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Lot 513
U.S.A., Wreck of the Steamship San Francisco Medal 1866, by Anthony Paquet, obverse: a man and woman on a raft at sea; reverse: the female ‘America’ seated, crowns a kneeling seaman with a wreath, 82mm., bronze-gilt specimen, unnamed; Medal to Assistant Surgeon Dr Frederick Rose, R.N., by Anthony Paquet, obverse: bust of President Buchanan right; reverse: figures in classical garments, ‘To Dr. Frederick Rose, Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy, G.B.’, in exergue, ‘For kindness and humanity to officers and crew of the U.S. steamship Susquehanna’, 76mm., bronze-gilt specimen, unnamed; Medal for Saving Life from Drowning 1874, by C. Barber, obverse: head of John Horn Jr. left; reverse: ‘By Act of Congress June 20th 1874. In Recognition of his Heroic Exploits in Rescuing Men Women & Children from Drowning in Detroit River’, 49mm., bronze-gilt specimen, unnamed, about extremely fine (3) £100-140 The Wreck of the Steamship San Francisco Medal was awarded in Gold to Captain Creghton of the Three Bells of Glasgow; Captain Low of the barque Kilby of Boston, and Captain Stouffer of the ship Antarctic ‘for their gallant conduct in rescuing about five hundred Americans from the wreck of the steamship San Francisco’.
Lot 524
South Eastern and Chatham Railway Ambulance Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘Alfred Gorham, 1923, for Saving Life’, 38 x 30mm., 9ct. gold and enamel; together with St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Medal, 4th issue, reverse inscribed, ‘114586 Alfred E. Gorham’, 38 x 38mm., silvered bronze, with 23 silver and 3 bronze labels with the same service number, dating between 1909 and 1934, with fitments for wear, good very fine (lot) £140-180
Lot 547
Northwich Boer War Tribute Medal, 22nd Cheshire Company Imperial Yeomanry & Volunteers, reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘Presented by the Town of Northwich to ‘Pte. A. Kingman’ for Meritorious Service in South Africa 1900-1, 38mm., bronze, unmounted, ref. Hibbard A. 17, extremely fine and scarce £200-250
Lot 548
Bengal Presidency Rifle Association Champion Award, silver triangular shaped badge, 75 x 66mm., obverse engraved, ‘Corpl. M. Heenan 1903’, reverse fitted with six studs; 22nd Regiment Order of Merit Medal 1820 (5), by Mossop, obverse: George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’, in exergue: ‘1785’; reverse: ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment, Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough, 1st January 1820’, unnamed, 36mm., silver, lacking ring suspension, edge bruising; Dorsetshire Regiment Medal, 38mm., bronze, unnamed, unmounted, very fine and better (3) £30-50
Lot 571
Defective medals (4), India General Service 1895-1902, damaged suspension without clasp (3036 Pte. J. Grimes, 1st Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Crimea 1854-55, disc only (3591 Pte. W. Smith, 1st R.B.) renamed, brooch marks to reverse; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (805036 Gnr. F. A. Lanes, R.A.) renamed; Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., naming erased; together with: Prussia, 25 Year Service Cross, bronze-gilt; Association of Conservative Clubs, enamelled gilt breast badge for ‘Distinguished Service’, with two enamelled ‘Five Years’ bars (J. Clowes 1913), good fine or better (6) £80-100
Lot 578
British Red Cross Society Medals and Lapel Badges, a good selection of county lapel badges, enamelled “cross” awards, a gilt medal with ribbon for war service 1914-1918, a named bronze cross for proficiency in mental nursing, a bronze cross with suspender “steadfast & true”, an enamelled lapel for Southern Railway Ambulance Centre, a large bronze headdress badge for London Brighton & South Coast Railway, St. John’s Ambulance Asociation, a bronze medal with suspender Colonial Nursing Association 1896, and many other interesting items, good overall condition (58) £150-250
Lot 579
