A `Military` M.B.E., M.S.M., Group of Thirteen to Major G. Perry, Royal Signals, Twice Mentioned in Despatches a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member`s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, in `Royal Mint` Case of issue b) British War and Victory Medals (147347 Gnr. G. Perry. R.A.) c) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2309615 Cpl. G. Perry. R. Signals.) d) 1939-1945 Star e) Africa Star with 1st Army Bar f) Italy Star g) Defence and War Medals h) 1953 Coronation i) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., with `Regular Army` suspension (2309615 Sjt. G. Perry. R. Signals.) j) Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., (2309615 C.Q.M.S. G. Perry. R. Sigs.) k) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., reverse engraved `1950`, with additional service Bar, last twelve mounted for wear, contact marks to second and third, very fine and better, with: - Three framed group photographs of the recipient in uniform, one titled `2/20 Army Signal Regiment (Essex) T.A. Colchester, July, 1949` (recipient front row, second from the right) - Two named M.I.D. certificates - Named letter and enclosure for M.B.E. - Named enclosure for recipients 1953 Coronation - Named letter and enclosure for M.B.E. - Named enclosure for recipients 1953 Coronation M.I.D., London Gazette 26.7.1940 M.I.D., London Gazette 20.12.1940 M.B.E., London Gazette 17.4.1945 Major (temporary) George Perry (91326), Royal Corps of Signals (Salisbury) Major George Perry M.B.E., T.D., commissioned Major (Qr-Mr), 28th Sept. 1947.
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Family Group: British Empire Medal, Civil Division, E.II.R., Lady`s shoulder Badge (Gladys Glyde, Mrs. Pratley), extremely fine, in `Royal Mint` case of issue , with: - Enclosure from Buckingham Palace - A typed statement detailing the recipient`s efforts and relation the award - A typed itinerary of the Presentation Ceremony dated 1.11.72 Victory Medal (M2-194884 Pte.A. Pratley. A.S.C.), extremely fine A Later Issue Second World War Group of Four to Lieutenant R.C. Pratley, Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with `Territorial` scroll suspension (Lt R C Pratley RA), generally extremely fine, mounted for wear, with: - Transmission slip - Bronze prize medal, obverse reads `Loyaute S.C.D. M`oblige H.E.G.S.`, engraved `1st 1 Length Handicap Under 14 R.C. Pratley 1935` - Royal Life Saving Society Medal, reverse engraved `R.C. Pratley, July 37` B.E.M., London Gazette 3.6.1972 Gladys Glyde, Mrs. Pratley, Member, Borough Staff, London Borough of Ealing, Women`s Royal Voluntary Service. Mrs Edith Pratley, B.E.M., served with the WRVS throughout the Second World War, and from 1941-46 she was in charge of the Service` canteen on an army gun-site, in addition to do ARP service. After the war she specialised in caring for the elderly and in 1956 her help was invaluable in helping many Hungarian refugees find accommodation.
A late-Victorian silver mounted regimental mess cigar box by Frederick Mc Crae London 1896 retailed by the Army and Navy C.S.L rectangular form the hinged cover set with the badge for the The King’s Royal Rifle Corps the interior set with a silver plaque inscribed ‘PRESENTED TO THE SERGEANT’S MESS BY COL. FETHERSTONEHAUGH 1898’ cedar lined the base with later unmarked mounts and the underside mounted with crocodile 40.8cm x 26.5cm x 11.5cm.
A quantity of militaria comprising a World War I period Imperial German Iron Cross second class, also a Nazi Germany commemorative tinny badge dated 1st of May 1937, a quantity of British army badges comprising Royal Marines, The Welch, George VI period Royal Army Service Corp badge, Royal Artillery, North Staffordshire Regiment, also two Parachute Regiment cloth badges a quantity of spurs and badges various etc
A post 1922 officer`s silver plated chakram cap badge, pair collars and 11/Sikhs shoulder title, 2 large and 2 small buttons of the former 36th Sikhs, a Sikhs title, embroidered Indian Army shoulder title and 2 formation signs, red and blue cross on blue and red eagle on blue, mounted on card; a tropical shirt shoulder strap with brass crown and Sikhs title. GC
A post 1902 Indian army cavalry officer`s shoulder belt and pouch, brown leather belt with silver coloured chain border, engraved buckle tip and slide, elephant badge with whistle and chains, border engraved pouch flap with gilt (rubbed) crowned GRI cypher, brown leather pouch. GC (some service wear, whistle retaining spring missing). Plate 5
A First World War Pair, to TS-7274 DVR.F PEARSON. A.S.C.,comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, with dog tag; a 9 Carat Gold Army Service Corps Badge, two Royal Coronation Commemorative medallions, two crowns 1889 and 1890, five other coins, a George V Silver Jubilee badge, a brass horse hoof ring, clench brooch and horseshoe charms.
A Collection of Seventy Three Corps and Others Military Cap Badges, in brass, white metal and some stay-brite, including Royal Corps of Signals, Army Catering Corps, Pioneer Corps, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Army Educational Corps, Royal Military Police, Royal Military Academy, a rare brass Kenya Police cap badge, housed in a display drawer of a teak cabinet of six drawers.
Nine Reference Books:- Head-Dress Badges of the British Army, volumes 1 & 2; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia; Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-18; Military Badge Collecting; The Scottish Regiments; Scottish Regimental Badges 1793-1971; Regiments and Mergers in the British Army 1907-2007; The British Army-a Pocket Guide; five Catalogues, British Army Cap Badges and Military Insignia. (14)
A German Third Reich Leather Army Belt, the gilded white metal clasp and mounts with RZM mark and numbered M 4/22/5; a Pair of German Third Reich Binoculars, the aluminium body wiht black crinkle enamel grips marked with eagle and swastika over M, and N DF7x50 4976, in leather case; a German Third Reich Infantry Assault Badge, bronze class; a small Quantity of Mainly German Coins and Banknotes, and a small leather pouch (5)
Lord Fitzclarences Best Shot Award for the Bombay Army, silver badge in the form of a native soldier kneeling at the aim, the reverse impressed Given by Lord F Fitzclarence, fitted with small ring for suspension and silver ribbon buckle, very fine and very rare £200-300 Lord (George Augustus) Frederick Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of William IV and Mrs Jordan, served in India during the Mahratta War of 1816-17 as Aide de Camp to Marquis Hastings. This award is believed to date from that period. Fitzclarence was created 1st Earl of Munster in May 1831 and committed suicide in 1842.
