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Click here to subscribePaper Packet for a WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault (Infanterie Sturmabteilung) Combat Badge by Wilhelm Deumer Ludenscheid, the paper packet has printed award details to the front and reverse with makers details to the lower corner. Some creasing and pencil marks but otherwise good condition.
WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Panzer Assault Badge in Silver by Hermann Aurich, Dresden, fine textbook example of a silver grade Panzer Assault badge which retains much of its original frosted silver wash finish to both the obverse and reverse of the award. Complete with its pin and catch fixing to the reverse. Makers mark for Hermann Aurich, Dresden to the lower section of the badge.
WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Panzer Assault Badge in Silver by Karl Wurster K.G Markneukirchen /Sa, zinc example of a silver grade combat badge with the KWM maker mark to the reverse. The badge has a variant hinge set up, like shown on page 123 of “The German Panzer Assault Badge of WW2 – Second Revised Edition” by Philippe De Bock. The catch fixing has been repaired with solder. Some bubbling to the reverse of the award.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, George V issue. Named to “251922 PTE-L.CPL – T.W. LONGSTAFF 6/DURH: L.I.” Good condition. Thomas William Longstaff, a 17 year old miner from Keighley, Yorkshire enlisted into the Territorial Force as a Boy in March 1907 with service number 136. Served with the Durham Light infantry during the Great War landing in France on 20th April 1915. He returned to the U.K. on 12th October 1916 having been wounded (G.S.W. to the foot) and was discharged on 20th July 1917. Also entitled to a 1914-15 trio (index card states Longstaffe) and Silver War Badge. The T.F.E. medal was announced in Army Order 148 of April 1920.
Selection of Various Third Reich Medals, consisting of 2x War Service Cross 2nd class without swords, War Service Cross 2nd class with swords, War Merit medal, Eastern Front medal, bronze grade Mother Cross on ribbon bow (some damage to enamel), silver grade Mothers Cross with small piece of damage to the enamel, 25 year faithful service decoration with ribbon, Entry into Austria medal (no ribbon ring) and a 1938 day badge without pin fitting. Awards are also accompanied by a selection of original WW2 German medal ribbon for various awards. (Grouping) This lot was brought home from Germany in 1945 by the current vendors father who was serving with the British army during WW2.
4x Third Reich Pin Badges, consisting of German Colonial Bund enamel pin badge, SA Sports badge stickpin, in service of the German Army lapel badge in the form of an army eagle with pin fitting to the reverse and an enamel Dein Hand Dem Handwerk enamel badge with pin fitting to the reverse. (4 items)
Grouping of WW2 German Cloth and Metal Insignia, consisting of German army flat wire NCO’s tunic breast eagle, Coastal Artillery rank chevron, German army side cap eagle (cap removed), Coastal Artillery side cap eagle (cap removed), aluminium German army cap eagle, aluminium Luftwaffe cap eagle, German Veterans Association pin back breast eagle and zinc Panzer skull badge. (8 items)
WW2 German Photograph Album and Award Citation Grouping of SS Polizei-Schutz Regiment Nr3, fine personal snapshot photograph album with leather cover having silver leaf tooled Iron Cross and “Ehren Kronik”. Inside the album is a fine illustrated page with large gold leaf eagle to the top and details in gothic script with SS runes and Berlin 1942 date. Album has mixture of postcard and snapshot images, most of these are of army (heer) interest as opposed to SS-Police. Accompanied by two original award citations for the Wound Badge in black and Infantry Assault badge in silver. Some loose photographs also.
Grouping of British & Colonial Badges, including miss-matched pair of hallmark silver Hodsons Horse collar / forage cap badges, pair of Nani Tal Volunteer Rifles collar badges, miss-matched pair of 8th Gurkhas collar badges, Inniskilling pipers waistbelt clasp, George VI Royal Army Service Corps officers cap badge with blade fittings to the reverse, pair of EIIR Queens Bays officers collar badges, plus other items. (14 items)
3x WW2 Free Czechoslovakian Forces Badges, consisting of two standard type cap badges with blade fittings to the reverse and a brass badge without fittings having the rampant lion emblem and “WE MARCH ON 28 IX 1940 – FAITH FULL TO OURSELVES FAIT FUL TO BRITAIN – CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY”. All in good condition. (3 items)
WW2 British 14th Army 2nd Infantry Division Cloth Insignia and Paperwork Grouping of Private T G Doran Royal Army Medical Corps, group consists of embroidered formation signs, brass RAMC other ranks cap badge, various photographs including a fine example showing him wearing his far east slouch hat with cloth insignia clearly in wear, letter written to his mum and dad enclosing a cloth formation sign, 2nd Division certificate for service and an interesting privately published book “The Sixth British Field Ambulance” with fold out printed maps. All remains in good condition.
Quantity of Mostly African Nations Paratrooper Wings and Badges, including Drago Paris made Niger Paratrooper wing, Ugandan Army sergeants paratrooper jump wing, Ethiopian Army paratroopers beret badge, Rwanda parachute wings, French made Chad paratrooper wing, Mauritania army paratrooper wing, Gabon paratrooper wing, Togo paratrooper wing, plus others. Many mounted on cards giving identification. (15 items)
GB - Anstecknadel des Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), WK II - Regimentsabzeichen unter George VI, 2. Weltkrieg, bekrönter Stern mit aufgesetzten Steinen, in der Mitte die Initialen G VI R, umgeben vom Band des Hosenbandordens, blau/grün emailliert mit Inschrift HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, Krone rot, mit Steinen besetzt. Ziffernfolge auf der Rückseite eingesitzt. Alters-und Gebrauchsspuren, Abrieb, Kratzer, Tönung.| GB - Anstecknadel des Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), WW II - Regimental badge under George VI, World War 2, crowned star with applied stones, in the centre the initials G VI R, surrounded by the ribbon of the Order of the Garter, blue/green enamelled with inscription HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, crown red, set with stones. Sequence of numbers carved on the back. Signs of age and usage, abrasion, scratches, toning.
