In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Sea Gallantry Medal group of six awarded to Station Officer W. H. White, H.M. Coast Guard, formerly Petty Officer, Royal Navy, for the cliff-top rescue of men from the P.C.71 at South Shields, 1925 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (William Henry White “P.C.71” 25th November 1925); China 1900, no clasp (W. H. White, P.O.2 Cl., H.M.S. Aurora); 1914-15 Star (164403 W. H. White, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (164403 W. H. White. P.O.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (164403 W. H. White, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard.) contact marks and some edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: W. H. Fevyer Collection of Life Saving Medals, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. ‘About 7.45 a.m. on the 27th November 1925, the ex-Admiralty vessel P.C.71, with two men on board, under tow to Charlestown, Fife, for breaking up, stranded on the Trow Rocks, South Shields, during a heavy north-east gale accompanied by a hailstorm. While the Life Saving Apparatus was being brought to the spot, Police Constable Darling of the South Shields Borough Police, went with others to the top of the cliff overlooking the wreck and was lowered a distance of about 40 feet down the face of the cliff by means of a life-belt with line attached. He was immersed up to his waist in water. He endeavoured to reach the two men with another line, but failed to do so. A line was then thrown from the ship which he caught and fastened to the other life-belt and line, and these were then hauled on board the ship. By this means the constable was able to haul one man after the other to the place where he was standing at the foot of the cliff. By this time the Life Saving Apparatus had arrived, and the breeches buoy was then lowered from the top of the cliff and one of the survivors was hauled up the cliff; but when the apparatus was lowered again, the constable and the other man were so exhausted that the constable had to signal for assistance. Station Officer White of H.M. Coast Guard, South Shields, then slid down the rope into the sea and assisted first the other survivor and afterwards the constable into the breeches buoy. These were successively brought to safety, Station Officer White using another rope to steady the breeches buoy and prevent the men from being dashed against the cliff. White himself was then hauled up, at considerable risk to his life.’ (Ref. Gallantry, p. 409/410). Constable Darling was awarded the S.G.M. in silver; Station Officer White, the S.G.M. in bronze. Sold with copied research including extracts from The Shields Daily Gazette and Shipping Telegraph.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteAlexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, the medal contained in a gold frame with obverse lunette, reverse lunette missing, the frame engraved with monogram ‘JP’ and usual inscription ‘A Tribute of Regard, from Alexr. Davison ESQr., St James’s Square’, integral rings for suspension, good very fine £300-£400
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA rare inter-War M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. and ‘Russia 1919’ operations Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. P. Canty, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, the reverse hallmarked London 1930; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially impressed, ‘Baltic. July 15. 1919.’ (342015. J. P. Canty, Sh. Std., “Godetia” Minesweeping. 1917.); 1914-15 Star (342015 J. P. Canty, Sh. Std. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (342015 J. P. Canty. V.C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (J. 342015. J. P. Canty, Sh. Stewd., H.M.S. Hollyhock.) minor contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £4,000-£5,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932. D.S.M. London Gazette 17 April 1918: ‘In recognition of their services in minesweeping operations between 1 April and 31 December 1917.’ Bar to D.S.M. London Gazette 14 May 1920: ‘For services in Russia, 1919.’ The original recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Lupin. Mining and sinking of H.M.S. Gentian and H.M.S. Myrtle. Baltic July 15, 1919. ‘I cannot only endorse the remarks of the Medical Officer of H.M.S. Lupin concerning this Chief Petty Officer, but can from personal observation that he volunteered for the dinghy’s crew earlier in the day and performed the unaccustomed task of pulling an oar two and a half miles in a rough sea. He was also always to be found on the spot when boats were coming alongside and was among the first to man a painter or a fall.’ John Patrick Canty was born in Portsmouth in December 1882, the son of an Able Seaman then serving as a rigger aboard the royal yacht Victoria & Albert, and entered the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward (Boy) in March 1898. In the previous year, while a pupil at Greenwich School, he won the Royal Humane Society’s Medal in bronze for saving a Royal Marine from drowning in the sea at Sandgate (R.H.S. Case No. 29,272 refers). A Ship’s Steward aboard the gunboat H.M.S. Skipjack on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he remained similarly employed until removing to the sloop Hollyhock in June 1915. His C.O. in the Skipjack was Commander L. G. P. Preston, R.N., affectionately known as “L.G.P.” to his subordinates, who rose to become Admiral Sir Lionel Preston, K.C.B. And so commenced an uninterrupted wartime career in minesweeping, the details of which may be traced though his seagoing commissions in Taffrail’s Swept Channels. Thus the author’s detailed description of the occasion when Skipjack and some trawlers ran into a large minefield laid by the Kolberg off Scarborough in mid-December 1914: ‘The Skipjack was quite close to the trawlers when the stillness of the morning was rudely shattered by the thudding boom of a heavy explosion. A column of white water mingled with greyish smoke leapt out of the calm sea. It was as high as a church spire, and seemed to hang for a moment in mid-air before curling over to fall sizzling and hissing back to the surface in the midst of a blackened area dotted with silver bodies of dead fish. The detonations continued, one after the other. Within five minutes eighteen mines were swept up, or had exploded in the trawlers’ sweeps. The Kolberg’s cargo had been very thickly sown. Never afterwards throughout the whole period of the war were mines discovered in such profusion, or so close together. But the situation was alarming. The ‘safety period’ had passed. The tide was falling fast, and every minute brought the mines nearer the ships’ bottoms. The scene was extraordinary. Trawlers, most of them with their sweeps parted, were intermingled with mines torn from their moorings and floating ominously on the surface. The mines were being fired upon. Two trawlers had been blown up. One, the Orianda, unable to stop her engines, steamed on, sinking as she went, until nothing remained but the tip of her masthead travelling along the surface like the periscope of a submarine. Then this last trace of her disappeared. A second trawler, Lieutenant Parsons’ Passing, was down by the bows, badly on fire, and blowing off dense clouds of steam from the severed steam-pipe. Her sweeping consort promptly went alongside to render what help was possible. A third little ship, commanded by Lieutenant Crossley, R.N.R., was in immediate danger of sinking owing to leaks caused by the heavy explosions close alongside her. Crossley himself was below in the cramped space near the screw shaft trying to stop the inflow of water by divesting himself of his clothing and stuffing it into the stern gland. He plugged it sufficiently to allow the pumps to keen down the inrush of water, and so saved the ship. It was a hideous melee of trawlers and unexploded mines drifting with the tide. The rattle of rifles and heavier guns rent air. Now and then a mine hit by gunfire detonated with a mighty roar, or was punctured and sank bubbling to the bottom. Low water was rapidly approaching. The extent of the minefield was unknown. Commander Preston was the senior officer on the spot at the moment. In the midst of this hideous danger he did not hesitate, but gave the order to anchor as the only possible method of avoiding further heavy loss. Many men, confronted with the same problem, would have trusted to luck and beat a hasty retreat. But Preston argued to himself that the ships would be comparatively safe at anchor until the tide turned. And when it did turn, the risk of striking mines as the ships swung was infinitesimal compared with the danger of trying to extricate the whole flotilla then and there. At high water all vessels could be withdrawn in safety. So the anchors rattled down to the bottom, and for a time there was peace ... ’ In June 1915, Canty accompanied “L.G.P.” to his next command, the sloop Hollyhock, and again, in June 1916, to his final seagoing command, the Lupin, evidence indeed of how much he was valued by the future Director of Minesweeping Operations at the Admiralty. But it was during his next seagoing appointment, in the sloop Godetia, that he won his D.S.M. for minesweeping duties in 1917. A glimpse of the deeds behind that distinction being found in a recommendation for promotion for Canty, written by the C.-in-C. Fleet Minesweepers in January 1918: ‘He has been present at the clearing of all the minefields dealt with by the Fleet Minesweepers since the commencement of hostilities and has carried out his duties under the arduous conditions of minesweeping in Northern Waters in a cheerful and able manner.’ In May 1919, Canty removed to his old ship the Lupin, off Russia, a posting that would result in the award of his second D.S.M. for the above cited deeds on 15 July, when the Myrtle and Gentian were mined with heavy loss of life and casualties. The Surgeon who was lent to Lupin to treat the wounded also wrote in glowing terms of Canty’s deeds: ‘Final...