WWI National Reserve Badges and Other Related Items, a good selection including examples to County of Aberdeen, Hampshire Isle of Wight, Sussex, London, Warwickshire, a medal in gilt metal and enamels Borough of Deptford War Workers 1914 - 1919, a silver and enamel brooch Marine Engineers Association, a scarce lapel badge in gilding metal and enamels “Birmingham Battalion 1914’, a large bronze lapel Navy and Army Canteens 1917, a gilding metal lapel 37th Recruiting Area War Office, a rare hallmarked silver button H.P.S. S.V.R.A. with central lion and palm tree, a scarce gilt metal and triple enamelled lapel “Speed Up Munitions and Guns” and on the reverse “Did Her Bit on Munitions Great War 1914 - 1918”, a lapel in white metal and enamels National War Savings Committee with central swastika, together with sundry other interesting items, civilian, military and Police, good overall condition (85+) £200-300
Lot 595
Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary Hat Badge, a rare die cast white metal KC example featuring central “MCA” and Constabulary in surround, War Department Constabulary, a scarce KC white metal example with unit circle enclosing GVIR cypher together with a bronze KC Metropolitan Special Constabulary lapel badge, good condition (3) £100-130
Lot 600
Items of Uniform attributed to Idi Amin Uganda Air Force Side Cap, a tailored cap of large size, complete with ‘UAF’ bullion wings and bronze ‘Uganda Army’ badge, cap unnamed; together with Uganda Army Shoulder Rank Tabs (2), for the rank of Field Marshal; another for the rank of Major-General, gilt bullion on green cloth, very good condition (3) £150-200 The vendor states the above were obtained from a ‘Special Forces’ officer who acquired them from a palace of the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin. With a colour picture of Amin in uniform wearing a cap similar to the above.
Lot 629
Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with 2nd Award Clasp and top bar; Royal Red Cross Decoration (2), 1st Class, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; another, 2nd Class, G.V.R., silver and enamel; Order of St. John (3), Officer, silver and enamel; another, silver; another, Serving Brother, silver and enamel; Royal Victorian Medal (3), E.II.R., gilt; G.V.R., silver; G.V.R., bronze; British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, military ribbon with ‘Gallantry’ emblem, all with ribbon; Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, good very fine and better (12) £100-140
Lot 633
Jubilee 1887, with 1897 clasp, silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902 (2), silver; another, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935, silver; Coronation 1937, silver; Coronation 1953, silver; ; Jubilee 1977, Canadian issue; Jubilee 2002, Canadian issue, all with ribbon, good very fine and better (10) £50-70
Lot 637
Brazil, Order of Naval Merit, 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; Campaign against Paraguay 1868-70, bronze, no ribbon; Nepal, Order of Goorkha-Dakshin-Bahu (3), 3rd, 4th and 5th Classes, base metals, crude manufacture; Order of Trishakti-Patta (2) painted silver base metal, crude manufacture; other foreign miniature medals (7)- some damaged, fine and better (14) £30-50
Lot 640
A mounted German group of four Prussia, Iron Cross 1914; Hesse, Bravery Medal, silver base metal; Prussia, Long Service Cross, for 15 years, bronze; Bulgaria, Medal of Merit, Ferdinand I, silver base metal, mounted on a chain with pin fittings Gemany, South West Africa Medal 1904-06, bronze, with fragmentary ribbon; German lapel stick-pins (10) including Cross of Honour (3); Wound Badge (4) generally very fine (15) £40-60
Lot 647
Belgium, Order of Leopold I, 5th Class breast badge, unilingual, silver base metal and enamel, enamel repaired; Order of Leopold II, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Decoration for Work, silver and enamel; Congo Medal 1879-1908, gilt Italy, 9th Army Medal, bronze; War Commemorative Medal 1940-43; other medals (2); badge (1); lapel badges (3) enamelled; Vatican, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage to reverse centre, nearly very fine and better (13) £60-80