Auszeichnungen, Ordensspangen, Anstecknadeln, dabei Deutschland 1933-45 10-teiliges Konvolut, dabei u.a. 1 x Deutschland 1933-45 / Polizei - Dienstauszeichnung für treue Dienste in der Polizei, 2. Stufe für 18 Jahre, 1938. 1 x WK I -Verwundetenabzeichen für die Armee und Kolonialtruppen für 3-4malige Verwundung. Stets deutliche Alters-und Gebrauchsspuren, Verfärbungen, Tönung, Kratzer, Verschmutzungen, Farbabplatzungen, Abrieb, Korrosion. In kleiner Box. | Decorations, medal clasps, pins, including Germany 1933-45 - 10-piece collection, including 1 x Germany 1933-45 / Police - Service Award for loyal service in the police, 2nd level for 18 years, 1938. 1 x WW I - Wounded Badge for the army and colonial troops for 3-4 times wounded. Always clear signs of age and usage, discolouration, toning, scratches, soiling, paint chipping, abrasion, corrosion. In small box.
A collection of WWI WW1 World War One & later regimental metal badges to include a Royal Army Ordinance Corps badge, RAF cap badge, Royal Army Service Corps badge, Juno Mount ups Campaigners badge, enamelled British Legion badge, Durham Light Infantry badge, Cyprus Regiment, Army Temperance Association 1889 pendant and an enamelled Union of Postal Workers U.P.W pin badge. Measures 5cm length.
Postcards, Military, a collection of approx. 23 cards published by Birn Bros, showing a smiling soldier or seaman's face with applique hat. Also most cards with gold military badge or greetings and the comment 'Some Boy!'. Regiments include Machine Gun Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Engineers, Army Service Corps, Durham Light Infantry, some munitions etc (mixed condition)
American Military Medals, original boxed Bronze Star together with Frank Pace presentation card, 6 new military medals produced in the 1990s (Victory WW2, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, Army of Occupation, Army Good Conduct, American Campaign, Overlord), Infantryman Combat badge, Honourable Service Lapel Button, a Christmas Island RAF Christmas card and a small selection of other military memorabilia (gd)
Militaria, Boxing, an interesting collection of items all relating to the boxer Gunner Frank William Hemphill of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Comprises official Canadian Army scrap book with details of his army life which he began on Sept 2nd 1939, photographs of civilian and service life, boxing matches, discharge certificate, newspaper cuttings etc. Military medals, War Medal, Canada 39/45 Voluntary Service Medal, Defence Medal and Canadian Efficient Service medal, silver boxing trophy (presentation photograph in album), 2 other 1945 dated boxing trophies, 6 boxing medals (1 silver), 2 athletics medals and a 1939 Royal Visit To Canada badge (total weight of silver approx. 85g) (all gd)
Badges, a collection of 10 badges to comprise WW2 Womens Land Army, YMCA War Service, 1914 Red Cross medal with ribbon awarded to Edwin Mist, Astor County Rifle medal, R.A.E.C collar dog, Life Boys badge, Young Helpers silver badge (Birmingham 1928), Primrose League medallion, 1949 RAOB medallion, 1851 enamelled badge (pin missing) (gen gd) (10)
Nachlass von Vasily Ivanovitsch Mischustin (1916 bei Kursk - 1999 Kiev). Jagdflieger. Oberst. 1x Orden des Goldenen Sterns zum Titel "Held der Sowjetunion" vom 27. Juni 1945. Nummer 6580. Verleihungsbuch mit Foto anbei.1x Rotbannerorden für dreifache Verleihung. Silber und emailliert. Auf der Rückseite das Herstellerzeichen "Monetnij Dvor" sowie Verleihungsnummer "5108".1x Garde-Abzeichen. Beschädigt / restauriert.1x Medaille für die Einnahme Berlins. 2. Mai 1945.1x Medaille für den Sieg über Deutschland.1x Medaille für die Befreiung von Prag. 9. Mai 1945.1x Medaille für die Verteidigung des Kaukasus.1x Medaille für Verdienste im Kampfeinsatz.1x Medaille "Für tapfere Arbeit im Großen Vaterländischen Krieg" an Pentagonalspange.1x Medaille für Oder, Neisse und Ostsee (III.-IV.1945) und Tschechoslowakisches Kriegskreuz, an Spange.1x Offiziersdolch der Luftstreitkräfte. Klinge bezeichnet: 1952 / K-N832. Zlatoust Blankwaffen Werk. Kunststoffgriff. Gesamtlänge circa 34,5 cm.Zahlreiche Jubiläumsmedaillen, unter anderem ukrainische Medaillen.1x 2 Fotos in Uniform.1x Persönliche Mundharmonika der Firma "Hugo Rauner".1x Zeitungsausschnitt mit einem Interview auf Russisch. Insgesamt 47 Orden, Abzeichen und Medaillen.Geboren 1916 im Dorf Puschkarnoje (Gebiet Belgorod). Absolvierte die Schule der Föderalen Technischen Arbeitsschule in Magnitogorsk (heute Berufsschule Nr. 97). Er arbeitete im Werk als Monteur an einem Walzwerk "500" und studierte gleichzeitig im Fliegerclub.Im Jahr 1937 wurde er zur Armee eingezogen. Im Oktober 1940 absolvierte er die 8. Odessa P.D. Osipenko Military Aviation School. Er nahm an den Kämpfen am 22. Juni 1941 im Nordkaukasus, in der Nähe von Charkow, Kiew und in der Kursker Ardennenoffensive teil. Major der Garde, Kommandeur der Luftstaffel des 88. Garde-Jagdflugzeugregiments der 8. Er absolvierte 388 Einsätze, nahm an 68 Luftkämpfen teil, schoss 16 feindliche Flugzeuge persönlich und 8 im Formationskampf ab. Für die vorbildliche Erfüllung der Kampfaufgaben an der Front und die bewiesene Tapferkeit und das Heldentum wurde dem Kommandeur einer Staffel des 88. Jagdfliegerregiments der 8. Jagdfliegerdivision der 5. Jagdfliegertruppe der 2. Luftarmee der Garde, Major Wassili Mischustin, am 27. Juni 1945 durch den Erlass des Obersten Rates der UdSSR der Titel Held der Sowjetunion (Goldener Stern № 6580) verliehen. Im Jahr 1949 schloss er die Höhere Navigationsschule in Krasnodar ab und setzte seinen Dienst bei der Luftwaffe fort. 1961 wurde er mit dem Rang eines Oberst der Garde in den Ruhestand versetzt. Lebte und arbeitete in Kiew. Begraben auf dem Baikalfriedhof.Наследие Василия Ивановича Мишустина (1916 под Курском - 1999 Киев). Пилот истребителя. Звание на время окончания службы - Полковник. Он совершил 388 вылетов, принял участие в 68 воздушных боях, сбил 16 самолетов противника лично и 8 в строевом бою. За образцовое выполнение боевых заданий на фронте и проявленные при этом мужество и героизм командиру эскадрильи 88-го истребительного авиационного полка 8-й истребительной авиационной дивизии 5-го истребительного авиационного отряда 2-й гвардейской воздушной армии гвардии майору Мишустину Василию Ивановичу указом Верховного Совета СССР от 27 июня 1945 года присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза (Золотая Звезда № 6580). В 1949 году он окончил Высшее штурманское училище в Краснодаре и продолжил службу в ВВС. В 1961 году он вышел в отставку в звании полковника гвардии. Жил и работал в Киеве. Похоронен на Байкальском кладбище.