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WWI National Reserve Badges and Other Related Items, a good selection including examples to County of Aberdeen, Hampshire Isle of Wight, Sussex, London, Warwickshire, a medal in gilt metal and enamels Borough of Deptford War Workers 1914 - 1919, a silver and enamel brooch Marine Engineers Association, a scarce lapel badge in gilding metal and enamels “Birmingham Battalion 1914’, a large bronze lapel Navy and Army Canteens 1917, a gilding metal lapel 37th Recruiting Area War Office, a rare hallmarked silver button H.P.S. S.V.R.A. with central lion and palm tree, a scarce gilt metal and triple enamelled lapel “Speed Up Munitions and Guns” and on the reverse “Did Her Bit on Munitions Great War 1914 - 1918”, a lapel in white metal and enamels National War Savings Committee with central swastika, together with sundry other interesting items, civilian, military and Police, good overall condition (85+) £200-300

Items of Uniform attributed to Idi Amin Uganda Air Force Side Cap, a tailored cap of large size, complete with ‘UAF’ bullion wings and bronze ‘Uganda Army’ badge, cap unnamed; together with Uganda Army Shoulder Rank Tabs (2), for the rank of Field Marshal; another for the rank of Major-General, gilt bullion on green cloth, very good condition (3) £150-200 The vendor states the above were obtained from a ‘Special Forces’ officer who acquired them from a palace of the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin. With a colour picture of Amin in uniform wearing a cap similar to the above.

Dominican Republic, Order of Juan Pablo Duarte, badge, 85 x 55mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, fitted with a silver brooch bar suspension bearing a miniature silver-gilt and enamel badge of the Order, the centre set with a pearl, the brooch bar reverse inscribed, ‘Rafael Leonidas Trujillo 1950’, nearly extremely fine £500-700 Information derived from the Trujillo family indicates that originally the miniature badge was set with a diamond. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was born in San Christobal on 24 October 1891, the third of eleven children of Jose Trujillo, a minor retailer, and Altagracia Julia Molina Chevalier. After several short-lived jobs, the young Trujillo entered the Dominican army during the time of the U.S. occupation of the country, 1916-24. Rising quickly through the ranks, by the time the Americans vacated the country, he was in command of the army. When a rebellion broke out in 1930 against President Horacio Vasquez, Trujillo was ordered to suppress it; however, no action against the rebels was taken, the capital, Santo Domingo was taken without a fight and the rebel leader, Rafael Estrella was installed as Acting President in place of the ousted Vasquez. In the nominally ‘free’ elections of May 1930, Trujillo, as leader of the newly formed Dominican Party won the Presidency, by gaining a staggering 95% of the vote! The country swiftly moved to a one-party state with all opposition brutally suppressed. In the absence of any viable opposition, Trujillo was ‘acclaimed’ President for a second term in 1934 but, following U.S. precedent, declined to stand for a third successive term, and instead installed Jacinto Peynado, 1938-40 and Manuel Troncoso de la Concha, 1940-42 as his nominees, whilst retaining all effective power himself as ‘Generalissimo’. Trujillo was persuaded to stand for election again in 1942 and as before won handsomely. He retained the Presidency until 1952, when his younger brother, Hector Trujillo was given the title; Rafael Trujillo retaining all effective power as before. In 1960 his brother was removed from nominal power, and the Presidency was bestowed upon Joaquin Balaguer, with Trujillo again in effective control. Rafael Trujillo’s life and the power of the Trujillo family in the country came to an end on 30 May 1961, when he was shot dead by an assassin in Santo Domingo. Originally buried with full honours in his home town of San Christobel, his body was later removed and reburied in Paris.

Austria, Empire, Mayors of Lower Austria Medal 1907, 63 x 54mm., silver, lacking suspension loop, fine; Army Cross 1813-14, gilt, lacking wreath; Bravery Medal (3), Franz Joseph, small silver, unsigned; another, Karl, by Kautsch; large silver; another, small silver; Military Merit Medal (2) Franz Joseph, gilt; another, Karl, silver; Honour Medal for 40 Years Faithful Service; Commemorative Cross 1912-13; Long Service Cross (2), for 5 and VI years; Red Cross Medal, with war decoration, gilt and enamel; Lower Austria Medal of Merit, gilt; Styria Medal of Merit, gilt; Austria, Republic, Badge, silver base metal and enamel, pin-backed, many with ribbons, fine and better (14) £140-180

Belgium, Order of Leopold I, 5th Class breast badge, unilingual, silver base metal and enamel, enamel repaired; Order of Leopold II, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Decoration for Work, silver and enamel; Congo Medal 1879-1908, gilt Italy, 9th Army Medal, bronze; War Commemorative Medal 1940-43; other medals (2); badge (1); lapel badges (3) enamelled; Vatican, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage to reverse centre, nearly very fine and better (13) £60-80

A well documented Iron Cross pair awarded to UntersturmfŸhrer Karlis Juka, 32nd (3rd Latvian) Waffen-SS Regiment Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class; Wound Badge, ‘black’ grade, pin-backed, good very fine and better (lot) £150-200 Karlis Juka was born in the Parish of Arlava in the district of Talsi, Latvia on 11 October 1917. There are no details of Juka’s early war service but recruitment for the Latvian SS-Volunteer Division commenced in February 1943, drawing upon fresh recruits, Latvians serving with the Wehrmacht, and drafts from other SS-controlled units. Forming up and training of the eventual 20,000 men continued during March-November when the unit was named the 15 Latvian SS-Volunteer Division. Juka was in the 32 Waffen-SS Grenadier Regiment (Latvia No. 3), the two earlier numbered regiments were serving as SS Police battalions on the Eastern Front, and in November 1943 his battalion was with the division in reserve on the Northern Russian Front under the 16th Army command. The Soviet offensive broke the German encirclement of Leningrad, and by mid-February the main components of the division were involved in heavy fighting around Belebalka on the west bank of the River Radya: fighting rearguard actions during the withdrawal to the ‘Panther Redoubt’ on the River Velibaya. He was wounded in action on 7 February 1944 during the withdrawal and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class in the field on 3 March 1944 - the citation signed by the General of Artillery. He received the wound badge in black, the signatory of this citation being an SS-SturmbannfŸhrer, the document dated Riga, 15 March 1944. Photographs with the lot show that he received injuries to his ribs and right arm. Nothing else is known of his war service but in the continuous fighting against the Soviets, the 32 Waffen-SS Regiment was almost completely annihilated. Following the Soviet advance into East Prussia in January 1945, the division, then known as the 15 Waffen-SS Grenadier Division, made a fighting retreat until in March 1945 the survivors were ordered to Mecklenburg for refitting and ‘fortress construction’. Luckily, most were able to surrender to U.S. and Canadian troops near Schwerin on 2-3 May 1945. Some time after his capture, Juka was employed as an interpreter to British forces, firstly at P.O.W. camp 2227, then at Camp ‘Willershausen’ from November 1946 until 1 December 1947. Juka attained the rank of ‘UntersturmfŸhrer’ in the SS, a rank equivalent to ‘Leutnant’ (Lieutenant) in the Wehrmacht. Sold with a number of items, including: cloth Latvian Arm Shield badge; original award documents for the Iron Cross and Wound Badge; papers (3) concerning his employment as an interpreter in British P.O.W. camps; Certificate of Registration - with photograph, covering the period 1947-60, with addresses in Cambridge and Bedford; Travel Document - with photograph; a quantity of photographs - some military related with the recipient in uniform; two lapel badges - ‘Latvija’ and ‘Riga’ - the latter lacking pin fitting; a brass ring bearing the cypher ‘KS’, and a number of small denomination German coins of the period.

