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A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major (Quartermaster) F. W. Wall, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (822524 W.O. Cl. 2 F. W. Wall. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (822524 W.O. Cl. 1 F. W. Wall. R.A.) mounted court-style as worn, very fine (7) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1968. Francis William Wall was born on 7 May 1917. He served in the ranks of the Royal Artillery for 10 years 151 days; W.O. Cl. 2 for 8 years 240 days; W.O. Cl. 1 for 6 years 300 days; Short Service Commission as Lieutenant (Quartermaster) from 31 July 1958; (from S.S.C.) Royal Artillery, Lieutenant (Qr.-Mr.) from 2 August 1959; and Major (Qr.-Mr.) from 2 November 1966. He retired on 7 May 1972.

Family Group: Three: Able Seaman W. Cooper, Royal Australian Navy, a member of the naval contingent of the 1st Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, which was hastily formed in 1914 to seize German territory in New Guinea, subsequently died of malaria contracted during this service, during which Australia sustained its first casualties of the war (six officers and men of the naval force killed, with four more wounded), and earned its first decorations 1914-15 Star (W. E. Cooper. A.B.); British War and Victory Medals (W. E. Cooper. Able Seaman. R.A.N.) in original named box of issue, extremely fine, the sparse naming detail on the 1914-15 Star typical of issues to the naval contingent of 1st AN&MEF Three: Corporal T. Cooper, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-031921. Pte. T. Cooper. A.S.C.) British War and Victory Medals (M2-031921 Cpl. T. Cooper. A.S.C), with original named card box of issue for the last two; together with the recipient’s identity bracelet, two identity discs, an A.S.C. badge and a Boy’s Brigade medal, bronze the reverse engraved ‘Pte. Cooper 1902-3’, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- William Edward Cooper was born in Paddington, London in 1882. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman in 1897 (Official No. 196007) and served until 1906, when he purchased his discharge (though remaining on the Royal Fleet Reserve). He later made his way to Australia, where in February 1912 he joined the Sydney Fire Brigade. By the outbreak of war he had been promoted to Fireman Second Class and was based at No. 4 station, Darlinghurst. At the outbreak of war the Australian government decided to raise a combined naval and military force with the particular task of occupying the German colonies in New Guinea; this was to be a separate enterprise from the much larger expeditionary force simultaneously being raised for service outside Australia (the Australian Imperial Force). The military element amounted to a battalion of infantry, while the naval contingent was to consist of six companies (according to the roll, 24 officers and around 260 men). Advertisements were placed in the press calling for volunteers from time-expired seamen of the Royal Navy and reservists; one such must have caught William Cooper’s eye, as he was granted indefinite leave from the Fire Brigade on 17 August 1914. Within days the expedition set off northwards aboard the requisitioned transport Berrima, pausing on the way for a short period of training while a Naval escort was awaited. Landfall was made at Blanche Bay, New Guinea, on 11 September 1914. Here the military contingent was to take the colony’s seat of government at Rabaul, while the naval contingent landed at Herbertshöhe, to proceed inland and seize the enemy’s wireless stations. In the course of the day’s fighting that followed, Australia sustained its first casualties of the war (six officers and men of the naval force killed, with four more wounded), and earned its first decorations. Besides these milestones, the episode is also notable in Australian military history as the first operation to be entirely planned and implemented by Australians, under the command of Australian officers. After a period with the occupying forces in New Guinea after the colony’s surrender, William Cooper returned to Australia and was discharged from the R.A.N. He returned to duty with the Sydney Fire Brigade on 5 March 1915, but his health was badly affected by the malaria he had contracted while on active service, and he died in his bed at Darlinghurst Fire Station on 12 August 1915. Thomas Cooper, younger brother of the above, was born at Paddington in 1890. He served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from January 1915 and was released in June 1919. He died in London in 1945. Sold with a DVD of copied research.

A Great War ‘trench raid’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain A. B. H. Roberts, Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse attractively engraved with regimental badge and ‘Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts, 9th Battn. A.P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. 1st January 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. B. H. Roberts.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Coronation 1911, unnamed; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals: Military Cross; 1914-15 Star trio, M.I.D. oakleaf; with a loose miniature Coronation Medal 1911, generally extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 15 March 1916: ‘Temporary Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). For conspicuous gallantry. He was one of a party which successfully raided the enemy trenches, and showed great coolness and judgement in directing his men. Two nights previously he had done good work reconnoitring the enemy’s position. He also helped two wounded officers to get back to our lines.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Rue du Bois, 31 December 1915-1 January 1916’.
M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918.
Arthur Beverley Hepworth Roberts was born in Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, in 1894, the son of Arthur Hepworth and Mary Alice Roberts of Stoneleigh Lodge, Sandal Magna. 
In the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of War as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment. He served in that theatre from 25 August 1915 to 13 July 1916; from 3 February to 1 November 1917; and from 16 September to 11 November 1918 - and later in the Italian theatre of War from 2 November 1917 to 15 September 1918.
Serving with the 9th Battalion at Rue de Bois on 31 December 1915 and 1 January 1916, his gallantry and leadership gained him the award of the Military Cross. The 9th Battalion formed part of the 69th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division of the First Army. On 31 December 1915 / 1 January 1916, a raid on enemy trenches was carried out by a detachment of the 9th Battalion. The raid, on entering the enemy’s line, divided into two parties, left and right, and proceeded to clear the German trenches by bomb and bayonet. The raid, deemed a success, resulted in about 20 of the enemy killed at a cost of seven of the raiding party wounded. Roberts was mentioned in the official report of the action as having ‘[r]emained at the point of entry and directed the parties in and out again with great coolness’.
By the end of the War, Roberts had attained the rank of Captain, had been wounded, and Mentioned in Despatches. He applied for his medals in 1921 when living at Woodthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire. 
With the start of the Second World War, Captain Roberts was appointed a Lieutenant on the General List (London Gazette 29 July 1941). He married Sheila Platts in Wakefield in 1942, but died on 9 August 1944. Captain Roberts is buried in Wakefield Cemetery.
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A United States of America Second War Silver Star and Bronze Star group of five awarded to Lieutenant B. C. Washburn, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, United States Army United States of America, Silver Star, the reverse engraved ‘Ben C. Washburn’; Bronze Star, unnamed; American Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; together with the recipient’s Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded per General Order 12, HQ 35th Infantry Division, on 15 February 1945. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action in Belgium, on 2, 3, and 4 January 1945. When two companies of the Second Battalion, 134th Infantry, suffered the severing of their supply line by enemy action, Lieutenant Washburn reconnoitered for a route for the delivery of vital supplies. Despite the fact that the only route available traversed open terrain subjected to enemy machine gun and small arms fire, Lieutenant Washburn successfully led hand carrying parties during the nights of 2, 3, and 4 January, organized litter teams to evacuate the seriously wounded men of the two companies, and by his leadership, initiative, and resourcefulness, enabled the two units to continue their operations against the enemy.’ Bronze Star awarded per General Orders 58, HQ 35th Infantry Division, on 26 December 1944. The official citation states: ‘For heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States, in France, on 26 and 27 November 1944, Lieutenant Washburn, Transportation officer of the Second Battalion, 134th Infantry, personally reconnoitered a route to send supplies to attacking units in the nearby villages, as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands. Despite artillery and mortar fire, he succeeded in locating a suitable route, and on the night of 26 November, he brought four vehicles to a point between the two villages, then directed the carrying of supplies by hand to each of the villages. The same procedure was followed the next night. Throughout this operation, Lieutenant Washburn worked under heavy enemy fire, ensuring a constant flow of vital supplies to all companies at the front. His cool-headed resourcefulness and tireless devotion to duty reflect credit upon his character as an officer.’ Sold with copied research.