Всего 47 орденов и медалей. 2 Ордена Ленина и Орден Александра Невского утеряны.Estate of Vasily Ivanovich Mishustin (1916 near Kursk - 1999 Kiev). Fighter pilot. Colonel. 1x Order of the Golden Star for the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" dated 27 June 1945. Number 6580. Award book with photo enclosed.1x Red Banner Order for triple award. Silver and enamelled. On the reverse the maker's mark "Monetnij Dvor" and award number "5108".1x Guard badge. Damaged / restored.1x Medal for the capture of Berlin. 2 May 1945.1x Medal for the Victory over Germany.1x Medal for the Liberation of Prague. 9 May 1945.1x Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus.1x Medal for services in combat.1x Medal "For Brave Service in the Great Patriotic War" on pentagonal clasp.1x Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic Sea (III.-IV.1945) and Czechoslovakian War Cross, on clasp.1x Air Force officer's dagger. Blade marked: 1952 / K-N832. Zlatoust Blankwaffen factory. Plastic grip. Total length approx. 34.5 cm.Numerous anniversary medals, including Ukrainian medals.2x Photo in uniform.1x personal harmonica of the company "Hugo Rauner".1x newspaper clipping with an interview in Russian. In total 47 orders, badges and medals.Born in 1916 in the village of Pushkarnoye (Belgorod region). Graduated from the Federal Technical Labour School in Magnitogorsk (now Vocational School No. 97). He worked in the factory as an assembler on a rolling mill "500" and at the same time studied in the aviation club.In 1937 he was drafted into the army. In October 1940 he graduated from the 8th Odessa P.D. Osipenko Military Aviation School. He took part in the fighting on 22 June 1941 in the North Caucasus, near Kharkov, Kiev and in the Kursk Battle of the Bulge. Major of the Guards, Commander of the Air Squadron of the 88th Guards Fighter Regiment of the 8th Guards.He completed 388 sorties, took part in 68 aerial battles, shot down 16 enemy aircraft in person and 8 in formation combat. For the exemplary performance of combat duties at the front and the demonstrated bravery and heroism, the commander of a squadron of the 88th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Fighter Aviation Troop of the 2nd Guards Air Army, Major Vasily Mishustin, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (Golden Star № 6580) by the decree of the Supreme Council of the USSR on 27 June 1945.
A Second World War Free Polish army uniform, medals and document group, that of Sierzant Jozefowi Malejewski, comprising an extensive pre-War and Second World War medal group including Crosses of Merit, 1918-21 Russian War, Polish Independence and Long Service medals, the War Assistance Battle Dress blouse bearing an enamelled 5th Kresowa Division breast badge and 8th Army, 5th Kresowa Infantry Division and 6th (Lvov) Infantry Division formation signs, the group including postcard photographs of Malejewski and military passes
A three-generation British army service group, comprising an identity disc, cap badge and shoulder title of 6962 J Bell, Gordon Highlanders, together with a Silver War Badge numbered 294875, his son's Second World War Far East Theatre campaign medal group and issue carton, together with the grandson's GSM with Northern Ireland clasp (24352053 Fusilier J Bell, Royal Highland Fusiliers) and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Sgt J Bell, RMP), also a Great War soldier's New Testament initially presented to Pte J Bell, 2nd Gordon Highlanders and bearing inscriptions confirming it was carried on service by all three generations, together with related items of insignia etc
A Second World War Free Polish Army gallantry medal group, comprising a Cross of Valour, Army medal for the War of 1939 - 1945, and Monte Cassino Cross (3010), with a British 1939 -45 Star and War medals, together with plastic and cast brass cap badges, printed shoulder titles, 8th Army, Polish 2nd Corps and Carpathian Rifles formation signs, and a 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division breast badge
A QUANTITY OF HEADDRESScomprising a Victorian black silk bicorn hat of the Army Pay Department (lining and headband partly detached); a Victorian bicorn of the Royal Navy by Larcom & Veysey, Portsea (tassels detached but present); a Continental naval officer~s cap with white cover; a massive black straw hat, possibly Australian, with yellow cords and gilt badge; five ORs~ continental side-caps, mainly German; a Rifleman or NCO~s black cap of the 8th Gurkha Rifles by Hobson & Sons; a black feather plume, probably for a Lancer officer; a black horsehair plume for a trooper; a gold-embroidered chapka-peak for a Lancer officer; and a plain peak for a trooper(qty)Provenance; David Jeffcoat (1945 - 2020);
A COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMY BADGES AND SHOULDER-TITLEScomprising a card mounted with metal items including eleven shoulder titles, two good copper badges of HH Nizam~s Infantry Regiment, mounted with fine white metal numerals, and seven other Hyderabad military badges; a card, mounted with 45 metal shoulder titles, mainly of Corps but including the Mahratta Light Infantry, 17th Dogras and 11th Sikhs; a number of officers~ buttons of UK manufacture, of Indian regiments; an oval metal plaque engraved with the name of Capt HE Winthop 14th KCO Sikhs; a British officer~s white metal cap-badge of the 15th Sikhs, and a number of minor items;
‘Colonel Cameron, informed by a staff officer of the critical state of affairs, formed the 9th regiment in line under a violent fire, and, without returning a single shot, ran in upon and drove the grenadiers from the rocks with irresistible bravery, plying them with a destructive musketry as long as they could be reached, and yet with excellent discipline refraining from pursuit, lest the crest of the position should be again lost, for the mountain was so rugged that it was impossible to judge clearly of the general state of the action’ (Napier, Peninsular War, book xi. chap. 7, Battle of Busaco, 27 September 1809) ‘We sprang over the wall and moved rapidly against a strong body of the enemy posted outside of the convent, and on seeing these a very galling fire opened upon us from the adjacent buildings which I ordered to be forced. Woodham entering the largest in which he was killed after gaining the first floor at the point of the bayonet. The row was now at its height, some charging those posted at the convent, others clearing the houses of which the windows and other outlets the enemy availed themselves to escape and all uniting in full chase to the village of San Martin.’ (The recipient describes the assault and capture of the fortified convent of San Bartolomeo in front of San Sebastian - from ‘The Letters of Lt. Colonel Sir John Cameron, 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot, 1808-14’) The rare Regimental Commander’s Peninsula War group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B., who first saw action with the 43rd Light Infantry in the West Indies in 1794 at the captures of Martinique, St Lucia and Guadaloupe, displaying his gallantry and winning his captaincy at the storming of the Fortress of Fleur d’Epée; subsequently, as a junior captain placed in command of his sickness reduced regiment, he suffered severe wounds and was captured in the defence of Berville Camp, 4 October 1794, spending 2 years in a prison hulk off Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadaloupe. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 9th Foot in September 1807, Cameron commanded the 2nd Battalion at Vimeiro the following year, and then, assuming command of the 1st Battalion - a position he retained throughout the Peninsula War - served under Sir John Moore in 1809 at Corunna where his intrepid bravery gained the approbation of his superior in command; he returned to Portugal in March 1810 at head of his Battalion, being Mentioned in Despatches for Busaco where he ‘exerted himself with the greatest gallantry in front during the charge, when his horse was killed under him’; was wounded and fell from the breach at the final assault on San Sebastian; and in the fiercely contested Battle of Nive, finding his regiment surrounded by superior numbers, made a successful charge to the rear taking between three and four hundred prisoners - the following day, while reconnoitring, he became engaged en tirrailleurs and had his horse shot from under him once more. Appointed one of the first K.C.B.s on his return from the Peninsula Wars, in which campaign the 9th’s losses exceeded those of any other regiment, and from which his important journals and letters survived to be later published under the title, ‘The Letters of Lt. Colonel Sir John Cameron, 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot, 1808-14’, he was later appointed Colonel of the Regiment he had commanded for upwards of thirteen years The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, a contemporary Paris-made breast star, circa 1815, 75mm, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Mortier Bijoutier Palais Royal No. 34 A Paris’, fitted with silver pin for wearing; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vimeiro, Corunna, Salamanca, and St. Sebastian, 3 clasps, Buzaco, Vittoria, Nive, the edge of the lower three arms of the cross inscribed ‘Lt. Colonel John Cameron 1st. Bn. 9th. Foot’, with usual oak and laurel suspension ring and swivel-ring gold bar suspension; Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Vimiera, & Corunna. 1808-9.’, 1 clasp, Salamanca (Lieut. Coll. J. Cameron, 9th Foot.); Portugal, Kingdom, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight’s breast badge, gold, 45mm, some light enamel chips to the first, very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £70,000-£90,000 --- John Cameron was born on 3 January 1773, the second son of John Cameron of Culchenna, Inverness, Scotland and nephew of Cameron of Caltort, Inverness-shire, whose ancestor was a younger son of Lochiel, chief of the clan. He was educated at Eton College and entered the 43rd Foot as an Ensign on 25 September 1787, gaining promotion to Lieutenant in September 1790. In this latter year, Cameron served in the West Indies under Sir Charles Grey and was present at the reduction of Martinique (including the siege of Fort Bourbon and other minor engagements) and at the captures of St. Lucia and Guadaloupe, particularly displaying his gallantry and winning his captaincy in the storming of the fortress of Fleur d’Epée and in the sortie from and the defence of that place. In 1794, Sir Charles Grey returned to England in the mistaken belief that his West Indian conquests were secure, leaving the 43rd Regiment, which had been so reduced by sickness that Cameron, though only a junior captain commanded it, forming part of Brig.-Gen. Graham’s garrison at Berville Camp in Guadaloupe. Cameron led his Regiment in the action of 30 September 1794 and in the different attacks made by the enemy, until 4 October when he was severely wounded and taken prisoner, remaining on a prison hulk at Pointe-à-Pitre for two years. Exchanged for release in 1797, he was immediately ordered to rejoin his regiment in the West Indies, remaining on foreign service again for over three years. He was appointed a Majority in the 43rd Foot on 28 October 1800 and brought his regiment home after it had suffered terrible losses from the West Indian climate. In 1803, whilst stationed in the Channel Islands, he married Miss Amelia Brock, eldest daughter of Henry Brock, of Belmont, Guernsey, and niece of Admiral James Saumarez, notable for his victory at the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar, and first cousin of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by transferring to the 7th West India Regiment on 28 May 1807; from which he was removed to the 9th (East Norfolk) Foot from 5 September 1807. On his return to England, he was then ordered with the 9th Foot to the seat of war in Portugal, where in August 1808 he commanded the 2nd Battalion at the Battle of Vimiera before assuming command of the 1st Battalion following the death in action of its commander, Colonel Stewart, at the earlier Battle of Roliça. He would remain its commander throughout the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and Canada 1814 and 1815. Cameron led the 1st into Spain with Moore during the advance to Salamanca, and afterwards, at the Battle of Corunna where he displayed intrepid bravery, gaining the approbation of his superior in command. In July 1809, Cameron embarked on the expedition to the Scheldt under the Earl of Chatham, in command of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Regiment, and returned the following September to England from where he proceeded, in March 1910, to increase the force in Portugal under the command of the Duke of Wellington, at the head of the 1st Battalion of 9th Regiment (the 2nd Battalion, aside from their participation at Barossa, remained confined to Gibraltar during this period). Likely having received news of the death of his brother, Captain Ewen Cameron, 43rd Regt., at the Battle of t...