Three: Mr A. J. Busby, British Army 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued; together with an A.R.P. lapel badge, silver; National Service lapel badge, enamelled, number ‘360’; Coronation 1937 lapel badge, silvered base metal; Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with swords, good very fine and better (7) £40-60 The three W.W.2 medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr A. J. Busby, 33 Worthing Street, Beverley Road, Hull, Yorks.’, together with forwarding slips. Also with copied certificate of award to ‘Mr Arthur Joseph Busby’, of ‘72 Chamberlain Road, Stoneferry, Kingston upon Hull’, from the ‘City and County of Kingston upon Hull’, confirming that he was a ‘Civil Defence Warden’ from 18 March 1942 to 16 March 1943.

A fine C.S.I., C.I.E., Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain J. E. Pedley, Indian Army, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was latterly a senior member of the Indian Civil Service The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central cameo bust of Queen Victoria and rose diamond set legend, a few stones lacking, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue with full neck cravat; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamels, with full neck cravat; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. J. E. Pedley, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. E. Pedley); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. J. E. Pedley, 57 Rfls. F.F.); Jubilee 1935, the last six mounted as worn, some contact wear, otherwise generally very fine or better (8) £5000-6000 C.S.I. London Gazette 13 June 1946: ‘John Edward Pedley, Esq., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, lately Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.’ C.I.E. London Gazette 8 June 1939: ‘John Edward Pedley, Esq., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Collector, Gorakhpur, United Provinces.’ M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917 Temp. Lt. John Edward Pedley, K. R. Rif. C. John Edward Pedley was born at Rangoon, Burma in December 1891, the son of Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Pedley, of the Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers. He was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Oxford, and was commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps In December 1914, from the ranks of King Edward’s Horse which he had joined in November 1911. He first went to France on 25 July 1915, where he served in the 12th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, and won his M.C. in 1916. He was subsequently wounded in the right leg on 25 April 1917 - ‘several small fragments of shell in the right calf and below the knee joint’ - and was transferred to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers at the end of the year. He was subsequently employed in the Third Afghan War as a Captain in the 57th (Wilde’s) Rifles, I.A. In 1920 Pedley joined the Indian Civil Service and a long and distinguished career ensued, one of his final appointments being as a Member of the Board of Revenue in the United Provinces shortly after the 1939-45 War. Among other appointments in the interim, Pedley was placed in charge of the Gorakhpur district in the late 1930s, an unenvious position that resulted in the award of his C.I.E. in 1939. An accompanying newspaper cutting quotes the following citation, as read out at the time of his investiture: ‘You joined the service in 1920 after four years’ service in the British and Indian Armies, during which you were awarded the Military Cross. From 1924 to 1928 you were Registrar of the Allahabad High Court. Thereafter you served as a District Officer and have been in charge of the large districts of Lucknow, Meerut and Bareilly. Since September 1937, you have been Collector of the very large and important district of Gorakhpur with over three million inhabitants, which was then in an unsatisfactory state owing to agrarian unrest and political agitation. You have fully justified your selection for this difficult charge. You handled the general situation, including at one stage a troublesome communal problem in Gorakhpur city, with great success; and by sound and cool-headed judgement combined with firmness and urbanity you restored confidence in the district administration among all classes of the population and effected a great improvement in the general agrarian situation. You have done most valuable work in Gorakhpur, and it is with great pleasure that I now deliver you the insignia of the Companionship of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.’ Pedley was awarded his C.S.I. in 1946 and retired to the Isle of Man, where he died in April 1972. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including original warrants for the C.S.I. and C.I.E., edges slightly cut and damaged, together with related investiture pamphlets and congratulatory letters for the latter award from the Governor of the United Provinces, and his wife, both dated June 1939; and commission document for Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, dated 21 February 1919.

An important D.S.O., O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colonel E. E. `Bullfrog` Wilford, commanding 13th (Barnsley Pals) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, on 1 July 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major E. E. Wilford, 30th Lancers); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. E. E. Wilford); Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. E. E. Wilford) mounted for display, good very fine (5) £2400-2800 D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January, 1917. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June, 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Edmund Ernest Wilford was the son of Colonel Edmund Percival Wilford, late Gloucestershire Regiment. He was educated at Clifton College. He joined the East Yorkshire Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant in 1896 and transferred to the Indian Army two years later. He served as a Major and Squadron Commander, 30th Lancers (Gordon`s Horse) with the Indian Corps in France 1914. On 11 November 1915, Wilford was given command of the new raised Barnsley Pals Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. The Pals had finished their training in England and Wilford was to lead them to action in France where they were to suffer enormous casualties, especially on the first day of the battle of the Somme. He was to become respected by the men for his no-nonsense approach and his willingness to see for himself how things were going at the sharp end of operations. He was known amongst the men as `Bullfrog` and from Brigade Headquarters earned the nickname of `The Swashbuckler.` After the disaster on the Somme Lieutenant-Colonel Wilford sent the following letter back to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Hewitt: ‘France 11th July, 1916.’ ‘ My Dear Hewitt, The 13th Y & L have covered themselves with glory, and you who raised the Battalion should indeed be pleased. They have added a page to history. The way the Regiment advanced through an intense artillery barrage and machine gun fire to the attack equals any deed done in the War. No faltering or wavering, each man pressing on to his objective as steadily as if on parade. Our casualties were very heavy, but we have the consolation they feel in the hour of victory. I would like you to let the people of Barnsley know that every lad who fought that day was a hero. The Battalion has been congratulated by many - the Corps Commander, the Divisional General, and by our Brigadier on its gallantry, and I am the proudest man in France.` Wilford was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in January 1917, and was wounded by an exploding shell in May of the same year. His D.S.O. was almost certainly in recognition of his services on the Somme. He saw out the last days of the war with the Royal Defence Corps in his old rank of Major, for which service he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1919.