Lot 649
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of Military Merit, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, lacking obverse centre; Order of St. Alexander, Silver Cross, base metal, lacking obverse centre; Military Bravery Cross (4) 1879 issue, 3rd Class, silver; another, 1915 issue (3), base silver metal; Medal of Merit, Boris III, bronze; Medal for War against Serbia 1885 (2), one silver, the other a base silver metal, some with ribbons, nearly very fine and better (9) £100-140
Lot 656
Finland, Medal of Liberty (2) 1939 issue, 2nd Class, bronze; another, 1941 issue, bronze; War of Liberty Medal 1918; Helsinki Medal 1918; War Medal 1939-40 (3), 1 clasp, Suomussalmi; another, 1 clasp, Mantsinsaari; another, no clasp or ribbon; Home Front Cross, enamelled; Blue Cross, enamelled, modern; Disabled Veteran’s Badge 1939-45, screw-backed; National Guard Badge, reverse numbered, ‘12239’; other medals (1); other badges (1), all medals with ribbon except where stated, very fine and better (13) £100-140
Lot 659
Germany, Baden, Silver Merit Medal (2) Friedrich II, one without ‘R.M.’ mark and with incorrect ring suspension, with edge bruising; Hamburg, Hanseatic Cross, enamel damage; Hanover, Wilhelms Medal, Wilhelm IV, for 16 years service, silver; Hesse-Darmstadt, Bravery Medal, Ernst Ludwig, silver base metal; Field Service Medal 1840-66, bronze; Cross for Voluntary War Assistance, gilt base metal; Field Service Medal, bronze, edge bruising; Campaign Medal 1849, bronze, heavy edge bruising; Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Order of the Wendish Crown, Gold Merit Cross, gilt, with crude replacement obverse centre fitted; Schaumburg-Lippe, Military Merit Medal, cast copy; Saxony, Kingdom, Friedrich August Medal (2); Medal for Labour Faithful Service, Friedrich August, silver; Schwarzburg, Medal of Merit in War 1914. bronze, suspension refitted; WŸrttemberg, Jubilee Medal 1889, Karl, bronze; Medal of Military Merit, Wilhelm II, silver; Army Long Service Medal, for 9 years, blackened iron, most with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (18) £100-140
Lot 660
Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross (3) 3rd Class, bronze; another, 3rd Class with swords; another, 3rd Class with swords and crown, crown damaged; Campaign Cross 1866; Prince Regent Luitpold Medal 1911-12, in bronze, lacking crown suspension; Military Long Service Medal, for 9 years; Fire Brigade Long Service Bar, for 25 years, gilt bar by Weiss, Munich with ribbon backing; Bavaria, Free State, Fire Brigade Long Service Medal (2), for 40 years, gilt; another, for 25 years, grey metal; Jubilee Medal, 1921-35, gilt metal; Red Cross Medal of Merit 1914-18, gilt metal; some with ribbon; together with a German riband bar, good fine and better (12) £80-100
Lot 676
Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatants; Prussian War Veteran’s Cross, 2nd Class, silver base metal; other war veteran crosses (2), bronze; Colonial Badge, silvered metal, pin-backed; ‘Satirical’ Iron Cross, iron, no ribbon; Third Reich, copies (4): Submarine War Badge; Close Combat Clasp; German Young Horseman’s Badge; Todt Prize, these four pin-backed, good very fine (10) £80-100
Lot 677
Germany, Republic, Red Cross Badge 1922, breast badge, base gilt metal and enamel, edge of lower arm engraved, ‘E. W. 20.3.28’; Third Reich, S.A. Defence Badge, bronze, pin-backed, lacking catch; Azad-Hind Decoration, 1st Class badge with swords, by Souval, Vienna, silvered and gilt metal, pin-backed, with two copies: Iron Cross 1939, 1st Class, screw-backed; Air Gunner Badge, with lightning, pin-backed; together with a Pilot’s Badge, 1957 type ‘de-nazified’, pin-backed, nearly very fine and better (6) £180-220
Lot 678
Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit (2), breast badge, gilt and enamel; another, Medal of the Order, gilt and enamel; other medals (1); Bavaria, Fire Brigade Decoration, 3rd Class, bronze; Schleswig-Holstein, Storm Flood Medal 1962, gilt; ‘de-nazified’ awards (3) - German Cross in Gold, pin-backed; Faithful Service Decoration, for 50 years, silver and gilt metal; Police Long Service Decoration, gilt, all with ribbon, generally extremely fine £100-140
