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A pair of Bausch & Lomb U.S Army Signal Corps Field Glasses, 30mm Apert, serial EE 10688, complete with case, together with a pair of RAF dog tags for Collins, an RAF cap badge, a selection of buttons and medallions, French 'Somme' Postcards and more ephemera (parcel)

An assortment of badges and buttons, to include Silver ARP badges, Queen Mary's Regiment Surrey Yeomanry badge, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Royal Army Medical Corps and much more (parcel)

A World War I Royal Army Medical Corps brass button, converted to pin badge with inset portrait photograph of soldier to reverse, 25mm; together with a circular steel locket inset two photographs, 37mm.

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps interest, a grey jacket with C H Bernard & Sons Ltd label, a skirt and a peaked cap with Moss Brothers label having QARANC badge.

British army uniform, a khaki green jacket with Hawkes & Co Ltd of London label penned '236 G H LEWIS 21/7/43' having epaulette rank insignia for the rank of Colonel, HOMEGUARD cloth shoulder titles, anti-aircraft badge, George VI brass buttons and medal ribbon for WWII defence medal.

Medal of 701 M Latto of the Women's Timber Corps Women's Land Army comprising Civil Defence Long Service medal [unnamed] boxed, with Buckingham Palace letter and another inscribed 'M LATTO WTC 701 25.8.42-6.7.46], a cloth WTC badge, two MIDLOTHIAN cloth shoulder badges, Newfoundland Forestry Unit badge, British Services Tattoo's Dortmund Berlin 1947 medal etc.

Militaria interest - A collection of cloth patches to include: WWII 21st Army Group patch Royal West African Field Force cloth patch and cap badge. Allied troops in Norway patches. 8th Corps Formation Badge, Reichsbahn Collar patch and Royal Corps of Signals cap badge. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Six US and UK military uniforms, pair of military trousers and five military berets, to include US Army Specialist 4th Infantry Division, with Presidential Unit Citation badge with Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Overseas Service badge, Army Service badge, Army Achievement badge, Army Commendation badge, Army Good Conduct badge, US Army Marksmanship Expert Qualification badge with Rifle and Grenade clasps, shirt stamped Jeffrey CT; US Marin Corps Corporal uniform, with Air Force Training badge, Air Force NCO badge, and Professional Military Education Graduate badge; four other uniforms with badges; pair of military trousers; and five military berets, to include West German Wachbattalion; West German Mechanics; West German Field Artillery; West German Military Police; and a Russian beret.

A Great War Prussian army veteran's pin badge, a veterans' association cap-type badge and two German Third Reich day badges, (latter a/f)

A German Third Reich army greatcoat, bearing a mountain troops arm badge, together with two other similar greatcoats in poor condition

WW2. Field Marshall Montgomery's Metal 'Fear Naught' Army Hat Badge. Included is a COPY of Instrument of Surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, with Copy of his signature and other surrenders. 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.

Four: Private F. J. Buckley, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914 Star (416 Pte F. J. Buckley. 1/4 Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (416 Pte F. J. Buckley. 1/4 Suff. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (416 Pte F. J. Buckley. 1/4 Suff: R.) generally very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Frederick James Buckley served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. He was discharged on 12 January 1916 (entitled to Silver War Badge), and awarded his T.F.E.M. in Army Order 178 of 1919.

A fine Boer War ‘Modder River’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Bombardier A. Bentley, 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, later Conductor, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, who received a gunshot wound to the face during the battle, 28 November 1899, and was also Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (20498 A. Bomb: A. Bentley. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 unofficial rivets between date and state clasps (20498 Bomb: A. Bentley, 75th Bty: R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (34805 Condr. A. Bentley. C.O.C.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Pte. A. Bentley. D.C.M. R.C.D.); with Silver War Badge (C49413) and Tug of War prize medal in silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1915) with ‘A.B.’ engraved on obverse and ‘Tug of War, Ashford, 1916’ engraved on reverse, generally nearly very fine or better, scarce combination (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Alfred Bentley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in January 1877. He served with the West Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery prior to attesting for the Royal Artillery at Dewesbury in June 1897. Bentley served with the 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa, from September 1899 to November 1901 (wounded in action [gunshot wound to the face] at Modder River, 28 November 1899). He advanced to Bombardier in November 1901, and to Corporal in May 1905. Bentley transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1908, and was discharged, 9 June 1909 after 12 years service. He emigrated to Canada and resided with his wife at 232 Britain Street, St. John, New Brunswick. Bentley joined the Permanent Staff of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps and advanced to Staff Sergeant. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Ordnance Corps in the UK from 1914, and in France from 8 May 1916. Bentley was hit on the head by an aeroplane propeller in June 1917, which affected his memory, and he returned to Canada in May 1918. Bentley was discharged at Halifax in May 1919, only to re-enlist in the Canadian Dragoons in February 1922 (awarded Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C. in December 1922). He was discharged to Pension in April 1931, and died in May 1948. Sold with a large file of original documents and copied research, including: original Parchment Certificate of Service; various Canadian Certificates of Military Instruction; Character Certificate on Discharge; Permanent Force Discharge Certificate, other ephemera and photographic images of recipient in uniform.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Brigadier C. F. T. Haigh, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late 14th (1st London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (63 Sjt. C. F. Haigh. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. F. T. Haigh.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to BWM and light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He collected a party of men and personally assisted extinguishing a fire which broke out in an ammunition dump. His gallant action undoubtedly saved lives.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 June 1919. Cecil Francis Tyssen Haigh was born in Marylebone, London, in 1889 and was educated at St. Edmund’s College, Ware. After leaving school he became a Stockbroker’s Clerk in London, and in 1911 enlisted into the 14th (1st London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment. A keen sportsman, he won many Regimental athletic titles, and also played rugby for London Scottish. Called up for service following the outbreak of the Great War, Haigh served with the Battalion as part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, on the Western Front from 16 September 1914, and first saw action at Messines Ridge, south of Ypres, in October 1914. On 31 October, the London Scottish took up a position at L’Enfer Wood, just west of Messines Ridge, but were caught by enemy fire in open ground and forced to take shelter in abandoned trenches, fighting off enemy attacks at the point of the bayonet. Losses were inevitably high, and by nightfall the battalion had suffered over 300 casualties. Haigh was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Army Ordnance Department on 29 March 1915, and served with them for the remainder of the War. For his services during the Great War he was advanced Major; was twice Mentioned in Despatches by his distant kinsman Field Marshal Haig (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 20 December 1918); and was awarded both the Military Cross and a Second Award Bar. Haigh married Miss Vera LeBreton at Marylebone in December 1918, and after they were married had overseas postings to Hong Kong (1923-25) and Poona, India (1933-34). During the Second World War Haigh served as Deputy Director of Ordnance Services at the War Office, responsible for supplies of ammunition, tanks, military equipment and other material. He retired in 1946 with the rank of Brigadier, and died in Limpsfield, Surrey, in 1972. Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 8 November 1918; a London Scottish Rugby Club cloth badge; and a copy of Clan Haig of Bemersyde - a Family History’, which has a chapter on the recipient, including various photographic images. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 215.

