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Click here to subscribeMalaya Military interest, including policing, comprising of Royal Ranger cap badges, Federation Engineer badge and three Armed Forces Maintenance Corps badges, pips, Police Federation shoulder rank slides, three Malaysia cloth names, together with two brass Federation Regiment badges (these were from a multiracial infantry regiment of the Malayan Federation Army.)
Miscellaneous militaria, including RAF Rank Corporal badge with propeller, Harvey's naval sliders, Belgium Army ribbon, Wireless badge, RAF embroidered wings, two shoulder board sets, Merchant Navy buttons, Royal Marine collar badge, US Army General Staff badge, US Army Infantry Tank badge, US Army Cavalry badge, US Army Aviation badge, US Army Aide to a Brigadier General enamel badge, US Army Qualification Badge, US Army Chemical Corps 1943, US Army Officers gilt collar badges, US Army Judge Advocate General Corps 1943, US Army Medical Corps, US Army Field Artillery, US Army Major Oak Leaf badge, cloth badge, silver and bronze sporting badges dated 1931 and 19 (boxed), enamel buttons, Long Service and Good Conduct medallion converted into a brooch, Commemoration medallion dated 1937, two brass Army Service cap badges, Sea Cadet medallion, RAF cap badge, Royal Army Service Corps badge, Royal Corps of Signals badge. This lot concludes with a bronze Russian 5 kopek coin dated 1761, 53.20 gms, sixteen brass Colliery tokens including four North Nottinghamshire and the following examples: 2 x Whitwell Colliery Derbyshire, Harworth Colliery Nottinghamshire, 2 x Markham Colliery Derbyshire and 2 x Creswell Colliery Derbyshire, 2 x Bevercotes Colliery, Bolsover Colliery, 2 x Greswell Colliery.
A World War Two medal group of six, No.5 Commando interest, to CAPTAIN J. J. HEPTINSTALL, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, with 1939-45 and Burma Stars, Defence and War medal with oak leaf, GRVI with Arabian Peninsula and Palestine 1945-48 claps (named), and ERII Coronation medal; with miniatures and ribbon bar; also a Northern Ireland medal to 2nd LIEUT. J. A. HEPTINSTALL, GREEN HOWARDS; together with an R.A.S.C. badge. With J. Heptinstall's 'Life Member of the Old Comrades Association of the Special Service Brigade' rulebook dated 17.8.43; four cloth red-stitched 'No.5 Commando' and two '5. Commando' badges; a cloth Desert Rats badge; four cloth camel motif badges, etc. Commando Archive Roll list shows Heptinstall John, J. Maj (later Brigadier) 145160 Green Howards
A Great War 1914-15 Star trio to the Army Service Corps, 1914-15 Star Medal, British War and Victory Medals, “20201 PTE. J. THOMPSON A.S.C.” John Thompson from Rochdale, Lancashire enlisted on 19th October 1915 and served in the Balkans theatre from 14th November 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps with service number 349663 before being discharged as unfit for further service due to sickness on 11th March 1918, he was issued with a Silver War Badge.
WW2 Medals and Ephemera group B.O, DOWD Driver R.A.S.C: Medals with ribbons War, Defence, France/Germany and 1939-45 stars with cloth badges , plastic cap badge and lots of paperwork. Soldiers service and release books, Second Army thanksgiving service booklet, 170 company booklet and related documents.
WW2 Italian Pith Helmet and Peaked Cap, Original Italian army pith helmet with goggles, the helmet unfortunately has suffered over the years, with the cork material inside becoming brittle and breaking up, causing the helmet to lose shape, it has that appearance of being there to say the least. Liner, chin strap and the original badge still remain. WW2 Italian officers peaked cap included with this lot, is in fair condition, its makers marked to the sweatband and the inside of the cap, Bullion badge on the front with chin strap, leather peak has some surface damage to the top but overall a nice condition hat.
A Second World War Territorial long service group of 6 to The Queen’s Regiment, 1939-45 Star Medal, Africa Star Medal, Italy Star Medal Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Efficiency Medal, GVIR 1st type, with Territorial suspender, “1480703 SJT. R.A. SEARLE. QUEENS.”. Group mounted as worn, first 5 medals unnamed as issued. Lot also includes 2 cloth shoulder titles to the Queen’s Regiment, a pair of fibreboard dog tags “SEARLE RA 1480703 COFE” and a Royal Artillery Cap Badge, maker marked to the reverse, Buttons Ltd Birmingham. Efficiency Medal confirmed in Army Order 119, 1946. The issue of the 5 medals for the Second World War is confirmed on the recipient’s medal index card with his address given as 536 LAA. REGT. R.A. T.A., T.A. CENTRE. LEA. PALE. LANE, GUILDFORD.