The well-documented and remarkable Second World War M.B.E., Great War M.C. and Bar, D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander J. H. Norton, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Essex Yeomanry, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, whose published account of his experiences in the Palestine campaign 1917-18 include frequent mention of personal encounters with Lawrence of Arabia - among them the occasion he flew the great man to a desert rendezvous and his direct part in one of his classic “Train Wrecking” operations The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse privately engraved, ‘Capt. John Hamilton Norton, France 1917, Bar Palestine 1918’; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Flight Lieut. John Hamilton Norton, Palestine 1918’; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. J. H. Norton, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1105 Pte. J. H. Norton, Essex Yeo.); Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf, silver, generally good very fine (9) £25000-30000 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. M.C. London Gazette 26 May 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He reconnoitred the enemy’s wire at the height of 300 feet, and brought back most valuable information. He has at all times displayed great courage and skill.’ Bar to M.C. London Gazette 22 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While he was carrying out observation for an important artillery shoot, two hostile aeroplanes endeavoured to interfere. These he at once attacked and drove off, afterwards continuing his observation for the shoot, during which two hostile emplacements were destroyed. His dash and determination contributed greatly to the success of the operation.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 8 February 1919: ‘On all occasions this officer displays gallantry and devotion to duty, notably on 29 July, when, in co-operation with our artillery, he carried out a shoot against two anti-aircraft pits. On approaching this target Captain Norton was wounded in the left foot; notwithstanding this, he continued the shoot, and succeeded in destroying both pits, thereby putting out of action two hostile guns.’ John Hamilton “Jocko” Norton was born in Southend, Essex in October 1896 and, after leaving school, was employed as an insurance broker at Lloyds of London. Enlisting in the Essex Yeomanry as a Trooper in August 1914, he was commissioned in the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, via the Special List, that November, but remained employed in the U.K. until transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and gaining his Royal Aero Club Certificate in February 1916. France Posted to No. 12 Squadron out in France in July of the same year, he completed around 80 operational sorties before being transferred to No. 13 Squadron in March 1917, Army co-operation work that comprised bombing raids and spotting for the artillery, in addition to photography, and hazardous work, too, as evidenced by the following extracts taken from his Flying Log Book: 28 July 1916 - an attack on a bridge in the Somme region: ‘Bombs fell near railway track. A.A. very good. Lt. Watkins caught fire from direct hit. Own fuselage badly shot.’ 29 August 1916: ‘Bombed Bois de Loupart. Attacked by hostile machine - two rounds through cockpit, one through coat. Forced landing. Ran into telephone pole. Crashed machine’s wings dismantled.’ 15 September 1916: ‘Bombed Bapaume. Squadron came down to 500 feet. Tyson hit. Archie and Onions very bad. 20 hostile machines. Recrossed at 1000.’ 17 September 1916: ‘Bombed Marcoing station. Blew up large ammunition dump on railway line. Formation attacked south of Cambrai by about 40 hostile machines. Honey and Patterson lost. Four F.Es lost from escort.’ In March 1917, Norton transferred to No. 13 Squadron as a Flight Commander, which appointment quickly led to the award of his first M.C. for gallant work during the battle of Arras in the following month, namely the above cited low-level mission of which his Flying Log Book states: 7 April 1917: ‘Wire reconnaissance. Examined wire from 200-400 feet four miles behind line. Engine and machine badly hit by M.G. fire - awarded Military Cross.’ Just a couple of days later, on the 9th, his BE2e was hit by shellfire and he was compelled to make a crash-landing, though he and his Observer, Captain T. L. Tibbs, emerged unscathed from the wreckage. While on the 28th, during a contact patrol, his aircraft was attacked by five enemy machines, the resultant damage causing another rapid descent. But pilot and Observer once more emerged unscathed, Norton in fact going on to complete around 60 operational sorties before being ordered back to the U.K. to take up appointment as an instructor at the Central Flying School at Upavon in June. Palestine A brief home appointment in No. 62 Squadron having followed in August-September 1917, Norton was next posted to the Middle East, where he joined No. 113 Squadron in Palestine, a component, in common with No. 14 Squadron, of 5th Corps Wing. Moreover, his name appeared on a list of pilots attached to the following Routine Order: `The following officers are detached for special duty and will proceed immediately to headquarters of the Arab forces near Akabah. All officers upon arrival will report to Colonel T. E. Lawrence, or his representatives in Akabah, attached to the headquarters of Shereef Feisal, and will remain under their orders during forthcoming operations.` Thus ensued a memorable chapter in his active service career, a chapter described at length in a series of articles that were subsequently published in The Liberty magazine in America in 1934 - ‘I Flew Lawrence in War-Crazed Arabia, by Captain John H. Norton, as told by J. B. L. Lawrence’. As a result of lacking dates it would be difficult to corroborate these articles against his Flying Log Book, but the following extracts are illustrative of his encounters with Lawrence: On arrival at Lawrence’s Headquarters near Akabah ‘Lawrence came among us and greeted us heartily. I was to learn later that he never shook hands and hated to be touched in any way. Another amazing thing about the man that I noted from the first was that he never looked any one in the face. Instead he stared at one`s shoes intently .... I watched Lawrence carefully. His face interested me. It seemed to change with every word he spoke. It was the most mobile face I have ever seen. He couldn`t have been more than 27 or 28, yet I felt the force and strength of personality that I was to see accomplish so much later. His bluish-grey eyes, rather deeply set, reflected humour and at the same time were strangely hard. They seemed almost held in place by his unusually high cheek bones.` Under Lawrence’s watchful eye at a formal dinner with Feisal `The sheik beside me suddenly turned to me and grunted happily. Then he thrust in his fist and brought out the smoking liver. He handed it to me. I had my hands full. But a quick glance from Lawrence and a slight nod told me that I must not refuse. It was a gesture of friendliness. I took the liver and jammed it down my throat. It was no hard task - I was so hungry! Lawrence kept looking at me and signified by smacking his lips that I was to show pleasure at the gift. I smacked my lips and grunted. It pleased the sheikh so much that he offered me another bit and another ....` Piloting Lawrence and a “Train Wrecking” Mission ‘I was ready and waiting at dawn the next morning. During the night an army lorry had brought two little wooden boxes from the railway station for Lawrence, and he had thes

A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain W. Shipley, Welsh Guards, late Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (7663 Q.M. Serjt., 1st Coldstream Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (7663 Q.M. Sejt., Cldstm. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (7663 Qr.-Mr.-Sjt., Coldstream Guards); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7663 Sjt. Mjr., Cldstm. Gds.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sjt. Maj., D.C.M., C. Gds.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £2500-2800 D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901; 29 July 1902. Quartermaster W. Shipley, Coldstream Guards, served in the Second Boer War, taking part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont and Modder River; operations in the Orange Free State, including the action at Driefontein; operations in the Transvaal, including the actions near Johannesburg and at Diamond Hill; and operations to the east of Pretoria, including the action at Belfast. For his distinguished service, he was twice mentioned in despatches, awarded the D.C.M. by Army Order 10 of 1903, awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two. In April 1904 he was appointed a Sergeant-Major in the Coldstream Guards. In September 1906 he was posted to the Royal Hibernian School where he was to be employed for four years regular service and over nine years pensioned service. Shipley was discharged from the Army in December 1910 but with the onset of the Great War he was appointed to the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion Welsh Guards as a Quartermaster and Lieutenant on 5 August 1915. On 5 August 1918 he was promoted to Captain and served until demobilised in February 1920. After the war he returned to the Royal Hibernian School but when the institution closed in 1924, moves were made to award Shipley with the M.B.E. but in the event, he was not so awarded. Following on from his service with the Military School he served sixteen years as Superintendent at Queen Alexandra’s Court, Wimbledon - the Officer’s Branch of the S.S.& A.F.A., retiring in 1944 at the age of 70. Together with a Royal Hibernian Military School and a Coldstream Guards cap badge; a photograph of the recipient in uniform inscribed ‘W. Shipley, Captain, Welsh Guards, 1915-1920’. With copied gazette extracts for the two Boer War ‘mentions’ and copied service papers and other research. His papers refer to him being ‘mentioned’ for a third time during the Great War.

