displayed great gallantry. The wounded man (Clery) unfortunately died during the night.’ (Harris’ diary refers) Meanwhile, Browning’s smaller party, taking a different route, had run into a rebel ambush at the corner of Haddington and Northumberland Road. Fourteen men were hit, five of them fatally. One of these casualties was Browning, mortally wounded at the head of the column. He was rushed into the Barracks where he died two days later. Major Harris meanwhile had already arrived to find it garrisoned by around twenty seven men of the Catering Corps. He set about organising the defence of the barracks immediately: ‘On getting into Barracks I found that I was senior Officer and took over command. I discovered that there were only about 15 rifles in the Barracks with a lot of disabled and convalescent soldiers, in addition to women and children. The troops with me - about 80 - had only unserviceable rifles for which no ammunition was available. There were large stores of ammunition and it was of the utmost importance to hold the Barracks, as it formed the first link between the city and troops coming from England. I arranged the troops round the wall to the best possible advantage, and by keeping up a constant fire on all surrounding houses occupied by the rebels prevented them from making an attack, and bluffed them into thinking the garrison was much larger than it really was.’ Harris had all the bricked up portholes opened and strategically had the ammunition, food etc. stored in the central block which he proposed to hold as a final post. Sniping continued from houses all around: ‘During the night Colonel Sir Frederick Shaw arrived and took over command, but I was ordered by the Irish Command Headquarters to remain and assist him. The night passed wearily in expectation of attack. All next day we h...
Germany, Third Reich, 1 October 1938 Medal, bronze, complete with Prague Castle bar, in embossed case of issue, the upper inner silk marked Deschler & Son, Munich; Faithful Service Medal (2), for 25 Years’ Service, silver and enamel, in embossed card box of issue, maker’s label of Friedrich Keller Oberstein attached to the upper inner lid section; for 40 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel, in embossed case of issue, the upper inner silk marked Deschler & Son, Munich, generally good very fine (3) £100-£140
Royal Naval Temperance Society Medals. Royal Naval Temperance Society, Membership Medal, silvered and enamel (2) (RNTS.2), one with ‘R.N.T.S.’ top riband bar, the other with ‘Committee’ top riband bar’; One Year Medal, silvered and enamel (2) (RNTS.3), both with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar; Three Year Medal, silvered and enamel (2) (RNTS.4), both with ‘Three Years’ top riband bar, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (6) £60-£80
A rare Great War A.R.R.C. and M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sister A. G. Boyd, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; Military Medal, G.V.R. (A. Sister A. G. Boyd. A.R.R.C. Q.A.I.M.N.S.(R).); 1914-15 Star (S. Nurse. A. G. Boyd. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (A. Sister A. G. Boyd.) mounted court-style for display, together with Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. silver cape badge and Overseas Nursing Association silver recruiting badge with ‘1919’ bar brooch, nearly extremely fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 2 May 1916. M.M. London Gazette 4 March 1918: ‘For bravery, coolness and conspicuous devotion displayed in the performance of their duties on occasions when the Casualty Clearing Station has been under hostile shell fire and bombed by enemy aircraft.’ Her Military Medal was awarded for bravery at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station at Noeux-les-Mines, near Béthune, the original recommendation held by the Imperial War Museum giving a more detailed account: ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in that during the night of September 12/13th 1917, during very heavy enemy shelling, when pieces of shell were striking the hospital, and one of the personnel was wounded she carried out her duties with the greatest courage and coolness. Her bravery, cheerfulness, and devotion to duty during this horrible night were of the greatest advantage, when the darkness and helplessness of the wounded made many of them seriously alarmed. Her presence of mind and absence of fear gave a much needed confidence to the patients. This is only one of the many dangerous occasions when Miss Boyd has acted up to the highest traditions of the Nursing Service.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 May 1916 (Despatch of Sir Ian Hamilton dated 11 December 1915) and 21 June 1916 (Despatch of General Sir John Maxwell, commanding the Forces in Egypt, dated 16 March 1916) this second mention being specifically for her service in hospital ships. Anna Georgina Boyd was born on 23 May 1888 at Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, the daughter of a farmer, and was educated at the Model School, Newry. She trained at the Royal Victoria Hospital from August 1909 to November 1912, and left in October 1913 after a period as a Staff Nurse and Sister in the Rotunda. From then until her enlistment she was engaged in private nursing and midwifery. She was accepted into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 9 July 1915, and disembarked at Alexandria for service at No. 19 General Hospital on 26 November 1915. She later served in hospital ships before transferring to France. She arrived at No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers, on 29 February 1916, and later served in the Hospital Ship Aquitania followed by a month at the Lord Derby Hospital, Warrington, before returning to France and No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station at Noeux-les-Mines. She was promoted acting Sister on 1 August 1917. After a period at No. 46 Stationary Hospital, Etaples, she arrived at No. 38 Casualty Clearing Station where she remained for a year. Her final posting saw a return to No. 4 General Hospital in December 1918, prior to her demobilisation on 14 March 1919. After the war Miss Boyd took her Central Midwives Board certificate at the Lying-In Hopsital and applied to the Overseas Nursing Association, being posted to the Malay States in 1920 (Honours and Awards to Women - The Military Medal by Norman G. Gooding refers). She died in London on 29 January 1957. Sold with original letter of congratulations from the Matron in Chief, B.E.F. upon award of the M.M., and War Office letter advising that all ladies who attend an Investiture at Buckingham Palace to receive the decoration of the Royal Red Cross should afterwards proceed to Marlborough House to see her Majesty. Together with copied research.