A Second World War grouping to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, both medals unnamed as issued. Lot also includes a number of associated items including A Royal Canadian Army Service Corps cap badge, 2 cloth shoulder titles, a screw backed enamelled badge commemorating the semi-centenary of the Toronto Ontario Medical Association, a 1943 dated Officers field service cap with R.C.A.M.C. cap badge and brass buttons, 2 copy photographs in uniform.
A single British War medal to a Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps. British War Medal, “CAPT. H.L THOMSON” Captain Thomson served in France from 4th October 1914 and is entitled to a 1914 Star trio. He relinquished his rank on 16th January 1919 due to ill health (London Gazette 14th January 1919) and was issued a Silver War Badge. The record sheet for the issue of the SWB gives his address as St. James’ Street, London.
Two Medal Groups; 3590 Albert E Mitchell, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, in Spink & Son presentation medal case; 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, GV Medal for Long Service & Good Conduct, GVI Meritorious Service Medal together with Kings Royal Rifle Corps cap badge, a 1913-1914 silver football fob 'Sgt Mitchell', a 9ct gold and enamel 1911-1912 Navy & Army fob (6.0 grams approx.) plus another similar cased fob in silver plus five silver and one bronze Royal Army Temperance Association fobs Together with medal group for Albert C. Mitchell; Defence Medal & QE2 Police Exemplary Service Medal (INSPR. Albert C. Mitchell)
A collection of early 20th century gentleman's ephemera plus other items including a gold plated hunter pocket watch and table lighter. Comprosing a 1940s Cimier gentleman's aluminium wrist watch (untested but winds and appears to run); an Ingersoll wristwatch head (untested but appears to not work); a Dennison Star gold plated full hunter pocket watch (untested but winds and appears to run); a Swiss army pen knife; a BMC Drivers club 5 year safe drivers badge; a Ronson silvered table lighter ; two laquered snuff boxes; a carved bone rose brooch; a Rolstar pocket lighter; a life saving medal; a leather wallet and an Art Deco chrome plated cigarette case; and other items.
A small group of antique and vintage badges and jewellery - including a HM silver St John Ambulance medal, Birmingham 1913, engraved '462570 Ernest Timmins'; a plated St John Ambulance cap badge; a HM silver shield Salvation Army badge, Birmingham 1923; a 9ct gold and green stone wishbone stick pin; a carved mother-of-pearl love birds brooch; a litho tin King George V and Queen Mary coronation pendant; a Victorian ebonised carved wooden, steel and glass faux-jet fob chain; a gilt metal and enamel United Nations tie pin; a 1950s faux-pearl and paste hat pin; and an Edwardian rolled gold and faux-citrine brooch.
A quantity of British military uniform items, including a WWII British Army battledress jacket with cloth badge to sleeves for Sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C.) and a cloth badge for British troops in Palestine and Trans Jordan, depicting a dagger on a red background, a twill lightweight tunic, a pair of woollen trousers, an Army Cadet Force tunic, a blue beret, an olive green peaked cap, a Sam Brown belt, and a pair of Itshide Commando boots, size 8.
British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (4798 Pte. W. R. Bowden. 1-Lond. R.; 4283 Cpl. H. Merricks. 8-Lond. R.; 4479 Pte. H. T. Cooper. 12-Lond. R.; G-97311 Pte. N. S. Belk. 19-Lond. R.; 7000 Pte. J. Mullard. 25-Lond. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (5649 Pte. H. H. Cannon. 2-Lond. R.; 547 Pte. B. T. Anderson. 24-Lond. R.) generally very fine and better (7) £140-£180 --- William Robert Bowden attested for the 1st London Regiment on 16 August 1915 and disembarked at Rouen in February 1916. His Army Service Record states: ‘In action July 1st 1916 in France. Was struck on second finger Rt hand by a rifle bullet, had finger amputated. Loss of movement in fingers, pain in Rt hand.’ Interestingly, a medical board later determined the injury to be an ‘accidental wound’, with Bowden being stated to be medically unfit on 7 December 1916. Sold with copied service record. Harry Merricks attested for the Post Office Rifles on 3 August 1915 and was discharged due to wounds on 28 December 1917. He was later issued Silver War Badge ‘303608’ in January 1918. Sold with a corresponding white metal cap badge for the 8th London Regiment. Harold Tracey Cooper was born in Penge in 1896 and served in France with the 12th London Regiment from 4 June 1916. He was killed in action just over two weeks later on 19 June 1916 and is buried at Hebuterne Cemetery, France. Norman Samuel Belk served with the 19th London Regiment on the Western Front from 11 August to 11 November 1918. James Mullard attested for the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment on 9 December 1915 and was discharged due to wounds received on the Western Front on 13 February 1918. Harold Henry Cannon was born in South Bermondsey on 27 January 1897. He served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment and was reported as Missing in Action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. He was later confirmed to have been killed in action on this date; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Benjamin Thomas Anderson served in France with the 24th Battalion, London Regiment from 14 July 1916 to 25 November 1916. His Army Service Record confirms that he suffered a severe shrapnel wound to the back on 15 November 1916 which ended his active service on the Western Front. Transferred to the Royal Defence Corps, he was released from service at the cessation of hostilities. Sold with copied research.