The original grant of the squadron badge for No. 59 Army Co-operation Squadron, hand-illuminated badge and motto, as painted by an artist of the College of Arms, dated January 1939, and signed by the Chester Herald and Inspector of Royal Air Force Badges, J. Heaton-Armstrong, and H.M. King George VI, mounted on card, in excellent condition. £100-150 No. 59 Squadron was formed in August 1916 and saw action on the Western Front before being disbanded in August 1919. Reformed at Old Sarum in June 1937, it went out to France on the renewal of hostilities, equipped with Blenheims, returning to the U.K. in May-June 1940 to continue bombing - and anti-submarine - operations. Converting to Hudsons in July 1941, the Squadron commenced anti-shipping strikes, latterly off the Dutch coast, converting to Liberators in August 1942, and briefly to Fortresses that December. Moving to Northern Ireland in May 1943, the unit remained actively employed on Atlantic patrols to the Wars end. No. 59 was disbanded in 1961.
The original grant of the squadron badge for No. 144 Bomber Squadron, hand-illuminated badge and motto, as painted by an artist of the College of Arms, dated March 1938, and signed by the Chester Herald and Inspector of Royal Air Force Badges, J. Heaton-Armstrong, and H.M. King George VI, mounted on card, in excellent condition £100-150 No. 144 Squadron was formed at Port Said, Egypt in March 1918 and went into action with D.H. 9s in support of the Palestine operations that August, carrying out several important missions in support of T. E. Lawrences Arab Northern Army - the Squadrons badge depicting a Boars head in front of a waning moon was chosen to commemorate its part in this theatre of war and the final defeat of the Turkish Armies. It was disbanded in February 1919. Reformed at Bicester in January 1937, No. 144 was equipped with Hampdens at the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, carrying out its first operational patrols in the same month - on the 29th, a section of five aircraft under Wing Commander J. C. Cunningham failed to return from a mission to the Heligoland Bight. By early 1940 the Squadron was engaged on regular Bomber Command sorties, sharing in the first large scale attack against the German mainland with a strike against the exits of Munchen-Gladbach, and continued to be employed in a similar capacity until transferring to Coastal Command in April 1942. Later that year, No. 144 moved to North Russia in support of Arctic convoys, leaving behind its aircraft for the Russians in October. Re-mustered in Scotland, the Squadron next operated out of Leuchars on anti-submarine and shipping missions, prior to being re-equipped with Beaufighters for service in North Africa. Back in the U.K. a few months later, No. 144 went on to cover the west flank of the Normandy landings in June 1944, and thence moved to Lincolnshire to carry out attacks on enemy convoys off the Dutch coast, followed by similar duties against targets off the Norwegian coast on returning to Scotland. Finally, in early 1945, the Squadron became an anti-flak unit, being disbanded that May. Briefly reformed in the 1950s, No. 144 was again disbanded in 1963.
A fine group of twenty-three Orders and Medals awarded to Lieutenant-General Maurice Hector Robert Delvoie, Belgian Army Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Grand Officers breast star with swords, silver, gold and enamel; Order of the Crown, Grand Officers breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage; Order of Leopold I, Officers breast badge with swords, base gilt metal and enamel, lacking obverse centre, with rosette and A palm on ribbon; Order of the Crown, Officers breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette and A palm on ribbon; Order of Leopold II, Officers breast badge, base gilt metal and enamel, with rosette and crossed swords on ribbon; Croix de Guerre 1914-18, A cypher on reverse, with three A palms on ribbon; Yser Cross 1914; Croix du Feu; Victory Medal 1914-18; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, with four bars; War Commemorative Medal 1940-45; U.N. Medal, on UNMOGIP ribbon; Belgium, Military Cross, silver-gilt and enamel; Centenary Medal 1930, silver - the twelve medals linked together for display; France, Colonial, Order of the Black Star of Benin, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commanders neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel loss and damage to centres and wreath, with neck cravat; Czechoslovakia, Order of the White Lion, Grand Officers set of insignia, Civil Division, by Karnet Kysely, Prague, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; breast star, silver and enamel; U.S.A., Medal of Freedom, with silver palm; France, War Commemorative Medal 1939-45, no clasp; Croix de Guerre 1939, with bronze palm; G.B., 1939-45 Star; France ad Germany Star; Defence and War Medals - the seven medals linked together for display; Commemorative Cross, gilt, inscribed, GÄnÄral Delvoie, Palais du Gouvernement Nancy 8 Juillet 1945; together with a set of 22 miniature dress medals, mounted on two bars, similar to the above (with the addition of the Belgian Evaders Cross); with Belgium, Commemorative Medal 1870-71; Commemorative Medal 1865-1905; together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals attributed to the Generals wife: Belgium, Order of the Crown, Chevalier, silver and enamel; G.B., 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine except where stated (56) £2500-3000 Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, citation: Major General Maurice Delvoie, Belgian Army, for exceptionally meritorious achievement which aided the United States in the prosecution of the war against the enemy in Continental Europe, while serving as Belgian Military Attache to the French Government at London and Paris, from July 1943 to April 1946. Major General Delvoie performed his duties in an outstandingly excellent manner. In addition to his normal duties he was extremely active as a liaison officer between Allied Forces dealing with matters pertaining to the repatriation of Belgian prisoners. Furthermore he was of great assistance in co-ordinating the instruction of Belgian officers with that given Americans at United States Officer-Training Center at Fontainebleau. Major General Delvoies great tact, diplomacy, and superior devotion to the allied cause contributed materially to the maintenance of close Belgo-American relations, reflecting high credit upon him and the Allied Armed Forces Maurice Hector Robert Delvoie was born in Antwerp on 21 March 1885. He entered the Belgian Army Cadets School in 1901, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the Belgian