A rare and poignant Our Dumb Friends League Medal pair to Army deserter and career-criminal Mr. E. Netley, who sustained serious injuries whilst out on the prowl one evening at West Croydon railway station, when he attempted to rescue a dog which had strayed onto the tracks. Found unconscious alongside the body of a cream coloured Alsatian which was described in contemporary accounts as a ‘blackened mass’ lying across the live rail, Netley was fortunate to escape with his life Our Dumb Friends League Medal, heart-shaped, silver (Awarded to Mr. Edward Netley. For the courageous rescue of a Dog from a railway track. August 1929.) hallmarks for Birmingham 1927; together with a privately commissioned bronze medal by Vaughton, Birmingham, unnamed as issued, swing mounted, pawnbroker marks to edge of first, scratches to reverse of both, very fine (2) £700-£900 --- Edward Netley was born in Brighton around 1893. A labourer of no fixed abode, he attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment around his eighteenth birthday (10047 Pte. E. Netley) and was soon the subject of a Court Martial at Warley Camp on 22 May 1911, in consequence of desertion. Found guilty, he was released from service. Familiar with dwellings along the London to Brighton railway line, Netley soon caught the attention of the Croydon Borough Bench when charged with stealing furniture from Mr. Arthur Winter who had known him just a few weeks. Out of compassion and seeing Netley with no home and no work, Winter had provided him with lodging and partial board, but was soon dismayed to hear that his goods had been sold in Portobello Road, the shop proprietor believing them to have originated from Netley’s ‘late mother’. The following year, Netley was back before the courts after breaking into his mother’s house at 3, Holland Road, South Norwood. Very much alive, she saw to it that he was sentenced to three month’s hard labour for theft. The outbreak of the Great War saw little change in Netley’s behaviour. Attesting for the 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (18676 Pte. E. Netley), he served in Egypt from 16 November 1915 but was soon in trouble for desertion alongside a pal when back home in England. Wearing the stripes of a Corporal, he pretended to be an escort to his friend when challenged by a policeman. The ruse failed and Netley was transferred to the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment (64025 Pte. E. Netley). A while later, Netley was charged with obtaining money by false pretences. Appearing in the dock at Croydon Borough Police Court, he described himself as a ‘wounded Private’ of the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Wearing the ribbon of the Military Medal, his largesse went further. The Croydon Times of 16 November 1918, adds: ‘Netley told the Bench that he had won the Military Medal and had been wounded four times. He wanted to retrieve his character and would pay back the money. He had been in the army four years. The father said he was sorry his son had not better sense, and hoped the magistrates would deal leniently with him. In reply to Ald. Fox. defendant said he won the Military Medal for capturing a machine gun and seven prisoners.’ Remarkably, Alderman Fox offered Netley ‘one more chance,’ much to the chagrin of his mother. Analysis of Netley’s Army Service Records show that he was indeed wounded, suffering a slight wound in France whilst with the 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, and another slight wound to the left hand whilst with the West Yorkshire Regiment. No trace of the award of the MM can be found. Discharged from the Army on 12 September 1919 and issued a Silver War Badge in consequence of disability, Netley forfeited his Great War medals on 23 December 1920 following further convictions for theft and fraud. Remaining in South London for the next nine years, Netley finally caught the attention of the local press for all the right reasons on a summer evening in 1929. Crossing the bridge at West Croydon Railway Station, he ‘heard the cries of a dog’ and leapt over an 8-foot wire security fence, falling 30 feet down the embankment. He then attempted to move the animal by hand, but was electrocuted and knocked unconscious, being found soon thereafter atop the clinker and wooden sleepers. Initially described as an ‘unknown hero’ by the contemporary press on account of Netley carrying no identification about his body, he was later identified at Croydon General Hospital and received considerable praise. Discharged, he travelled south to Brighton and was immediately caught stealing a bicycle. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, 30 August 1929: ‘In recognition of this act of bravery the justices only sentenced Netley to three months’ hard labour. But for this act the sentence would have been much greater as he had a bad record.’ Awarded the Our Dumb Friends League Medal, it appears that the recipient’s life of poverty and cycle of petty theft continued unabated. Possibly pawned by the recipient, Netley was later admitted to the Kensington and Chelsea workhouse. In 1939, he was further charged at Brentford for having absconded from Isleworth Casual Ward, and fined 5 shillings. Having burned all his bridges with friends and family alike, it appears that his life ended in abject poverty. An article published in The Guardian newspaper describes the life of one man in a London workhouse at this time: ‘I found myself in a small room with other casuals. There were old men and young men; men who smiled and men who sneered; men who stared fixatedly before them and men who talked in low, toneless voices... But they were all men with one thing in common - hunger.’ Sold with copied research.