Lot 685
Manchukuo, Order of the Pillars of the State, breast badge, silver and enamel, lacking suspension bar; China, War of Anti-Aggression Commemorative Medal, bronze, with emblem on ribbon; Huabei Liberation Medal, bronze and enamel; other Chinese medals (2); badge (1); Burma, Order, breast star, silver and gilt base metal and enamel; Thailand, medals (2), complete with brooch bars and ribbon, good very fine (8) £80-100
Lot 687
Nepal, Kingdom, Order of Gorkha-Dakshin-Bahu (2), 3rd Class neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel, with neck cravat; another, 4th Class, silver and gilt metal, centre loose, with neck cravat; Nepalese Order, bronze star with painted centre; medals (2) nearly very fine and better (5) £100-140
Lot 689
Netherlands, Metal Cross 1830-31, bronze; Java War Medal 1825-30, bronze, fine; Atjeh Medal 1873-74, bonze-gilt; Expedition Cross 1869, 7 clasps loose on ribbon, Atjeh 1873-1874; Atjeh 1873-1880, Atjeh 1896-1900, Atjeh 1901-1903, Atjeh 1911-14, Timor 1911-17, W. Kust Atjeh 1925-1927, base silver metal, all with ribbon, very fine and better except where stated (4) £180-220
Lot 690
Netherlands, Mobilisation Cross 1914-18; Cross of Merit 1941, unmarked; Flying Cross 1941, copy, obverse centre with a black wash, stamped ‘Sterling’ on reverse; Bronze Lion, unmarked; Commemorative War Cross, 1 clasp, Oost-Azie-Zuid-Pacific 1942-1945; Mobilisation Cross 1939-45; Resistance Star East Asia 1942-45, reverse with manufacturer’s marks; A.R.P. Commemorative Medal 1940-45; Cross for Order and Peace 1947, 2 clasps, 1948, 1949; together with a loose clasp, ‘1946’; U.N. Korea 1950-54, Dutch issue; Officer’s Long Service Cross (2) for ‘XXV’ years; another, for ‘XV’ years; Army Long Service Medal (3) 37mm. dia., ‘W’ cypher, bronze, ‘Voor Trouwen Dienst’; another, 27mm., ‘W’ cypher, silver; another, 27mm., ‘J’ cypher, silver, ‘Voor Trouwe Dienst’; Navy Long Service Medal (2) 37mm., ‘W’ cypher, bronze; another, 27mm., ‘W’ cypher, gilt; Volunteer Medal 1958, 1 clasp, XX; Marching Cross; Shooting Medal, with 9 clasps, no ribbon; other medals (4); other reduced size medals (2); other miniatures (5); other bars (3) all but one with ribbon, all contained in a folder emblazoned with coat-of-arms and ‘Netherland’ with slip case, generally good very fine (31) £500-600
Lot 700
Russia, Chaplain’s Cross for the War of 1812, bronze, details very worn; War of 1812 Centenary Medal, bronze, worn; St. George Cross for Bravery, non-Christian type, silver, no class designation given, non-Russian manufacture, with ribbon; Unofficial commemorative medal 1703-1903, bronze; Order of St. John, uniface cross, 25 x 25mm., silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage, suspension repaired, very fine and better except where stated (5) £150-200
Lot 701
Russia, Red Cross Depot of the Empress Alexandra Badge 1914-16, 32 x 23mm., bronze-gilt and enamel, with short gilt chain attachment, ref. Andelenko 860; P/B. 3.26 (variation); British Red Cross Society Badge, bronze-gilt and enamel (6790 Dorothy C. Nicholls) very fine (2) £100-140 The Russian badge was awarded to individuals who gave gifts to soldiers who were on their way to the front. The connection, if any, between the two badges, is not established.
Lot 706
Uganda, Combat Star for Outstanding Bravery, bronze; Meritorious Service Medal, silver and gilt; Operational Service Medal (2) bronze; Police Jubilee Medal 1905-55, bronze; Special Constabulary Medal, bronze, these with ribbon; Uganda Second Republic Medal 1971, gilt, pierced for suspension, no ribbon, good very fine and better, scarce (7) £100-140 All dating from the Idi Amin regime.
Lot 750
Pair: Private Mangoche, King’s African Rifles Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nandi 1905-06 (74 Pte. Mangoche, 1/K.A.R.) copy clasp; Coronation 1902, bronze, replacement ring suspension, first worn; second good very fine (2) £100-140 With copied roll extracts showing entitlement to medals and clasp.