A fine Colonial Military Secretary's C.M.G., Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Hon. Colonel O. H. C. Balfour, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was twice severely wounded during the Great War, on the first occasion at the battle of the Aisne in September 1914, when he walked five miles to the nearest Casualty Clearing Station after a bullet hit his jaw and exited out of the back of his neck The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, with neck riband; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut. O. H. C. Balfour, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. O. H. C. Balfour); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1923: ‘For services as Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944. Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour was born at Whittingehame, East Lothian on 25 September 1894, the son of Colonel Eustace Balfour and Lady Frances Balfour, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Argyll. His uncle, Arthur Balfour, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Educated at Westminster School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in February 1914 and served during the Great War with ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion from August 1914. He was severely wounded at the battle of the Aisne on 14 September, when a bullet hit his jaw and exited from the back of his neck; notwithstanding the nature of his wound, he remained in duty with a field dressing for 24 hours, prior to walking five miles to a Casualty Clearing Station. Invalided home, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914). Balfour returned to France in April 1915, when he joined 'C' Company of the 3rd Battalion. His appointment proved short-lived: at Hooge on the night of the 25 May, as member of a raiding party, he took a bullet in the chest. Admitted to 3rd General Hospital at Le Treport, he was embarked for Newhaven in a hospital ship in mid-June. Having recovered, Balfour next embarked for Egypt, where he was attached to the Australian and New Zealand Overseas Depot in Alexandria, and managed to arrange for a tour of duty with the 3rd Battalion in Salonika in April 1916. Admitted to 83rd Field Ambulance with malaria in late August, he was evacuated to Malta. In October 1916, and having been advanced to Captain, Balfour returned to the 3rd Battalion in Salonika, and remained actively employed in that theatre of war until March 1917. Thereafter, he served on the General Staff of 26th Infantry Division. In 1920, and having served a tour of duty with the 18th Battalion, K.R.R.C. on the Rhine, Balfour was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Devonshire, the Governor-General of Canada. He later he served as the Duke's Military Secretary and continued in that office under his successor, Viscount Byng of Vimy, in 1921-23. For his services as Military Secretary he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; a rare distinction for someone who was still only a Captain. Returning home in early 1923, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Balfour was recalled to the Colours and was posted to the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, prior to taking up an appointment as a Staff Captain in M.S. 1 (B.) at the War Office in August 1940. In the following year he commenced a spate of training appointments and, having served with distinction as G.S.O. 1 (Home Guard Training) G.H.Q., Home Forces, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1944 New Year’s Honours’ List in January 1944. He finally relinquished his commission in August 1947 and was granted the rank of Honorary Colonel. He died on 16 October 1953, aged 59 years, his regimental obituary noting that he was ‘a cheery and convivial companion’ and ‘a very keen shot.’ Sold with a copy of the recipient's mother's autobiography Ne Obliviscaris; a photographic image of the recipient; and an extensive file of copied research.

Four: Company Quartermaster Sergeant D. J. Vaughan, Liverpool Regiment, who was wounded by gun shot on the Western Front 1914-15 Star (205. Sjt. D. J. Vaughan. L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (205 Sjt. D. J. Vaughan. L’pool R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (205 Cpl. D. J. Vaughan. 5/L’pool Regt.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Daniel Joseph Vaughan was born in Cork on attested for the 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment (Territorial Force) on 1 April 1908, having previously served for 9 years and 293 days in the Volunteer Force. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 205 of 1 July 1912, and having been promoted Sergeant on 5 September 1914 served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 February 1915. Appointed Acting Quartermaster Sergeant, on 22 February 1916, he was discharged suffering from the effects of a gun shot wound to the buttocks on 31 August 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Three: Corporal A. W. Larsen, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam 1964-73 (1410781 A. W. Larsen); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960- (1419781 A. W. Larsen); South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, bronze, with silver star emblem; mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s United States Army Meritorious Unit Commendation and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation riband bar; and related miniature awards (the last without silver star emblem), generally very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star: There is no record of entitlement for this award. There is a letter (translation of which is by a graduate of the RAAF School of Languages at Point Cook) from the Republic of Viet Nam Veteran's League of Queensland stating 'that Mr Alan Larsen has a medal of the Armed Forces of The Republic of Vietnam, namely a Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, which is awarded for meritorious combat service by a divisional Commander. This letter is given by way of explanation of the medal in his possession.' The letter in no way confirms any entitlement to the award. United States Army Meritorious Unit Commendation: By the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Meritorious Unit Commendation is awarded to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Group for exceptionally meritorious achievement in the performance of outstanding service. The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, distinguished itself in the conduct of military operations in the Republic of Vietnam from 5 May 1965 to 16 May 1966 while attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) of the United States Army. As the first ground combat unit in-country, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and its assigned and attached units conducted extensive combat manoeuvres in the Bien Hoa area and in the Viet Cong strongholds of War Zone D and the Iron Triangle during the period 5 May 1965 to 4 May 1967. In every confrontation with the stubborn insurgents, the 173rd Airborne Brigade displayed marked aggressiveness which enabled them to neutralize enemy strongholds and capture thousands of logistical items. In addition to remarkable skill and tenacity in combat, the sky soldiers of the brigade carried on an extensive civic action program characterised by sincere compassion for the suppressed local populace. During each of the brigade's combat operations, the sky soldiers immeasurably aided the allied counterinsurgency effort by winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. The remarkable proficiency and devotion to duty displayed by the members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect distinct credit upon themselves, the Armed Forces of the United States, and the Armed Forces of Australian and New Zealand. Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation: The above medal recipient, Mr Alan Larsen, a former serving member of 1RAR who served in Vietnam lodged an application in 2011 with the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) putting in a claim to have the Citation awarded to 1RAR and its attached units, for service in Vietnam between 5 May 1965 and 31 May 1966. The Tribunal ruled that in awarding the Citation to the 173rd Airborne Brigade and its attached and assigned units, there was intent for the Citation to be awarded to 1RAR and thus it subsequently recommended to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence that the award be accepted. The guidelines established in 1997 governing the acceptance and wearing of foreign awards allows the Governor-General to grant permission for the formal acceptance and wearing of foreign awards by Australians in extraordinary or unusual circumstances and since the Government of the Republic of Vietnam no longer exists, the Parliamentary Secretary considered these circumstances fell within these guidelines. Accordingly he wrote to the Governor-General recommending that he exercise his authority to accept the Citation which he did on 17 April 2015. Alan William Larsen was born at Mount Morgan, Queensland, on 3 February 1944 and enlisted into the Australian Army at Brisbane on 28 November 1962. He served in Vietnam with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from 27 May 1965 to 11 June 1966, and again from 27 March to 9 September 1968. He was discharged on 27 November 1968. Sold with an Infantry Combat badge; General Service cloth badge for Australians in S-E Asia; Marksman's embroidered badge; two Royal Australian Infantry Corps buttons in anodised gilt by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne; a duplicate South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry; a photographic image from the Vietnam War showing the recipient; and copied research.

Nine: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations 1919-20 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1229 Gnr. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (P./O. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.) surname officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, 23/2/32’, with integral top riband bar; mounted for display together with a Royal Artillery Officer’s cap badge; a Major’s rank crown; a R.A.F. cloth Pilot’s Wings; a R.A.F. Officer’s cap badge; and the recipient’s riband bar; minor contact marks and the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Samuel Gerald Hollingsworth, who was born in September 1897 and educated at Westminster City School, and onetime a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorials), was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a pilot that June. Subsequently posted to 31st Wing in Mesopotamia, he joined 63 Squadron in February 1919, and 30 Squadron in March 1920, and participated in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations. He returned to the U.K. in May 1920, and was placed on the Unemployed List. Returning to civilian life, but retaining his interest in the Territorial Army, Hollingsworth was awarded his Efficiency Decoration while serving as a Major in 103rd (Suffolk) Field Brigade, R.A. (London Gazette 24 May 1932), and was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1942.