The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was raised in 1741 and saw extensive service in North America during the latter half of the 18th Century and early 19th Century, including in the Caribbean, and subsequently took part in the Crimean War. It amalgamated with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot in 1881 to become the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and saw further service in the Egyptian campaign and in South Africa during the Boer War, as well as extensive service in both the Great War and the Second World War. Following the Second World War the Regiment amalgamated successively with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959; with the Durham Light Infantry, the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, and the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to form the Light Infantry in 1968; and then with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire Light Infantry, and the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles in 2007. A Second War ‘North Africa’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Spiers, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks during the Second World War; was present at the evacuation from Dunkirk; Commanded Troops in Rome; and was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Lieut. (Q.M.) J. H. Spiers. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine (7) £360-£440 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 December 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘During the period under review, in fact from the first day he joined the Administrative Staff of this Headquarters early in November 1942, this officer has been outstanding in his devotion to duty. Joining originally as the Quartermaster he was soon made an assistant Camp Commandant in which capacity he has worked since May 1943. His services throughout have been of an exceptionally high degree of merit, and it can be truly said that on numerous occasions he has undertaken special duties superior to his rank and ordinary work, and has performed them brilliantly. During the move to North Africa from the U.K., the hectic days of settling down in Algiers, the move to Italy in July 1944, and ever since, he has played a major part in the local administration of the British section of A.F.H.Q. Possessing a remarkable knowledge of man-management, a capacity for hard work day in and out without easing up, this officer’s boundless energy, tact, cheerfulness, and contagious enthusiasm for the job in hand has been an inspiration to all around and there is no doubt whatever that he has had a very considerable share in the smooth running of the local administration, and he has earned the respect and friendship of all ranks, both British and American, with whom he has had to deal. The general well-being of the 4,000 British Officers and Men here at A.F.H.Q. has always been his particular concern, and the high standard of messing, accommodation, and general welfare of the other ranks has been ever of the highest priority with him. His exemplary conduct and efficiency throughout the two and a half years he has been with this Headquarters is worthy of special recognition.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 November 1943 and 20 February 1945. John Henry Spiers was born in Guildford, Surrey, on 24 July 1906 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Winchester on 26 May 1925, transferring to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry the same day. He was advanced Colour Sergeant and appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 7 April 1937, and was promoted Warrant Officer Class III on 1 October 1938, and Warrant Officer Class II on 15 November 1938. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War in France from 30 September 1939 until being evacuated from Dunkirk on 1 June 1940; given the fact that he was a Platoon Sergeant Major at the time, it is more than likely that Spiers played a key role in the Battalion’s successful evacuation from Dunkirk in H.M.S. Kingfisher on the evening of 1 June 1940, whilst still an effectively formed body with high morale. Promoted Warrant Officer Class I on 29 September 1940, Spiers experienced a meteoric rise during the War, being commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 9 December 1941, and posted to the 7th Battalion. He subsequently served as Second in Command to the Camp Commandant of General Headquarters, North Africa, and would thus have got to know well all the great and good of Allied High Command (see M.B.E. Recommendation), before seeing further service in Italy, and was promoted Captain on 9 December 1944; temporary Major on 24 February 1945; and temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 November 1947. For his services during the Second World War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He relinquished his commission on 20 October 1948, being granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and died on 29 January 1953. Sold with copied research.

A fine Great War ‘Gallipoli Operations’ M.M. awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant F. A. Granados, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action on the peninsula and later suffered from nervous debility Military Medal, G.V.R. (10019 By: Q.M. Sjt: F. A. Granados. 368/By: R.F.A.) mounted with a hallmarked silver ‘1915’ riband bar, light contact marks, very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916: ‘Gallipoli, 1915. - For excellent work in charge of the wagon line, supplying ammunition and looking after the horses.’ Francisco Antonio Granados was born on Portsea Island, Hampshire, in 1886, the son of Antonio and Emma Granados. Of Italian ancestry, Granados attested for the Royal Field Artillery around fifteen years of age and served in Egypt from 1 April 1915. Posted to Gallipoli with 368th Battery, 147th Field Artillery Brigade, 29th Division, he was wounded in action on 6 June 1915 and awarded the Military Medal alongside Sergeant H. Mackenzie, Corporal J. E. Hughes and Bombardier W. Rayner for bravery displayed in the field between May and August 1915. Evacuated home, it remains unclear whether he served again. Awarded a Silver War Badge, he was admitted to hospital on 26 April 1919 suffering from nervous debility – more commonly known today as shell shock. Transferred to Gateshead, he is later recorded at the War Hospital, St. Mary’s Asylum (Stannington), before being discharged permanently unfit from the Army on 28 May 1919.

Four: Private H. Pike, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (4625 Pte. H. Pike. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4625 Pte. H. Pike. Suff. R.) BWM numbered ‘4525’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4625 Bndsmn: H. Pike. Suff: R.) generally very fine Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5819260 Cpl. A. J. Norman. Suff. R.) edge bruise, nearly very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Herbert Pike enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in June 1897. He served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of War from 16 January 1915. Pike transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged 16 May 1918 (entitled to Silver War Badge).

Pair: Worker Mary E. Neal, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (39481 Wkr. M. E. Neal. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine Pair: Worker Agnes E. Payn, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (2808 Wkr. A. E. Payn. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Miss Agnes Elizabeth Payn enrolled in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 14 August 1917, and was discharged, medically unfit, on 3 January 1919, being entitled to a Silver War Badge, No. B.89313. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Staff Sergeant D. Dent, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24203122 Pte. D. Dent DWR.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (24203122 S Sgt D Dent DWR) mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Sold with a small gilt medallion to the Yorkshire Volunteers, 44mm, the reverse engraved ‘S. Sgt D Dent D. W. Regt.’, in box of issue; and a small regimental badge.

A Second War ‘Italian campaign’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major Robert Webster, 47 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1455716 W.O. Cl. 1. R. Webster M.B.E. R.A.) good very fine (7) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘During the Italian campaign this W.O.1. has been called upon to perform exceptional duties in organising Italian personnel operating Italian Searchlights and 20 m.m. guns in control of Lt. A.A. Harbour and Directional barrages. Largely as a result of his ability and tact the Italian personnel reached a high state of efficiency and morale. His management of a Brigade Rest Centre has resulted in the satisfaction of some 2500 O.Rs who have passed through. During the 2 years he has held his rank he has set a high standard of discipline among all N.C.Os. with whom he has come in contact by his personal example and inspiration.’