Lot 805
A rare Second World War K.C.B., Great War Greek mainland operations D.S.C. group of seventeen awarded to Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his command of a seamen company in a costly action in Athens in December 1916, he rose to senior command in the 1939-45 War - including service as a Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East at the time of the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold, gilt and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; The Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, with swords, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, in its case of issue; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with bronze palm, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, and three sets of mounted tunic ribands, the centre-piece of the Orange Nassau breast star chipped, otherwise generally good very fine or better (Lot) £3500-4000 K.C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1945. D.S.C. London Gazette 23 March 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant A. F. E. Palliser was in charge of a detachment of Exmouth’s seamen at the Zappeion.’ Arthur Frances Eric Palliser was born in Richmond, London in July 1890 and was educated at Bradfield College, and the R.N.Cs Dartmouth and Greenwich. Appointed Sub. Lieutenant in March 1910, and advanced to Lieutenant one year later, he was commanding the destroyer H.M.S. Albacore on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Shortly thereafter, however, he came ashore to an appointment at the gunnery establishment Excellent, but he returned to sea in the flotilla leader Exmouth in February 1915, and witnessed active service in the Dardanelles. So, too, in the landing at Piraeus, Greece on 1 December 1916, when he had charge of the seaman company which came under fire from Greek troops, an incident described in detail in Blumberg’s Britain’s Sea Soldiers. On that day, an Anglo-French force comprising 3,000 seamen and marines landed at Piraeus in the early morning hours, and proceeded inland to occupy a variety of prominent defensive features - Palliser and his men were charged with taking possession of the Zappeion, about one kilometre east of the Acropolis, a task successfully accomplished in spite of intermittent fire throughout the day. Indeed local opposition proved costly, the Allied force suffering casualties of 60 officers and men killed, and 167 wounded, prior to a negotiated withdrawal back to the harbour at the end of the day. Palliser was awarded the D.S.C. and remained actively employed in the Exmouth until returning to the gunnery establishment Excellent in September 1917. His final wartime appointment was in the cruiser Comus, in which capacity he was employed from February 1918 until the end of hostilities. Gaining steady advancement between the Wars - thus to Commander in December 1924 and to Captain in June 1931 - he served as Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. China 1936-38, and, on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, was once more serving at the gunnery establishment Excellent. Then in May 1940, he was appointed to the command of the battleship Malaya, in which capacity he witnessed extensive action in the Mediterranean, up until March of the following year, when his command was seriously damaged by a torpedo strike delivered by the U-106 - due to heavy flooding, the battleship took on a list of 7 degrees, but Palliser managed to nurse her into port in Trinidad. In the interim, the Malaya had escorted assorted Malta convoys and carried out bombardments of Italian positions at Bardia in August 1940 and of Genoa harbour in February 1941, on which latter occasion one of her 15-inch armour piercing shells hit the south-east corner of the Genoa Cathedral’s nave - luckily the relatively soft masonry failed to detonate the fuse and the shell remains on view in the nave to this day. With Malaya effectively out of action for repairs, Palliser was advanced to Rear-Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East, in which capacity he remained employed until 1942, a period encompassing the loss of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. Much has been written about the loss of Force Z, so, too, of Palliser’s role as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, who was flying his flag in the Prince of Wales. To all intents and purposes, it fell to Palliser to “read” the movements being made by his senior at sea, radio contact being prohibited until the enemy had been joined in battle, and to provide his senior with intelligence reports. In the circumstances, therefore, Palliser actually performed his duties adequately, and, in fairness, the fateful decision not to engage the support of the Royal Air Force rested more heavily on the shoulders of Phillips - a conclusion reached by Patrick Mahoney and Martin Middlebrook in their definitive history - Battleship: ‘It is sometimes suggested that Rear-Admiral Palliser, Phillips’s Chief of Staff at Singapore, was the one to blame for the disaster that followed, having failed to read his commander’s mind and to arrange for air patrols to be over Force Z at Kuantan that morning. We cannot agree with this view. Palliser and Phillips had been together for six weeks, and Phillips had had ample opportunity to ensure that Palliser was ‘tuned in’ to his likely movements and needs. No one in Prince of Wales has ever stated that Admiral Phillips showed any sign of disappointment that Palliser failed to provide fighters for him that morning ... ‘ Appointed to the Staff of the C.-in-C. India later that year, Palliser was awarded the Grand Officer’s grade of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to the Dutch Navy while on detachment to the Staff of Admiral Hart, U.S.N. (London Gazette 19 January 1943); a “mention” for his good work in S.W. Pacific (London Gazette 2 February 1943), and the C.B. for his subsequent work as Flag Liaison Officer in Delhi (London Gazette 2 June 1943). Having then briefly commanded the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Palliser was advanced to Vice-Admiral in February 1944, and served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1944-46, work that led to his appointment to K.C.B., which insignia he received at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 8 February 1945. Latterly C.-in-C. East Indies Station, Palliser was advanced to Admiral in May 1947 and was placed on the Retired List in the following year. He died in Kensington, London in February 1956. Sold with Twelve Years’ Military Adventure, Volume I (London, 1829), with ink inscription, ‘A. F. E. Palliser, London, 1951’, together with The Order of Merit, by Stanley Martin (London, 2007), with author’s presentation inscription to Bridget Rendel.