Infantry in 1904. In 1905 he joined the 3rd Lancers, becoming a Lieutenant in 1912. As a Lieutenant in the cavalry he entered the Great War from the onset and remained at the front for the duration of the conflict, serving in both the cavalry and artillery. At the end of the war Delvoie held the rank of Acting Major, being promoted to that rank in 1922, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1930 and Colonel in 1935. In 1938, Delvoie was posted to the Belgian Embassy in Paris as Military Attache. During 1939-40 he served as the head of the Belgian military mission to the inter-allied commander, being promoted to Major-General in 1939. Following the fall of France, Delvoie escaped to Britain and joined the Belgian Government-in-Exile. He was appointed as an advisor to the Belgian Minister of Defence and also served as Belgian Military Attache and Liaison Officer to General de Gaulle, 1941-44. Amongst his wartime services was to set up and operate an escape route through Spain and Portugal (code name Benoùt) Approximately 200 allied personnel were evacuated through this route. Following the allied invasion and the liberation of the Low Countries, Delvoie returned to Belgium and took charge of the repatriation of Belgian prisoners-of-war and refugees. After the war Delvoie served as Belgian military advisor to the Paris Peace Conference of 1946. Less than a year later he was appointed to head the Belgian delegation to the United Nations Commission for Greece - following the civil war in that country. Delvoie formally retired from the Belgian Army in 1946, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General. Was later the Force Commander for UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan). Later emigrating to Canada, Lieutenant-General Delvoie died in Montreal on 12 April 1971. With a photograph album containing photographs dating from 1912 to 1946 - mostly of a military nature; a riband bar, and a letter from a member of Delvoies family; together with copied research, including service record and the article, From the Trenches of the First World War to UN Peacekeeping: A Recipient of the Medal of Freedom: Lieutenant-General Maurice Delvoie, by Christopher McCreery.
The important G.C.B. and Large Army Gold Medal group awarded to General Sir George Anson, Light Cavalry Brigade Commander, formerly commanding 16th Light Dragoons and later Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Equerry to the Duke of Kent and Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) G.C.B., breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the reverse backplate inscribed with makers name Rundell Bridge & Co., Jewellers to Their Majesties and all the Royal Family, Ludgate Hill, London, fitted with gold pin, enamel chips to Ich Dien scroll and green wreath and lacking one stalk General Officers Large Gold Medal, for Talavera 1809, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria (Brigr. General George Anson) complete with all proper gold suspension fittings and full neck cravat Portugal, Royal Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising large neck badge in solid gold, 67 mm, and a magnificent breast star of large size, 100 mm, in silver, gold and enamels, this with enamel damage to central wreath, one letter of legend lacking and two other letters damaged; together with another superb quality neck badge, 47 mm, in gold and enamels, and a fine period miniature badge in gold and enamels, the large badges with original neck cravats, unless otherwise described, generally good very fine and attractively displayed in an old frame within an oval gilt floral border with inscribed ivorine label (6) £40000-50000 Only 10 General Officers received the Large Army Gold Medal with two clasps, this combination being unique. General Ansons group of medals was first sold by Christies in April 1902. George Anson was born in 1769, second son of George Anson and Mary Vernon, and a nephew of Admiral Lord Anson. He entered the Army as a Cornet in the 16th Light Dragoons on 3 May 1786; he obtained a Lieutenancy in the same corps in 1791, and exchanged into the 20th Light Dragoons, with which regiment he served for five years in Jamaica. In 1792 he obtained a troop in the 20th, and his Majority in December 1794. He exchanged back into the 16th Light Dragoons in September 1797, became Lieutenant-Colonel in the 20th Light Dragoons the same year, and exchanged into the 15th Light Dragoons in September 1798, with whom he served in Holland. In January 1805, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King, and received the rank of Colonel in the Army. In December of the same year he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons. In 1809, Anson proceeded to Portugal and commanded the 16 Light Dragoons in the advance upon and battle of Oporto on 10th-12th May. On 24 May 1809, he was appointed Brigadier General and given command of a brigade of light cavalry consisting of the 23rd Light Dragoons and the 1st Light Dragoons of the Kings German Legion. Anson commanded the brigade at the Battle of Talavera on 27th and 28th July, and at the Battles of Busaco in 1810, Salamanca in 1812, and Vittoria in 1813, besides various other less important affairs. He received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, on separate occasions, for his services at Talavera, Salamanca, and Vittoria, and received the Gold Medal and two clasps in commemoration of those battles. In May 1813, he was granted a Royal Licence to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, for the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by him in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath on 2 January 1815, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order on 29 July 1833. Anson became Lieutenant-General in August 1819, Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards in February 1827, and a full General in January 1837. Besides taking a seat in the House of Commons as Member for the city of Lichfield, Anson had a long association with the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, and was holding the highest office as Governor when he died on the 4th November, 1849. Anson married in 1800, Frances, daughter of John William Hamilton and the sister of Sir Frederick Hamilton. They had six sons and daughters, of whom Talavera Vernon Anson became an Admiral in the Royal Navy, and Thomas Anson was a first class cricketer. Lady Anson died in 1834, fifteen years before the death of Anson himself. In Who Do You Think You Are? transmitted by the BBC in October 2007, it was discovered that Sir Matthew Pinsent, the multiple gold medal Olympic rower, is a direct descendant of Sir George Anson.