Three: Acting Matron M. R. Makepeace, Army Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace.) officially impressed naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (A. Matron. M. R. Makepeace.) toned, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Mary Ridley Makepeace was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 January 1860. She trained at the London Hospital 1890-92, and was Staff Nurse at the Throat Hospital and at Croydon General Hospital 1893-94. She first enlisted into the Army Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister on 15 October 1894, and was renamed Sister when the A.N.S. became Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service in 1902. She was formally appointed to Q.A.I.M.N.S. as a Sister on 17 February 1903. She served at Netley 1894-97, and at Shorncliffe 1897-99. The entry in the Army List for 1921 under “War Services” states: ‘Makepeace, Miss M. R. (Sister) S. African War, 1899-1902 - Served on Hosp. Ship “Spartan” Oct 1899 to Jan 00 and “Avoca” Feb 00 to Oct 01. Operations in the Orange River Colony, Nov 01 to 31 May 02. Queen’s Medal.’ Nurse Makepeace is identified in a group photograph on board the Spartan published in the Black and White Budget of Jan. 6, 1900. Sold with copied research including medal rolls for both Boer War medals and Great War Medal Index Card which shows entitlement to British War and Victory Medals and to Silver War Badge.

Four: Reserve Constable J. A. Ryan, Royal Ulster Constabulary, late Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Fusiliers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23721802 Pte. J. A. Ryan UDR) with named card box of issue; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (23721802 LCpl J A Ryan UDR); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., ‘Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve’ reverse (R/Const J A Ryan) with Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal, E.II.R. (R/Const J A Ryan) on 2nd type ribbon, with Royal Mint case of issue, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- James Alexander Ryan undertook Northern Ireland home service initially with the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers from 15 October 1959 to 14 October 1965, and later with the Ulster Defence Regiment from 20 November 1971 to 10 January 1973, and again with the 2nd Battalion 17 December 1974 to 16 December 1978, all in County Armagh. Ryan also served in Armagh with the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s as a part time Reserve Constable. Sold with a quantity of original ephemera including the recipient’s fully completed and signed Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book for the period 17 December 1974 to 16 December 1978; original Army Form B108D Territorial Army Certificate of Service for the period 15 October 1959 to 14 October 1965; original Army Form B108D Ulster Defence Regiment Certificate of Service for the period 20 November 1971 to 10 January 1973; an original signed and named R.U.C. Standard of Efficiency certificate, dated 1 January 1980; three group photographs; a blank R.U.C. pocket notebook; O.C.A. lapel badge; eight various R.U.C. uniform/cap badges; and three Association medals (Royal Irish Rangers, Royal Irish Fusiliers; and Territorial Army), the first two named on reverse ‘L/Cpl J A Ryan 23721802 5th Batt R.I.F.’, and all swing mounted for wear.

A Second War O.B.I. group of six awarded to Subadar Dalel Khan, 1st Punjab Regiment, late 56th Rifles, Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Mohmand Operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1935 Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935 (1530 Sepoy Dalel Khan, 2-56 Rfls.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Dalel Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.) unit partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, nearly very fine or better, the OBI good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 May 1936: Dalel Khan, Jemadar, 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October, 1935.’ Sold with copied research.

Three: Lance Corporal J. Mason, Suffolk Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4028 Pte J. Mason. 1st Suffolk Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4028 Pte J. Mason. Suffolk Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4028 L. Cpl. J. Mason. Suff: Regt) contact marks to first two, good fine, last good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- John Mason was born in Farnborough, Warwickshire. He attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds in November 1894. Mason served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from November 1899 to October 1900, and then from April through to September 1902. He was appointed a Bandsman in July 1902, and served with the Battalion in Egypt from January 1911 until October 1914. Mason subsequently served as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Battalion at Home from 24 October 1914 to 10 January 1917 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1915; entitled to British War Medal, and Silver War Badge). He was discharged on 10 January 1917, having served 22 years and 63 days with the Colours. Sold with copied service papers.

A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Seston, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, later Sherwood Foresters The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, the reverse privately engraved ‘137614 E.C.12886 Lieut-Colonel C. F. Seston Foresters & R.I.A.S.C.’; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s card identity discs; R.I.A.S.C. cap and collar badges; and a 14th Army lapel badge, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946: ‘For gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Sold with a wooden cigar box, the lid handsomely engraved with the badge of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps; the named card box of issue for the recipient’s Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ‘Lt. Q.M). C F. Seston. Foresters.’ [the medal not included with the lot]; and a coloured portrait of the recipient.

The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Parker, O.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military Division) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R.; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze palm; Order of Merite Agricole, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to the last, very fine and better (12) £360-£440 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1915. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Edward Augustus Parker was born in Peckham, London about 1867 and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in December 1886. Having then served with the 1st Battalion in the Hazara Expedition of 1891 (Medal & clasp), he was appointed Sergeant-Major in October 1898 and participated in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, including the action at Frederickstad on 20 October 1900. He was wounded on the latter occasion, mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901, refers) and awarded the D.C.M. Subsequently commissioned as a Quarter-Master, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, in the 1st Battalion in April 1904, he was a member of the regiment’s Coronation Contingent in 1911. Advanced to Q.M. & Captain in April 1914, Parker joined the 1st Battalion in Flanders in early October and was consequently witness to the severe fighting that followed. Following an abortive attack on Menin on the 17th, the Battalion - numbering 1150 officers and men - took up positions on the Broodseinde Ridge: within three days, as a consequence of severe enemy shelling and numerous infantry assaults, the unit’s strength was reduced to 200 officers and men. On the 29th, the Battalion was reinforced by 200 men and moved to new positions just east of the village of Zandvoorde. The Germans attacked in force on the following day, supported by 260 heavy artillery guns, and managed to get behind the Battalion’s line: it was all but annihilated, just 90 men answering the roll call on the 31st, among them Parker, the only surviving officer. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 17 February 1915, refers) and awarded the M.C., both distinctions undoubtedly reflecting his ‘gallantry in the Field’, as cited in a reference written by Major-General H. E. Holman at a later date. He was invested with his M.C. by King George V at Windsor Castle in April 1915, one of the first officers to be so honoured. Parker was subsequently appointed to the Staff, initially serving as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 7th Division (November 1914-May 1915), and afterwards as a Camp Commandant In IV Corps H.Q. (May 1915-February 1916), and Camp Commandant 4th Army (February 1916-March 1918). Then following a brief spell as Camp Commandant, Supreme War Council, he returned to his post in 4th Army and remained similarly employed until the war’s end. He was awarded the O.B.E. and five times mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916, 4 June 1917, 7 April 1918, 20 December 1918 and 5 July 1919, refer); in addition he was appointed a Chevalier of the French Order of Merite Agricole (London Gazette 7 October 1919, refers), and awarded the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 24 October 1919, refers). Parker, who had been advanced to Q.M. & Major on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General H. Rawlinson, G.O.C. IV Corps, in May 1915, was appointed Q.M. & Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1923, shortly before his retirement. He died in December 1939. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s pre-attestation recruit’s form; warrants appointing him to the rank of Sergeant-Major and Quarter-Master (1898 and 1914); his M.I.D. certificates for French’s despatch, dated 14 January 1915, and Haig’s despatches, dated 30 April 1916, 8 November 1918 and 16 March 1919; and an old copy of General Rawlinson’s letter recommending him for advancement to Q.M. and Major, dated 5 May 1915.