The Important Boer War K.C.B., ‘Tokar Operations’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry H. Settle, Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, who served as a Distinguished Column Commander in South Africa, and as General Officer Commanding, Cape Colony The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, very minor enamel damage to motto on both pieces; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, retaining pin removed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (Cpt. H. H. Settle. R.E.) side clasp carriage adapted for wear; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Bgdr. Genl. H. H. Settle. C.B., D.S.O., R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj: Gen: Sir H. H. Settle, K.C.B., D.S.O., Staff) engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with full sash riband; and Star, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks; Order of Osmanieh, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks, enamel damage to green band around central medallion on star; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, with Tokar clasp, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (11) £8,000-£10,000 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901. D.S.O. London Gazette 30 May 1891. Sir Henry Hamilton Settle was born at Lewes, Sussex, on 27 January 1847, the son of Captain H. T. Settle, and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 10 July 1867, and was promoted Captain on 9 November 1879. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 August 1885). Promoted Major on 31 December 1886, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army as Surveyor-General and Q.M.S., and saw further served in the Anglo-Egyptian Expeditions, being present at the actions of Gemaizah, Suakin, and Toski, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 11 January 1889 and 6 September 1889). Promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Settle served as C.S.O. in the Expedition to retake the Tokar Delta in 1891, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his services during the action of Afafit. He was subsequently appointed Inspector General of the Egyptian Police in 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 August 1893. In 1895 he returned home to take up the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications at the War Office, for which work he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was promoted Colonel on 30 March 1899. For a few months in 1899 he commanded the Royal Engineers at Malta, before being called up to serve in South Africa during the Boer War, initially as a Colonel on the Line of Communications in the Cape Colony. Services in the Cape Colony At the end of February 1900 there were serious signs of organised disaffection in the Prieska, Britstown and Carnavon districts of the Cape Colony. Lord Roberts ordered a force to be organised to deal with these problems and Settle took command of one of the Columns. The Column consisted of Orpen's Horse, about 60 strong, one Company of Mounted Infantry, one Field Battery and half a Battalion of Infantry. It assembled at Hopetown and advanced on Prieska. It was so proficient that, when it spread, Settle was soon commanding three Columns to deal with what was becoming an increasingly serious rebellion. The suppression of the rebellion was conducted by Settle's Columns and those of Lord Kitchener, who Roberts had expressly detached from his Head Quarters to work alongside him. By the time Kitchener arrived, Settle had put down most of the rebellion and there was merely some mopping up to be done. What could have been an enormous military and political embarassment to the British, Boer dominance in part of a British Colony, was dispelled. ‘The Transvaalers and Free Staters, and many of the prominent rebels, had escaped to the districts north of the Orange River; but the whole of the rebel committee was captured, including the Rev. Mr. Schroeder, the Bond Member of Parliament for the district. Arms were collected, prominent prisoners were detained in custody, and the less important rebels were laid under an obligation to come up for trial if required. Small garrisons were left in Upington, Kenhardt, Draghoender, and Prieska, and a force of 150 Bastard Scouts, under European Officers, was organised to assist in patrolling the districts. Then Settle returned to Cape Town to resume his work as Inspector General of the Lines of Communication, and the rest of his troops were drafted off to Bloemfontein’ (Times History refers). The suppression of the rebellion allowed Roberts to continue his advance on Bloemfontein, checked any furtherance of it and meant that when De Wet invaded a year later, the inhabitants of Cape Colony did not rise again. Settle was called on later in 1900 to lead a column in Roberts' Orange Free State operations, a column that became known as ‘Settle's Imperial Circus’, of which the Times History had to note: ‘It is no disparagement to Settle, who worked hard and well in relieving garrisons and destroying supplies, to say that his column was dubbed “Settle's Imperial Circus”. The same humourous description would have applied to nearly all the unwieldy columns of this period.’ Lord Roberts was to write in his Despatch: ‘Further to the south and west, in the country extending from Modder River to Vryburg and Schweizer Reneke, the operations were entrusted to Major-General Settle, who left Christiana on 13 October with 600 mounted men, 10 guns, and 1350 Infantry. He occupied Bloemhof on 14 October, having captured 1,000 head of cattle, 12,000 sheep, and 80 horses belonging to burghers who had violated their oaths of neutrality, and he secured 50 prisoners. On arriving at Hoopstad on 17 October, I instructed him to co-operate with Hunter by marching on Bothaville. Hunter, who was then near Kopje Alleen, about 14 miles north-west of Ventersburg Road Station, had received information that 1,600 Boers were moving from the south-east on Bothaville, and was following them up with half of 1st Battalion Sussex Regiment and half of 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders, of Bruce Hamilton's Brigade, Rimington's and Le Gallais' mounted troops, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Porter's). Hunter reached Bothaville on 20 October, and sent the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to Commando Drift to reconnoitre that crossing of the Vaal and to communicate with Settle. Meanwhile Settle was attacked on the night of 19 October at Elizabeth’s Rust. After a sharp little engagement, lasting 45 minutes, the Boers retreated to the north bank of the Vaal. Our casualties were one Officer and 15 men wounded. On 21 October, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade met Settle's advanced troops under Colonel Sir Charles Parsons, as neither force had seen anything of the Boers, Settle retraced his steps on 22 October to Hoopstad, and Hunter reached Kroo...