A fine C.B. and Peninsula Gold Medal pair awarded to Brevet Colonel A. Campbell, 46th Regiment, late C.O. of the 15th Portuguese Infantry, who was severely wounded at Vittoria in June 1813, on which occasion he was favourably mentioned and commanded the advance of his Brigade amounting to 300 men in the attack on the village of Gomarah Mayor, so, too, by Lord Beresford, for subsequent distinguished conduct at Nive in December 1813: he had earlier been commended for his conduct as a Captain in the Grenadier Company of the 46th during the French attack on Dominica in February 1805 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companions breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, gold swivel-ring and later narrow bar suspension, complete with riband buckle; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Nive, no clasp (Lt. Coll. Archd. Campbell, 15th Portugese (sic)), enamel work slightly chipped on the first, and one lion fitment loose, the second with old replacement lunettes, otherwise generally good very fine or better (2). £7000-9000 Ex Hamilton-Smith Collection 1927. C.B. London Gazette 26 September 1831. Archibald Campbell was born in Kruek, Isle of Mull, in 1777, and was originally appointed an Ensign in the 25th Regiment in November 1797. Obtaining a Lieutenancy in the 46th Regiment in June of the following year, and advanced to Captain in February 1804, he served in the West Indies from the latter year until June 1811, gaining favourable mention from Major-General Prevost for his command of the Grenadier Company of his regiment during the French attack on Dominica on 22 February 1805. Further active service ensued in Spain, Portugal and France from September 1811 until January 1814, in which period he commanded the 15th Portuguese Infantry, was advanced to Major in September 1812, twice favourably mentioned and severely wounded. First going into action at Salamanca in July 1812, Campbell was next engaged at Vittoria in June 1813, when he was mentioned in Brigade Orders by Major-General Spry for his conduct in the battle, on which occasion he commanded the advance of his Brigade amounting to 300 men in the attack on the village of Gomarah Mayor, when he and two Captains were severely wounded. Subsequently present at the first and second siege and final surrender of St. Sebastian, and at the crossing of the Bidassoa into France, he also commanded the 15th Portuguese in the forcing of the enemys lines on 10 November, and again at Nive in the following month, when in recognition of his distinguished conduct, he was favourably mentioned by Lord Beresford and awarded a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Portuguese Army. Having then been appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 46th Regiment in February 1814, Campbell served in the Madras Presidency and East Indies from June 1818 until December 1829, and was given the Brevet of Colonel in June of the latter year while commanding the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force. Appointed a C.B. on his returning home from the East Indies in September 1831, the Colonel died in November 1840.
A post-war C.B. and Second World War C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Major-General William Lionel Douglas Veitch, Royal Engineers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companions neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commanders 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31, incorrect M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut., R.E.) official correction to surname; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., R.E.); Defence and War Medals (Lt/Col. W. L. D. Veitch, C.B.E., R.E.); Coronation 1953 (Maj/Gen. W. L. D. Veitch, C.B., C.B.E.); Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (Maj/Gen. W. L. D. Veitch, C.B., C.B.E.), last four with same style naming, the group of nine mounted court style for display, nearly extremely fine (9) £1200-1600 William Lionel Veitch was born in Belhaven, East Lothian, on 21 November 1901. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. On 13 July 1921 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and was promoted Lieutenant in July 1923. The following year he joined the Kings Own Sappers and Miners. In 1930 he was posted to the Military Engineering Service as Garrison Engineer of the Wana Road Project at Tanai in Waziristan - gaining the I.G.S. Medal and being mentioned in despatches. Returning to duty with the Sappers and Miners, he was promoted to Captain in July 1932. As Company Commander of No. 5 Field Company he returned to Waziristan in 1937 and was involved in road construction work, for which he was awarded the I.G.S. Medal, was again mentioned in despatches and awarded the O.B.E. With the onset of the Second World War he was Officer in Charge of the Workshops at Roorkee. Soon after he was appointed Commander of the Training Battalion at Roorkee and in 1941 he was posted Commander, R.E. of the 19th Indian Division, then in training in Southern India. In 1942 he was appointed Commandant of No. 1 Engineer Group, Royal Indian Engineers, at Lahore, and during 1944-46 Veitch was Commandant of the Bengal Sappers and Miners and he later became Deputy Chief Engineer, Northern Army, India, which appointment he was holding at the time of the independence of India. After independence he became Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army and in 1950 was appointed Engineer-in-Chief with the rank of Major-General. He was forced to retire in 1953 due to ill-health. For his wartime and post-war services he was advanced to the C.B.E. in 1944 and awarded the C.B. in 1952. Major-General Veitch died in Edinburgh on 13 December 1969. With a quantity of copied research.
A Great War Mesopotamia Operations M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. E. Lines, Indian Army, late London Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type military ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18 (1070 Pte., 25-Lond. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35,1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt., 4 H. Prs.); War and India Service Medals, these unnamed, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine and better (8) £500-600 M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ... for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia. Lt., I.A.R.O. R. E. Lines served in the ranks of the 25th Battalion London Regiment, 16 April 1914-5 May 1917. He was granted a commission in the I.A.R.O. in May 1917 and was advanced to Lieutenant in May 1918 and Captain in February 1923. Serving in Mesopotamia, April 1918-August 1921, he was awarded the M.B.E. for war service in that area in June 1919. During September-December 1923 he served in Waziristan with the Hazara Pioneers. Served in the Second World War with the R.I.A.S.C. With a copy of the Farewell Address (3) to Colonel Lines from the Staff and all ranks of No. 9 M.T. Trg. Battalion, dated 20 April 1942; another from the V.C.Os. of the SPCR, dated 5 March 1947; another from the Officers and Staff of the SPCR, dated 8 March 1947. Together with copied gazette extracts and service details.