German Second World War Army and Luftwaffe Soldbuchs. 2 Army Soldbuchs, 1 Luftwaffe Soldbuch, the first is a very comprehensive Soldbuch, this soldier has been much action, his awards are East Front Medal, Wound Badge in black, War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Iron Cross Second Class, late-awarded Infantry Assault Badge in silver, serving in the 2nd Infantry Reserve Battalion 12. Heavily annotated through the book. It should be remembered that the Soldbuch is always carried on the soldier, whereas the Wehrpass is held at Army Corps Headquarters. A full English translation accompanies this Soldbuch. Army Soldbuch recipient’s name of ‘Sykel’ applied to the front, photograph of recipient in army uniform, hatless. The book begins 1942, awards are Black and Silver Wound Badge, Russian Front Medal all in Russia, the Soldbuch reads ‘8 days of close combat.’ A full English translation accompanies this Soldbuch. Luftwaffe Soldbuch, blue cover, Luftwaffe eagle, no photograph, enlisted March 1943 as a paratrooper in the 1st Fallschirmjager Reserve Battalion Stendal, he probably became a member of the late-war formed Parachute Army, which served in Normandy, he attended a jump school in 1943, no awards recorded. A full English translation accompanies this Soldbuch, reasonable condition (3) £160-£200

An extremely rare Boer War silver and gold Presentation Belt from the Natal Carbineers to Nursing Sister C. E. Thompson in recognition of her great services to the men of the Regiment during the Siege of Ladysmith
Silver waist belt clasp, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1901 and with maker’s mark ‘T&JB’, applied with gold badge of the Natal Carbineers, hallmarked 9 carat gold, with belt of eleven silver roundels linked by silver chains, two roundels inscribed, ‘Presented by the Natal Carbineers to Nurse C. E. Thompson, in recognition of her great services to the men of the Regiment’, ‘During the Siege of Ladysmith Nov. 2. 1899. to Feb. 28. 1900.’, the remaining nine roundels depicting Maritzburg Town Hall, a covered Ambulance Wagon, an Army Signaller with Observation Balloon in the distance, a Nursing Sister, the Arms of the Colony of Natal, a Mounted Trooper, two Indian bearers with dhoolie, an Artillery Gun, and Artillery Shells, the reverse of each roundel with silver mark and date letter for 1901, a little polished, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,000-£1,400 --- Another example of this rare Ladysmith nurse’s belt (awarded to Nursing Sister E. M. Early) was sold in these rooms in December 2002. Chrissie Emma Thompson was a Civilian Nurse with the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps and served during the Defence of Ladysmith (Medal). She was mentioned in despatches by Sir George White for services during the Defence of Ladysmith (London Gazette 8 February 1901) and was appointed a Member of the Royal Red Cross for services in South Africa on 13 March 1903, the recommendation stating: ‘In recognition of the services rendered by them in tending the sick and wounded at the Volunteer Hospital, at Intombi, during the late War in South Africa.’ Sold with some copied research.

Three: Private A. J. B. Wright, Suffolk Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (3136 Pte. A. J. B. Wright, Suff. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (3136 Pte. A. J. B. Wright. Suff. Yeo.) generally very fine or better (3) £80-£120 --- Arthur John Butler Wright served during the Great War with the Suffolk Yeomanry in the Egyptian theatre of War from 23 September 1915. He was discharged on 28 April 1916 (entitled to Silver War Badge), only to re-enlist in the Royal Army Service Corps on 24 June of the same year. Wright was finally discharged on 30 October 1918.

A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Sherer, Indian Army, late 3rd Punjab Cavalry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, the reverse hallmarked London 1919; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Lieutt. J. C. Sherer 3d Punjab Cavy.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut. J. C. Sherer, 3d Pjb. Cavy.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. J. C. Sherer, 23./Cavy.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J. C. Sherer.) the first two with light contact marks, very fine, otherwise good very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 12 September 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916 and 11 June 1920. John Corrie Sherer son of Colonel L. C. Sherer, Leicestershire Regiment, was first commissioned into the Dorsetshire Regiment on 11 February 1888, and joined the 3rd Regiment of Punjab Cavalry on 15 June 1891, becoming Squadron Officer on 24 July 1894, and appointed Adjutant on 30 January 1897. He served in the Waziristan Expedition of 1894-95 (Medal with Clasp); on the N.W. Frontier of India 1897-98, including operations on the Samana and in the Kurrum Valley during August and September 1897; and operations of the Flying Column under Colonel Richardson from 20 August to 1 October 1897 (Medal with 2 Clasps). Served during the War of 1914-19 (Despatches, O.B.E.).

A fine and well-documented Great War ‘Western Front’ C.B., ‘Gallipoli operations’ C.M.G., ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General A. Birtwistle, East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), who was four times Mentioned in Despatches - serving with the first Territorial unit to be committed on active service during the Great War, he ended the War as one of just a handful of Territorials to have been advanced to the rank of Brigadier The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Major A. Birtwistle. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. A. Birtwistle.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1915, with integral top slide riband bar, good very fine and better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 30 May 1919: ‘For valuable service rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’ C.M.G. London Gazette 8 November 1915: ‘For distinguished service in the Field during the operations at the Dardanelles.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazettes 5 November 1915 (Dardanelles); 14 December 1917; 20 December 1918; and 5 July 1919 (these last three all Western Front). Arthur Birtwistle was born in Blackburn on 29 May 1877, the son of William Birtwistle, a prosperous mill-owner who by the 1920s was said to control more looms than any other individual in the world, and was educated at Blackburn Grammar School and University School, Southport. He was first commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Volunteer Forces on 28 April 1897, and from those early days he showed his dedication to military service as he served as Secretary of the Lancashire Ammunition Column Artillery and Territorial Movement, a role in which he continued to serve for about 12 years until he relinquished office at end of 1908. That same year, in 1908, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire. Having been promoted Captain in the 3rd Lancashire Royal Garrison Volunteer Artillery, Birtwistle was appointed as Captain in the 1st East Lancashire Ammunition Column of the 1st East Lancashire Brigade on 1 April 1908. Some four years later, his promotion to the rank of Major was confirmed on 3 January 1912. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel on 9 March 1915 in command of the 210th (East Lancashire) Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery and was present at Gallipoli, going ashore with the first guns of the 5th and 6th Batteries of the R.F.A., having been placed in charge of a subgroup of Australian and New Zealand Batteries. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Ian Hamilton, and later that year was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Proceeding to the Western Front, Birtwistle was Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on three occasions, the first in his despatch of 7 November 1917, which was swiftly followed by his promotion to the temporary rank of Brigadier General in command of the 66th Divisional Artillery on 2 December 1917, and the announcement of the award of the Territorial Decoration (London Gazette 4 December 1917). Less than a month later he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year’s Honours’ list. He was again Mentioned in Field Marshal Haig's Despatch dated 8 November 1918, and yet again in his Despatch dated 16 March 1919; after reverting back to the Territorial Force after four years on active service he was appointed Colonel on 9 March 1919. Two months later he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. During the Great War, Birtwistle had the distinction of not only serving with the very first British Territorial Unit (the East Lancashires) committed on active service during the War, but also being one of only eleven Territorial officers to be appointed to the rank of Brigadier-General during the War. Following the cessation of hostilities, Birtwistle took up a managerial role in the family business, as well as serving on numerous charitable committees. He was a keen motor-car driver and yachtsman, serving as President of the Lancashire Automobile Club, and regularly sailed on Lake Windermere. He retired from the Territorial Army upon reaching the age limit on 29 May 1934, being granted the honorary rank of Brigadier-General, and died on 12 May 1937. Sold with the following original documents: i) The recipient’s original Commission Document appointing him a Second Lieutenant in the Volunteer Forces, dated 28 April 1897 ii) Bestowal Document for the D.S.O., dated 1 January 1918 iii) Bestowal Document for the C.B., dated 3 June 1919 iv) Four Mentioned in Despatches Certificates, dated 22 September 1915; 7 November 1917; 8 November 1918; and 16 March 1919 v) War Office letter to the recipient regarding his retirement from the Territorial Army having reached the age limit, dated May 1934.