Lot 815
A most unusual Great War ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain H. L. Norman, East Lancashire Regiment, late Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Capt. H. L. Norman, East Lancs., won in Gallipoli, 1915’; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (20270 2nd Corpl. H. L. Norman, R.E.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. L. Norman, E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. H. L. Norman); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (20270 F. of W. Q.M.S. H. L. Norman, R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (20270 W.O. Cl. 2. H. L. Norman, R.E.) official correction to surname; Khedive’s Star, undated, the Egypt medal nearly very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a very rare combination of medals (8) £2000-2500 M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘Manchester Regiment (Service Battalions). Temp. Capt. H. L. Norman, East Lanc. R., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 6 March 1916 (General Sir Charles Munro’s despatch). Herbert Luxton Norman was born at Hatherleigh, Devon, and enlisted for the Royal Engineers on 7 September 1885, aged 19 years 2 months, having served previously with the 4th Devon Volunteer Rifles. He served on the Egyptian Frontier in 1888 and in operations on the Nile in 1889 (Medal and Bronze Star). After a period at Home, he served in Hong Kong from August 1898 until December 1902, by which time he had been promoted to Quarter-Master Sergeant Foreman of Works. The remainder of his service was spent at Home until his discharge at Fermoy on 6 September 1906. His L.S. & G.C. medal with Gratuity was announced in Army Order 67 of 1907. On the outbreak of war Norman was appointed Lieutenant & Quarter-Master in the 10th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment and was promoted to Captain on 1 December 1914. Attached to the Manchester Regiment, he entered the Gallipoli theatre of war in May 1915. With them he probably fought in the battles before Achi Baba and in the Third Battle of Krithia. In the latter, Lieutenant Foreshaw, 1/9th Manchester Regiment, won the Victoria Cross. For his bravery in the campaign, Norman was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. Due to his age Norman was selected for transfer for garrison battalion, a move that he resisted by requesting a transfer to another unit, as evidenced in a report from his Brigade Commander, Brigadier-General V. Ormsby, who wrote: “I believe that Captain Norman habitually displayed great gallantry and good leadership in Gallipoli. His commanding officer is not however satisfied as to his general knowledge and capacity for the command of a company in open warfare. After interviewing Col. Morrogh and Captain Norman, and in view of the latter’s wish for transfer to another battalion, I recommend that this course be adopted. I know Captain Norman to be most painstaking and conscientious. Though nearly 49, he is tougher than many a much younger officer, and is very averse to performing garrison duties.” In 1918 he is recorded as being a Captain in the East Lancashire Regiment and a Musketry Instructor. Sold with a sepia photograph of the recipient in civilian clothes before the war; a pencil sketch of the recipient, inscribed, ‘Captain Norman, Esk Line Trenches, Gallipoli, in front of Achi Baba, 23.7.15 (signed) Eric English’; original M.I.D. Certificate,mounted on card with partial loss of initials, ‘Manchester Regt. [T.F.] T/Capt., E. Lan. R., S.R.’; copied m.i.c. and other research.