A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel M. Goodall (formerly Ostrehan), Indian Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.); Victory Medal 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24 (A/Maj., 1/9/Gurkhas) mounted as worn, last with minor edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £350-400 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919; The Times 10 January 1919. Ostrehan, Captain Malcolm, Assam Military Police. For services in connection with the war. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 July 1920. Ostrehan, Capt. M., M.B.E., 1/9th Gurkha Rif., I.A. For valuable and distinguished services rendered .... during the period 1st June 1918 to 30th April 1919. Malcolm Ostrehan was born on 18 May 1886. He was first commissioned and arrived in India in January 1905 and was posted to the 1/9th Gurkhas in March 1906, being promoted to Lieutenant in April 1907, Captain in January 1914 and Major in January 1920. Ostrehan served in the Great War as Assistant Commandant of the Assam Military Police, 1914-19 and served at Kukri, 1 October 1918-31 March 1919, for which he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.B.E. Major Ostrehan changed his name to Goodwin c.1920. He was seconded to the 39th Royal Garwhal Rifles and then the 82nd Punjabis in 1921 and was Commandant of the 4th Assam Rifles from 1922. Goodall attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1931 and retired from the service in the following month. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodall died in 1974. With copied research.
A Kenya service M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. S. Watson, Royal Armoured Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Major, R.A.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Major, M.B.E., R.A.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt., R.A.C.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine and better (7) £500-600 M.B.E. London Gazette 27 January 1956. ... in recognition of distinguished services in Kenya during the period 21 April to 20 October, 1955. Recommendation states: Major Watson has served as a District Military Intelligence Officer for the last two years, first at Thomsons Falls, and then at South Nyeri Reserve. As a result of his leadership and devotion to duty, he built up an efficient intelligence organisation in both Districts, which directly contributed to Security Force successes. In South Nyeri Reserve, his organisation has been responsible for the death of over one hundred terrorists, and the capture of twenty-four others. In addition, thirty-nine terrorists have been wounded, and four precision weapons recovered. He has taken part himself in many intelligence operations, some of a hazardous nature. He has maintained excellent relations with the Police, Administration and Army, and has thereby assisted to build up confidence in the Intelligence organisation. With copied gazette and recommendation extracts.
A rare Darfur 1916 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant S. Hart, attached Military Works Department, Egyptian Army Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. S. Hart); Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Khedives Sudan 1910-21, 4 clasps, Darfur 1916, Lau Nuer, Nyima 1917-18, Aliab Dinka, unnamed as issued, clasp rivets sewn on the last, good very fine or better (4) £1600-1800 M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. Samuel Hart, who was attached to the Egyptian Army, participated in the Darfur operations of 1916, for which he was mentioned in despatches for the military operations from the occupation of El Fasher to the conclusion of hostilities (London Gazette 29 May 1917 refers), and awarded the M.C. He subsequently served in operations against the Lau Nuers and in the Nyima Hills and Nuba Mountains Province 1917-18, and in the operations against the Aliab Dinka 1919-20, and was awarded the Order of the Nile, 4th class (London Gazette 22 April 1921 refers), in addition to qualifying for the above described Khedives Sudan Medal & 4 clasps and a single British War Medal 1914-20; sold with copied MIC entry which also refers to his entitlement to the clasps for ôNyima 1917-18ö and ôAliab Dinkaö.
A rare Great War M.M. group of twelve awarded to Sergeant A. Belsan, a Czech Legionnaire who served in the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion, and was again decorated in the 1939-45 War for his gallant deeds in the Prague Uprising in the final days of the conflict Czechoslovakia, Bravery Medal 1939; War Cross 1918; Revolutionary Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1918, official type 2; F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans of the Great War; Zborov Commemorative Medal 1917-47; Brachmac Commemorative Medal 1918-48; 4th Regiment Commemorative Medal 1918-48; Medal for Fidelity 1918-38, bronze emblem on riband; Brno Volunteers Medal 1918-19; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, 4th Class, the reverse numbered No. 22868, together with a small 20th anniversary commemorative badge for the Battle Of Zborov 1917-37, the last heavily polished and with replacement ring suspension, fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (13) £800-1000 Abbot and Tamplin estimate some 320 M.Ms were bestowed on Czech Legionnaires. Augustin Belsan was born in Hresihlavy in the district of Rokycany, south-west of Prague in August 1888, and was employed as head of a workshop in a locomotive factory in Kladno prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Recruited into the Austro-Hungarian Army in October 1914, he attended an N.C.Os course and was posted in the rank of Corporal to the famous 28th ôPragues Childrenö Regiment, going into action on the Eastern Front in March 1915, where he was wounded in the following month and taken prisoner by the Russians at a Field Hospital near Regetow. Forced labour followed but with news of the formation of the Czech Legion in July 1916, he was appointed a Sergeant in the 1st Regiment of ôMistr Jan Husö and participated in the Battle of Zborov, winning his Russian decoration on the same occasion. In January 1918, Belsan was transferred to the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion and fought against the Germans at Bachmac that March, in addition to numerous clashes with the Bolsheviks, including the actions at Kljukvenaja, Krasnojarsk, Niznyj Udinsk, Beli, Kultuk, Irkutsk, near Bajkal Lake, and on the Uralsk and Samara fronts, but most probably won his British M.M. for the critical defence of the Trans-Siberian railway, in which he was twice wounded. Indeed his elite unit, which numbered around 800 men of whom 120 were killed in action, was regularly ordered to where the fighting was heaviest, finally covering the retreat of the Czech forces to Vladivostok, where Belsan and his comrades arrived in April 1920. He remained in the Army for another two years, latterly as part of the 6th Border Battalion (a.k.a. the ôSiberian Strikersö) in Domazlice, from which he took his discharge to take up employment as an Inspector of Price Control at the Land Government Office in Dejvice, Prague. And it was here, in the final days of the last War, that he won his prestigious Czech Bravery Medal for gallantly manning the barricades in the uprising of May 1945. Sold with two of the recipients original Czech Legion identity cards (ôClenska Legitimaceö), one with a portrait photograph and assorted stamps, and the other with front cover number No. 7529; and around a dozen Great War period photographs, including a fine portrait in uniform wearing some of his Honours & Awards, this with his handwritten dedication to a niece or nephew on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Deputy Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon, Queen Marys Army Auxiliary Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 1st type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (A. Adtr., Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine and better (3) £200-240 M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Miss Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon, Deputy Administrator, Q.M.A.A.C.. Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon was born in Romford, Essex on 31 December 1894, the daughter of Colonel R. H. Lyon. During the Great War she was appointed an Assistant Administrator in the Q.M.A.A.C. in March 1918 and was advanced to Deputy Administrator in March 1919. With the Q.M.A.A.C. she served in Boulogne, France. In October 1918, the Q.M.A.A.C. Controller-in-Chief Florence Leach undertook an inspection of the Corps in France. She recorded her assessment of Miss Lyon as: Miss Lyon is good clerically. She has some idea of organisation and arranged the performance for the Controller-in-Chiefs visit very well. She lacks education. Despite this lack, Miss Lyon was later awarded the M.B.E. for her services in the Great War. Miss Lyon died in Wimbledon on 28 June 1977. With copied Birth and Death Certificates, m.i.c. and other research.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5357 S. Mjr. R. Lyon, Ches. R.) slight edge bruise to reverse, nearly very fine £50-70 M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. Robert Arthur Lyon joined the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment in 1896, and remained with the Colours until he was discharged from the Army as medically unfit, in December 1919. He served in India, December 1898-November 1904. With the onset of the Great War, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Company Quartermaster Serjeant on 16 August 1914 but was back in England on 29 August and after a spell of hospital treatment in Sheffield was detailed for duty at the Depot, Chester Castle for a while. He returned to France in September 1915-April 1917 and became Regimental Serjeant-Major of the 1st Battalion. In April 1917 he was posted R.S.M. of the 3rd Battalion in England, and in December 1917, R.S.M. of the 15th Battalion in France. Whilst serving with them he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in action and was treated for shell concussion in July 1918. He returned to the U.K. in April 1919, was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. by Army Order 130 of April 1919 and was invalided out of the service in December 1919. With a quantity of copied service papers and other research. In addition to the above, Lyon was awarded the Military Medal; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals and Silver War Badge.
Defence Medal (7) six unnamed, one impressed (2278 B. Crumpsty, A.B., R.N.) this with contact marks and slight edge bruising; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, very fine and better (9) £40-60 Defence Medal, unnamed, with Ministry of Food Ration Book bearing the name and address, S. Abrahams, Flat 233C Clayhall Ave., Ilford, Essex, together with two Clothing Coupon booklets. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Mrs Florence A. Bell, 39 Temple Road, Croydon, Surrey, together with a named identity card of the Salop County Council Public Assistance Committee. Defence Medal, unnamed, and A.R.P. Badge with Borough of Camberwell Civil Defence Services Certificate of Appreciation named to Mr W. J. Bilby. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Miss M. A. Chantler, 48 St. Dunstans Street, Canterbury, Kent, with forwarding slip. Defence Medal, unnamed, attributed to Herbert Harry George Pawley, a Private in the Home Guard serving, 23 October 1942-31 December 1944. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Mr W. H. Riches, 26 Lingfield Crescent, Eltham, London S.E.9, with forwarding slip. War Medal, unnamed, in card box stamped Deceased and with the label Staff Sjt. G. A. Paish, E.A.A.S.C., together with a registered envelope addressed to Mr Paish G. A., c/o Mrs A. Paish, Gloster Villa, Cirencester, Glos, U.K. and an associated slip. Staff Serjeant George Alfred Paish, a Mechanic with the East African Army Service Corps, died on 2 August 1940, aged 39 years. He was buried in the Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery, Zambia and was the son of Alfred and Emma Paish of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Germany, Copies (5) Empire, Tank Badge, silver base metal, pin-backed; Third Reich, Tank Badge of the Condor Legion, silver base metal, pin-backed; Infantry Assault Badge, silver base metal, pin-backed, reverse marked in raised letters, R.S.; Army Flak Badge, reverse impressed, C. E. Juncker Belin SW, base metal, pin-backed; ôAfrikaö Armband, all are copies, very fine and better, sold as found (5) £100-140
Yugoslavia, Social Federal Republic, Order of Labour (3), 1st Class badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse with two screw-fittings, stamp mark, and impressed, I and 1217; 2nd Class, silver and silver-gilt, reverse impressed, II, with pin-fitting marked, Znb-Kovnica; 3rd Class, silver and silver-gilt, with pin-fitting marked, Znb-Kovnica; Order of National Merit, 3rd Class screw-backed badge, silver and silver-gilt, reverse impressed, III and 80345; Order of Brotherhood and Unity, 2nd Class screw-backed badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse with stamp marks and impressed, 57656; Order of the Peoples Army, 3rd Class pin-backed breast star, silver, gilt metal and enamel, unmarked; Order of Military Merit, 3rd Class pin-backed breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp marks on reverse, very fine and better (7) £80-100
Five: Private W. H. Ryan, Royal Canadian Regiment, late Leinster and Essex Regiments Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3619 Pte., 2-Leins. R.) late issue; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9823 Pte., 2/Essex R.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals (9823 Pte., Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Canada (Pte., R.C.R.) very fine and better (6) £260-300 William Henry Ryans original Queens South Africa Medal was forfeited in 1906. It was restored with his re-enlistment for service in the Great War. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. Later made a prisoner-of-war. Clasp to 1914 Star confirmed. With Leinster Regiment cap badge, copied m.i.c. and other research.
Three: Private D. J. Fraser, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (9288 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (9288 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (Donald Jack Fraser); together with Silver War Badges (2) (24275; RN32115) extremely fine (6) £120-160 Private Donald Fraser, Royal Army Medical Corps, entered the Balkans theatre of war on 30 July 1915. He was discharged on 30 November 1915 and awarded the Silver War Badge. Together with a named memorial scroll and a photograph; all mounted on card. With copied m.i.c.