A post-War C.B., Second War ‘North Africa’ D.S.O., O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Major-General G. S. Hatton, Royal Engineers, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. S. Hatton.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (11) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1950. D.S.O. London Gazette 9 September 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November 1941 to April 1942.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Throughout the operations of 7th Armoured Division in November to December 1941, Colonel Hatton was Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the 7th Armoured Division and in this capacity was not only responsible for the maintenance, recovery and evacuation for three Armoured Brigades, Support Group and numerous Divisional Troops but also for the considerable number of other formations and units who were from time to time put under the Division. The initial planning and actual administrative execution lay entirely in his hands and in the ups and downs of a prolonged battle owed much to his initiative and determination. Although large enemy Armoured forces at one time cut the communications he never failed to maintain the Division. Always himself moving about the battlefield, coolheaded, unprotected and controlling his services with wireless he kept himself well in the picture and thus his foresight and resource enabled the Division to be maintained in a battle which took them 400 miles in 40 days.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 30 December 1941: ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East during the period February to July 1941.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘This Officer joined Alexandria Area H.Q., Staff on its formation and became responsible for its organisation from its inception. During the period in which he has served as Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General and Senior Staff Officer at this H.Q., vast problems have had to be dealt with, including the accommodation and evacuation of 120,000 Prisoners of War; the embarkation of 63,000 Officers and men and 10,000 vehicles for Greece; the accommodation and evacuation of 12,500 Officers and men evacuated from Greece, and 12,000 Officers and men from Crete in circumstances of considerable difficulty. His untiring energy and devotion to duty contributed in a large degree to the success of these operations. He has at all times shown himself to be unsparing in his efforts, has displayed marked ability and his services have contributed considerably to the successful solution of many and diverse problems connected with the prosecution of War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 April 1941: ‘For distinguished services in the Middle East during the period August 1939 to November 1940.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe.’ George Seton Hatton was born in Grenada, British West Indies, on 13 February 1899 and having moved with his family to Canada was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto and the Royal Military College of Canada. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 August 1917, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 July 1918, and subsequently post-War with the Intelligence Corps in the Army of the Black Sea, and then on Staff in Constantinople during Turkey’s War of Independence. Re-joining the Royal Engineers, he served in Egypt and at home 1924-34; and was promoted Captain on 22 August 1928. After a year at the Staff College in 1935, he proceeded to India to take up the appointment as the R.E.’s General Staff Officer, and was promoted Major on 22 August 1937. Hatton accompanied the 11th Indian Infantry Brigade to Middle East as Brigade Major in 1939 and served during the Second World Wa on Staff services in the Middle East from 1939 to 1944 including appointments in Western Desert as Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General with the 7th Armoured Division, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire; he also held senior appointments with the 9th Army and G.H.Q, for which services he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He subsequently served North West Europe in 1945, on the Staff of S.H.A.E.F., and on 3 April 1945 he assumed a command in 21 Army Group as a temporary Brigadier. For his services in North-West Europe he was again Mentioned in Despatches. Post-War, Hatton served as Commander of British Troops in the Low Countries, and then as Brigadier Administration and Quartering, B.A.O.R.. Returning to the U.K., he served as Chief of Staff, H.Q. Southern Command, Salisbury, from 1949, and was promoted Major- General on 18 February 1950. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1950 Birthday Honours’ List, he served as Major-General Administration, B.A.O.R., from 1951 until retiring on 29 January 1954. Returning to Canada, he served as Deputy Federal Civil Defence Coordinator for Canada from 1955 to 1959. He died on 24 March 1974, aged 75. Sold with the following documents: i) The recipient’s two Mentioned in Despatches Certificates. ii) A copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Bath. iii) Two portrait photographs of the recipient iv) Photographs from various postings, including Turkey, Germany and North Africa; together with two sketch maps, one of the Battle Field of Sidi Rezegh November 1941, the other of Egypt and Western Desert 1940-41. v) A commemorative book for Upper Canada College covering the period when the recipient was a pupil; a copy of The Royal Engineers Journal containing the recipient’s obituary; and a copy of the Orders and Medals Research Society Journal, March 2009, which contains a detailed account of the recipient and his career vi) Various copied research and other ephemera including a bronze Zeebrugge Commemorative Medallion, 1954, in case. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 535.