Five: Corporal D. L. Cowlin, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and two National Registration Identity Cards, traces of verdigris to Africa Star, otherwise good very fine Four: Private J. E. Brailsford, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, nearly extremely fine Five: Attributed to Private A. Courage, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; mounted on a display board together with a DCLI cap badge ands a photograph of the recipient on his wedding day, the reverse inscribed ‘Private Arthur Courage and Mrs Courage’, good very fine (14) £100-£140 --- Donald Lawrence Cowlin was born in Ealing, Middlesex, on 10 April 1916 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment on 15 March 1940. He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 30 June 1943, and served with the 30th Battalion during the Second World War in North Africa from 25 August 1943. He was promoted Corporal on 3 September 1945, and was finally released on 11 February 1946. Sold with D.C.L.I. cap badge, shoulder title, and Corporal’s stripes; and copied research. John Edward Brailsford was born on 8 June 1914, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 September 1940. He underwent a gas training course in “D.M. Gas” (an arsenic and chlorine based compound) in January 1942, before undertaking a conversion course to become a Light Infantryman in early 1945, and transferring to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in February 1945. He served with the D.C.L.I. in Greece in 1946 during the first part of the Greek Civil War, and was demobilised from the 2nd Battalion on 14 March 1946. Sold with an Army pamphlet ‘France’ addressed to the ‘new B.E.F.’ (the post-D-Day force); and copied research. Arthur Courage was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 3 April 1919 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 16 October 1939. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War, and was discharged Class ‘W’ on 7 February 1946. He died in Truro in August 1989. Sold with copied research but no original documentation.

Family Group: A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at the Rawalpindi British Hospital, Wimereux, France, caring for the soldiers wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10-13 March 1915 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, mounted on original lady’s investiture bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Sister A. Kaye. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. Kaye.); together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, gilt and enamel, with 'Trained Nurse' riband bar, the reverse engraved ‘531 Amy Kaye’, with top riband buckle; and a British Red Cross Society 'For Service' Lapel Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered 19184, nearly extremely fine Three: Captain J. C. Fisher, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. C. Fisher. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. C. Fisher.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (lot) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 18 June 1918: Miss Amy Kaye, Matron, Loughborough General Hospital. Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, was born in Linthwaite, Yorkshire, on 15 September 1877, and trained as a nurse at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Great Howard Street, Liverpool, between August 1904 and August 1908, following which she became Outpatient Sister and then Housekeeping Sister at the same hospital. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1909, and in 1912 was appointed Matron of the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, Lancashire. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Miss Kaye was mobilised by the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1914 and sent as a Theatre Sister to the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool. On 10 February 1915 she was posted to the Rawalpindi British Hospital in Wimereux, France, where she cared for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915). In May 1915 she was forced to resign from the Territorial Force Nursing Service because of a family crisis, the precise nature of which is unknown; she had also received a letter from the Hospital Board in Lytham saying that they had found it very difficult to manage with temporary matrons, and consequently she returned to Lytham as Matron for a short while. Miss Kaye re-enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 7 March 1916, and her name was put on the waiting list of the Headquarters Reserve. At the same time she also applied for the position of Matron and Lady Superintendent of Voluntary Aid Detachments at Loughborough General Hospital. She was chosen from 31 applicants for the post and she took up the position on 17 April 1916. Loughborough General Hospital had been designated an Auxiliary Military Hospital and it included 80 beds accommodating wounded soldiers. For her services during the Great War she was awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class), and received her insignia from H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 31 July 1918. The following year she was also invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Following the cessation of hostilities, Miss Kaye remained as Matron in Loughborough until 1933. She then moved to Maidstone, Kent, and in 1934 married Dr. John Cecil Fisher. Dr. Fisher had previously been a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, and had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain during the war. Recorded in the 1939 Register as living in Maidstone, she died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 5 October 1969, aged 92. Sold with a Presentation Key, 117mm long, silver-gilt and enamel, the face engraved ‘Miss A. Kaye, A.R.R.C., Matron. Reverse 1928-1933’, the edge engraved ‘*Loughborough General Hospital Extensions*’, in case of issue; a presentation wallet, front titled in gold lettering 'Loughborough & District Hospital Extensions, Miss A. Kaye, Matron’, containing two black and white pictures of the hospital in 1862 and with the extensions 1928-1933; and extensive copied research. John Cecil Fisher was born in Lytham, Lancashire, in 1868, and was educated at Warrington School, Charterhouse, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was registered as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons on 21 February 1896, and prior to the Great War was a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 17 July 1915, and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from October 1915, being promoted Captain on 17 July 1916. Dr. Fisher married Miss Amy Kaye in 1934, by which point he was practising at the General Hospital, Maidstone. He died in Maidstone on 15 July 1941. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Forewoman Jennie F. Henry, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (6208 Fwn. J. F. Henry. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine, scarce to rank Pair: Worker Lilian V. Fisher, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (8240 Wkr. L. V. Fisher. Q.M.A.A.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Miss Lilian Victoria Fisher enrolled in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 24 October 1917, and served with them during the Great War in France from 7 November 1917. She was discharged, medically unfit, on 17 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.335907. Sold with copied research.

A United States of America Second War Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart group of seven awarded to Sergeant E. F. Covin, United States Cavalry, who was thrice wounded during the Second World War United States of America, Silver Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device, in case of issue; Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device; Purple Heart, unnamed as issued, with riband bar with two bronze oak leaf clusters and lapel device; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Liberation of the Philippines Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; together with the recipient’s riband bar and Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded 9 May 1944. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944. His platoon stopped in its advance by heavy machine gun fire, Private first class Covin, with utter disdain for the enemy fire, crawled forward to a position from which he could deliver machine gun fire against an enemy pillbox which was vital to the enemy’s defense. With his concentration of machine gun fire and notwithstanding his own exposure to snipers, he succeeded in eliminating the pillbox, thus facilitating the advance of his platoon.’ Edward F. Covin was born in Beaumont, Texas, on 19 September 1922, and attested for the 7th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, on 26 February 1943. He was awarded his Combat Infantryman Badge on 23 June 1944 and served during the Second World War in the Asiatic-Pacific campaign in New Guinea, and in the Liberation of the Philippines. Thrice wounded in action - on 20 March 1944, 25 February 1945, and 6 March 1945 - he was awarded both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star, and also received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge. He was honourably discharged on 6 August 1945. Sold with the Bestowal Document for the Silver Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Gallantry in Action at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Bronze Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, during the New Guinea Campaign at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 25 February 1945; Bestowal Document for the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, Cavalry, for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 6 March 1945; copied record of service; and a photographic image believed to be of the recipient.