Royal Army Temperance Association Medals. Royal Army Temperance Association Award of Merit Medal, silver (RATA.14), the reverse contemporarily impressed ‘Bom. W. Harrison. 46 Co. R.G.A. 1911.’, with top riband bar; Prince of Wales’s Medal, silver and enamel (RATA.15); King Edward VII Coronation Medal 1902, silver (RATA.16); King George V Coronation Medal 1911, silver (RATA.17); King Edward VII Memorial Medal, silver (RAHA.18), one with hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, unnamed as issued except where stated, generally very fine (6) £60-£80
France, Second Republic, Legion of Honour (2), Knight’s breast badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath; another, a reduced-size knight’s breast badge, 26mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, no crown, enamel damage to second, nearly very fine or better (2) £60-£80
A scarce and poignant Second War A.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Wing Commander S. R. Hinks, Royal Air Force, who initially flew Hudsons with Coastal Command, prior to being employed as an Instructor in Canada. Hinks served with 24 Squadron (King’s Flight), and flew a number of VIP’s during the war, including Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, and the Royal Family. After the war Hinks was employed as a civil pilot in Argentina, and flew Eva Peron for the entirety of her tour of Europe in 1947. He was subsequently employed by El-Al Airlines operating out of Israel - and flying a Lockheed 049 Constellation from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul, strayed into Bulgarian airspace at the height of the Cold War. The passenger aircraft, with a crew of 7 and a passenger list of 51 (including Hinks’ fiancée), was intercepted and shot down by two Bulgarian MiG fighters, 27 July 1955. All of the crew and passengers lost their lives, in what became a major international incident Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as originally worn together with an Eva Peron Medal, gold (18ct) and enamel medal, naming embossed in raised letters ‘A L Cap. Stanley R. Hinks’, generally very fine or better, last rare (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Christie’s, November 1982. A.F.C. London Gazette 16 April 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer, an excellent Flying Instructor, has set a very good example to both staff pilots and pupils and has maintained a high standard of flying in his flight. The success of this unit depends to a large extent on successful Hudson conversion training. Flight Lieutenant Hinks, by his outstanding zeal and energy in the performance of his duties, has, to a large degree, been responsible for the high standard of training obtained. In a period of nineteen months this officer has completed 860 flying instructional hours on Hudson conversion training.’ A.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 April 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Since joining this Squadron [24 Squadron] as a Flight Commander in July 1944 this officer has completed 191 hrs. flying which includes thirteen overseas flights. He is a most reliable and dependable Flight Commander. In the performance of his duties he has not only proved himself to be most efficient, but also a very capable leader. His interest in, and knowledge of administration has been invaluable to the Squadron. Total flying time in R.A.F.: 2,882,00 hrs. Total last 6 months: 191.15 hrs.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 11 August 1940. Stanley Reginald Hinks was born in North Devon in February 1920, and educated at King Edward VII School, King’s Lynn. He was commissioned in to the Royal Air Force in 1938, and served in Hudsons with Coastal Command, 1939-1941 (M.I.D.). Hinks was posted as an instructor to the first flying training school in Canada, and was based at No. 31 O.T.U., Nova Scotia until 1943. He was subsequently posted to 24 Squadron (King’s Flight), and flew VIP’s in Dakotas: ‘With the King and Princess Elizabeth standing chatting beside him, Squadron Leader Reginald Hinks, of 18, Temple Drive, Nuthall, yesterday [17 July 1945] piloted the Royal plane - a silver Dakota - escorted by two squadrons of Mustangs, to Long Kesh, R.A.F. Station near Belfast, where the King and Queen began their tour of Northern Ireland. Pilot for many V.I.P.s during the war, including Mr Churchill, Mr Attlee, and Field Marshal Sir Alan BrookE - Squadron Leader Hinks took off from Northolt yesterday afternoon at 4.30 with the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth aboard. The journey took two hours and one minute. It was the second occasion within a month that he has piloted the King and Queen - he flew them home from the Channel Islands in June. “We had a lovely flight,” the Queen told the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ireland, who greeted the Royal trio on the airfield. Squadron Leader Hinks actually made history, for it was the first time that a sovereign has travelled to Northern Ireland by air. He was also piloting Princess Elizabeth on her first flight.’ (Newspaper cutting included with lot refers). After the war Hinks was employed as a civil pilot for F.A.M.A., the Argentine airline. As a civil pilot, Hinks flew Eva Peron round Europe on her tour in 1947, and when they reached Buenos Aires on returning, she gave him a present of £150, and presented him to President Peron. Hinks was next employed as a pilot by El-Al Airlines. On 27 July 1955 an El Al Airlines Lockheed 049 Constellation (4X-AKC, flight 426, flying from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul, strayed into Bulgarian airspace, likely due to strong winds in very bad weather. The crew of the aircraft was Hinks as pilot, First Officer Pini Ben-Porat, Flight Engineer Sidney Chalmers and Radio Operator Raphael Goldman. The aircraft was intercepted in the early morning darkness at 17,500 feet by Bulgarian MiG-15 Fagot fighters, and was shot down near Petrich, Bulgaria. The aircraft crashed near the Strumitza River, close to the Yugoslav and Greek borders in south-western Bulgaria. All fifty-one passengers and seven crew were killed. It caused an international incident at the height of the Cold War, and whilst lost in diplomacy lead to a number of conspiracy theories even to this day. The victims’ remains were transported back to Israel, and buried in a communal grave. A memorial to them was built at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv. Sold with the following original documents: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 11 August 1940; photograph of recipient in uniform with Winston Churchill; a newspaper cutting and copied research. Note: Although it is not known exactly how many ‘Peron Medals’ were issued, the fact that the recipient’s name is embossed in raised letters, rather than engraved, would have necessitated a separate die for each medal, and consequently it can be assumed that the medal was sparingly presented.
A Chinese Kangxi famille verte plate, the centrefield decorated with foliage and blossom and butterflies, within a lattice work and honeycomb decorated panelled border, each panel with floral sprays, the underside with blossom decoration, raised on a circular foot, bearing blue underglazed mark of Ding incense burner within two concentric circles, 27 cm diameter CONDITION REPORTS Some wear to the enamel work throughout, small firing fault bubble to the work above the large flower - see image for detail. Otherwise with wear and tear conducive with age and use
A collection of items comprising a Longines wristwatch No'd L46352 to back and inscribed "La grande classique de Longines" the white enamel dial set with Roman numerals together with a Christofle of France paper knife with Benin style mask decoration 22 cm long, a silver mounted cigarette box and a pair of silver and enamel decorated cufflinks inscribed "For God and the Empire" CONDITION REPORTS Longines watch - unable to say if working but measures 33mm diameter
A matched pair of Chinese Kangxi famille verte onion-shaped vases with all-over scrolling floral and foliate decoration, the necks with flower head decorated collars and lotus leaf decorated shoulders, raised on a plain circular foot, 20 cm and 19 cm high respectively CONDITION REPORTS Vase 1 with small dots below the neck collar - some firing flecks to the interior of the neck, some loss to the blue enamel of the flowers - see images. Single dark spot on the pale ground above the leaves - again see image. Some firing marks particularly to the base/foot - see images.Vase 2 - some firing flecks to the interior of the neck, decoration to vase 2 slightly coarser to the neck collar. Dots below slightly bigger and fewer though decoration essentially the same. Some wear to the main scrolling foliate decoration and again some loss to the blue enamel of the flowers - see images for further detail. Otherwise wear and tear conducive with age and use
A collection of snuff or patch boxes including a Bilston type enamel box decorated with “Two nesting birds”, inscribed “Efteem The Giver”, 5.5 cm wide, another depicting “Figure fishing by water's edge”, 4.5 cm wide (very damaged), another inscribed “Have Communion with Few, Be Familiar with One, Deal Justly with All, Speak Evil of None”, 4.2 cm wide (very damaged) and a Sèvres oval patch box bearing crossed “Ls” and capital “R” to base, 5 cm wide
A Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" dinner service "Orange Capri" pattern, comprising two vegetable tureens, covers and stands, four oval dishes, eleven dinner plates, twelve dessert plates and twelve side plates CONDITION REPORTS Side plates - half are badly crazed. There are six dinner plates with significant crazing and five without. Four of the tea plates have significant crazing. One tureen lid has a hairline fracture. One tureen base has a hairline fracture. The two smaller oval serving plates are badly crazed and the larger has discolouration. The two saucers have bad crazing. Otherwise all items are dirty and in need of a good clean, have some knife marks etc to the enamel decoration - see images for more details
A collection of silver wares to include a cased set of six coffee spoons with "Thistle" set finials, a pair of Georgian silver sugar tongs, a silver dish bearing engraving to the centre and a cut glass dish and two silver salts with blue glass liners, a silver cased pocket watch, the enamel dial inscribed "Acme Lever H Samuel Manchester", a plated example and a pair of pewter napkin rings with dog finials, 9.6 oz weighable silver
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