‘In 1963, Australian Army Captain Barry Petersen was sent to Vietnam. It was one of the most tightly held secrets of the Vietnam War: long before combat troops set foot there and under the command of the C.I.A., Petersen was ordered to train and lead guerilla squads of Montagnard tribesmen against the Viet Cong in the remote Central Highlands. Petersen successfully formed a fearsome militia, named the ‘Tiger Men’. A canny leader, he was courageous in battle, and his bravery saw him awarded the coveted Military Cross and worshipped by the hill tribes. But his success created enemies, not just within the Viet Cong. Like Marlon Brando’s character in Apocalypse Now, some in the C.I.A. saw Petersen as having gone native. His refusal, when asked, to turn his Tiger Men into assassins as part of the notorious C.I.A. Phoenix Program only strengthened that belief. The C.I.A. strongly resented anyone who stood in their way. Some in U.S. Intelligence were determined Petersen had to go. He was lucky to make it out of the mountains alive.’ The Tiger Man of Vietnam, by Frank Walker (Hachette, Australia, 2009), refers. The highly important and incredible Vietnam M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. “Barry” Petersen, a guerilla warfare expert and member of the Australian Special Forces “Army Training Team Vietnam”, who was dubbed by the media as “Lawrence of the Highlands” following his extraordinary leadership of a highly motivated force of Montagnard tribesmen - respectfully known by the Viet Cong as “Tiger Men” - in numerous hit and run missions in Darlac Province, a role originally sponsored by the C.I.A. but subsequently abandoned amidst claims of him having developed a ‘personality cult’ in a scenario reminiscent of the fictional character Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now: but as recounted by Petersen in his compelling memoir, Tiger Men, An Australian Soldier’s Secret War in Vietnam, the Montagnard remained loyal to him to the end, bestowing on him the title Dam San, after a legendary warrior, and making him a Paramount Tribal Chief Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1965’; Australian Active Service Medal, 3 clasps, Vietnam, Malaysia, Malaya (13668 A. B. Petersen); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (1/3668 A. B. Petersen); Campaign Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Vietnam, Borneo (13668 A. B. Petersen); Vietnam Medal 1964-73, with M.I.D. oak leaf (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, Thai-Malay (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Defence Force Service Medal, clasp, E.II.R. (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian National Medal, with Bar (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Defence Medal (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Anniversary of National Service 1951-72 (1708727 A. B. Petersen); South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, with two Silver Stars; South Vietnam Medal 1964, with ‘1960’ clasp (13668 A. B. Petersen); Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal (13668 A. B. Petersen), mounted as worn, together with unit commendation riband bar, Infantry Combat Badge and “Tiger Men” beret badge, generally good very fine (16) £60000-80000 M.C. London Gazette 29 October 1965: ‘Captain Petersen graduated from the Officer Cadet School at Portsea on 17 December 1954. Since his graduation, Captain Petersen has served as a Platoon Commander with National Service Trainees and as a Platoon Commander with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Captain Petersen’s service with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment included three years service in Malaya from 1959 to 1961. Captain Petersen was a Company Second-in-Command with the First Recruit Training Battalion at Kapooka until his assignment to the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in August 1963. Captain Petersen’s assignment as a member of the Australian Training Team Vietnam involves advice on the administration, training and operational employment of Montagnard personnel in Darlac Province. He was so occupied when the Montagnard Revolt of September 1964 broke out. During this revolt, in which several thousand heavily armed Montagnard soldiers were deployed against the provincial capital of Ban Me Thuot, Captain Petersen was required to prepare for the initial contact with the rebel tribesmen. On the afternoon of 20 September 1964, the first day of the revolt, he conducted a small party of intermediaries to the hamlet of Boun Enao. This involved passing through a prepared ambush. Having detected this, he dismounted from his vehicle, located the ambush commander, and persuaded him to permit the party’s onward movement. He was then required to approach the rebel stronghold and obtain admittance for the party. This he did, in gathering darkness and under conditions of extreme sensitivity involving a high degree of personal risk. Having gained admittance, by his own powers of persuasion he brought together the local leaders for talks with the intermediaries. The talks were successful, and paved the way for the eventual peaceful return of the Montagnard personnel to their proper duties. This most fortunate outcome is substantially attributable to the personnel influence of Captain Petersen, and to the high degree of courage displayed by him in effecting the necessary contacts.’ Citation for the South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star: ‘Captain Petersen served as Senior Advisor to the Darlac Sector Truong Son Force in the period August 1963 to August 1965. During this period Captain Petersen rendered an outstanding service to the Government of Vietnam by giving sound advice on the organisation, training and operations of the Truong Son Force. The outstanding success which the Truong Son Force has attained in combat actions against the Viet Cong is attributed to his vast knowledge of military operations and his wealth of military experience. Captain Petersen has on numerous occasions accompanied the Truong Son Force on combat operations and, without exception, the influence of his presence, advice and leadership, ensured complete and total success of these operations. The Truong Son Force has attained one of the best combat records in Vietnam by inflicting heavy casualties and equipment losses on the Viet Cong while sustaining minimum of friendly losses. Captain Petersen’s great contribution has been and will continue to be an inspiration to the people of Vietnam in their struggle to remain a free nation. In view of his outstanding service to the Republic of South Vietnam, Captain Petersen is awarded the Cross of Gallantry, with Silver Star.’ Citation for the Second Silver Star to the South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry: ‘Major Petersen arrived in Vietnam on 29 April 1970 as Officer Commanding, ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. Since his arrival in this country, Major Petersen has commanded ‘C’ Company continuously on operations. During its service so far in Phuoc Tuy Province, ‘C’ Company has killed 21 Viet Cong and captured four prisoners. In October 1970, ‘C’ Company located the tracks of 120 men of the Viet Cong Chau Duc District Headquarters and the Chi (Local Force) Company which were followed for 15,000 metres through difficult secondary jungle until contact was made. In the ensuing actions, the enemy were scattered and prevented from re-organising. Major Petersen’s aggressive leadership and skilful handling of his Company were largely responsible for the disruption and withdrawal of the enemy force for re-organisation and re-training from the area normally used by it. His knowledge of the enemy’s methods, and his own tactical knowledge, have contributed greatly to the success of his Company in operations.’ Arthur Barry Petersen joined the Australian Army in July 1954, gr