A fine ‘Sutlej operations’ C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General W. J. Gairdner, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and wide gold riband buckle; Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Ava (Capt. W. J. Gairdner. 10th. N.I.), short-hyphen die, officially engraved naming as issued in India; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Colonel W. J. Gairdner. 14th Regt. Native Infantry) with modified brass hook and silver straight-bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, and further fitted with a clasp for Ferozeshuhur (Lieut. Col: W: J: Gairdner. 14th Regt. N.I.) generally good very fine (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 3 April 1846. William John Gairdner was born in September 1789, the son of Alexander Gairdner of Ladykirk, Markton, Ayrshire. Appointed a Cadet in the Honourable East India Company’s forces in 1807, he arrived in India in October 1808 and was posted to the 10th Native Infantry as an Ensign. Quickly in action against the Bhattis in the following year, Gairdner was transferred as an Ensign to the 2nd/10th Native Infantry for operations in the Oudh in 1813-14, seeing action in Rewah and at the storming of Etah, where he was wounded. Then in 1816, having been advanced to Lieutenant, he fought with the 2nd Brigade, Left Column in operations of the Nepal War; and in the same year he was also witnessed the Bareilly insurrection. Gairdner was Adjutant of the 2nd/10th Native Infantry from March 1817 to April 1824, a period that encompassed further active service in the Third Mahratta War (but no medal or clasp); and, having transferred to the 14th Native Infantry in May 1824, he served in the First Burma War and was present at the engagements at Donabew on 2 April 1825 and at Prome on 1 December of the same year, latterly as a temporary Staff Assistant Commissary-General to Sir A. Campbell’s force. He became a Deputy Assistant Commissary-General in August 1831, was advanced to Major in June 1835 and returned home to Scotland on furlough 1836-40. Back in India, Gairdner was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1842 and appointed to the command of the 14th Native Infantry, which regiment he led in the Gwalior operations of the following year, not least at Maharajpoor; and again, between 1845-46, he commanded the regiment in the First Sikh War and was present at Ferozeshuhur, for which services he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Transferring to the 16th Native Infantry, Gairdner’s final period of active service was against the Rajah of Sikkim’s forces in 1850. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 63rd Native Infantry soon after his advancement to full Colonel in September 1852 but returned home on furlough in the same year and died at Strathtyrum House, St. Andrews, Fifeshire in February 1861 - his advancement to Major-General dated from November 1854. Sold with copied research.
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel H. Hewetson, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne Second Class, and the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus Fourth Class Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star (Major. H. Hewetson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col H. Hewetson.); Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, breast badge, with crossed swords, silver-gilt and enamel, of non-Russian manufacture, unmarked with ball suspension; Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Fourth Class breast badge, gold and enamel, with crown suspension, mounted court-style as worn, enamel damage to one reverse arm of the Anne, otherwise generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Russian Order of St. Anne, Second Class London Gazette 14 January 1918. Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Fourth Class London Gazette 29 November 1918; corrected 19 August 1921. Henry Hewetson was born on 21 July 1869, the son of the Rev. J. Hewetson, and was educated at Repton and Guy’s Hospital. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1896, and was promoted Captain in 1899, and Major in 1908. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914, initially as Officer Commanding, No. 6 Stationary Hospital, and subsequently with the Indian Expeditionary Forces, and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Colonel. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, and 30 December 1918). He was also honoured by both the Russian and Italian Governments. Owing to the political situation in Russia at the end of the War, and in common with similar extant medal groups from the same period, it would appear that Hewetson never received the insignia of the Order of St. Anne, Second Class, with Swords, and instead acquired and wore the non-Russian manufactured badge contained in his group; the fact that it is of a size that corresponds with the Fourth Class breast badge, rather than a Second Class neck badge, is presumably an oversight and a reflection of the recipient’s unfamiliarity with the Order. Likewise, Hewetson was initially Gazetted with having received the Italian Order of the Crown, Fourth Class, with the correction stating that it was n fact the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus not appearing in the London Gazette until nearly three years later; consequently, many official reference works, including the Army Lists, incorrectly state that he was awarded the Order of the Crown, and such mistakes continued to appear even after the clarification had been published in 1921. Hewetson relinquished his commission with the rank of Colonel in 1921, and died in 1953. Sold with copied research.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal (3), one contemporarily engraved ‘W. Roberts 2040/1 H.G.’; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (5), one officially impressed ‘VX73253 G. F. Rowlands’; another impressed ‘Boots style’ ‘Flt Lt. C. E. Mc.Cormac R.A.F.’; another in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Miss B. Woodhouse, 6 Hillfield Road, West Hampstead, London NW6’, with ticker tape entitlement slip, and Air Council enclosure; another a Canadian issue in silver; Africa Service Medal, officially impressed ‘187305 J. Human’; India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal, officially impressed ‘VX73253 G. F. Rowlands’; South Africa Medal for War Service, good very fine and better (18) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Women’s Land Army Certificate of Service to accompany one of the Defence Medals, named to Kathleen M. Walter, with her service period from 27 August 1942 to 26 January 1946; and some 13th Coventry Battalion, Home Guard insignia, with identity tag named to ‘D. Brown’; and a Desert Rat cloth badge.
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major D. A. McCurdy, Otago Regiment, late New Zealand Army Postal Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star (15/67 Mjr. D. A. McCurdy. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (15/67 Major D. A. McCurdy. N.Z.E.F.); New Zealand War Service Medal, privately named (Capt. D. A. M. McCurdy); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarked London 1921 (Major D. A. McCurdy, O.B.E., Otago Regt.); New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (Lieut. (Temp. Capt) D. A. McCurdy. U.L. (V) 1918) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £500-£700 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘For valuable services in connection with the war. - Captain, N.Z. Army Postal Services.’ O.B.E.(Military) London Gazette 12 February 1919: ‘Major, New Zealand Forces.’