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteLiverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (To James Porter, for Gallant Service. 2/11/34.) with bronze brooch bar in its fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- James Potter was one of seven crew members from the S.S. Lady Leinster awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Medal for the rescue of the crew of the yacht Thursday, which was sinking in the Irish Sea: ‘When on the passage from Dublin to Liverpool at 2.57 a.m. on the 2nd November 1934, when about four miles North of Point Lynas, Anglesey, a flare was sighted by the officer of the watch. Working engines as required he approached within hailing distance and found the occupants of the vessel were unable to leave their own boat. The wind at this time was fresh Northerly with a nasty choppy sea, but the launching of the Lady Leinster’s No.1 Lifeboat was safely accomplished and under the command of Mr Gallimore successfully took off the four survivors and transferred them to the Lady Leinster. At this time the Thursday was awash forward and settling rapidly’. ‘Resolved that for the rescue of the crew of the Thursday, an Illuminated Address be presented to Captain John Gill, Commanding the Dublin S.S. “Lady Leinster”, a Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks be presented to John Gallimore, Chief Officer, in charge of the lifeboat, and Bronze Medals and a Certificate of Thanks each be presented to the following members of the lifeboat’s crew: A.B.’s James Potter (sic), James Finigan, George Popplewell, George McKane, Michael Purcell and Reginald Davis in recognition of gallant service rendered in rescuing the four occupants of the 76 ft. barge-built yacht Thursday, which sprang a leak when five miles off Point Lynas, on 2nd November 1924.’ (Royal Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Annual Report 1935 refers).
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteCardiff City Great War 1914-19 Special Police Medal, bronze, with crossed truncheons suspension but lacking ring suspension; Bombay Great War Commemorative Medallion, 41mm, the obverse featuring Britannia with a Bengal tiger, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the Citizens of Bombay 23rd. Nov. 1918 to the Troops of the Defended Port, in Commemoration of the Signing of the Armistice, War 1914-18’, unmounted; Princess Margaret Commemorative Medallion, 38mm, white metal, in the form of a life-ring, the reverse inscribed ‘Riga - London 3rd. Jany. 1919 - 17th. Jany. 1919. From the Grateful Passengers in Remembrance of their Deliverance from the Bolsheviks’, pierced with ring suspension, last somewhat worn, therefore fair, the others better (3) £40-£50 --- Sold together with a copy Medal of the German Eagle, bronze; and a bronze pattern of the Iron Cross 1939.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteEaling Fire Brigade Medal for Services Rendered during the Great War, bronze, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, in case of issue; Nottingham City Special Constable Fire Brigade lapel badge, silver and enamel; Corporation of the City of London Private Fire Brigades Challenge Shield Competition Prize Medal, silver, the obverse depicting firemen fighting a building building, the reverse engraved ‘O. Waring. 1930.’; together with a B.C.Y. Fire Brigade Guildhall Competition Shield Medal, gold (9ct., 8.04g) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘1930 O. Waring’; an unnamed Fire Brigades prize medal, silver; and a Liverpool Special Constabulary Shield for Services Rendered during the Great War, inscribed ‘Sergt. W. J. Colson 1915-1918’, generally very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Christmas Greetings 1902 compass; and a Kent Fire Brigade shoulder patch, numbered ‘B6129’.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFive: Corporal G. H. Wood, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (18891 Ftr: Cpl. G. H. Wood. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (18891 Cpl. G. H. Wood. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1042175 Cpl. G. H. Wood. R.F.A.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 June 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ George H. Wood attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with 2nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by the Great War fighter Ace W. G. ‘Billy’ Barker, VC., D.S.O. and Bar, M.C. and Two Bars, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Canadian Air Force, who with three foreign decorations and three Mentioned in Despatches, is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order, gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar, lacking central medallions; Military Cross, G.V.R., with unofficial Second Award Bar, suspension broken and cross unofficially re-affixed; British War