Lot 11
The Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Olive, 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘Capt. T. B. Olive, 3rd Hussars’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Captain, 3/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, 5th Class breast badge with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Greece, War Cross 1916-17, 3rd Class, silvered bronze, plain ribbon; Medal of Military Merit 1916, 3rd Class, with bronze laurel wreath on ribbon; Royal Order of the Redeemer, Commander’s neck badge, 74 x 46mm., silver-gilt and enamel, last with enamel damage, nearly very fine and better (8) £800-1000 M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Despatches twice London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France and Flanders) and 21 July 1917 (Salonika). Serbian Order of The White Eagle, 4th Class with swords London Gazette 16 January 1920. Greek War Cross, 3rd Class London Gazette 26 November 1919. Greek Medal of Military Merit London Gazette 2 March 1923. Greek Order of The Redeemer London Gazette 29 June 1923. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Bertram Olive served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 16 August 1914 as second-in-command of ‘B’ Squadron, 3rd Hussars and then as a Staff Officer up until 9 July 1916. He subsequently served in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean from 2 September 1916 to 11 November 1918 during the majority of which time he held various senior staff posts within the Cavalry Brigade. The published regimental history, The 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars in The Great War 1914-1919, by Lieut. Col. W. T. Wilcox, CMG credits Olive with the following honours: ‘M.C., Brevet Major, Serbian Order White Eagle (3rd Class), 3 Greek Orders, American Bronze Medal, Despatches. With H.Q. Cavalry Corps and British Salonika Force.’
Lot 13
Four: Sergeant F. E. Saunders, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, later 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) 1914 Star, with clasp (2487 L. Cpl., 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-2487 Sjt., 5-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., type 2 (311954 Sjt., The Bays); together with an Army Rifle Association named bronze prize medal, contact wear and a little polished, therefore nearly very fine (5) £180-220 Frederick E. Saunders served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 15 August 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c.
Lot 32
The superb Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant Major Joseph Littler, 2nd Battalion, later 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, who formed part of the Bearer Company at the funeral of King Edward VII for which he was awarded the R.V.M. Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘8380 Sgt. Major J. Littler, 4th Bn. Gren Gds’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8380 Drill Sjt., 2/G.G.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8380 Dr. Sjt., 2/G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (8380 W.O.Cl.I., G. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., in bronze (8380 Sgt., 1st Bn. Gren. Gds. Bearer Party); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., type 1 (8380 S. Mjr., G. Gds.) first two with some contact wear, obverse of R.V.M. with old repair to suspension and a little polished, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (7) £2500-3000 M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918 Sergeant Major, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards). D.C.M. London Gazette 30 June 1915 (Drill Sergeant, now Warrant Officer II, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards) ‘For conspicuous gallantry throughout the campaign. He has rendered invaluable service on all occasions and has never failed in any duty allotted to him however dangerous.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917 (Sergeant Major, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards). R.V.M. London Gazette 7 June 1910 (Colour Sergeant, King’s Company (Bearer Company), 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards). Joseph Littler was born in Runcorn, Cheshire and enlisted into the Grenadier Guards in 1899 aged 23, at which time he gave his profession as being a rock miner. He first served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 13 August 1914 and was promoted to the rank of Drill Sergeant ‘in the field’ with the 2nd Battalion before being transferred to the 4th Battalion in May 1918 with the rank of Sergeant Major. He was discharged on 30 October 1920 on the termination of his second period of engagement.
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A good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of Seven awarded to Sergeant Samuel McKnight, 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, who was decorated twice by the Belgians and wounded on the Somme Military Medal, G.V.R. (5330 R.Q.M.Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.-T.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5330 Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (5330 W.O.Cl.2., Sco. Rif.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200014 C.Q.M. Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.); Belgian, Military Decoration, silver-gilt, on ‘bravery’ ribbon; Belgian Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, with bronze palm on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (7) £500-600 M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1918. Belgian Military Decoration London Gazette 24 October 1919. Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 October 1919. Samuel McKnight served on the Western Front with the B.E.F. from 5 November 1914. The published battalion history records that Sergeant McKnight was awarded a card from the G.O.C. 6th Division in June 1915 ‘for meritorious conduct in the field’ and that he was subsequently awarded an M.M. ‘when it was instituted.’ The published battalion history also makes mention of Sergeant McKnight being wounded on the Somme in 1916: ‘On the 18th December the battalion moved back to Maurepas ravine. This camp was subjected to some rather unpleasant shelling, but fortunately only one casualty occurred. As this was R.Q.M.S. Sam McKnight, MM, who came out with the battalion in 1914 as a Sergeant it was serious enough. He recovered in time, but the shape of his nose was altered.’ Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.