Family Group: Eight: Captain G. R. Strachan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Indian Army, and Union Defence Force, who was wounded in actin at the Battle of Arras on 13 April 1917, and died on Active Service in South Africa on 26 September 1943 British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. G. R. Strachan.) officially re-impressed naming, India; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. G. R. Strachan.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. G. R. Strachan, 2/129/Baluchis.) ‘129’ of unit officially corrected; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. G. R. Strachan.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Second War awards all officially impressed ‘61832 G. R. Strachan’, good very fine Service Medal of the Order of St John, with four Additional Award Bars (S.A. 471 K. M. Strachan 1956) very fine (9) £300-£400 --- George Ross Strachan was born in 1897 and was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 5 August 1916. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded in action at the Battle of Arras on 13 April 1917. Transferring to the Indian Army on 26 March 1918, he was posted to the 129th Baluchis, and was promoted Captain on 5 May 1921. He relinquished his commission in the Indian Army on 24 August 1923; subsequently emigrating to South Africa, he served with the Union Defence Force during the Second World War, and died on active service in South Africa on 26 September 1943. He is buried in Muizenberg Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Documents appointing his a Second Lieutenant in both the British and Indian Armies; Officer’s Record of Service document; and various other official documents and photographs, all housed in an Indian Army folder; and a St John Re-Examination Medallion, the reverse engraved ‘S.A. 2906’; a Great War metal wound stripe; an Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders collar dog; a Madras Regiment badge; and a South African S.S.B. Badge. Kathleen May Renn Strachan (1905-1977), wife of the above, served as an Ambulance Sister, Muizenberg Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade.
A Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Lillie, East Kent Regiment, late Manchester Regiment, who was severely wounded during the Battle of the Somme The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. P. Lillie. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. P. Lillie.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks to the Great War trio, these nearly very fine; the rest better (7) £200-£240 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1944. Arthur Patrick Lillie was born in 1894 and was educated at Haileybury College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 23 December 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 November 1915, being severely wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He transferred to the 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (Territorial Army) on 27 May 1925, and saw further service with them during the Second World War in India; he was also onetime Registrar of the Diocese of Bombay. For his services during the Second World War he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1944: ‘Few officers in G.H.Q. can have worked so unstintingly and for such long hours over so long a period.’ He died in 1968.
Three: Private E. M. Prenderville, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment, who was severely wounded in action in the aftermath of the Battle of Loos in October 1915 1914-15 Star (2546. Pte. E. M. Prenderville, 8-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2546 Pte. E. M. Prenderville. 8-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Ernest Michael Prenderville attested for the Post Office Rifles on 9 September 1914 and served in France from 18 March 1915. His Army Service Record notes ‘gunshot wound thigh (left) 31.10.15’, which necessitated evacuation to England a week later. The wound ended his campaign and he was discharged on 14 May 1917, his medals being forwarded in 1920 to 8 Ponton Road, West Kensington. Sold with copied research confirming entitlement to a Silver War Badge numbered ‘181923’.
Three: Private W. Bryan, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.) contact marks, polished, otherwise good fine Three: Private H. Miller, Cheshire Regiment, who was thrice wounded in action 1914-15 Star (10050 Pte. H. Miller Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10050 Pte. H. Miller. Ches. R.); together with the recipient’s card identity discs, extremely fine Three: Private R. Dobson, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (1790 Pte. R. Dobson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1790 Pte. R. Dobson. R.A.M.C.) very fine (9) £140-£180 --- William Bryan was born in Whitchurch in 1891. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 15 August 1914 and served in the Balkans with the 8th Battalion from 26 June 1915. He was discharged on 18 August 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B247687. Harry Miller was born in 1885. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3/2nd Battalion from 18 December 1914. He saw later service with the Royal Army Medical Corps and received a Gun Shot Wound to his hand and buttocks on 5 October 1915, a Chest Wound caused by barbered wire and a Gun Shot Wound to his right thigh on 26 September 1916. Robert Dobson was born in 1883 and lived in Fencehouses, Durham. He attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 8 January 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 20 April 1915. He was discharged as a consequence of kidney disease on 15 September 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 39204. He died on 27 April 1919.
Pair: Lieutenant A. K. Beaton, Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. K. Beaton.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine Pair: Private W. Murrison, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-32404 Pte. W. Murrison. Camerons.) some staining, very fine Africa Service Medal (210524 H. J. Patterson) very fine Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘2496230’, nearly very fine United States of America, Army of Occupation Medal, bronze, good very fine (7) £90-£120 --- Alexander Kenneth Beaton was commissioned into the Labour Corps on 19 March 1917. William Harry Murrison attested into the Lovat Scouts for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 21 October 1918 whilst serving with the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders and is buried in Kortrijk (St. Jan) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with a Primrose League post-1888 Associate’s Badge with General Election Special Service 1895 bar and Special Service bars for ‘1889’, ‘1891’ and ‘1892’.