An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain and Quarter-Master John Sandilands, East Lancashire Regiment, late Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (42654 Serjt J. Sandilands 3rd Fd. By. R.A.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. J. Sandilands. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. J. Sandilands.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (42654 Bty: Q.M. Serjt: J. Sandilands. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Sandilands R.A.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine or better (7) £300-£400 --- John Sandilands, late Royal Artillery, was commissioned Quarter-Master and Lieutenant in 1914, and served with the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, in France from August 1915. Sold with copied M.S.M. and Medal Index Cards.

An Inter-War M.B.E. and Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major E. H. Simmonds, Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1927e; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48823 B.S.Mjr: E. H. Simmonds. A./74 Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (48823 B.S. Mjr. E. H. Simmonds. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (48823 W.O. Cl. 2. E. H. Simmonds. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1041126 W.O. Cl. 1. E. H. Simmonds. D.C.M. R.A.) mounted as worn, earlier medals with contact marks, nearly very fine or better (10) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in assisting his officer to clear the road of dead and wounded men and horses at a moment when his battery had been thrown into great confusion, coming under heavy fire whilst changing position. His coolness and energy were of great assistance to his officer in controlling the remaining vehicles under fire.’ L.S. & G.C. Army Order 150 of 1937. Ernest H. Simmonds was a native of Leytonstone, London, and served with the Royal Field Artillery in France from 13 July 1915.

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (40775 Wkr. E. Parkinson. Q.M.A.A.C.; 26769 Wkr. S. L. Povey. Q.M.A.A.C.; 11933 Wkr. F. E. Riley. Q.M.A.A.C.) generally nearly very fine or better (3) £80-£100 --- Miss Sarah Lydia Povey enrolled in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 30 January 1918, and served with them during the Great War in France. She was discharged, medically unfit, on 13 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.79936. Sold with copied research.

An extremely well-documented United States of America Silver Star and Purple Heart group of ten awarded to Staff Sergeant J. W. Wilson, United States Army United States of America, Silver Star (James W. Wilson); Purple Heart (James W. Wilson); Army Good Conduct Medal (2), both named ‘James W. Wilson’; National Defense Medal, with oak leaf cluster; Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal; Korean Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; U.N. Medal for Korea; Vietnam Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; Humanitarian Service Medal; together with the recipient’s Combat Medical Badge; two Marksman’s Badge, one with Rifle Bar, the other with Grenade Bar; and various riband bars and other riband devices, good very fine (lot) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James W. Wilson served with the United States Army overseas in Korea from 6 March 1953 to 1 July 1954; and in Vietnam from 13 August 1965 to 10 August 1966, and again from 3 March 1968 to 15 January 1969. Sold with the recipient’s Army Commendation Medal Certificate, named to Staff Sergeant James W. Wilson, 415404753, United States Army, for Meritorious Service 12 January 1969 to 30 September 1969; President of the United States of America Certificate for Outstanding Community Achievement of Vietnam Era Veterans; a vast quantity of contemporary photographs, mainly service related, some with annotations to the reverse; other ephemera; and copied research.