Four: Private A. R. Kersey, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war on the Western Front 1914 Star (7891 Pte A. R. Kersey. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7891 Pte. A. R. Kersey Suff. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5820606 Pte. C. J. Kersey. Suff. R.) test marks to edge of last at 11 o’clock, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £180-£220 --- Arthur Reginald Kersey attested for the Suffolk Regiment in November 1909. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, and was taken prisoner of war (entitled to Silver War Badge). Private Kersey was discharged medically unfit in 1919.

Pair: Private D. H. Maxwell, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (77536 Pte. D. H. Maxwell. 15-Can. Inf.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (108525 Pte R. Sevoir. 3/Can: Mtd: Rif:); together with British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (174314 Cpl. H. W. Kearse. 10-Bn. Can. Inf; 160060 A. L. Sjt. L. Jones. Can. Inf. Wks. Coy.) last with Silver War Badge (C46474); Victory Medal 1914-19 (226514 Pte. J. R. Alder. Can. Cav. Bde.) generally very fine or better (7) £80-£100 --- Herbert William Kearse was born in Burford Oxfordshire in August 1888, and resided in Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario. He served during the Great War with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Lance Corporal Kearse was attached to the 86th Machine Gun Battalion when he was killed in action on 28 April 1917. The CEF Burial Register states: ‘Killed in Action. Was in charge of a Lewis gun crew, and while proceeding to the jumping off position, just prior to an attack on the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, he was instantly killed by concussion caused by the explosion of an enemy high explosive shell.’ Lance Corporal Kearse is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Burlington Memorial, Ontario. Leonard Jones was born in Sheffield Yorkshire in April 1890. He resided with his wife at 112 31st Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta. Jones served during the Great War with the Canadian Infantry Works Company on the Western Front - having served for 5 years with Royal Army Medical Corps (TF) prior to this. He was injured on 29 March 1917 while instructing bomb-throwing. The premature detonation of grenade resulted in his left thumb and fore finger being amputated. Joseph Richard Alder was born in London, England in October 1881. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse on the Western Front. Trooper Alder died of illness on 6 May 1918, and is buried in Auxi-Le-Chateau Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France.

An interesting Great War group of five awarded to Captain M. W. Hilton-Simpson, the noted African traveller and ethnologist who served with the Royal Army Service Corps during the war 1914-15 Star (Lieut: M. W. Hilton-Simpson. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. W. Hilton-Simpson.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Lion, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- Melville William Hilton-Simpson was born in 1881, oldest child of Rev. William Hilton and Emma Ellen Soames; surname of Simpson added in 1888. He was educated at Wellington College and Exeter College, Oxford, B.Sc. Travelled the Barbary States and Sahara, 1903-06; accompanied Mr Emile Torday on an ethnological expedition to the Kasai Basin, Belgian Congo, to collect for the Department of Ethnography, British Museum, and first traversed the country of the Bakongo and Bashilele, 1907-09; from 1912, excluding the period of the war, has, with his wife, been engaged in a detailed ethnological study of Berber hill tribes in Southern Algeria, among whom they have spent seven winters to date. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 1927; Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Lion, 1930; Corresponding Member of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., F.R.A.I.; Rivers Medallist, 1932; member of the Geographical Societies of Paris, America, and Algiers, and of other scientific bodies; served in European War on Western Front; retired with rank of Captain. Publications: Algiers and Beyond; Land and People of the Kasai; Among the Hill-Folk of Algeria; Arab Medicine and Surgery; numerous papers for the journals of various societies, mainly on geographical and ethnological subjects. He died on 17 March 1938. Sold with a first edition (1911) of Land and Peoples of the Kasai, inscribed by the author ‘To E. L. Gowlland in memory of auld lang syne, Nov. 9th 1911’.

Pair: Major-General J. D. Mein, Madras Horse Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Capt. John D. Mein. 4th. Battn. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Capt. & Bt. Major John D. Mein. A. Tp. H. Bde. Madras Arty.), mounted for display with an Artillery pouch badge and a miniature photograph of the recipient wearing his medals in a glazed display frame, light contact marks, generally very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- John Desbrisay Mein was born in Carlisle on 7 September 1813. He was appointed Cornet in the Madras Horse Artillery on 11 December 1829; then made Lieutenant on 15 October 1838; Captain on 4 June 1852; Brevet Major on 28 November 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel (in Regt.) on 18 February 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel (Army) on 20 July 1858; Colonel (Regt.) on 5 June 1865; Colonel (Army) on 8 July 1864; and Major-General on 1 August 1872. Major-General Mein served in the Burmese War in 1852-53 in command of a field battery, and was present at the capture of Prome and occupation of Meeaday (Medal with clasp for Pegu). He also served in the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857-58 in command of a troop of horse artillery with the Saugor Field Force, including the attacks on Serghum and Kubrai; the battle of Banda; the attack on Thompore; the relief of Kirwee; and the attack on the heights of Punwarree and Duddoor in command of the right column advancing up the Duddoor Ghat (mentioned in despatches of General Whitlock, medal with clasp for Central India, and brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel). Mein commanded “D” Brigade Royal Horse Artillery from November 1865 to August 1870. Sold with the following archive: i) The recipient’s Royal Horse Artillery dress uniform in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, c.1860, being the uniform worn by the recipient in the photograph, some fragility and damage to the interior lining but otherwise in good condition. ii) Original statement of service, dated 1871, with much detail as to his career. iii) Various original photographs, together with some copied photographic images; and original newspaper cuttings regarding his death. iv) A copy of the book On Service in India: The Mein Family Photographs 1870-1901, edited by Peter Duckers.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. badge, inscribed, ‘Robert Douglas Esquire, Major in the Army and Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815’, 187 x 114mm., the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, bent at one corner, otherwise very fine £600-£800 --- Robert Douglas was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as 2nd Lieutenant on 1 November 1796; Lieutenant, 1 September 1798; 2nd Captain, 20 July 1804; Captain, 1 May 1807; Brevet Major, 4 June 1814; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 December 1827; Colonel, 23 November 1841; Major-General, 20 June 1854; Lieutenant-General, 28 November 1854; General, 25 September 1859; and retired on full pay on 6 May 1835. He served in the capture of the Danish and Swedish West Indies Islands in 1801. He was also on the expedition to the north of Germany in 1805-06; the Peninsular Campaigns from February 1812 to March 1814, including the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees (27th to 31st July); the siege of St Sebastian from 24th August to the 8th September; and the battle of Nivelle. He has received a cross for Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees and Nivelle, having commanded a field battery, and a silver medal for St Sebastian.