Family group: Pair: Corporal A. J. Tolhurst, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (463837 A. Cpl. A. J. Tolhurst. 29-Can. Inf.) with 2 named certificates for War Service Badges, very fine Pair: Private F. J. Tolhurst, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (464176 Pte. F. J. Tolhurst. 29-Can. Inf.) with damaged named card box of issue, and For Service at the Front lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘253213’, nearly extremely Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (24505 3 Cl. M. Gun.. R. Hands R.A.) with ornate silver top riband bar, suspension claw re-pinned, extremely polished and worn (5) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ambrose Jabez Tolhurst was married to Marion K. Tolhurst, and resided with her in Kerrisdale, British Columbia, Canada. Frederick James Tolhurst was the son of the above, and was born in September 1897. R. Hands was related to the above by marriage.
The group of nineteen miniature dress medals attributed to W. W. W. WÄ™glewski, Polish Forces Poland, Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel, with two bronze Additional Award Bars; Army Medal, bronze, with one silver Additional Award Bar on riband; SPK Combatant’s Cross, silver; Air Force Medal, bronze and enamel, with three silver Additional Award Bars on riband; Cross of Merit, silvered and enamel; SPK Veterans’ Cross, gilt; SPK Cross for the Campaign of September 1939, silvered; SPK Veterans’ Cross, silvered-bronze; Italy, Commemorative Cross of the Constantinian Order of St. George, gilt and enamel; France, Republic, Combatant’s Cross, gilt; Combat Volunteer’s Cross 1939-45, gilt; Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Cross of the Royal Federation of Veterans of King Albert I of Belgium, bronze, with bronze palm on riband; European Confederation of Combat Veterans Cross, gilt and enamel; Great Britain, British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R.; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, mounted court-style as worn, together with the ribands of three ‘missing’ miniatures, including the (British) War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s full-sized neck badge of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘W. W. Weglewski’; and the remnants of a Polish Cross of Merit, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘11-11-1971 W. W. WÄ™glewski -Londyn-’, some of modern manufacture, generally good very fine (lot) £100-£140 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 12 June 1976: Walter Wladyslaw Weglewski. For services to the community, State of New South Wales, Australia. Note: The recipient’s full-sized awards sold in these rooms in October 2024.
Three: Second Lieutenant W. H. C. Stanford, Indian Army Reserve of Officer, late Army Service Corps 1914 Star (SS-702 Pte. W. H. C. Stanford. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. W. H. C. Stanford.) mounted for wear, good very fine Pair: Sergeant G. H. Carey, Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (TT-0675 Sjt. G. H. Carey. A.V.C.); together with an AVC cap badge, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Walter Halstead Cortis Standford attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 September 1914. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 August 1917), he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 2 July 1918.
A post-War C.M.G., Second War C.I.E., inter-War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. R. Burnett, 27th Punjabis, Indian Army, late Machine Gun Corps, who served as Resident of Rajputana, and was then Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge [sic], gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1930; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. R. Burnett.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, the last six mounted court-style as worn, generally nearly extremely fine (8) £1,600-£2,000 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 7 June 1951: Robert Richardson Burnett, Esq., C.I.E., O.B.E., Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan for His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom. C.I.E. London Gazette 8 June 1944: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Richardson Burnett, O.B.E., Indian Political Service, Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department. O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 June 1931: Captain Robert Richardson Burnett, of the Political Department, Secretary to the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. Robert Richardson Burnett was born on 22 October 1897 and was educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots (Territorial Force) in 1915, he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and served with them during the Great War in Salonika from 13 July 1917. Transferring to the Indian Army in 1918, he served with the 27th Punjabis, before transferring to the Zhob Militia in 1922. In 1925 he was appointed to the Indian Political Service, and was serving as Resident of Rajputana at the time of Indian Independence. He subsequently served as Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan at Karachi from 1947 to 1952, for which services he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and was then a member of the British Sudanisation Committee at Khartoum from 1953 to 1955. He retired in 1956 and died on 3 November 1975. Note: It is unclear why the C.I.E. badge with this group is the 2nd type breast badge (which was discontinued in 1917), rather than the 3rd type neck badge that was issued from 1917 to 1947. Sold with copied research.