Sold by Order of the Recipient’s Direct Descendants Robert Mugabe: “Why are your men trying to kill me?” Lieutenant-General Peter Walls: “If they were my men you would be dead.” The highly important Malaya Emergency and Rhodesia “Bush War” group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., arguably one of the greatest counter-insurgency leaders of modern times, who, having commanded ‘C’ Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment in Malaya, rose to the command of the Rhodesian Army under Ian Smith during the U.D.I. and briefly of the Zimbabwe Armed Forces under Robert Mugabe on independence in 1980 - at one time he had 45,000 men under his command and his protracted defence of Rhodesia must surely rank as one of the finest military achievements of all time Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, in silver, officially numbered ‘0110’, with its case of issue; Rhodesian Grand Officer of the Legion of Merit (G.L.M.), neck badge and breast star, in silver, gilt and enamel, the latter fitted with four loops to reverse for wearing and in its case of issue; Rhodesian Officer of the Legion of Merit (O.L.M.), breast badge, gilt and enamel, in its case of issue; Rhodesian Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (D.C.D.) (Lt. Gen. G. P. Walls), with its case of issue; Rhodesian General Service Medal (Brig. G. P. Walls); Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal, with Bar (Brig. G. P. Walls); The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major C. P. Walls, S. Rhod. Mil. F.), note first initial; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn where applicable, together with a set of uniform tunic ribands, minor official correction to unit on the G.S.M., otherwise generally good very fine (11) £30000-40000 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 May 1953. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Walls has commanded the Rhodesian Squadron in the 22 S.A.S. since its arrival in Malaya in 1951. Although he is young and has no previous experience of commanding a unit of this size, his work had been quite outstanding; the Squadron has been absorbed into a British Army unit most successfully. The success of the scheme initiated by the Southern Rhodesian Government, whereby Southern Rhodesians were made available to fight against the communists in the Far East, is, in the case of the present Squadron, due to a great extent to the untiring efforts of Major Walls. He has set a very high standard of conduct, determination and courage throughout his tour with the Regiment, and his qualities of leadership are such that the Squadron has developed into a first rate fighting unit.’ George Peter Walls was born in Southern Rhodesia in July 1926, the son of one of the colony’s pioneer pilots, George Walls, who had served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the Great War. Educated at Plumtree School, Peter, as he was known, entered Sandhurst towards the end of the 1939-45 War, and was commissioned in the Black Watch, but, on learning that he was to be transferred to another regiment, chose to resign and ‘return to my beloved Rhodesia rather than serve in any regiment other than the Black Watch.’ With the S.A.S. in Malaya 1951-53 Commissioned into the Northern Rhodesia Regiment on his return, he was just 24 years of age when in early 1951 he was given command the Southern Rhodesia Far East Volunteer Unit (S.R.F.E.V.U.), afterwards designated ‘C’ Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), an unusual appointment for one so young, as recalled by Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey in S.A.S. Rhodesia, by Jonathan Pittaway and Craig Fourie: ‘S.R.F.E.V.U. was placed under the command of Lieutenant Peter Walls, a young Staff Corps officer who had served in the British Army with the Black Watch. He was appointed Temporary Captain to signify his position as the senior officer in the unit. As a Squadron Commander’s rank is that of Major, he was then appointed Acting Major. The intention was that on arrival in Malaya, a British Major would be appointed Squadron Commander of ‘C’ Squadron, and Major Walls would revert to the rank of Temporary Captain. This never happened, so the young Lieutenant, Temporary Captain, Acting Major Walls still in his twenties had the responsibility of being an operational commander for the complete duration of his Far East tour. I have no doubt that this experience stood him in good stead during the years that followed and in due course enabled him to become the supreme commander of the Rhodesian Forces.’ ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), arrived in the Far East in March 1951, where it was once more re-designated, this time as ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, 22 S.A.S. Regiment, and Walls quickly set to work in training his men in readiness for the jungle warfare ahead, himself being an early member of the team which carried out experimental “tree-jumping” as a means of entry into the deep jungle terrain. Mick Coetzee, another contributor to S.A.S. Rhodesia, takes up the story: ‘The answer was to drop directly into the jungle and since clearings were almost non-existent, dropping into trees was the only way. A member of ‘C’ Squadron was tasked with studying tree-jumping. The first experiment was conducted in a rubber plantation. Another experiment was to drop from a helicopter and this was actually tried over water. The difficulty was that there was no slipstream to assist in the development of the chute. Using helicopters was also expensive. The biggest helicopter in service was the S55 which had a ten-man capacity. Getting down to the ground from the tree was a problem. A hand-over-hand descent using knotted rope was successful but the physical effort required left the soldier almost exhausted on the reaching the ground. The hobby of the Regiment’s Medical Officer at the time was climbing in the Swiss Alps and he came up with the idea of the abseiling technique for making the tree-to-ground descent. For training purposes a scaffold was erected in camp and individuals were taught the technique. An experiment with the technique in the jungle proved successful. Unfortunately Peter Walls was wounded in the lower jaw at the moment the helicopter touched down on the helipad. It was speculated that the pieces of metal extracted from his jaw and lower face had come from the helicopter rotor which broke on touchdown.’ By January 1952, Walls - recovered from his injuries - was ready to take ‘C’ Squadron into action from a new base at Sungei Besi camp in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, the Rhodesians mounted no less than four operations in the months ahead, namely “Helsby” in Perak, “League” in Pahang, “Copley” in Kelantan and “Hive” in Negri Sembilan. In Rhodesia S.A.S., Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey describes the type of conditions the Squadron faced on such operations: ‘From the moment we stepped into the jungle until we returned to base we got soaked, and stayed wet, from the humidity, crossing rivers and swamps, and the soaking vegetation caused by monsoon rains. In that humidity, one has to learn to cope with impetigo skin diseases including ringworm, leeches and other ailments. Insect and leech bites began to fester, and ringworm, many forms of eczema, and athlete’s foot resulted in widespread ulceration of the skin. Ointments only aggravated rotting fleah, so where possible penicillin wound powder was applied to open sores. With our operational dress torn and rotting, and stinking of sweat, rifle oil and decaying vegetation, it was common practice to burn our clothes on returning to base. For a while troops returning to base from operations looked rather like clowns: wearing just P.T. shorts, sandal

The M.B.E. group of five awarded to Sergeant R. W. Walls, British South Africa Police, late Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals (P. Flt. Offr. R. W. Walls, R.N.A.S.); War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., crowned bust, Southern Rhodesia (32 Sgt. Mjr. R. W. Walls), together with a set of related uniform tunic ribands, mounted as worn, the earlier awards a little polished, but otherwise generally very fine or better (5) £400-500 Reginald William Walls, Lieutenant-General Peter Walls’ father, was born in Crowthorne, Berkshire in October 1899 and served aboard the training ship Worcester from April 1915 to April 1917. Subsequently appointed a Temporary Probationary Flying Officer in the Royal Naval Air Service in September of the latter year, he went on to pilot a variety of aircraft, including Curtiss, Avro, B.E. 2c and D.H. 4 types, and was transferred to the Unemployed List in April 1919, having latterly held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the newly established Royal Air Force. Sometime thereafter he settled in Salisbury, Rhodesia, where at the time of his son’s birth in July 1926, he was serving as a Sergeant in the British South Africa Police, but further research is required to establish his final rank and the date of award for his M.B.E. Sold with a a fine quality B.S.A.P gilt-metal cap badge, and an old B.S.A.P. crest wall plaque; a Christmas 1914 Queen Mary Tobacco Box, with “bullet pencil”; old embroidered R.A.F. uniform Wings, and R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. crest wall plaques, and other miscellaneous pieces, including a wristwatch and compass.