The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Colonel Sir Henry M. W. Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type badge, gold and enamels; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) badge, gold and enamels; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, badge, gold and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, the last with distressed ribbon, otherwise good very fine (7) £300-£400 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1916. C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918. See Lot 264 for Colonel Gray’s full-sized awards.

A Great War K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Colonel Sir Henry M. W. Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps, who went to South Africa in 1899 with Sivewright’s Ambulance, an episode mired in controversy, and in the early stages of the Great War was appointed a consulting surgeon to the B.E.F.; post-war he became surgeon-in-chief at the Royal Victorian Hospital, Montreal The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked London 1890; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (H. M. W. Gray. Surgeon.) officially engraved naming ; 1914 Star (Major H. M. W. Gray. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. H. M. W. Gray.) generally good very fine (8) £2,600-£3,000 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1916. C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918. In The Lancet of 18 November 1899, there appeared the following notice: “Under the auspices of Sir James Sivewright K.C.M.G., who was recently entertained to dinner in Edinburgh by the South African Students' Union, an ambulance corps chiefly composed of Edinburgh medical students connected with the Transvaal has been formed. A portion left Edinburgh on Saturday night for South Africa (Nov. 1899). They will be joined in London by Dr. and Mrs. Gray, Aberdeen, and several nurses. It is said that Sir James Sivewright is to pay the expense of equipment and that a British steamship line will convey the students and material free of cost." ‘There were to be two detachments under the direction of Dr Gray, assistant-surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen. The one group, in charge of Dr Gray himself, included his wife, a British student named Alan Johnson, and three South Africans, L. Fourie, G. H. van Zyl and D. Luther. The other group was in charge of Dr A.C. Neethling, a South African who had recently qualified and was working as a house-surgeon at the Bradford Infirmary. With him were four medical students, A. J. du Toit, W. Walker Hauman, C. T. Möller and J. L.Schoemann, and a nurse, a Mrs. Bamford. They took leave of their fellow students with promises to return soon and complete their interrupted studies, and on 15 November the James Sivewright Ambulance sailed in the Moravian from the Royal Albert Dock, charged to report at Cape Town to the Senior Commanding Officer and from there to 'make their way to the Boer lines by whatever route he may direct'. The Moravian had hardly left England when a storm of abuse broke about Sivewright's head. It could not have been forgotten that until 1898 he was a member of Hofmeyer's Afrikaner Bond in the Cape Parliament. The sympathies of the Bondsmen were known to lie with their fellow Afrikaners in the Transvaal and, although Kruger regarded this support as ineffectual, it seemed little less than treasonable in the eyes of many of Her Majesty's subjects further away in Britain. Sivewright was accused in the press of being a traitor and sending aid to the 'enemies of his native country’. With a flourish of self righteous indignation he protested his neutrality and immediately offered Her Majesty's Government his 4 large properties in Hottentots Holland, to be used as convalescent homes for wounded British officers! On 16 December 1899 the Moravian docked in Cape Town and the Sivewright reported to the Commanding Officer, impatient to be gone on their journey northwards. A telegram was sent to President Kruger, offering their services to the sick and wounded. The reply was startling. President Kruger declined their offer, stating that he did not ‘receive such gifts from an enemy’! The Afrikaners in the party, no less determined to reach their destination but scenting trouble, kept in the background and urged Dr. Gray to approach Sir Alfred Milner himself and ask for safe conduct to the Boer lines. No details of this interview are available, but the outcome was disappointing. It may be guessed that Milner disapproved thoroughly of the entire scheme and found in Kruger's telegram confirmation of his own opinion of the Boers. In the end they abandoned their attempts to travel up through the Cape Colony and were given passages on board the Congella, bound for Delagoa Bay. On 26 December the Sivewright Ambulance, their optimism revived, disembarked at Lourenco Marques and presented themselves to Mr. Pott, the Transvaal Consul. Their arrival had evidently been anticipated - and not alone by Mr. Pott. According to Alan Johnson, one of the 3 British members of the corps, this gentleman ‘told them curtly that they were not wanted, declaring that there were no wounded to require their care’. Dr. Gray's consternation may be imagined, the more so as he began to suspect that the Consul's message was directed at the British element of the corps. Matters were not improved, either, by the discovery that Gray was carrying letters from friends to British officers in the Transvaal. Again he saw Mr. Pott, explained the purpose of their mission, and assured him of the goodwill that had launched this venture which now, at the last moment, appeared to be in danger of floundering. The reply was the same as before: The Transvaal did not desire any assistance from Sir James Sivewright and would reimburse him all expenses. Meanwhile the Afrikaner medical students had not been still. Some of them had already made contact with a Boer agent operating in Lourenco Marques and learned that they would be allowed across the border if they made their way to Resanna Garcia. When negotiations between Dr. Gray and Mr. Pott broke down, Dr. Neethling acted, promptly. The Afrikaners had no intention of turning back; if they could-get through on their own they would do so. Dr. Gray, however, regarding such action to be totally 'at variance with Sir James Sivewright's intentions’ refused to hand over the surgical equipment. A telegram was sent to Sir James without further delay. His reply was unequivocal: All the equipment was to be handed over to Dr. Neethling and he and the other Afrikaners should proceed to Pretoria. Whether, as Alan Johnson later contended, the object of the Transvaal Government was merely to get rid of the British members of the expedition, cannot be known for certain. Against this there is evidence that those who did reach the Transvaal - including the nurse, Mrs. Bamford - did so not through any official channel but on their own initiative. Nevertheless, a tirade broke when the news reached London. The Times' correspondent stated openly that the expedition had been used ‘as a cloak to smuggle into the Transvaal men with Boer sympathies who would otherwise have been stopped’. In ‘a leading West End club', rumour flared into open accusation: an armed group of Afrikaners had cheated their way into the Transvaal to join the Boer forces, and Sir James Sivewright had been their dupe! The latter denied the charge vehemently and offered £1,000 to the Lord Mayor's Fund if it could be proved. In any case, he pointed out, as. Cape Colonials they were all British subjects and if caught with guns would be treated as rebels! Of Dr. and Mrs. Gray and Alan Johnson little more was heard. Sad and disillusioned they made their way back to Durban and offered their services to the Imperial Army. On 2 January 1900 Dr. Neethling and the rest of his group reached Pretoria. As individuals they we...