A good Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. V. Bellamy, Royal Engineers, late Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers and Southern Nigeria Volunteers, who served at A.N.Z.A.C. Headquarters, Gallipoli in October 1915, and was wounded on the Western Front in March 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Major C. V. Bellamy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. V. Bellamy.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911, the reverse engraved, ‘Major C. V. Bellamy, Southern Nigeria Volunteers, 1913’, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January and 18 May 1917. Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration Southern Nigeria Government Gazette 26 March 1913. Charles Vincent Bellamy was born in April 1867 and was educated at Plymouth College. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales’s Volunteer Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment in 1886, he subsequently served in the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers 1889-95 and in the Southern Nigeria Volunteers 1907-13, and having been advanced Major was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration in March 1913. Returning to the U.K., Bellamy was appointed a Major in the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force Reserve) in November 1914, and embarked for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 14 October 1915. He served at A.N.Z.A.C. Headquarters, Gallipoli until invalided to Egypt that November. Returning to duty in March 1916, with an appointment at H.Q., 2nd A.N.Z.A.C. at Ismailia, he was embarked with that corps for France in June 1916 and served there until being invalided to the U.K. in June of the following year. For his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Bellamy returned to France with an appointment at H.Q., XXII Corps in March 1918, and was ‘wounded at duty’ on 20 March. He subsequently joined XV Corps and served in the advance of August to November 1918, and thereafter in Flanders and in the Army of the Rhine, once more being invalided home in 1919. In a letter to the War Office written shortly thereafter, he summarised his ailments - and their cause - as follows: ‘The nervous affection of the throat I attribute to shock. The chest trouble and asthma I believe to be due to gas and to exposure on active service, and the loss of my hearing is the result of shellfire.’ Bellamy was duly discharged in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Captain F. H. Gooderham, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as Quartermaster of the Military Home Hospitals Reserve, and Divisional Superintendent, Gippeswyk Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, traces of adhesive to reverse; Defence Medal; Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. F. H. Gooderham.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with three Additional Award Bars (Supt. F. H. Gooderham. Gippeswyk Div. 1912) mounted for display, good very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- Frederick Henry Gooderham was born in Ipswich in 1873 and served during the Great War as a Captain (Quartermaster) in the Royal Army Medical Corps, although he does not appear to have been awarded any Great War medals. He served as Quartermaster and Hon. Lieutenant, Military Home Hospitals Reserve; and Divisional Superintendent, Gippeswyk Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade. He died in 1963.
Three: Private A. V. McWhirter, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment, who was wounded in October 1915 1914-15 Star (2793. Pte. A. V. McWhirter. 15-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2793 Pte. A. V. McWhirter. 15-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, officially numbered ‘57208’, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-£90 --- Alexander Victor McWhirter was born in 1891 and lived at 27 Gladwell Road, Crouch End, London. He attested for the 15th London Regiment at Somerset House on 29 August 1914, and served in France with the 1/15th Battalion from 17 March 1915. His Army Service Record notes a ‘shell wound left hand 16.10.15’, and evacuation home to England for medical treatment. Transferred to the 3/15th Battalion 10 November 1915, he was later discharged permanently unfit for further military service in August 1916 following a long period of sickness and ‘chronic colds’. Sold with four silver fob medallions (likely for sporting achievement), all engraved to reverse ‘A. McWhirter’, in H. G. Croneen, Medallist, New Brompton, individual boxes.
An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Sergeant J. A. Coghlan, Imperial Yeomanry, later St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (3265 Sgt. J. A. Coghlan. 15th. Coy. 5th. Impl: Yeo:); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John (22450. A/Asst. Commr. J. Coghlan. No. 2. Dis. S.J.A.B. 1941.) mounted for wear, generally very fine and better (6) £180-£220 --- John Ambrose Coghlan was born in 1875 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry, serving with the 15th (Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service with both the Army Service Corps and the Hampshire Regiment, and served as County Officer, St. John Ambulance Brigade. He died in 1959.
Pair: Driver P. Byrne, Army Service Corps 1914 Star (T-33456 Dvr: P. Byrne. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (T-33456 Dvr. P. Byrne. A.S.C.) nearly very fine Three: Private G. H. Olley, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (61030 Pte. G. H. Olley. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (61030 Pte. G. H. Olley. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn together with a copy Victoria Cross, generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Patrick Byrne attested for the Army Service Corps and served with 14th Infantry Brigade HQ during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Gerald Hugh Olley was born in Eaton, Norfolk, on 4 June 1896 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Norwich on 10 July 1915. He served with them during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 7 December 1915, and then in Salonika, before being discharged no longer physically fit for War service at Woking on 23 May 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently emigrated to South Africa, later becoming a salesman for the British Trading Association, and subsequently settled at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. There is no record of him being awarded the Victoria Cross. Sold with copied Discharge Certificate and other research.