Three: Private George Allen, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in February 1915 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9908 Pte., 1/W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9908 Pte., W. York. R.) good very fine (3) £120-150 George Allen served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 8 September 1914 and was wounded by a gunshot to the left foot in February 1915. He was discharged from the army on 10 September 1915. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.

Three: Private Harry Hayter, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (9726 Pte., 2/E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9726 Pte., E. Lan. R.) good very fine (3) £120-150 Harry Hayter served in France and Flanders with the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, subsequently transferring to the Army Pay Corps. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to wounds, 4 January 1918, aged 23).

Three: Private L. G. Clifton, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6626 Pte., 1/E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6626 Pte., E. Surr. R.) contact wear overall, therefore nearly very fine (3) £120-140 Lewis George Clifton enlisted into the army on 24 August 1900, served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 16 August 1914 and was discharged on 3 September 1915. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness).

Six: Private (Bandsman) W. C. Bannister, 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), formerly Royal Fusiliers and later Middlesex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9005 Pte., 2nd Royal Fus.) unofficial rivets to top clasp; 1914 Star, with clasp (1344 Pte., 1/13 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1344 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R., with additional service clasp (194 Pte., 10/Middx. Regt.); Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.V.R. (6653007 Bndsmn., 13-Lond. R.) edge bruise to first, otherwise generally very fine and better (6) £350-400 T.F.E.M. awarded in Army Order 255 of 1910 (10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment). Clasp to T.F.E.M. awarded in Army Order 423 of 1923 (13th Battalion, London Regiment). Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 29 March 1918).

The Second War C.I.E. group of ten awarded to Brigadier J. D. Mackenzie, 41st Dogra Regiment, later 1-17th Dogra Regiment, who went to the Western Front with the Indian Corps in 1914 and was was mentioned in despatches for service in Waziristan in 1921 The Most Eminent Order of The Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, in gold and enamels, reverse backing plate loose; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lt., 41/Dogras); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) surname spelt ‘Macknzie’ on B.W.M.; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt., 1-41 Dogras) this with officially re-impressed naming; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lt. Col., 1-17 Dogra R.); India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, first extremely fine, Great War medals polished, about nearly very fine, some edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine and better (10) £500-600 C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1943 (Colonel (Temporary Brigadier), Indian Army, Commander, Quetta Area). M.I.D. London Gazette 1 June 1923 (Captain, Commands and Staff, 1/41st Dogra Regiment). ‘For distinguished service during the operations in Waziristan 1920-21.’ Brigadier James Dunbar Mackenzie was born in 1889 and was educated at Nairn Academy, Cheltenham College, R.M.C. Sandhurst and the Staff College, Quetta. He was first commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey regiment in 1909, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Indian Army in 1914, Captain 1915, Major 1925, Brevet Lieut. Col. 1933, Lieut. Col. 1935, Colonel 1937 and Temporary Brigadier 1941. He retired from the army in 1944 at which time he was serving as an Area Commander and died three years later in August 1947.

Three: Corporal S. H. A. Piller, Army Ordnance Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (S-7212 Pte., A.O.C.) surname spelt ‘Pillar’ on this medal; British War and Victory Medals (S-7212 T.2.Cpl., A.O.C.) very fine (3) £60-80 Samuel Henry Albert Piller enlisted in May 1912 and served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 11 August 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 9 November 1919.

British War and Victory Medal pairs (2) (G-1657 Pte. M. Schail, R. Ir. Fus.; 14865 A.W.O. Cl. 1 H. Smith, R. Ir. Fus.) very fine and better (4) £60-80 Michael Schail enlisted on 28 September 1915. He was discharged from the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 22 August 1918 due to sickness. Entitled to the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract. Henry Smith was born in Canterbury, Kent. A Gardener by occupation and a member of the 1st Volunteer Battalion East Kent Regiment, he attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Canterbury on 1 January 1890. With the regiment he served in India, Egypt and South Africa. For the latter he was awarded the Queen’s Medal with clasps for Orange Free State, Transvaal and Talana and the King’s Medal with two clasps. He was discharged on the completion of his period of engagement in 1910. When employed as a Caretaker, he attested for the Army Reserve (Special Reserve) at Belfast on 5 October 1914, aged 43 years. He served as Acting Warrant Officer Class I with the 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Transferred to Class “Z” Reserve in 1919, he died on 10 August 1940. With copied service papers.

‡ British Army World War 1 Cold Weather Busby for Hampshire Cyclist Battalion, by Hobson of London, with original brass Hampshire Cyclist Battalion badge attached to the front, in very fine condition

Germany, miscellaneous Third Reich Badges (12): Anti-Partisan War Badge, late war issue, in silvered metal, very fine; Army Flak War Badge, late issue, in zinc; Naval U-Boat War Badge, by Friedrich Orth, in silvered metal; Naval Destroyer War Badge, by Josef Feix, in silvered metal; Naval Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort Vessels War Badge, by Otto Placzec, in silvered metal; Naval Second Pattern E-Boat War Badge, in gilt and silvered metal; Naval High Seas War Badge, by Juncker, in gilt and silvered metal; Luftwaffe Flak War Badge, by W H, in zinc; Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge, late war issue, in silvered and blackened metal; S..A. Military Sports badge, 3rd Class, by D. Obersten, in bronzed metal, awarded to Werner Schneider, 20 Jan 1938, with award booklet; Tag Der Arbeit 1935 silvered badge and SA Sports Group badge 1938, in aluminium, many very fine (12)

A WWII German Nazi cloth Swastika arm band together with a badge (badly af) and a contemporary photograph album containing a quantity of black and white photographs depicting German Soldiers and personalities at Army bases and other locations.