A Second War ‘Air Raid Precaution services’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Brigadier Joseph Morrison, Teignmouth Civil Defence, late Indian Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20 (Maj. J. Morrison); Defence Medal (J. Morrison) Boots’ style impressed naming; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, together with two lapel badges ‘For Voluntary War Work in India 1914-19’ each in its H.M. Mint Calcutta case of issue, the lid of one stamped ‘Mrs. Morrison’, the first four mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £180-£220 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1943: ‘Brigadier Joseph Morrison (retired, Indian Army), Air Raid Precautions Officer and Officer-in-charge Report Centre, Civil Defence Service, Teignmouth. Since the outbreak of war Brigadier Morrison has given his whole time to the administration, training and direction of the A.R.P. services at Teignmouth, and has been successful in raising an organisation of outstanding merit. The Teignmouth services have been called upon to deal with many enemy raids in their own town as well as to undertake duty in reinforcement of the Civil Defence services at Exeter and Plymouth when raids have taken place at those cities. Brigadier Morrison’s coolness and imperturbability during the progress of air raids has been an example to all serving under him.’ Joseph Morrison was born on 10 December 1877, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 March 1900; Lieutenant, 3 April 1901; Captain, 30 March 1911; Major, 16 October 1915. He served in Aden, 1903-04, during operations in the interior, and with the Indian Army in India during the Great War. Sold with confirmation of single British War Medal issued by the Government in India, and of the Coronation 1953 as Representative of the Officers’ Association, Teignmouth British Legion.
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Captain Sir Alexander R. Glen, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, 1 clasp, Arctic 1935-1936; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue; Norway, Kingdom, War Cross 1940-45, with bronze sword emblem to riband; Order of St. Olav, Military Division, Knight First Class badge; Czechoslovakia, Republic, War Cross 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £1,000-£1,400 --- 1 of only 9 Polar Medals with clasp ‘Arctic 1935-1936’, all to members of the Oxford University Expedition to North East Land. K.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1967: Alexander Richard Glen, Esq., C.B.E., D.S.C., Chairman, Export Council for Europe, For services to Export. C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1964: Alexander Richard Glen, Esq., D.S.C., Chairman, H. Clarkson and Company Ltd. D.S.C. London Gazette 27 October 1942. D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20 February 1945: ‘For courage and undaunted devotion to duty.’ Polar Medal (Silver) London Gazette 10 February 1942: ‘For good services with the Oxford University Arctic Expedition to North East Land in 1935 and 1936.’ Sir Alexander (Sandy) Richard Glen was born in Glasgow on 18 April 1912, the son of a Glasgow ship-owner, and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Geography. He first travelled to the Arctic in 1932, as part of an eight man crew of a 45ft fishing boat owned by a Cambridge law don; legend has it that Glen accepted the invitation to accompany the expedition under the misapprehension that it was an invitation to a debutante ball. Setting sail from King’s Lynn (with Glen still in his white tie and tails), the crew ventured to Spitzbergen, and completed 4,000 miles of sailing and two months of surveying. The following year Glen led a more official 16 man Oxford University summer expedition to Spitzbergen to carry out topographical and geological surveys, spending some winter months with the Lapps of northern Sweden. He returned to Spitzbergen the following summer with the author Evelyn Waugh amongst the team (who nearly drowned when a glacier thawed). In 1935 he led another Oxford University expedition, establishing a research station on the ice cap of North East Land, and carried our research in glaciology, geology, and radio propagation in high latitudes. In 1937 he wrote a book about the expedition, entitled ‘Under the Pole Star’. For his expeditions and scientific work in the Arctic Glen was awarded the prestigious Patron's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1940; at the age of 28 he was (and is) the youngest recipient of the medal. He was also awarded the Polar Medal and received the Bruce Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1938. After going down from Oxford Glen worked in investment banking in New York and London. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1938, and posted to Naval Intelligence he worked with Ian Fleming under its Director, Admiral John Godfrey. Inevitably, in later life it was rumoured that Glen was perhaps an inspiration for James Bond, but Glen himself always denied the link: ‘I don’t think it is true for a moment; I’m far too gentle, too law-abiding.’ In January 1940 Glen was posted to Belgrade as assistant naval attaché at the British legation, where he met his future wife, the Serbian Baroness Zora (Zorica) de Collaert. Following the bombing of Belgrade in 1941 the British legation left and made their way home via Kotor, Albania, Italy, Vichy France, and Spain. He then worked on the staff of Rear-Admiral Philip Vian in 1941 helping to evacuate Norwegian and Russian coalminers and trappers in the Arctic Circle, and he spent some time protecting Spitzbergen from a German invasion. In the early summer of 1942, he took part in two 27-hour reconnaissances of Spitzbergen by Catalina flying boats of Coastal Command, based in the Shetlands. He then joined a 70-strong joint British-Norwegian force sent by boat, which was sunk by a Luftwaffe raid as they arrived in Spitzbergen harbour. As the survivors struggled ashore, Glen remembered where to find the frozen corpses of 60 slaughtered pigs, and they lived off these, washed down with abandoned German brandy and champagne. Glen later served with distinction with the Russian Army in eastern Europe in 1943-44, sabotaging traffic on the River Danube to disrupt oil supplies to Germany. He also took part in various clandestine and dangerous operations in Yugoslavia with Fitzroy Mclean, in support of Marshal Tito. He ended the War on the British staff in Athens. For his services during the Second World War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1942, and a Second Award Bar in 1945. He was also awarded the Norwegian and Czechoslovakian War Crosses, and was created a Chevalier First Class of the Order of St. Olav (London Gazette 9 May 1944). Post-War, Glen joined the ship-broking business of Clarksons, eventually rising to become the firm’s Chairman. Remaining in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he was advanced Captain in the Supply and Secretariat Branch on 30 June 1955, and served as a Member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society periodically from 1945 to 1962. Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1964, he was advanced to Knight Commander in 1967, and went on to hold various positions in the travel and hotel sector, including the Chairmanship of the British Tourist Authority. Amongst other public appointments he became Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He published his memoirs ‘Footholds Against a Whirlwind’, in 1975, and co-wrote (with Leighton Bowen) ‘Target Danube, a River not quite too far’ in 2002. He died on 6 March 2004. Sold with the recipient’s Passport; Timex watch; and the empty case of issue for his K.B.E. set of insignia, by Garrard, London. The Sandy and Zorica Glen Charitable Settlement (Charity no. 326311) is a grant making charity that supports a small range of charities in helping to develop leadership qualities in the young via exploration trips and other outdoor activities; and encouraging the conservation of heritage works of art. For the recipient’s Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Gold Medal, and Royal Society of Edinburgh Bruce Medal, see Lot 587.