A Second War A.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Group Captain D. M. Edwards, Royal Canadian Air Force Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1943 and additionally privately engraved ‘R.C.A.F. Group Captain D. Edwards C-126’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (G/C D. M. Edwards); France, Fourth Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse blank, with silver star and bronze palm emblem on riband; United States of America, Air Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these court-mounted as worn, enamel damage to LdeH, the AFC and CFD both lacquered, otherwise good very fine (11) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A.F.C. London Gazette 1 January 1943. The original Recommendation, dated 7 September 1942, states: ‘Group Captain D. M. Edwards was appointed to Command the Central Flying School on the reorganisation in March 1940. During the period of his command the school trained over 900 instructors. The excellent results were achieved not only by the sound basic organisation which was incorporated in this school by Group Captain Edwards but also by the amount of flying instruction that he personally gave during his tenure of office. An excellent pilot, Group Captain Edwards set an outstanding example to those pupils who served under him and were instructed by him, and the devotion to duty shown by this officer should not pass unrecognised. After a period of Air Force Headquarters, Group Captain Edwards was posted to command No. 1 SFTS, Camp Borden where he is continuing to show outstanding leadership, particularly in flying. He has completed 2500 hours flying of which 1800 hours have been on flying instructional duties. It is therefore felt that a suitable reward for this officer's work, particularly in regard to flying instruction that he has accomplished, should be the Air Force Cross.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The original Recommendation, dated 28 July 1944, states: ‘Group Captain Edwards, through his firm but cheerful leadership, has built up an unusual “esprit de corps” on his station. He has imbued his squadrons with an exceptionally strong desire to excel all other squadrons in their Group in all aspects of their training and operational work. Through his personal enthusiasm and interest he has greatly improved the buildings and their surroundings on his station, which is of the dispersed type. This had contributed immeasurable to the morale and well-being of his personnel.’ Douglas Muir Edwards was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 29 September 1908 and was educated at the Ottawa Collegiate Institute ands the Royal Military College. Commissioned into the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1930, he was promoted Flying Officer in October 1931, ands was assigned as Adjutant and Flying Instructor to 112 Army Co-operation Squadron in November 1935. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in April 1936 and continued on instructional duties until being promoted Squadron Leader in April 1939, being appointed Commanding Officer of the Central Flying School at R.C.A.F. Station, Trenton. Promoted Wing Commander in December 1940, Edwards transferred to Air Force HQ in March 1941, before being appointed Commanding Officer, 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, in March 1942. Promoted Group Captain in June 1942, for his outstanding work as Commanding Officer, Central Flying School, he was awarded the Air Force Cross in January 1943. Transferring to the United Kingdom in May 1943, he was appointed Deputy Base Commander of the R.C.A.F. Station at Linton-on-Ouse, before assuming Command of R.C.A.F. Station Croft in December 1943. Having been Mentioned in Despatches for this work, in August 1944 he was appointed R.C.A.F. Liaison Officer on the staff of General Hoyt Vandenberg in command of the 9th U.S. Army Air Force, serving there until the cessation of hostilities, before being appointed to the Canadian Embassy in Paris as R.C.A.F. Air Attaché. For his services he was awarded the United States Air Medal per AFRO 165/48 on 19 March 1948, and was awarded the French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre with silver star per AFRO 737/48 on 4 December 1948 and AFRO 485/47 on 12 September 1947 respectively. Returning to Canada, Edwards was appointed Director, Air Intelligence at R.C.A.F. Headquarters, Ottawa in October 1951, before returning to Europe once more as Air Attaché, Bonn, in August 1955. He retired in 1960, after thirty years’ service, and was subsequently employed as the European representative for A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. He died in Germany on 3 March 1963. Sold with various photographic images of the recipient; and a large quantity of copied research.