Four: Admiral Sir W. R. Mends, G.C.B., Royal Navy, Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in the Crimea, later Director of Transports at the Admiralty for which services, especially in relation to the Egyptian War of 1882, he was advanced to G.C.B. Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. R. Mends. C.B. Capt. H.M.S. Agamemnon. 17th Octr. 1854.) contemporary engraved naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, with period silk neck cravat, the first three mounted on a contemporary pin bar as originally worn, the first with light contact pitting, the second with usual damage to enamels, especially points of the arms and reverse centre, otherwise nearly very fine or better and an attractive contemporary group (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- Admiral Sir William Robert Mends was the eldest son of Admiral William Bowen Mends (1781–1864), and nephew of Sir Robert Mends. He was born at Plymouth on 27 February 1812. In May 1825 he entered the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, and on passing out in December 1826 was shortly afterwards appointed to the Thetis, a 46-gun frigate, going out to the South American station. He was still in the Thetis when she was wrecked on Cape Frio on 5 December 1830. It was Mends's watch at the time the ship struck, but as the night was dark and thick and it was raining heavily, he was held guiltless, the blame falling entirely on the Captain and Master. Mends was considered to have behaved very well in a position extremely difficult for one so young and inexperienced, and several of the members of the court offered to take him with them. After passing his examination he joined the Actæon in the Mediterranean, which in 1832 was at Constantinople when a Russian army of upwards of twenty thousand men was there, consequent on the terrible defeat of the Turks by Ibrahim Pasha at Konieh. The intervention of the Western Powers demanded the withdrawal of this force, and Mends was deeply interested in watching its embarkation, making careful notes of their manner and methods of embarking the cavalry and guns. Men, horses, and guns, with all their stores and baggage, were got on board within 12 hours, and Mends treasured up the experience for future use. In the summer of 1834, the Actæon returned to England and was paid off; in January 1835, Mends was appointed to the Pique with Captain Henry John Rous. In July the ship was sent out to Canada, and on the homeward voyage, on 22 September, it struck heavily on a reef off the coast of Labrador. After several anxious hours she was got off, and, though she was much damaged and leaking badly, and her main and mizen masts were badly sprung, Rous determined to proceed. Five days later her rudder, which had also been injured, was carried away, and the ship left helpless in a heavy westerly gale. With admirable seamanship she was steered for several days by means of a weighted hemp cable towed astern and controlled by a spar lashed across the ship's stern. It was not until 6 October that they were able to ship a jury rudder; and on the 13 they anchored at St. Helen's after a voyage that has no parallel in the annals of the nineteenth century. Mends then learnt that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 August. In December he was sent out to join the Vernon at Malta. A year later he was moved into the Caledonia and then to the Rodney. In July 1838, he went to be Flag-lieutenant of Sir John Louis, the second in command on the station and superintendent of Malta dockyard. He continued with Louis, sometimes afloat, but mostly at Malta, until July 1843. From November 1843 he was in the Fox frigate with Sir Henry Blackwood on the coast of Ireland and in the East Indies; on 2 January 1847, he received the news of his promotion, on 9 November 1846, to be Commander. In January 1848 he was appointed to the Vanguard, in which, a couple of months later, he had the misfortune to lose some of the fingers of his left hand, which was carried into a block and badly crushed. It was this, more than the loss of the fingers, which caused trouble; and for years afterwards he suffered from severe attacks of neuralgia. The Vanguard went home and was paid off in March 1849. In July 1850, Mends was appointed to the Vengeance, again with Blackwood, who died after a short illness at Portsmouth on 7 January 1851, and was succeeded by Lord Edward Russell. Towards the end of the summer the Vengeance went to the Mediterranean, but came home in December 1862, when, on 10 December, Mends was advanced to post rank in acknowledgement of the excellent order the ship was in. In October 1853 he was selected by Sir Edmund (afterwards Lord) Lyons to be his Flag-Captain in the Mediterranean, if Captain Symonds, then in the Arethusa, should prefer to remain in the frigate. If Symonds should prefer to join Lyons, it was understood that Mends should have the Arethusa; Mends accordingly took the Agamemnon out and joined the fleet in the Sea of Marmora on Christmas Eve, when, as previously arranged, he took command of the Arethusa. In her he took a particularly brilliant part in the bombardment of Odessa on 22 April 1854: 'we stood in twice,' Mends wrote, 'tacked close off the Mole and engaged the works on it in reverse . . . pouring in a destructive fire as we went about.' He was promptly recalled by the Commander-in-Chief, who seems to have considered that he was needlessly risking the ship. 'I expected a reprimand when I went on board the Admiral to report, but the enthusiasm of the fleet and the cheers given to us as we passed along the lines mollified the chief, and I was simply told not to go in again.' The French officers who had witnessed the manoeuvre called on Mends to compliment him on it; and many years afterwards a French writer in the 'Revue des Deux Mondes' referred to it as a brilliant tour de force. In June, Lyons and Symonds had found that they did not get on well together, and it was proposed to Mends to re-exchange into the Agamemnon, which he did. From that time his individuality is lost in that of the Admiral, except that, as chief of Lyons's staff, he had the direction of many points of detail on which much depended. By far the most important of these were the embarkation of the troops at Varna and the subsequent landing of them in the Crimea on 14 September. The whole thing was admirably done without a hitch and without loss; and though, to the world at large, it appeared to be done by Lyons, Lyons himself and the Navy fully recognised that the credit belonged to Mends. In February 1855, Lyons moved his flag to the Royal Albert, with Mends accompanying him. In all the operations of the year he had his full share; he was nominated a C.B. on 5 July, and in December was ordered to take the ship to Malta, the Admiral remaining in the Black Sea with his flag in the Caradoc. While crossing the Sea of Marmora, the stern-gland (the metal bearing of the screw-shaft as it passes through the stern-post) gave way, and an alarming rush of water followed. During the next day the ship pursued her voyage, the engines pumping the water out, but on 28 December Mends decided that it was necessary to beach the ship, which was cleverly done in Port Nicolo, in the island of Zea. There a cofferdam was built inside round the hole, and, the ship's safety being thus secured, she proceeded to Malta under sail, and arrived there on 7 January 1856. Mends continued in command of the Royal Albert till March 1857, when he was appointed to the Hastings, guardship in the Mersey, from which, four years later, he was appointed Deputy-Controller-General of the Coastguard at the Admiralty. He held this office for about a year...

Badge. 27th Armoured Brigade embroidered cloth formation sign. Good scarce white edged golden seahorse on blue felt shield. VGC Landed in Normandy on D Day as part of 21st Army Group. Disbanded 30th July 1944. Badge designed by Captain Tony Farrell, 44 RTR PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Womens Land Army Proficiency WW2 plastic badge. Good scarce crowned star bearing title circlet with central wheatsheaf A Stanley & Sons Walsall Original brooch pin. VGC Introduced in 1943. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. 3 / BIRMM.BATT / R.WARWICKSHIRE WW1 Pals brass Kitchener's Army shoulder title. Good scarce die-cast example. Three loops. VGC Worn 1914-19 by the 16th Service Bn. R.Warwickshire Regt. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Indian Army 70th Burma Rifles WWI cap badge circa 1917-22. Good scarce die-cast silvered Peacock in full display superimposed on cross dha (Burmese swords); 70 between the grips. Loops. VGC 70th Burma Rifles raised in 1917 became 11/20 Burma Rifles in 1922. Bob Betts Collection PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Royal Army Ordnance Corps Officer's cap badge circa 1920-47. Fine die-stamped gilt crowned blue enamel backed pierced Garter resting on title scroll; gilt Board of Ordnance shield to red enamel centre. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. 3rd Indian Armoured Brigade WW2 formation sign. Good scarce small 14th Army shield printed on yellow. Removed from uniform. GC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. 1st Glider Pilot cloth WW2 Wings / Army Flying Badge. Good large yellow and red Royal Crest flanked by light blue wings embroidered on black cloth. Removed from uniform. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Army Air Corps WW2 plastic economy issue beret badge by Stanley. Good scarce crowned laurel sprays, voided centre with an eagle on AAC, its upswept wings extending over the laurel. A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall Brass blades. VGC Unit formed in 1942. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Indian Army. Calcutta Scottish Officer's glengarry badge. Good scarce silvered crowned saltire bearing Arms of Calcutta, resting on a thistle sprays with bi-part scroll inscribed CALCUTTA SCOTTISH. Hamilton & Co, Calcutta Loops. Service wear. Formed as Calcutta Scottish Volunteers on 1st August 1911 becoming 44th Calcutta Scottish on 1st April 1917 and Calcutta Scottish 14th October 1920. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Indian Army. 6th Burma Bn. 31st Madras Light Infantry Victorian cap badge circa 1893-1901. Good scarce British die-stamped silvered Imperial crowned crossed Burmese Dhas resting on a tri-part scroll MADRAS LIGHT INFANTRY; in the upper angle 6; in the lower XXXI; in the left B and the right B. Three loops. Toned VGC. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Burma Defence Army WW2 cap badge. Good rare locally stamped brass issue. Laurel sprays surmounted by a five pointed star; cypher to voided centre. Loops GC Formed 1942 from Burma Indep Army under Gen. Aung San. Later fought for 14th Amy under Slim. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Indian Army. Scots Company, Bombay Volunteer Rifles glengarry badge circa 1914-22. Fine scarce die-stamped white metal saltire bearing the Lion of Scotland and scrolls THE SCOTS COMPANY superimposed on Thistle sprays and circlet BOMBAY VOL RIFLES. Retains backing bow. J.R. Gaunt, London tablet to reverse. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Ceylon Army Service Corps cap badge by Gaunt. Good scarce British made die-stamped white metal example. J.R. Gaunt London tablet to reverse. Slider (official manufacturer’s conversion from loops) VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. 15th & 17th Service Bns West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Pals) WW1 Kitchener Army cap badge. Good scarce die-stamped brass Arms of Leeds. Loops. GC In answer to Kitcheners call 15th (Service) Bn (1st Leeds) West Yorkshire raised September 1914; 17th (Service) Bn (2nd Leeds) raised December 1914. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. India Command WW2 formation sign. Good scarce felt shield divided vertically Navy blue, scarlet and light blue; each bearing a relevant bullion crest of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF. Evidence of press studs. GC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Manchester Regiment Pals WW1 Kitchener Army service battalions cap badge. Scarce usual bronze light striking, non voided of City Arms on MANCHESTER scroll Loops. GC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Birmingham Battalion 1914 Kitchener's Army enamelled lapel badge. Fine white disc with red enamelled crown flanked by GR over BIRMINGHAM BATTALION 1914 W.J. Dingley B'Ham Buttonhole. VGC Bob Betts Collection PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