An unattributed R.V.M. group of four miniature dress medals Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., silver; Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003; Jubilee 2002; Volunteer Reserves Service Medal, E.II.R., mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine An unattributed Second World War group of six miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, mounted court-style as worn, of recent manufacture, nearly extremely fine as produced The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (2), C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; C.B. (Civil) Companion’s badge, gilt; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O. Commander’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (3), C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, gilt; Knight Bachelor’s Badge, skeletal type, gilt; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), E.II.R., gilt and enamel; Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gilt and enamel; Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, gilt and enamel; British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R.; Jubilee 2002, all of recent manufacture, generally nearly extremely fine as produced (22) £80-£100
Miniature Medals (22): Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Won July 7th. 1916, Killed in Action Oct 7th. 1916’; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R.; Air Force Cross, E.II.R.; Military Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; General Service 1918-62 (2), no clasp [sic], G.VI.R.; 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; 1939-45 Star (2); Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue; South Atlantic 1982; Jubilee 1977; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R., 2nd issue; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R.; United States of America, Navy Expert Rifleman Medal, bronze, generally very fine (22) £60-£80 --- Sold with five King’s Badges for War Service; a Burma Star Association lapel badge; three Home Guard lapel Badges; and other miscellaneous items.
A Selection of Air Force Insignia c.1940-60. Including cap badges for South Africa, Canada, Australia, Glider Pilot, Army Air Corps; Pilots badges for France, Poland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Italy; various other insignia to these Counties; a selection of American insignia, including a Sterling Silver Service Pilot’s badge; together with sundry collar and cloth badges, some copies, generally good condition (lot) £180-£220
German Second World War Army Trade Patches and Shoulder Boards. Comprising Army Artillery Observation Regiment 44; Cavalry Regiment No. 20 senior nco in a reconnaissance unit; Army Artillery Regiment 58 nco; Army pioneer nco, slip-on; Mid war plain grey green slip-on shoulder board, white infantry piped; Medical Hauptmann, slip-on board with medical motif; Army drivers qualification badge laid onto lozenge of cloth; Army motor transport nco trade patch with nco lace; Troop nco Saddler, yellow on green; Medical personnel, yellow on green; Radio operator, yellow on green; Armourer, yellow on green; Signallers arm patches: 3 infantry, white on green; 2 artillery, red on green; 1 cavalry yellow on green; 1 pioneer black on green; and an Army Statsgefreiter sleeve rank patch, grey on herringbone twill, generally good condition (20) £100-£140
Miscellaneous German Second World War Insignia. Comprising a Kuban Shield, minus its backing plate and minus its fitting pins; a Krim Shield, minus its backing plate, minus its fitting pins; a NSKOV cap badge, minus its fitting pins; a nice quality Kriegsmarine cap eagle with single pin fixing in anodised aluminium, Assmann maker marked, dated 41; a Political cap eagle in white metal with all three fixing pins present, RZM marked; an Army cap eagle, aluminium with three pins complete; a Luftwaffe cap eagle, both pins missing; and a Kriegsmarine gilded aluminium deck cap eagle, maker marked R S & S dated 40 but with single lapel pin fixing pin missing, generally good condition (8) £80-£100
German Second World War Insignia. Comprising a rare pair of NSDAP matched political collar patches for a rank of Abschnittsleiter at Reich level, crimson red base, yellow piping with metallic emblems attached with original RZM ticket on the reverse side; a Hitler Youth West Hessen Nassau district triangle; a Hitler Youth boys Niedersachsen triangle; a girl’s BDM arm patch in silver of Sudost Karnten; a rare SA flying unit with wing propeller on green background, complete with RZM ticket; two separate customs officials slip-on shoulder boards, one having glue attached where fitted to a collectors display board; a scarce SS arm lozenge for a former member of the Teno with the Teno insignia machine embroidered in grey; an attractive small silver bullion wire DDAC cap badge; and three pieces of army insignia, the Bevo woven Jager arm badge, the Bevo woven enlisted ranks edelweiss arm badge and a Bevo woven uncut from roll enlisted ranks arm badge, generally good condition (13) £200-£240
German Second World War Military and Political Insignia. Comprising a SA sports badge in Bevo weave; a very finely machine embroidered Old Comrades shield shaped arm patch still on its collectors display backing cloth; an unidentified Bevo woven sword through shield insignia, possibly an Old Conrades unit; a RAD enlisted ranks Bevo woven unit patch for Unit 27; a Bevo woven multi coloured arm patch for the Hitler Youth Fire Service; a Teno beautiful bullion weave silver on black arm badge; a silver and black Bevo woven NSKK arm eagle; a silver on brown combined NSKK arm eagle and Old Fighters chevron with RZM on the reverse side; a NSKK 2nd pattern drivers arm lozenge, silver on black, still adhered to a collectors display board; an Army late war triangular form Bevo woven grey on green breast eagle; a Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery Bevo woven yellow on green overseas cap eagle; and an Army driver’s badge in silver on army field grey backing, generally good condition (13) £160-£200
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