Three: Private W. H. Watkins, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-081862 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-081862 Pte., A.S.C.) extremely fine (lot). £60-80 William Henry Watkins was born in 1881. He enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 3 May 1915 and was transferred to Class Z Reserve on 5 March 1919. Sold with recipients Certificate of Service and Certificate of Transfer to Reserve; Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity, dated February 1918, and two Leave or Duty Ration Books - these all mounted on card. Together with three identity disks; an A.S.C. lapel badge and another A.S.C. lapel badge, with enamelled, with four blue enamelled overseas service stripes.
A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel Jack Hulme Taylor, 11th King Edwards Own Lancers (Probyns Horse) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer s (Brothers) breast badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (Capt.); War and India Service Medals; Coronation 1953, these three unnamed, mounted court style as worn, minor contact marks, very fine and better (8) £420-460 O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Colonel (temporary) Jack Hulme Taylor (I.A.83), Probyns Horse, Indian Armoured Corps Order of St. John, Officer London Gazette 26 June 1953. Colonel Jack Hulme Taylor, O.B.E. Jack Hulme Taylor was born in Ceylon on 11 December 1894. Educated at Aldenham School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned on 14 January 1914 and gazetted to the 1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment at Peshawar, India. Arriving in India in February 1914, he transferred to the Indian Army in October 1914, being posted to the 11th King Edwards Own Lancers (Probyns Horse). Promoted to Lieutenant in September 1915 and Acting Captain in November 1917, he took part in the operations in Mahsud, March-August 1917, and in Iraq, October 1917-October 1918. Taylor was promoted to Captain in January 1918 and took part in the campaign in Kurdistan in 1919 and further operations in Iraq in 1919-20. Taylor served as Aide-de-Camp to Sir William Riddell Birdwood, C-in-C. in India, 1925, and was Senior Aide-de-Camp to Lord Halifax, Viceroy of India, 1926-28. Appointed Assistant Military Secretary to the C-in-C. Northern Command, 1930-34, he was promoted to Major in January 1932. During the Second World War he raised, organised and was the first Commandant of the Indian Armoured Corps Tank School. Taylor was promoted to Colonel and retired in 1946 and was awarded the O.B.E. for his wartime services. Post-war, he was Marshal of the City of London, 1938-57; Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-Arms of the City of London, 1957-58; and Swordbearer of the City of London, 1958-59. Colonel Hulme Taylor died on 3 November 1970. With copied gazette extracts and service details.
A Second World War N.W. Europe Military M.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant R. T. Elliott, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Lieut. (D.O.), R.A.) mounted as worn; together with a mounted set of six miniature dress medals, good very fine (12) £240-280 M.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946. For gallant and distinguished service in N.W. Europe. Recommendation states: Since this officer mobilised with 202 Fixed Defences in February 1943 his work as District Officer has been outstanding. It was mainly due to his hard work and perseverance that the Coast Artillery Operations Room at Nieuwe Sluis was ready to operate when the first convoy entered the Scheldt on Nov. 28th 1944. From this date until May 1945, as one of three officers on the War Establishment, he took his turn for night duty as Seawards Defence Commander, in addition to his ôQö work by day for both the military and naval personnel at the Station. He gave warning to Navy Ostend on the night Dec. 23/24, 1944 of unidentified radar plots off the Scheldt entrance subsequently proved to be midget submarines making their first attempt to penetrate past Flushing. His keenness was an inspiration to the Operations Room Watchers and his sound administration considerably helped in ensuring very close cooperation between the two Services. The recipient came from Houghton-le-Spring.
A Second World War Middle East operations M.B.E. group of five awarded to Group Captain O. E. Bartlett, Royal Air Force, a long served Explosives Officer (X) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. The recommendation states: This officer has been responsible for the organisation of the forward supply of fuel, ammunition and explosives to the Squadrons. By his pertinacity and resourcefulness he has overcome many unforeseen problems. There have been many instances when he has navigated not only the first R.A.F. convoys but also Army convoys. On one occasion he was successful in overcoming Army opposition to a certain journey which he carried out and ensured sufficient petrol for immediate operations. An example of his coolness is found when he took a Royal Air Force convoy through from Maddalena to the Army Co-Operation Squadron attached to XIII Corps, whilst the Army was carrying out a local withdrawal. This action saved the bulk of the aircraft from being lost and ensured reconnaissance for the Army. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943 and 8 June 1944. Owen Edward Bartlett, who was born in Forest Hill, London in January 1917, was granted a short service commission as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.Fs Equipment Branch in September 1939, his earlier ambition of qualifying for his ôWingsö having been dashed at the Civil Flying School at Reading, where his examiner noted that his general flying was very dangerous. Possibly encouraged by this ôdangerousö assessment, he decided to pursue a career as an Explosives Officer, in which field he qualified in early 1940, and in March of the following year he was embarked for the Middle East. In his capacity as an explosives expert, Bartlett subsequently served in this theatre of war until January 1944, when he was evacuated home on the sick list, a period that witnessed him serving as an Acting Squadron Leader in command of assorted Maintainance Units (M.U.), in addition to periods of attachment to R.A.F. Headquarters in Malta, and in the Levant, Palestine, in 1943. And while ôMalta G.C.ö must have offered plenty of scope for an officer of his trade, it was in fact for his earlier work in command of No. 121 M.U. in North Africa that he was awarded his M.B.E. and two ômentionsö. He ended the War as an Explosives Officer at Greenham Common. Granted a permanent commission as a Flight Lieutenant in September 1945, Bartletts post-war career encompassed many commands, including nuclear bomb storage sites at R.A.F. Barnham and Faldingworth, and having been advanced to Group Captain in January 1967, he was placed on the Retired List in February 1972. He died in July 1979. Sold with the recipients original M.B.E. warrant and M.I.D. certificates (2), these in original envelopes; together with what would appear to be a wartime photograph of him taken in North Africa.