Badge. Tynemouth Artillery Volunteers Victorian helmet plate circa 1881-1901. Good scarce die-stamped white metal Royal Arms over a scroll THE; below, a gun resting on a scroll TYNEMOUTH ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. Three loops (slightly AF) otherwise VGC Formed 16.8.1859 and claims to be the oldest volunteer artillery unit in the British Army. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

A sterling silver and engine turned enamel butterfly brooch, 4cm wide; a silver and enamel "Baby" brooch; a silver and enamel Royal Army Medical Corps pin badge; a silver goldstone metamorphic brooch/pendant and ring; a base metal and moonstone scorpion brooch; a silver and enamel pendant (7)

Black painted, velvet lined transit tin with two compartments containing  an officers crimson silk waist sash with two tassels, an officers crimson silk shoulder sash with flat woven head tassels (one detached), an officers levee pattern shoulder sash in crimson silk and gold wire bullion, and a well worn cravat with red, white and blue stripes, the items belonged to Major, The Reverend, W. Houghton of the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment), (William Houghton was born 1st June 1859 in London, he attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1879 and was commissioned 14th January 1880, into the 4th Regiment of Foot (later The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment), he appears to have spent much of his service in India, speaking Hindustani and indeed, marrying his wife Anastasia Christina at Bombay in 1894, he also served in Hong Kong and the Straights Settlements, in 1902 he attended the Coronation of King Edward VII as part of the detachment representing the Infantry of the Line, promoted Major in 1903 he retired from the Army in 1907, he presumably returned to the Colours in on the outbreak of war in 1914 though the only record we can find of this is the award of the Silver War Badge, number 383089, it being sent to North Newton Vicarage, Nr Bridgewater, Somerset, William Houghton passed away at Taunton on 16th June 1922)

1642 A.D. Cast and chased badge of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, by Thomas Simon (or Thomas Rawlins?), bifacial with obverse portrait bust of the Earl of Essex turned slightly to left, and to the reverse an oval garnished shield of Essex, surmounted by coronet; Platt II, type G. See Medallic Illustration, 299/119; Platt, p.202. 5.39 grams, 30.20 mm (1 1/4 in.).From a late 19th-early 20th century collection based on the old handwritten coin tickets. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by two old faded handwritten coin tickets.Essex became Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary forces in the Civil War before being displaced in 1645. Badges of several types and varieties bearing his image were presented to various ranks in the army. The grandson of Francis Walsingham, the Principal Secretary and 'spymaster' of Elizabeth I, as well as the son of Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereux figured prominently in the First English Civil War. At its outset, he became the first Captain-General or Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, known as the 'Roundheads.' However, unable and unwilling to defeat the Royalist forces during the Lostwithiel Campaign in 1644, Devereux became overshadowed by the ascending Oliver Cromwell and, less than six months after resigning from his commission, died without an heir in 1646.

A silver RAF badge, medals and other army items including a framed document presented to Commanding Officer of the Battalion Princess Louise, Kensington Regiment billeted at Nymegen

A British Army Royal Green Jackets regiment silver bound presentation table cigarette box, the hinged lid engraved with the regiment's badge, the front engraved "Presented to Major R St C Preston, Letter C Company, August 1971", Padgett & Braham Ltd, Birmingham, 1965, 11.5 x 9 x 3.5 cm

A Victorian electroplate waiter bearing an engraved Army Service Corps badge, 25 cm

A German Third Reich German army Driver's Badge

A Great War Serbian army enamelled cap badge

A late 19th / early 20th Century Glendale Fox Hunt jacket button, a livery button, army collar badge and Edward VII coronation medallion

WW1 , 1920s An original Imperial German Army veterans Front Fighters badge. The badge is shield shaped, the front shows an Iron Cross behind a German Army helmet pierced from below by a sword and appears to have been silver washed, the back retains the original butterfly fitting in perfect working order. This original WW1 Imperial German Army veterans Front Fighters badge measures approx 26mm high x 17mm wide and is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

GERMAN WWII ARMY / WAFFEN-SS PANZER ASSAULT BADGE IN BRONZE, a solid back, vaulted, retains 85% of its dark bronze finish, reverse is maker mkd. “FRANK & REIF STUTTGART”, has a raised barrel hinge w/ a wire catch, overall VG+

GERMAN WWII ARMY PANZER ASSAULT BADGE IN BRONZE, a scooped-out version having round hinge w / a “Adolph Scholze” makers logo, zinc, retains 95% of bronze finish, low exc.