and Victory Medals; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, mounted as originally worn on a J. R. Gaunt, Montreal, riband bar, light traces of adhesive to reverse, generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Donated by the recipient’s family to Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Museum. A letter written in August 1995 by Captain Jack Boddington, Curator of Honours at the Museum, states: ‘When received the group of miniature medals was in damaged condition (DSO centre missing and MC suspender broken) and incomplete when compared to Barker’s full sized group, and was therefore relinquished by the Hall of Fame. The Hall Curator has studied the group and has come to the conclusion that when additional medals were to be added (about 1919-20) the damaged condition caused the group to be left as is, and another full group assembled for use by Barker.’ V.C. London Gazette 30 November 1918: ‘On the morning of the 27 October 1918, this officer observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal. He attacked this machine and after a short burst it broke up in the air. At the same time a Fokker biplane attacked him, and he was wounded in the right thigh, but managed, despite this, to shoot down the enemy aeroplane in flames. He then found himself in the middle of a large formation of Fokkers who attacked him from all directions, and was again severely wounded in the left thigh, but succeeded in driving down two of the enemy in a spin. He lost consciousness after that, and his machine fell out of control. On recovery, he found himself being again attacked heavily by a large formation, and singling out one machine he deliberately charged and drove it down in flames. During this fight his left elbow was shattered and he again fainted, and on regaining consciousness he found himself still being attacked, but notwithstanding that he was now severely wounded in both legs and his left arm shattered, he dived on the nearest machine and shot it down in flames. Being greatly exhausted, he dived out of the fight to regain our lines, but was met by another formation, which attacked and endeavoured to cut him off, but after a hard fight he succeeded in breaking up this formation and reached our lines, where he crashed on landing. This combat, in which Major Barker destroyed four enemy machines (three of them in flames), brought his total successes to fifty enemy machines destroyed, and is a notable example of the exceptional bravery and disregard of danger which this very gallant officer has always displayed throughout his distinguished career.’ William George ‘Billy’ Barker was born at Dauphin, Manitoba, on 3 November 1894 and attested for the Manitoba Regiment on 1 November 1914, and served on attachment with the Royal Air Force. ‘The value of his services may be measured by the number of decorations and ‘Mentions’ he received - no fewer than twelve - including the Victoria Cross, and French and Italian ones. He began by obtaining the Military Cross for contact patrol at the capture of Beaumont Hamel on 20 November 1916. At the capture of Bullecourt he obtained a Bar to the Military Cross on 9 April 1917, again for contact patrol. He then received the Companionship of the Distinguished Service Order, for destroying enemy aircraft on 5 January 1918. He was awarded a Second Bar to the Military Cross, for destroying enemy aircraft on 24 April 1918; a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order for destroying enemy aircraft on the Western Front, 26 May 1918; the French Croix de Guerre; and the Italian Bronze and Silver Medals for valour for destroying aircraft on the Italian Front. This magnificent record was crowned by the award of the Victoria Cross. He was also three times Mentioned in Despatches.’ (The V.C. and the D.S.O. refers). Barker returned to Canada after the War as Canada’s most decorated serviceman: his ‘haul’ of six British gallantry medals put him level with Mick Manncok and James McCudden, but with his three foreign medals and three Mentions in Despatches, he received a total of 12 awards for gallantry. He was killed in a demonstration flight for the R.C.A.F. at Ottawa on 12 March 1930, aged 35; over 50,000 spectators lined the streets of Toronto for his funeral. Sold together with a signed photograph of the recipient; and an autograph album page signed by the recipient (and several other notable personalities, including the Antarctic explorer Thomas Orde-Lees; the sculptor Kathleen Scott (the widow of Captain Robert Scott, of Antarctic fame); the actor Leslie Faber; the pioneering aviator Herbert G. Brackley; and the Russian Princess Nina and Xenia). Note: Despite being entitled to the 1914-15 Star, for some reason Barker never never wore it, with contemporary photographs of the recipient showing it missing from his chest. it was only after the recipient’s death that his widow, Jean, applied for the Star, prior to donating his medals to the Canadian War Museum.