A Great War Western Front M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Bains, 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (6828 Pte. G. Bains, 16/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (6828 Pte. G. Baines, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6828 Pte. G. Bains, Manch. R.) note variation in surname, good very fine (4) £800-850 M.M. London Gazette 23 August 1916. George Bains, a Warehouse member of Messrs. Simpson & Godlee Ltd., enlisted on 1 September 1914 and is shown in the Manchester Battalions Book of Honour as being a member of XI Platoon, C Company, 16th (Service) Battalion Manchester Regiment. Private Bains entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 9 November 1915. Awarded the Military Medal for the 16th Manchester Pals attack on Montauben, 1 July 1916 - one of the first Military Medals awarded to the battalion. The War Diary for 1/2 July 1916 reports, Captured two guns and 16th Manchester Regt. written on them, also names of the men who captured them and about a hundred prisoners. It is possible that Bains was one of the two men responsible. Later wounded and invalided to the U.K., he was then transferred to the Welsh Regiment and posted to their 52nd (Graduated) Battalion. He was discharged from the Army on 28 October 1918 and was awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot). With a quantity of copied research, including m.i.c., gazette, roll and war diary extracts.
A 1914-18 British War Medal and a 1914-19 Victory Medal, both to `L-14431 Gnr A.E. Green. R.A.`, together with an aluminium dog tag, a dress Albert chain, various badges and buttons, a tin containing shrapnel, a cloth badge detailed `The British Red Cross Society First Aid`, an `R.F.A.` cloth badge, coins, a brass button-polishing stick and a group of related paperwork and photographs, including `Soldier`s Pay Book Army Book 64`, a `Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization`, a `Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity`, a `Certificate of Proficiency Home Guard`, dated 8 Aug 1944, and sundry.
Four ladies` mess dress belt clasps, two part gilt clasps with white metal badges to each side, comprising Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Service Corps, Welsh Regiment, and one with an EVIIR cypher; together with two Royal Artillery ladies` mess dress belt plates, openwork plates overlaid with the regimental badge. (6).
THE MEDALS AND EFFECTS OF MAJOR W.J.R. HEPPELL RE serving with No.4 Commando April 1944 - November 1945. Medals:- Court mounted 1939-45 Star, France/Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal (with oak leaf), Territorial Efficiency Decoration George VI with ER clasp dated 1951. Together with set of miniatures. Royal Engineers cap badges, collar badges, boxed Normandy and Dunkirk medal, French Veterans 1944 medal etc. His fighting knife, believed to be No.3 pattern, blued overall, no marks except "No.1" cast in pommel, blade 17.5cms approx. overall 29.5cms in length, good condition, together with leather sheath, elastic missing from top and some service wear. Six officer`s Commando buttons by Pitt & Co, London. Commando Service Certificate signed by Chief of Combined Operations 1945. Large cloth badge and framed certificate for mention in despatches 9/8/45. His Dress Sword 1897 Infantry Officers pattern with George VI cypher, original leather covered scabbard and frog (some staining and service wear). Military issue Compass (arrow stamped). Leather Swagger Stick, unscrews with plumb line. Customs of the Service booklet. Commission as Second Lt Territorial Army 18/9/39. Quantity of service photographs, wall plaques, 1940 newspapers, box of buttons, ribbands etc. NB: Major W J R Heppell was commissioned Second Lieutenant Territorial Army in 1939, serving with the Royal Engineers at Dunkirk 1940. Transferred to No.4 Commando 20/4/44 - 22/11/45. Present at Normandy and mentioned in despatches 1/8/45. Believed retired from Territorials late 1950`s (photograph of him in Dorset 1957 with 109 (Glam) Army Engineer R (TA)
A large bi-metal pin back badge "Somerset Veteran Reserve" two enamelled lapel badges for the "National Reserve Somerset" by Gaunt, pin back enamelled badge "West Somerset Yeomanry" South Africa 1900-01 and a Central Association VTC lapel badge (5). Note: The Veteran Reserve was founded around 1907/08 but not recognised by the War Office. In 1913 the Army Council authorised the formation of the National Reserve and members of the Veteran Reserve were invited to transfer. The 1st West Somerset National Reserve were provided with colours by the wife of the mayor of Taunton. They were never consecrated as by this time war had been declared. ++good condition
British War Medal, to 41643 PTE. J. GODDARD. R. LANC. R., together with Soldier`s Release book for W.L. GODDARD, Pay Book, ID discs, ASC cap badge, West Kents cap, Army Rifle Association medal, three various other military shooting medals, King and Empire badge, wrist watch, match box, 1st Bn Suffolk Regt J. Middleditch bed plate etc.
An OR`s cap badge of the 178th CEF ("Province de Quebec" type); Army Dental Corps collar badge; 3 old cap tallies: HMS Gleaner, Drake and RNVR London; Third Reich destroyer badge (no pin or hook, othewise good); a glengarry cap with anodised Lowland Brigade badge; a small Union flag; 2 military drum biscuit barrels; 4 commemorative pewter pots; and 2 press photographs of the new type Admiral`s launch. Average GC
An ERII R Army Education Corps officer`s sidecap, light blue/blue with embroidered badge, and companion khaki SD tunic and overalls; 2 ERII blue mess jackets RAOC and R Pioneers, scarlet collars, with overalls; an RAMC No 1 blue tunic, KC staybrite buttons, medal ribbons CBE, WWII etc, with overalls; 2 other tunics; a small tin trunk to Lt Col Disney and sundry buttons. Generally GC to VGC
4 Third Reich buckles: Army, dated 1937, WWI pattern with superimposed lead SS device, cast grey metal Stahlhelm, and another; a cast base metal plaque with head of Hitler; another with Hitler and Mussolini; a small tin with mounted tropical helmet badge; a cigarette case with enamelled swastika; a Nazi party armband (worn); 2 plain aluminium ashtrays; and a post war compass. Generally GC
A Framed Group of Five attributed to Sergeant A.B. McIver, Royal Army Medical Corps Africa Star, with 1st Army Bar; Italy Star; 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals, with - Photograph believed to be the recipient in uniform - RAMC brass cap badge - Cloth arm band, badge and Sergeants stripes - The recipients leave pass dated 23.6.1945
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