FORTY-SIX BRITISH ARMY CAP BADGES of brass, some gilt, silver or other metal or bi-metal including Gloucestshire Regiment, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1914 (as new), Gordon Highlanders, silvered (2), Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Life Guards, Artist`s Rifles (2nd pattern), XXIV Lancers, The Queen Mary`s Surrey Yeomenary and Machine Gun Corps, c1900-c1948 ++Some in mint state or nearly so, the majority in good or above average condition, note The Royal Dublin Fussiliers badge with small hole in the elephant but a good collection from the same source as the several similar following lots

FIRST WORLD WAR MEDAL TRIO, comprising War Medal, Victory Medal and 14-15 Star. Driver H. Mills 1274 Army Service Corps together with Cap Badge and Postcard photograph.

A good quality Indian Army silver plated badge of the 18th (King Edward VII Own) Lancers, 2½” x 2¼”, 2 lugs; and a silver badge of the 17th Bengal Lancers, star and crescent/XVII/ title scroll, HM London (no date letter) on base 3½” x 1½” as desk ornament (some wear). GC First item Plate 9

An ERII officer’s No 1 Blue peaked cap of The R Army Education Corps, pale blue piping and headband, gilt silver plated badge, staybrite buttons, name inside McMillan with details; an ERII khaki SD cap of The R Army Dental Corps, with details; an ERII RAMC OR’s cap, dull cherry piping and headband, bimetal badge. GC (3)

An ERII General officer’s No 1 Blue peaked cap of The Army Dental Corps, green headband, embroidered badge and peak, gilt buttons, with details of K G Galloway, Lt 1940, Maj Gen 1974-78, the only “Dental” General in the army at that time, and a similar Dental Staff officer’s cap, embroidered R Crest badge and peak, gilt buttons, with details (unclear) of A.S. Mumford. GC to VGC (2)

* Edward VIII Military and Uniform Badges (25), comprising Royal Army Service Corps cap badges (6; Gi. CM 164), H.M. Prisons cap badge (Gi. CM 165), Life Guards cap badges (5; Gi. CM 166), Royal Engineers cap badges (4; Gi. CM 167B) and lapel badge, National Defence Company cap badge (Gi. CM 168), Royal Horse Artillery cap badge, War Department cap badge, uncertain cap badge with Royal Cypher and entwined rope around, Aide-de-Camp General lapel flash, Aides-de-Camp and Equerries to the Monarch lapel flash and uncertain royal monogram badges (2); Edward VIII Officer’s Cross-Belt Plate, with royal monogram within wreath bearing Prince of Wales motto (this illustrated); Edward VIII military and uniform buttons (33), comprising Grenadier Guards (2), Royal Engineers (12), Royal Army Service Corps (6), Indian Army (2), Brigadiers and Substantive Colonels (2), Aides-de–Camp and Equerries to the Monarch (4), Officers of Arms (3), Staff of the Sovereign (2), together with miscellaneous 19th and 20th century military and uniform badges (61) and buttons (114), William IV – Elizabeth II, generally very fine or better (lot)

A World War II Medal group awarded to S81718 Staff Sargent H Wilkinson of the Royal Army Service Corp comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th army clasp, Defence Medal, 1939-45 Medal and Territorial Army Efficient Service medal, with matching miniatures (please note the General Service Medal is missing on the main group), also included in this lot is his identity discs, cap badges for the Army Service Corp, a bronze cycling proficiency badge, a small silver Territorial Army lapel badge, and medal bars, a Dunkirk medal dated 1940, also included in this lot is a photograph album from 1939 to 1945 with many black and white photographs of Jerusalem, Tripoli in 1944, Cyprus 1945 and Benghazi etc and another album on Jerusalem dated 1941, another dated 1939-45 showing the pyramids and North Africa including Khartoum, Beirut etc, also a soldiers release book, Civil Defence Basic Training manual, Civil Defence Nuclear Weapons Advice booklet, First Aid manual etc (illustrated)

German 3rd Reich army marksman`s badge with lanyard and two acorns

German army Infantry assault badge with period repair

A Russian Imperial white army badge, Kormlous Army, blue enamel with gilt

Various military items including a Chinese silver vesta case engraved `To W.J. Parker C.P.O. from Coxswain`s Fourth S/M Flotilla 1935`, a Army Cyclist Corps cap badge (one bag)

An Officer’s Uniform of The Calcutta Light Horse Regiment, circa 1930, comprising dress tunic of blue cloth, with silvered domed buttons, chain epaulettes and bi-metal regimental insignia to collar, blue cloth overalls with double white stripes, mess jacket with white facings bearing regimental insignia and tailor’s label ‘Harman & Co, Calcutta’, inscribed in ink 5.6.29, field service cap, blue cloth, white crown bearing the regiment’s bi-metal badge, khaki peaked cap, leather riding boots, polished steel spurs, leather belts and other related accoutrements, (lot) The Calcutta Light Horse was raised in 1872 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regiment was disbanded following India’s independence in 1947

An Army Service Corp helmet fitted brass badge and mounts with travelling case and belts, and an Officers Sword with engraved Wilkinson blade, fishskin grip and two scabbards

Gentry family medals, comprising; the 1914 Star with bar to 6019 PTE A.GENTRY. R.A.M.C., the 1914-18 British War Medal and the 1914-19 Victory Medal to 6019 CPL.A.GENTRY. R.A.M.C., mounted on a bar, a Christmas 1914 brass gift tin, four Second World War Medals, comprising; The 1939-1945 Star, The Italy Star, The Defence Medal and The War Medal, the Army Council forwarding slip and with a box of postage to Mr G B Gentry, two enamelled London Ambulance Service badges, one similar collar badge, safe driving medals and badges with boxes, a silver and enamelled darts medal and a quantity of paperwork including details relating to winning The Vernons Football Pools.

A 1950`s Korean War era Officer`s Dress peaked Cap with gold button peak, leather chin strap and Royal army Ordnance Corps cad badge and cap buttons depicting the cannon balls above three cannons with the inscription Sua Tela Tonanti ``To the Warrior his arm

A Second World War Group of Five Medals, to 10602149 Lance Corporal Douglas George Taylor, Gordon Highlanders and Intelligence Corps, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8TH ARMY clasp, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, and War Medal, with box and slip of issue, together with Service and Pay Book, Release Book, related ephemera including letters, photographs, regimental journals etc, Highland Division insignia, various badges and buttons, a glengarry with badge, a framed photograph, flags and kit bag. **He served in the Reconnaissance Corps and 1st Gordon Highlanders, including Regimental Police, in 8th and 21st Army, and 51st (Highland) Division. He came from Darlington and was wounded in Italy 12.8.1944.

A Second War and Korea group of Four, to CAPT. E.G.C. SOBEY. R.A.O.C., comprising 39-45 Medal, Korea Medal, United Nations Medal with KOREA bar and Coronation Medal, complete with miniatures, Regular Army Certificate of Service, together with RAOC Officer`s dress cap, Sam Browne belt, assorted RAOC and Middlesex Regiment insignia including a good OSD bronze Middlesex cap badge, Regimental ties, brass Middlesex Regiment bed plate, a silver presentation cigarette case stamped .835, a Kukri and 4 Britains` Middlesex Regiment hand painted soldiers. Together with his father`s medals, a First War Pair and Meritorious Service Medal, to 17 SJT. A.E. SOBEY. R.A.M.C. on the pair and 464011 SJT A.E. SOBEY R.A.M.C. complete with box of issue. (Parcel) Captain Edward George Sobey served with the Middlesex Regiment in Korea. Lt. Sobey led 12 Platoon against a Company of the enemy from the Naktong River Bridge Head and led further bayonet assaults on heavily fortified hill top positions.

