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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (William Dufton.) some light scratches, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4,000...

The Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant John Sperling, Royal Engineers, one of eleven engineer officers present at the battle, he had previously ...

Pair: Private G. Robertson, 4th South African Infantry, who suffered gas poisoning at Delville Wood, Somme, on 20 July 1916, and was wounded and t...

A fine Q.G.M. awarded to Fireman M. J. Montgomerie, London Fire Brigade, for his courage and gallantry in ‘carrying out a daring rescue’ of a woma...

A fine Second War 1945 ‘Burma Operations’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Jemadar Padamlal Rai, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles, 17th Indian Division, Indian A...

Pair: Honorary Captain J. W. Graves, late Private No. 6 Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps, a Methodist Minister, published poet and aut...

An impressive and early 'Special Forces' officer casualty group of four awarded to Captain T. Montgomerie, Special Boat Service attached 'L' Detac...

Family Group: Four: Major A. Blaikie, 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who sustained a bullet wound to the...

Pair: Engineman J. I. Scott, Royal Naval Reserve, who responded to the wireless distress signals from the American troopship Tuscania which had be...

A rare First Boer War ‘Siege of Lydenburg’ D.C.M. awarded to Acting Conductor C. Jurenson, Commissariat and Transport Corps, for his gallant condu...

A rare First Boer War ‘Siege of Potchefstroom’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Private H. Bush, 21st Regiment of Foot, later Royal Scots Fusiliers, for his...

Family Group: Pair: Sergeant W. H. Matthews, D.C.M., Royal Fusiliers, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Med...

A post-War B.E.M. awarded to Regimental Pipe Major Warrant Officer Class II Hastabahadur Rai, 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles British...

A good ‘1914’ D.C.M., Russian Medal of St George for Bravery 3rd Class group of five awarded to Corporal A. A. Irish, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Reg...

A Second War ‘North West Europe’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Western Front 1918 Advance to Victory’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. P...

Family group: A Great War ‘Somme’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private W. Muspratt, Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded by a shell whilst per...

The important Victory Medal awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir W. S. Delamain, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Indian Army, late Royal Berkshire Regiment, ...

Three: Private J. Holness, Royal Marines, a veteran of the Defence of Antwerp 1914 and the Gallipoli campaign, before serving as part of the Storm...

An extremely rare post-War ‘Malayan Emergency’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Sudhaman Rai, 7th Duke of Edinburgh’...

Five: Major H. W. Wilby, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who received a Commander-in-Chief’s Commendation ‘for rendering an intelligence report of sp...

A good Second War 1941 ‘immediate’ Coastal Command D.F.M. group of five awarded to Beaufort and Mosquito pilot Sergeant L. H. Morgan, 217 Squadron...

Four: Captain W. H. Payton, C.M.G., Khyber Rifles, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, later Chairman of the Rangoon Development Trust, Indian Civil ...

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant William Stirling, second in command of the Royal Marines Light Infantry contingent of Shannon...

Family Group: A Great War ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. R. Malet, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was accidentall...

A ‘North Russia 1919 Operations’ D.S.O., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Major W. O. 'Snapper' White, Royal Canadian Regim...

A fine ‘East Africa’ M.S.M. awarded to Acting Warrant Officer 1st Class B. A. Embelin, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was twice Mentioned in Despat...

Pair: Second Lieutenant F. Planche-Hearn, Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. F. Planche-Hearn. R.F.C.) mounted court-sty...

A Great War A.F.C., Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Wing Commander E. R. Pretyman, Royal Air F...

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Captain R. C. R. Kane, Royal Irish Rifles, late Prince Alfred’s Vol...

An unattributed mounted group of five miniature dress medals British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp; Que...

The Zulu War Medal awarded to Sergeant R. Anderson, 58th Regiment of Foot, later 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in actio...

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Anholt 27 March 1811 (James Brookes.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is ...

Three: Farrier Sergeant J. Jones, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (80956 S.Sth: J. Jones. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (80956 A-Sjt. ...

Three: Driver S. Cole, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (39804 Dvr: S. Cole. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (39804. Dvr. S....

Eight: Captain Tekbahadur Thapa, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Gener...

Three: Private W. E. Lamb, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2190 Pte. W. E. Lamb. Notts; & Derby: R.); British War and Victo...

A fine ‘Replacement’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Staff Sergeant F. G. Sole, Supply and Transport Corps and Royal Horse Artillery, together with...

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (21152610 LCpl Shyambahadur Thapa GTR) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Saud...

A Great War ‘Palestine’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Staff Sergeant W. Morcombe, Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry during the night a...

Four: G. E. Bryant, British Red Cross 1914-15 Star (G. E. Bryant. B.R.C.S. & O.S.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (G. E. Bryant. B.R.C. & ...

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Lance Bombardier G. W. Allen, Royal Horse Artillery, for his gallantry in rescuing wounded under fir...

Eight: Captain Narbahadur Gurung, 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the latter stag...

Pair: Lieutenant and Quartermaster F. K. Tull, Army Service Corps, who was slightly wounded in the neck at Potchefstroom on 26 December 1880, and ...

A rare smuggler’s Syria operations Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman John Snell, Royal Navy, who was impressed into the Service a...

Four: Lance-Corporal Damarbahadur Rai, Gurkha Signals, late Royal Signals (Gurkha), who served in Singapore as a Police Constable in the Gurkha Co...

Pair: Gunner J. J. Kennedy, Royal Horse Artillery 1914-15 Star (78166 Gnr. J. J. Kennedy. R.H.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (78166. Gnr. J. J. Kenne...

Four: Lieutenant A. Otten, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, th...

An inter-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lady Medical Officer Dr. Mary J. Were, Colonial Medical Service The Most Excellent Order of the Br...

Four: Bombardier J. C. H. Smith, Royal Field Artillery, who served on the Western Front in his early 50’s 1914-15 Star (210. Bmbr. J. C. H. Sm...

Six: Temporary Warrant Mechanician E. S. Scales, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, Nor...

A mounted display of British Red Cross Society medals and badges, comprising British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (2), one with...

Three: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Manikumar Chhetri, 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, who performed a ‘vital function’ during the...

A Great War ‘German 1918 Spring Offensive’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. pair awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant C. Pitt, Ammunition Column, Royal Hors...

Four: Private L. H. Boileau, Nigerian Land Contingent, who later served as Principal Assistant Secretary, Nigerian Government Secretariat Afric...

Family group: Pair: Gunner R. Kirk, 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 1 September 1916 British W...

A Great War ‘Gallipoli operations’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. Hughes, 1st/1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical...

The Order of St. John insignia awarded to Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Katherine F. Wilkinson, Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade The O...

Five: Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant W. L. Vaughan, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights...

Victory Medal 1914-19 (L-44243 Dvr. A. F. Doel. R.A.) nearly very fine £50-£70 --- Arthur Frederick Doel, alias William Sinclair, was born...

Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel T. J. A. Seale, Royal Marines, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942, and served...

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