An important Boer War C.B. group of three awarded to Doctor Kendal Franks, Consulting Surgeon to H.M. Forces in South Africa The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1887, complete with gold ribbon bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Dr. Kendal Franks, Consulting Surgn:) officially engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Doctor Kendal Franks att. to R.A.M.C.) officially engraved naming, mounted as worn; together with a very fine 18 carat gold and enamel, diamond-set Abercorn Masonic Lodge presentation jewel, hallmarked London 1902, approx 20.9g with old cut diamond approx 35 points, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to R.W.B. Dr. Kendall Franks C.B. by his friends in the Abercorn Lodge 1903’, fitted with gold rings and hinged retaining clip for wearing, nearly extremely fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901: ‘Kendal Franks, Esq., M.D.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901: ‘Mr Watson Cheyne and Mr Kendal Franks, M.B., F.R.C.S.I., Consulting Surgeons, who have accompanied the Army, have rendered invaluable service by their advice and assistance to the Medical Officers. They have been unwearying in their work among the wounded and sick, and, humanly speaking, many a valuable life has been saved by their skill.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 April 1901: ‘Many thanks are also due to the distinguished consulting surgeons who have come out to this country, and by their advice and experience materially aided the Royal Army Medical Corps. The services rendered by... Mr. Kendal Franks... were of incalculable value.’ Kendal Franks was born in Dublin on 8 February 1851, the fourth son of Robert Fergusson Franks, a barrister of Jerpoint Hill in County Kilkenny, and his wife, Henriette Bushe, daughter of Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and a prominent Irish aristocrat. Franks entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he had a distinguished career, obtaining the degree of B.A. in 1872 and the M.B. in 1875. After this he became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and went on to Leipzig to complete his medical studies. On his return in 1876, he was appointed a demonstrator in anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons and surgeon to the Dublin Throat and Ear Hospital. In the same year he obtained the M.D. and became a member of the senate of the University of Dublin. This was followed in 1878 by the Fellowship of the Irish College of Surgeons and in the same year he became senior surgeon to the Adelaide Hospital in Dublin. Here he pioneered in Ireland the implementation of Lister’s principles of antisepsis and asepsis. He also became surgeon-in-ordinary to the lord-lieutenant and vice-president of the Irish College of Surgeons. Franks married twice: in 1879 Charlotte Selina Greene, sister of Sir William Conyngham Greene, later the British Agent in the Transvaal Republic; two years after her death in 1883 he married Gertrude Jane Butt, who contracted tuberculosis, and was advised to come to South Africa. Forced to abandon a brilliant professional career in Ireland, Franks and his family arrived in South Africa in 1896, and settled at Beaufort West, but his wife died the same year. Franks decided to remain in South Africa and moved to Johannesburg in 1897 where he was very successful and enjoyed a tremendous reputation. Appointed one of the five consulting surgeons to the British forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War, and attached by Lord Roberts to his headquarters staff, he accompanied Roberts all through the campaign. He was present at the engagements at Paardeberg (27 February 1900) and Driefontein (10 March 1900), and at the entry into Bloemfontein (13 March 1900), Johannesburg (31 May 1900), and Pretoria (5 June 1900). He journeyed back to England with Lord Roberts, and in 1901 was gazetted a C.B. (Civil) for his services, having been twice mentioned in dispatches. On his return to South Africa in 1901, he was again appointed consulting surgeon to the British forces, and shortly afterwards undertook, at the special request of Lord Kitchener, an inspection of all the concentration camps; his reports on these were published in the Blue Books, and extracted at length by the London Times and other papers. He was again mentioned in dispatches and in 1904 was knighted for his services. At the conclusion of the war he was made a nominee member of the first Transvaal Medical Council, but failed to obtain nomination to the second Council. He gave evidence to the Financial Relations Commission of the Transvaal Colony in 1905, outlining a hospital scheme for the Witwatersrand, with the Johannesburg Hospital as centre. He drew attention to the unsatisfactory provision made for public health in the Transvaal before Union and also under the act of Union (1909), as well as to the need for a medical school in Johannesburg. Using his influence to convert the Witwatersrand Medical Council into a branch of the British Medical Association, he became the first president of the South African committee of this association, and laid the foundation stones of the South African Institute for Medical Research in 1912. In the same year he acted as president of the 1912 South African Medical Congress which was held in Johannesburg. He continued to advocate the establishment of a medical school there, and in 1916 chaired a meeting of registered medical practitioners of the Transvaal which was convened to discuss this matter. Franks held the post of surgeon to the Johannesburg Hospital, consulting surgeon to the Central South African Railways, and medical director of the African Life Assurance Society. In the Johannesburg of his day, when surgeons combined surgery with general practice, he was the first "specialist" surgeon, and was considered a world expert in renal surgery. He made valuable contributions to medical literature, and several publications appeared under his name, such as Addison’s disease (1882), On spontaneous dislocation of the hip (1883), A case of cerebral cyst (1888), and Professor Koch’s treatment of tuberculosis (1891). He also contributed many articles to various medical journals, including the Transvaal Medical Journal and the South African Medical Journal. Apart from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, he was a Fellow of the Medico Chirurgical Society of London, of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and of the Royal Society of South Africa. He was said to be a skilful water-colourist. For the last few years of his life he suffered considerable ill health which was due to diabetes, and became a confirmed invalid. His death occurred at his residence “Kilmurry”, Klein Street, Hospital Hill. Sold with three small gilt tunic buttons together with copied research.

A BOXED SET OF WWII MEDALS AND WWII ERA HAT AND OTHER ITEMS, this lot contains a kit bag, 1944 dated map case, steel helmet, pacing stick, mess tin, canvas bags and belts that all belonged to Lieutenant W MAbey who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWII, the boxed medals are a late issue set and contain 1935-45 medal and star, defence medal, Africa star with 1st army bar and burma star, these are un-named , the map case and bag are named to LT Mabey and dated 1944, also icnluded is a WWII medal ribbon bar, RAMC uniform insignia, a brass aeroplane on a wooden base and a carved wooden box with the RAMC badge on the lid, there is also a medics armband and a water bottle, this is a nice lot to an officer who served during WWII, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A LARGE SELECTION OF MILITARY BELTS, BUTTONS AND SHOULDER TITLES ETC, this lot includes belts for the Mercian Regiment, two Royal Engineers and three separate belt buckles, also included is some blazer badges, Royal Warwickshire buttons, a copy of a Victoria Cross, a D-Day 50P Coin and two army issue bank notes, the cloth shoulder titles, some modern re-strike cap badges and a quantity of commemorative badges and key rings, there is also a home guard cap badge and lapel badge, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A COLLECTION OF ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE TRENCH ART AND OTHER ITEMS, this lot includes two photo frames, small plate 1917 cribbage board, matchbox cover, a bugle and a tranch art shell all with Royal Warwickshire emblems on them, also included is a 1940 dated small trench art shell, a matchbox cover, small jug, a Northumberland Fusiliers bed plate, a 1916 dated shell converted to a table top match box holder, this also has a Royal Warwickshire badge on it, a highly decorated brass tankard with details about the British army in Africa during WWII on it and an assortment of cutlery, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A THIRD REICH NAZI GERMANY ARMY PARATROOPERS BADGE, this has no makers mark on the reverse and long rounded pin, it weighs approximately 32.4g,Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A COLLECTION OF ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT PLAQUES AND CAP BADGES, also included is a small amount of items connected to other regiments, included in this lot is an army belt with seventeen various badges on it, a Royal Warwickshire car badge fastened to a wooden base, a helmet plate on a wooden shield, a Hong Kong police wall plaque, other various plaques with badges on them and two commemorative plaques, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

THREE PIECES OF TRENCH ART AND TWO MILITARY RIDING CROPS, the trench art includes two 1917 dated shells made into jugs and a 1944 dated 2 pounder shell case, the jugs are approximately 75mm and 130mm in height and the tallest has an inscription saying ABBEVILLE 1918 FOR LIBERTY, the riding crops each have a different badge on the handles, the first is Royal Artillery with brass handle and base metal collar, the second is Army Service Corps with a white metal handle and a brass collar, also include is a print of a gentleman in uniform holding a riding crop, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A good post 1902 gilt pouch badge of the Army Service Corps, with black enamel centre,. VGC, the gilt brilliant. £50-80

A George V Artillery pattern officers' sword of the Army Service Corps, blade 34½" by Hawksworth, Sheffield, etched with GRV cypher, Royal Arms, A.S.C. badge etc, the regulation pattern hilt of nickel silver, in its leather FS scabbard. GC (hilt very slightly mis-shaped, minor wear to scabbard). £150-200

Military History-Pair of WWI French Embroidered postcards sent to England-(1) Happy Birthday-(2) Army Service Corps Badge

2x British WW1 Recruiting Badges, brass lapel badge for 37th War Office Recruiting Area with fitting to the reverse. Accompanied by gilt brass and enamel Army Recruiting Staff lapel badge. (2 items)

WW2 German Army Soldbuch Issued to a German Army Signals NCO, good uniform photograph to the inside front cover. Served in various signals units, including ‘Inf Nachr. Ers. u. Ausb Kp 467’. Rear of the book with awards listed, 13th March (Entry into Austria) medal, Iron Cross 2nd class, Eastern Front medal and a supplementary page added with what appears to be the award of the black wound badge. Some wear and pages are loose in places.