A 9ct gold W.R.N.S brooch, together with an Army sweetheart brooch, a Masonic locket, A WWI Masonic silver medal, a military cap badge and other items, approx 14g (a parcel)

A post-1952 aluminium badge of the Royal Army Pay Corps, approx 32cm x 33cm, together with a quantity of decorative shields, plaques, etc of post-war military interest, and two decorative ceramic plates, contained in a blue case.

A small collection of Royal West African Frontier Force badges, including brass cap badge and pair of collar badges, plastic cap badge and four buttons, an Army Cyclist Corps cap badge, further cap badges, a South Africa 1900 gift tin, the interior with glazed photograph of soldier with blue velvet covered surround, decorated with ten silver South African coins, the lid with blue velvet purse with crossed medal ribbons and applied silver lettering `Jan 13th 1901 Standerton South Africa`, cloth shoulder flashes, including 6th and 7th Armoured, etc.

A 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, 1939-45 Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, United Nations Medal with bar `Korea`, General Service Medal, Elizabeth II issue, with bar `Malaya` to `Capt. R.F.M. Wassner. R.A.S.C.` (with official corrections to the impressed naming) and Efficiency Medal, George VI issue, with bar `Territorial` to `Lt. R.F.M. Wassner. Indian. Army.`, mounted on a bar as worn, the corresponding ribbon bar and seven dress miniature medals, mounted as worn, Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Indian Army Service Corps officer`s issue badges, anodized buttons, two small brass RASC buttons, a pair of RAISC brass collar badges, five brass small pips, two major`s crowns, a T.A. lapel badge and two brass cap badges.

1930s silver Dunhill lighter in engine turned case with applied enamel Royal Army Service Corps badge (London 1939)

Two World War One medals comprising the Victory medal and the War medal with ribbons, the rims inscribed T4-057918 S SJT I BREADNAM ASC, and a silver hallmarked crested ASC badge (Army Service Corps)

A Great War Group of Three to Private G. Parry, Somerset Light Infantry, 1914-15 Star (12645 Pte.G. Parry, Som.L.I.), British War & Victory Medals (12645 Pte. G. Parry, Som. L.I.), fine if not better A Great War Group of Three to Driver T.F. Parker, Army Service Corps, 1914-15 Star (T3-029689 Dvr. T.F. Parker, A.S.S.), British War & Victory Medals (T3-029689 Dvr. T. F. Parker, A.S.C., fine if not better A Great War Pair to Private A. Morgan, Royal Scots Fusiliers, British War & Victory Medals (61919 Pte.A. Morgan. R.S. Fus.), extremely fine, together with an Argyll and Sutherland regimental white metal badge and a Princess Mary tin.

A Collection of Cloth and Metal Military Insignia and Related Ephemera, including a personal Christmas message from the C-in-C Field Marshall B.L Montgomery; letter to members of the Allied Expeditionary Force from D. Eisenhower; Letter No.3 by the C in C, `On Non Fraternisation`; Netherlands, Germany and Second Army Thanksgiving Service, 3 & 5 franc notes serial No 04454114, 4115 and 4116, issued for Operation Overlord; one 5 & 10 Franc note issued on entry to Belgium; one Nederland note EEN GULDEN issued in Holland; Regimental badges and buttons, including RAOC cap badge, 2 collar badges and 3 buttons; REME cap badge and 2 badges, REME post war badge, Formation Insignia, parachute Regiment 3rd Infantry Brigade, etc; Emergency ration pack 4th June 1944 for Operation Overlord on 6th June; a Great War Princess Mary tin; oil bottle for 303`` Lee Enfield rifle

Five: 1939-45 star, Italy star, Defence, War, Army LS & GC Regular Army EIIR issue (2614654 Sgt G. Nash, Gren. Gds), last only named, mounted court style GVF. Together with a Dunhill HM silver cigarette case inscribed “T.D. to G.N.”; a Grenadier Guards Comrades Association lapel badge; a 1939 sports medallion; a silver plated HAC tankard “George Nash 1948 to 1954” and 29 b&w group photos showing Sgt Nash.. (38)

An interesting WW1 carved rootwood tobacco pipe, the bowl lightly carved with the badge of the Army Service Corps, owner’s name C F Fletcher, and in separate panels and scrolls “India”, “Egypt”, “Suvla Bay”, “Madras” and “Mesopotamia”, by Peterson’s Dublin; an adjustable powder/shot measure for Black Powder, Smokeless Powder, Schultz Powder and Shot; 2 other adjustable powder/shot measures; a 12 bore reloading tool, AF; 2 small American flags and 3 other items. Average GC

A scarce plastic cap badge of the Army Air Corps, GC (slightly bent) Plate 3

A good Vic NCOs bamboo parade cane, of the Army Ordnance Corps, embossed WM top with corps badge and wreath within foliate scrolled panels, owner’s monogram “MC” on top; a simulated dark bamboo walking cane with weighted brass ball top, 35”; a horn handled leather riding crop, silver band HM I.R.C. London 1888, and a similar bamboo riding crop, band HM H & S London 1952. GC

A quantity of badges including NUR Long Service badge, boxed; GWR Railway Service, numbered; Women`s Land Army etc

An Army Cap with a Herefordshire regiment badge, other badges, a Victory pipe and a Victoria Jubilee Medal.

A First World War General Service Medal, a Peace Medal and a 1914/15 Star for 1652 Private W E Belton, Royal Army Medical Corps, together with a Peace & Honor enamelled badge, an RAMC pin-on badge, a gilt metal commemorative International Workman`s Exhibition, London 1870 Cross, together with a few British stamps, all in a Peps - for coughs, colds, bronchitis, etc

A quantity of WW1 crested china including; Prince of Wales statue in army uniform, E4 Submarines, War Memorial Weymouth, Field gun Marlow, Colonial Hat with badge, (14).

THREE WORLD WAR II WOMEN`S LAND ARMY ARMBANDS, each with enamel badge

A British war medal 1914-1920, Victory Medal 1914-15 Star, George V Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, all awarded to 11885, Spr. W. Morton, Royal Engineers, also a MilitaryMedal George V, Awarded to 8650, Pte H. Morton, 2/KOSB, a Royal Engineers Rifle Association Medal, Hampshire Badge, other badges, etc.

A Royal Fusilier`s cap badge, a 1914 star named F1028 Private A E Pilgrim, Queen`s Regiment, a Royal Engineer`s cap badge and an 8th Army Naples Commemorative medal.