A miscellaneous selection of medals, clasps, badges, riband bars and other items, including Silver War Badge (4), the reverses officially numbered ‘19303; B26189; B40910; B89816’; Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to ‘272373 Sjt. A. F. Holgate, 428th By., Royal Field Artillery’, and dated 5 March 1919, this mounted in a glazed frame; Great War Memorial Scroll (2) ‘Pte. Samuel Martin. Canadian Infantry Bn.; Pte. Wilfred Lillistone, Suffolk Regt.’, in O.H.M.S. tubes of transmittal, the former addressed to Harry Jos. Martin, R.G.A. Band, Portsmouth; Military Cross case of issue, G.V.R. period, broken at hinges; Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society Prize medal, silver, mounted between glazed lunettes ‘Awarded to Messrs. Woods Hocksedge, Stowmarket, For a Collection of Mills, Estab’d at the Society’s Centenary Celebration Show. Manch. Augt. 1867. T. B. Ryder. Sec.’, in Thos. Ottley fitted case of issue; Gunner’s badge, dated 1876; hallmarked silver identity bracelet and chain, engraved ‘J. D. Marriage 6657 C.E. R.F.A.’; Identity discs (2) ‘909 Fur Danese Cosimo 63290’; various unofficial white metal Coronation and Jubilee Medals; card identity dics (2) officially impressed ‘91713 Grey J. M. H. C of E’; Army Temperance Medal 1897, India, silver, unnamed; Crimea Medal clasps, Inkermann and Sebastopol, mounted as single carriage; India General Service 1854 -95 clasp, Burma 1887-89; Africa General Service 1902-56 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04, copy; contemporary top riband buckles (2), unmarked silver, one lacking pin to reverse; Khedive’s Star suspension bar; British Legion Badge No. ‘616071’; Canada For Services at the Front Badge No. ‘298774’, with swivel ring reverse; Royal Artillery enamel and base-metal badges (2); Territorial Army and Home Guard badges; Imperial Service Badge; Boer War, Great War and Second War period riband bars (5); Commemorative Peace Medal 1919, bronze; United States 1887 Morgan Dollar, silver, in generally good condition unless otherwise noted (lot) £100-£140 --- Sold with a selection of Regular Army Certificates of Service Red Books; Soldier’s Service and Pay Books; and various Certificates of Discharge &c.
A BOXED WWII PAIR OF MEDALS WITH SERVICE BOOK, RATION BOOK AND LETTER etc, the boxed medals, letter and service book all relate to a Harry Fradley who enlisted in 1941 and served with the ASC and possible Army Catering Corp during the war, also included is some buttons, rank stripes for a uniform, a Fire Guards arm bank and a book with cap badges which was issued by Texaco Petrol Stations, a pair of US Navy rank patches and a 9th Lancers cap badge
TWO WWII ERA STEEL HELMETS, BUGLE, GREAT COAT AND AN EMPTY RADIO RECEIVER BOX, the helmets include a Zuckerman helmet missing a chin strap, a black Tommy helmet with 'Police' on the front, this appears to have been over painted and the lettering added after, the radio/telephone receiver box is empty but comes with its carrying strap, the bugle is brass and copper and has a badge for the Western Australia Universities Regiment on it which is rubbed in some areas, the Great Coat has Royal Army Service Corps buttons on it
Framed collection of medals, including;Army Long Service & Good Conduct medal to Corp J Flynn, Kings Regiment Rifle Corp,Iron Cross,Queen's South Africa medal with three bars, to 6400 Pte J A Williiams, RAMC,Kings South Africa Medal with two bars, to 6400Pte J A Williams, RAMC,Victorian and Edwardian badges,Italian merit cross,Ethiopian medal,WWI pair,1914-15 Star,Masonic Hallstone Cross, silver and enamelled badge,six WWII Stars and other medals,in an oak wall mounted display 81x53cm and a small box.Condition report:Please see additional uploaded images of all medals, badges and buttons in this lot.
A large collection of assorted Military cap badges to include; Royal Marines Pouch badge, silver hallmarked ARP badge, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Victorian Carlow Rifles, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, King George VI Loyal Service badge, Red Cross Penny a Week badge, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp, RAF bullion patches, Royal Savings Movement, Civil Defence, St Johns Ambulance, Army Service Corps, Royal Sussex, RAF, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces and more.
A collection of assorted First and Second World War militara to include; WWI medal pair awarded to one 28148 Pte A J Herbert of the R.A.M.C Royal Army Medical Corps WWII Second World War German respirator gas mask dated 1941, Civil Defence armband, Royal Engineer should titles and uniform buttons, ARP badge, Avon Ambulance Service patches and buttons and more.
Military Cap Badges - 'All The Signs Of A Good Career' board, largely completed with the correct cap badges affixed. Includes: SAS cloth cap badge, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, Royal Tank Regiment, Parachute Regiment, Queen's Gurkha Signals, Royal Green Jackets, Army Legal Corps and many others. Card measures 77cm x 51cm.
A WWII Second World War Popski's Private Army / No. 1 Demolition Squadron Parachute Wings badge. Popski's Private Army, officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, was a unit of British Special Forces set up in Cairo in October 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff who was a Belgian Jewish officer of Russian extraction. Popski's Private Army was one of several raiding units formed in the Western Desert during the Second World War. The squadron also served in Italy, and was disbanded in September 1945.
A collection of assorted Militaria to include; x2 WWI First World War 1917 dated trench art shells, alluminium desk clock in the form of aircraft wings, 1954 shell ashtray, Wilton 65 cabinet plate for disabled veterans, vintage ice bucket attributed to the Royal Tank Regiment, silver plated Royal Signals statude, x2 boot spurs and a US United States Army badge.
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