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Lembcke family group of miniature medals: The D.S.O. group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, these first five mounted as worn; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Aeronautical Merit, including condor suspension, 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, silver-gilt; Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, silver-gilt, these last five mounted as worn, good very fine The group of three miniature dress medals attributed to P. E. Lembcke, Peruvian Army, later Peru’s Consular General and Charge d’affaires in London Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Peru, Republic, Cross for Callao (1866), being a five pointed star, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to last, good very fine (13) £200-£300 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke. For the two recipient’s full-sized medals see Lots 183 and 604.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, with Eagle suspension, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, with Trophy of Arms suspension, very fine France, Fourth Republic, Medaille Militaire (2), silver, gilt, and enamel, with Trophy of Arms suspension; Korea Medal, bronze; U.N. Korea Medal, French issue; Indochine Medal, bronze, 2 clasps, Indochine, Die Bien Phu, nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSeven: Warrant Officer Class 1 P. R. C. Miller, Royal Engineers, later Second Lieutenant, Home Guard 1914 Star (6961 Cpl. P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6961 W.O. Cl.1. P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (WR/125049 T. Supdt.: Clk: P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6961 E. C. Sjt: P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, bronze, with crossed swords suspension, the crossed swords suspension crudely re-affixed and repaired; together with the recipient’s Royal Engineers Association membership medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘P. R. C. Miller 1964’, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (7) £700-£900 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Romanian Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, First Class London Gazette 24 October 1919 Percy Richard Clarke Miller was born on 6 September 1886 and attested for the Royal Engineers, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 October 1914. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916) and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Appointed Superintending Clerk on 5 February 1925, he was discharged to pension on 27 June 1936. During the Second World War Miller served in the 9th Hertfordshire Battalion, Eastern Command, Home Guard, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 12 November 1943. Sold with copied research.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Order of Agricultural Merit, Officer’s breast badge, 60mm including wreath suspension x 37mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre, bronze (3), reverse dated 1914-1916; reverse dated 1914-1918 (2), both of the latter with bronze star emblems on riband; Croix de Guerre des Theatres Operations Exterieures, bronze; Cross for Military Valour, bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband; Croix du Combattant, bronze; Medal of Honour of Civil Merit, bronze; Wound Medal, gilt and red enamel; Aeronautical Medal 1945, gilt and enamel, in case of issue; together with an unofficial colonial award for Service in North Africa, modelled on the Order of Saharan Merit, silver and enamel, with ‘blue hand’ of the Order of Djebel suspension, generally very fine (11) £100-£140
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre (2), bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband; another, bronze, reverse dated 1939; Cross for Exterior Operations, bronze; Croix du Combattant (2), bronze; Political Deportees Medal, bronze, with claps Deporte; Evaders Medal (2), bronze; Prisoner of War Medal, bronze, generally very fine and better France, Vichy Government, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939-1940, good very fine (10) £70-£90
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Cross of Military Valour, bronze, with gilt star emblem on riband; Levant Campaign Medal (4), bronze, with collectively 4 clasps, Levant (2), 1925 Levant 1926, Levant 1941; Orient Medal, bronze; Volunteer Combatant’s Cross, bronze; Medal of the Resistance, bronze, with rosette on riband, good very fine France, Vichy Government, Combatant’s Cross, bronze, good very fine France, Fourth Republic, Cross of the Combatant Volunteer, gilt-bronze, extremely fine (10) £70-£90