GERMAN WWII ARMY INFANTRY ASSAULT BADGE IN SILVER, is solid-back slightly vaulted w/ a “Adolph Scholze” makers logo, zinc, retains 40% of its silver finish, overall VG.

GERMAN WWII ARMY / WAFFEN-SS GENERAL ASSAULT BADGE IN SILVER, A solid-back zinc example, has a raised barrel hinge w/ thin pin, unmarked., retains 90% of silver finish, low exc.

The notable group of five medals to Quartermaster Sergeant Charles William Coppinger, London Irish Rifles and West Yorkshire Regiment: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (236193 A.C. SJT. C. W. COPPINGER. W. YORK. R.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (236193 CPL A.C.Q.M. SJT. C. W. COPPINGER 6/W YORK: R.); Volunteer Long Service Medal, Victoria (3715 CR. SERGT. C. W. COPPINGER. LONDON IRISH RIFLES); Territorial Efficiency Medal (3175 Q.M.S. C. W. COPPINGER. L.I.R.); all about very fine, [5]; display mounted in a glazed frame together with a regimentally awarded yellow metal badge, facsimile photographs of the recipient, and a copy of an article written by the late collector. The Paul Morrissey Collection. Q.M.S. Coppinger's long career began when he enlisted in the L.I.R. on the 12th March 1873. He received the Volunteer Long Service Medal in 1898 and retired in 1911 after a little over 33 years service, but when war came in 1914 he volunteered to assist in the mobilisation of his old unit (unpaid). On the 11th May he enlisted, falsely giving his age as 49 years (he was significantly older). He served overseas with the 1st/6th West Yorks at Etaples, and later performed in a training roll (M.S.M.) and in the post-war army of occupation. After the war he supported the L.I.R. through the regimental association, and in this capacity was awarded the T.E.M. - over half a century after his first long service award.Reference: the late collector's notes.

Robert Devereaux 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646), Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary army: a small oval silver Military Reward badge, 1642, armoured bust almost full-face, with sash over shoulder, broad lace collar, rev. oval garnished shield of the arms of Essex, integral suspension lugs, 31.8 x 21.5mm, 5.38g (MI 298/117; Platt II, type G, pp. 84-85), very fine or better and rare.21.54mm wide

The Meritorious Service Medal group of seven to Sergeant Henry Powell, King's Own Scottish Borderers: Egypt and Sudan, undated reverse, clasp: Gemaizah 1888 (2034 P[TE] H. POWELL, 2/K.O. SCO: BORD:), engraved in serif capitals; India General Service 1895-1902, Victoria, 3 clasps: Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2 [034] Pte H Powell 2d Bn K.O. Sco: [Bord]); Queen's South Africa, second type, 3 clasps: Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2034. PTE H. POWELL. K.O. SCOT: BORD:); King's South Africa, both dated clasps (2034 CORPL: H. POWELL. K.O. SCOT: BORD:); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (SJT: H. POWELL. K.O.S.B.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Edward VII (2034 SJT. H. POWELL. K.O.S.B.); Khedive's Star, undated; very heavily worn and pitted, most with loose suspensions (7); together with a silver Corps of Commissionaires badge, oval with a wreath border, reverse engraved 'TO SERGEANT H. POWELL 1926'; and an Old Boys Corps cap badge. [9]Round medals 36mm diameter

A JEWELLERY BOX WITH CONTENTS, black faux leather jewellery box with contents to include a white metal 'Miseris Succurrere Disco' brooch, an enamel white metal 'Royal Corps Army Ordnance' badge, costume brooches, costume chain necklaces, imitation pearl necklaces, costume rings, gold plated 925 pendant necklace, assorted white metal pendant necklaces, cuff bangle, a ladies 'Ramba' fob watch with chain etc (condition report: box has some general light wear, costume jewellery also general light wear from use)

A Quantity of Amateur Athletics Stop Watches, Official badges and Ephemera, comprising - three mechanical stop watches, by Lemania and Venner, a large collection of badges worn by officials from the 1960's upward, eight small fob awards and a small collection of ties and cloth badges Note: Photographic condition reports on this lot only The badges and stopwatches belonged to the late Harry F B Moore, who was an official of both County and International cricket matches. One of the stopwatches is a tenth measurement and another is a one hundredth.  Included with this lot are Mr Moore's timekeepers certificates, Middlesex timekeepers badge, Army Reserves lapel badges and a photo.

A George V WWI Army Service pin badge, marked 9ct to the reverse of the brooch, 5.9g, enamel a/f

WWII uniforms belonging to Major J.G. Potter, Middlesex Yeomanry, including a battle tunic with brass Middlesex Yeomanry buttons each with a Victorian crown and an 8th Army Africa medal ribbon to the left breast, 82 cm long, 46 cm chest, with trousers, a blue cloth cavalry tunic with chainmail epaulettes and Africa medal ribbon to the left breast, 77 cm long, 46 cm chest, with trousers, a black melton cloth mess jacket, with gold bullion braiding, epaulettes with Majors 'pips', red cloth lining, 51 cm long, 40 cm chest, with trousers, together with various accoutrements including a fine white metal pouch badge of the Artist's Rifles, 11 x 8.5 cm, presented in a fitted leather box, all contained in a black metal trunk inscribed 'Major J G Potter Middlesex Yeomanry' QTY: (1)NOTE:Major J.G. Potter, Middlesex Yeomanry commanded the 7th Armoured Division, Royal Signals at El-Alamein, North Africa during WWII. His war diary extracts for the period of May 1942 are available to view on Ancestry.

* National Pigeon Service. WWII National Pigeon Service badge by J.R. Gaunt, London, the gilt metal badge with three-tone blue enamel and gilt and red crown, 25 mm high QTY: (1)NOTE:The National Pigeon Service was a volunteer civilian organisation formed in 1938 by Major W.H. Osman. During WWII over 200,000 pigeons were given by the British pigeon breeder of the NPS. The birds were used by the Royal Air Force and the Army and Intelligence Services, Special Section of the Army Pigeon Service. 16,554 war pigeons were parachuted onto the continent. Many pigeons received the Dickens Medal for bravery.