Very Scarce Brighton Borough Police Officers Hallmarked Silver Cap Badge, on reverse, with two lug fittings, complete with a picture of ‘Brighton Borough Police Tug-of-War Team’ winners of  open tug of war competition Preston Park 17th June 1916   ‘Inspector Bridle’ coach wearing officers peak cap with badge, plus a Royal Naval-Military-and Air Force Tournament Tug-Of -War medal awarded to P.C. James Beadle, who also was in the 1916 picture, Brighton Police V Metropolitan Police 1919-‘2nd prize won by  Brighton Police’ inscribed on back of medal, two enamel National Association retired police officers lapel badges, Royal Army Ordnance Corps silver sweetheart badge, Sussex brass medal, Sussex Division R.N.V.R Physical and Recreational Training Display competition for “Brodrick” cup programme August 8th 1925 and two other items (10 items)

WW2 German Award Citation Pair of Walter Uber 4th Panzer Division Wounded August 1944 on Eastern Front, group consists of West Wall medal citation awarded to Uber when he was serving with the Reicharbeitsdients (R.A.D) on 8th July 1940. Black Wound badge citation awarded when the rank of Stabsgefreiter in Stab/ 4. Panzer Division, for a wound on 31st August 1944 and presented in Kassel on 16th September 1944, presumably when in hospital. At the time of the award of the Black Wound badge, the division was then serving in Northern Lithuania as part of Army Group North. They had earlier in August been involved in the battle of Radzymin, where the German Panzer division successfully pushed back the Soviet III Tank Corps.

10x WW2 Plastic War Economy Cap / Collar Badges, consisting of Royal Engineers, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, Royal Army Medical Corps, Pioneer Corps, KSLI, Royal Marines (Collar Badge), Rifle Brigade, Northamptonshire regiment, Wiltshire regiment and Essex regiment. Various conditions. (10 items)

Rare 1st Pattern British Army Colour Sergeants Arm Badge Circa 1830, fine example of scarlet cloth with bullion embroidered Victorian crown over union flag with crossed swords to the lower poll. Reverse inked ‘1834 R. M.’ Ex The Late Rod Flood Collection

7x Indian Army Headdress Badges, including 81st Pioneers pagri badge with pin fitting, Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides cap badge, Queen Victoria’s Own Poona Horse cap badge, Queen Victoria’s Sappers and Miners cap badge, plus others. Various conditions and periods. (7 items)

Indian Army 11th King Edwards Own Lancers (Probyns Horse) Officers Headdress Badge, fine example of a silver gilt headdress badge in the form of Prince of Wales plumes set upon crossed lances and ‘XI’ underneath. Two small screw post fittings to the reverse.

WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, mid war produced badge with scooped out reverse. Complete with its original pin and catch fixing. Un-maker marked.

Non-Combattants Corps Cap Badge, brass ‘N.C.C’ title cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse. Accompanied by a Naval Army Canteens Board cap badge and enamel YMCA cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse. (3 items)

WW2 German Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland 1939 Casualty Wehrpass Grouping, interesting grouping of documents issued to Otto Hellweg who served initially with the RAD, his wehrpass having an RAD uniform photograph to the inside. He was serving with 11th Infanterie Regiment ‘Grossdeutschland’ from 9th September 1939 until 6th October 1939 when he was killed near Saarbrucken. Due to the early nature of his death, the wehrpass has few entries noted. Accompanying the wehrpass is his SA brown linen ausweis document, SA sports badge record book, 1st pattern Arbeitsbuch (work book), Labour service Mitglieds-Karte with same uniform photograph to the inside as the wehrpass, Musterungs-Ausweis 1935 with civilian photograph and his fathers Imperial German soldbuch and WW2 Wehrpass with just a few entries in both. An interesting grouping to a very early casualty who was serving with one of the elite regiments of the German army. Late Colin Kluth collection

WW1 Medal Group of Five Covering Service Across Both World Wars, Accompanied by an Extremely Impressive Collection of Original Documentation Including Four Well Used Personal Diaries Covering the Whole of the Recipient’s Service Time During the Great War, 1914-14 Star medal, “34719 BMBR. E. LAMBERT R.F.A.”, British War and Victory medals, “34719 CPL. E. LAMBERT R.A.”, 1939-45 Star medal, War medal 1939-45, last 2 unnamed as issued and in original card postal box addressed to Mr R Lambert in Darlington, Co. Durham. This group is accompanied by an impressive archive of original documentation and other associated items relating to the recipient; Great War period round fibre board dog tag, ‘34719 E LAMBERT R.F.A’, Cloth signallers trade badges, 1916 dated French 1 Franc coin converted to a pin back badge, Royal British Legion badge, Second World War Disabled Serviceman’s Badge, Discharge Certificate from 93 Bde Sig (RFA) RE, confirming enlisted 7th September 1914 and transferred to the Reserves on 12th March 1919, Soldiers Small Book, Army Book 64, covering service in the Great War (Attested 7th September 1914, transferred to Royal Engineers 28th November 1917 (service number 253972), AB64 Pay Book, confirming annual training in the years 1934 to 1939 with service in France between 13th September 1913 and 16th June 1940, Discharge Certificate dated 9th January 1941 (no longer fit for Army Service), 1916 New Testament, Personal Diary for 1916, Personal Diary for 1917, Personal Diary for 1918, Personal Diary for 1919 (Soldiers Own). The diaries have all been well used with comments on nearly all pages, they make fascinating reading, Noted entries include; 1/7/16 – ‘Successful raid by Guards Division’, 18/7/16 – ‘Arrested by R.S.M.’ There is no entry for the opening day of the German Spring Offensive on 21st March 1918 but the comment on the 24th March sums up the situation ‘Still awake been up 3 days’, 11/11/18 – ‘message taken to say stop fire 11am, troops take things easy’.

WW2 Polish Air Force Cap Badge, good example of a die-stamped cap badge with two lug fittings to the reverse; WW2 Polish Pilots badge made by J R Gaunt, London; Polish army cap badge with screw post fitting to the reverse; Polish 2nd Korps breast badge with screw post fitting to the reverse; Poland Shield cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse and a post war Polish Air Force cap badge. (6 items)

WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS General Assault Combat Badge, fine mid war silver grade example with slightly scooped out reverse. Complete with the original pin and catch fixing to the reverse.