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Medal of Honour for Acts of Devotion, Ministry of the Interior, silver, reverse embossed ‘Riout Pierre M.A. 1876’; Medal of Honour for Merchant Marine, silver, reverse officially named ‘J. Couvelard 1937’; Medal of Honour for Social Service (2), silver-gilt, with rosette on riband, naming erased from reverse; another, silver, reverse officially named ‘G. F. Thevénin 1925’; Medal of Honour for Trade an Industry, silver, reverse officially named ‘J. Perret 1898’; Medal of Honour for Industry, silver, unnamed, in card box of issue; Medal of Honour for Commerce and Industry, silver, reverse officially named ‘J. Renaud 1908’; Medal of Honour for Social Insurance, bronze, unnamed; Medal of Honour for Police Service (2), silver, one unnamed, the reverse of the other officially named ‘Pasqualin Ange’, both with wreath suspension, very fine (10) £180-£220
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Commemorative Medal for the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 (4), bronze, two with clasp Engagé Volotaire; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18 (3), bronze, one with clasp Engagé Volotaire; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2), official type by Morlon, bronze; unofficial type by Charles, bronze; Verdun Medal, by Vernier, bronze, generally very fine (10) £60-£80
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFrance, Third Republic, Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze (6); Verdun Medal 1916, ‘Prudhomme’ issue, bronze; Dardanelles Campaign Medal, bronze; Orient Medal, bronze (3); Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze (3), officially issue, by Morlon; unofficial issue by Pautot-Mattei; unofficial issue by Charles; Lebanon Medal 1926, bronze; Medal of the Society for the Relief of the Military Wounded 1864-1866, silver, with original embroidered riband; Union Nationale des Combattants Medal, bronze, generally very fine (17) £80-£120
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSix: Sergeant E. J. Hill, Royal Army Service Corps 1914 Star (S-16771 Pte. E. J. Hill. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-16771 T-Sjt. E. J. Hill. A.S.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-16771 T. Sjt. E. J. Hill. R.A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, bronze, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2011. French Medal of Honour, Bronze London Gazette 16 January 1920. Edmund John Hill, a native of Ilfracombe, attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914. For his wartime services he was awarded the French Medal of Honour in Bronze.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFive: Lieutenant-Commander R. F. Woods, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. F. Woods. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. F. Woods. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarked London 1918; Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Bronze Merit Cross, this last mounted with the group to represent his entitlement to an officer’s badge of the Order, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- R.N.R. Decoration awarded on 14 May 1919. Order of George I, Officer, conferred by H.M. King of the Hellenes, London Gazette 11 April 1919: awarded for services to Greece by facilitating the work of Greek officials who are in charge of commercial affairs. Richard Frederick Woods was born at Brentwood, Essex, on 28 September 1880, and was appointed Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve on 23 March 1898; Acting Sub-Lieutenant, 4 April 1904; Sub-Lieutenant, 12 December 1906; Lieutenant, 18 October 1909; Lieutenant-Commander, 18 October 1917; Commander (Retired) 4 April 1921. He was placed on the Retired List (medically unfit) from 3 October 1919, and died in Greece on 30 November 1923 at the Hospital Syra, Grecian Archipelago.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA United States of America Second War Silver Star group of eight awarded to Commander J. F. Walling, United States Navy, who was posted Missing in Action, presumed killed, when his Submarine the U.S.S. Snook failed to return from a War patrol in the South China Sea, May 1945 United States of America, Silver Star, two-piece construction, with silver star placed upon a silver gilt star-shaped base, unnamed as issued; Purple Heart, two-piece construction, bronze gilt and enamel, reverse officially named ‘Comdr. Jon F. Walling USN’; China Service Medal, bronze; American Defense Service Medal, 1 clasp, Fleet, bronze; American Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze; with two bronze star emblems on riband; World War II Victory Medal, bronze; United States Navy Expert Rifleman Medal, bronze, all with original ribands with brooch pinback mounting); together with the recipient’s Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia with three stars, silver; and a Submarine Service Badge, bronze, nearly extremely fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Silver Star awarded 30 January 1943. The Citation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action in the line of his profession as Diving Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish (SS-229), during successful attacks against one enemy Kongo Class battleship and one enemy patrol vessel. One attack against a patrol vessel was followed by a severe enemy counter-attack during which the Flying Fish was severely damaged. With a badly leaking after trim tank, with an up angle of eighteen degrees and with depth charges exploding very close aboard, it was only by his skill and calm courage that proper depth was maintained and the boat was capable of returning to port. His courage and skill were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’ Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia awarded posthumously. The Citation states: ‘The U.S.S. Snook, on an offensive war patrol in confined and heavily patrolled enemy waters, failed to return as scheduled. Although there is no information as to the number of successful attacks delivered against the enemy during during this patrol, this vessel has continuously distinguished herself since her first appearance in enemy waters by her successful and relentless attacks against the enemy and it is believed the Snook undoubtedly was pursuing just such bold and aggressive tactics up until the time she was declared missing. As Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Snook, Commander John Franklin Walling’s skill, daring, courageous leadership and unfailing devotion to duty contributed directly to his ship's many successful attacks against the enemy. The Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, forwards this commendation in recognition of the splendid performance of duty, which was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’ John Franklin Walling was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on 2 February 1912, his hometown listed as Nantucket, Massachusetts. He was appointed a Midshipman on 15 June 1931, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis as an Ensign, U.S. Navy, on 6 June 1935. After service in the cruiser U.S.S. Tuscaloosa from 28 June 1935 to 1 June 1937, he transferred to the Submarines, and was assigned to U.S.S. S-37 on 12 November 1937. Advanced Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on 6 June 1938, and qualified for command of submarines on 21 August 1940. Walling served initially during the Second World War in the U.S. Submarine Flying Fish from 10 December 1941, and received a Commendation on 19 October 1942 for his efforts while Engineering Officer of the Flying Fish: ‘The U.S.S. Flying Fish sank a 450 ton patrol vessel and seriously damaged a 29,300 ton enemy battleship, during the second patrol conducted by that submarine in enemy waters. This thirty-four day war patrol was made in an area adjacent to a strongly fortified, major enemy island base in the Pacific area, where antisubmarine measures were persistent and effective. After each submarine attack, aggressively, courageously and effectively consummated by the commanding officer, enemy depth charge and bombing attacks were made on the submarine. Although the Flying Fish was damaged by these attacks, the commanding officer dauntlessly patrolled his station until forced to effect jury repairs and return to a friendly base. As the Engineering Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish, your performance of duty was an important and material contribution to the success of this mission. The Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, is pleased to commend you on your splendid performance of duty.’ Advanced Lieutenant, Walling would earn a further Commendation, and the Silver Star, for the first attack on a Japanese Kongo class battleship on 28 August 1942, his Commendation, dated 12 January 1943 stating: ‘On the third war patrol conducted by the U.S.S. Flying Fish, she attacked and sank two Japanese destroyers of 1,368 tons each, both of these attacks being aggressively, courageously, and effectively conducted. As Executive Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish, your performance of duty was an important and material contribution to the success of this mission. The Commander Task Force Forty-two is pleased to commend you on you splendid performance of duty.’ Appointed Lieutenant-Commander on 1 May 1943, Walling was given the command of the U.S.S. Marlin from this date, and was advanced Commander on 1 March 1944. On 5 December 1944 he assumed command of the U.S.S. Snook and commanded her during her eight War patrol in the Pacific, 25 December 1944 to 17 February 1945. Departing for her ninth War patrol on 25 March 1945, she left Guam with orders to patrol Luzon Strait, the South China Coast, and waters along the east coast of Hainan. Her last radio message was near the Luzon Strait on 8 April 1945, and the submarine was never heard from again, the circumstances of her loss never determined. Japanese records of anti-submarine attacks do not account for her sinking and she had been fully informed of the location of minefields in the Sakeshima Gunto area. It is possible that she was the victim of a Japanese submarine. Five Japanese submarines were lost in waters of the Nansei Shoto during April and May of 1945, therefore, one of these may have sunk the Snook before its own sinking by United States warships. The official statement from the United States Navy states: ‘Presumptive 6 May 1946 - Officially determined to Missing in Action as of 5 May 1945, having served aboard the U.S.S. Snook when that submarine failed to return from a war patrol in the South China Sea. In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 430, as amended, death is presumed to have occurred on the 6th day of May 1946.’ In all, 84 of the crew perished. Walling has no known grave and is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines. Sold together with a Commendation Letter for the Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia; the recipient’s rank insignia shoulder boards; three embroidered Commemorative Patches (’Fish’; ‘U.S.S. Flying Fish’; and ‘U.S.S. ...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteUnited States of America, Massachusetts Volunteers’ Service Medal 1861-65, bronze (William A. Nye, Prvt. B. 3d. Btn. Rfn.) officially impressed naming, complete with ‘Massachusetts Minute Men 1861’ brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- William A. Nye was born in Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts in c.1838, and joined the 3rd Battalion (Rifles), Massachusetts Militia on 19 April 1861. He served in garrison at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, until being mustered out on 3 August 1861. He subsequently joined I Company, 27th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers on 9 October 1861 as a Sergeant. The Regiment was stationed at Annapolis Maryland, until January 1862 when it was placed under Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside and engaged in his North Carolina Expedition, taking part in the Battles of Roanoke Island (8 February) and New Berne (14 March). Nye was mustered out for disability on 1 October 1862 having started to show sighs of tuberculosis. He applied for a disability pension on 16 March 1863, and his mother applied for one on 29 June 1880, by which time Nye was presumably dead. Sold with copied research.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteGreat War tunic ribbons attributed to Captain P. H. Hansen, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Comprising Victoria Cross, with the miniature cross emblem, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, and French Croix de Guerre, with bronze star, all sewn to a buckram reinforcing strip, very fine £100-£150 --- V.C. London Gazette 1 October 1915: ‘For most conspicuous bravery on 9th August, 1915, at Yilghin Burnu, Gallipoli Peninsula. After the second capture of the “Green Knoll” his Battalion was forced to retire, leaving some wounded behind, owing to the intense heat from the scrub which had been set on fire. When the retirement was effected Captain Hansen, with three or four volunteers, on his own initiative, dashed forward several times some 300 to 400 yards over open ground into the scrub under a terrific fire, and succeeded in rescuing from inevitable death by burning no less than six wounded men.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He volunteered to carry out a reconnaissance, and brought back valuable information obtained under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, which had been unprocurable from other sources. Throughout he did fine work.’ M.C. London Gazette 29 October 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Suvla Bay on 9th September, 1915. He made a reconnaissance of the coast, stripping himself and carrying only a revolver and a blanket for disguise. He swam and scrambled over rocks, which severely cut and bruised him, and obtained some valuable information and located a gun which was causing much damage. The undertaking was hazardous. On one occasion he met a patrol of 12 Turks who did not see him, and later a single Turk whom he killed. He returned to our lines in a state of great exhaustion.’
A 20thC sculpture of a female figure, in flowing robes, on black plinth base, initialled, 44cm high. Upon initial inspection slight losses to extremities, marks and wear, the base scratched in areas, baize lining generally good, all seemingly original, good uniform overall colour. It is not bronze, it is probably a resin, it is very cold to the touch.
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