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Six: Fusilier R. McCullough, Royal Irish Fusiliers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5884187 Fsr., R. Ir. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; together with British Imperial Veterans Association Medals (3), silver and enamel (R. McCullough 1976), with brooch bar ‘Past President’ and ‘1975’; another, silver and enamel (R. McCullough 1968) with brooch bar, ‘For Merit’; another, bronze and enamel (R. McCullough) with brooch bar, ‘For Merit’; with a Federation of British Canadian Veterans of Canada Medal, bronze and enamel (Bob McCullough 1969-70) with brooch bar, ‘Past President’, nearly very fine and better (10) £120-160 With notes which state he transferred from the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in 1937.
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Four: Fleet Paymaster H. C. W. Gibson, Royal Navy Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (H. C. W. Gibson, Secy. R.N. H.M.S. Active. 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (H. C. W. Gibson, Secy. R.N. H.M.S. “Euryalus”); Khedive’s Star 1882; Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-600 Henry Cecil William Gibson was appointed Assistant Clerk on 13 March 1863, becoming Assistant Paymaster in November 1868. He was present during the Ashantee war of 1873-74 as Secretary to Commodore W. Hewett, V.C., in H.M.S. Active, engaged in patrols off the coast from December 1873 to February 1874 (Medal). Gibson continued as Secretary to Commodore Hewett in Active, Flagship, West Africa Squadron, and participated in the punitive expedition to the Congo in 1875 against pirates. For his services on this occasion, Gibson was specially promoted to Paymaster in November 1875. The following year Active was involved in operations against the King of Dahomey and blockaded the port of Whydah for most of the month of July, until the squadron was urgently called away to the river Niger. During the subsequent operations against pirates on this river a landing was made at Sabogrega on 1 August 1876. Although Secretary Gibson and the Reverand Lang were not in the landing party they pulled ashore from a gun-boat in a dinghy to rescue a wounded seaman on the beach. While they were lifting the seaman a hostile native opened fire and wounded both of them severely. Gibson went with Rear-Admiral Hewett, V.C., as his Secretary and Interpreter in French, when he hoisted his flag in H.M.S. Euryalus, flagship of the East Indies Squadron, taking part in the operations in Egypt in 1882 (Medal, Medjidie 3rd Class, and Bronze Star). He subsequently followed Hewett to Minotaur, as Staff Paymaster and Secretary, in April 1886, and to Northumberland, flagship of the Channel Fleet, as Fleet Paymaster and Secretary, in November 1887. Vice-Admiral Hewett became seriously ill in April 1888 and died at Haslar Hospital the following month; he was replaced in command of the Channel Fleet by Vice-Admiral Baird who brought his own Secretary and Gibson, therefore, went on half-pay on 18 April and retired in June 1888.
Lot 203
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (W. Taylor, Gunr. R.M.A. H.M.S. Active, 73-74) contact marks, nearly very fine £600-800 118 clasps issued to H.M.S. Active. William Taylor (alias Crisp), Gunner R.M.A., was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for services at the battle of Amoaful, 31 January 1874. He was recommended by Commodore Hewett, “For steady conduct under fire whilst leading the right section of his Company in advance through the bush at Amoaful, when the right flank was seriously threatened.” William Taylor was born at Hales, Loddon, Norfolk, in September 1844, and enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery at Derby on 15 March 1865. He served during the Ashantee war of 1873 aboard H.M. Ships Encounter and Active, and during the Egyptian war of 1882 when he was embarked aboard H.M.S. Alexandra, and landed with the Naval Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir. He was discharged ‘Invalided’ on 13 May 1885. Sold with copy service record which confirms award of C.G.M., Ashantee medal with Coomassie clasp, Egypt medal with Tel-el-Kebir clasp, and Khedive’s Bronze Star.
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Pair: Commander H. M. W. P. Johnson, Royal Navy Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Navg. Sub. Lt. H. M. W. P. Johnson, R.N. H.M.S. Victor Eml. 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. H. M. W. P. Johnson, R.N. H.M.S. Arab); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, very fine or better (3) £350-400 Henry Maurice Wilton Pitt Johnson was born on 10 April 1853, and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on 9 April 1867. He was Navigating Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Victor Emanuel during the Ashantee war of 1873-74 (Medal), and Lieutenant of H.M.S. Arab during the naval and military operations near Suakin, in the eastern Sudan in 1884 (Medal; Khedive’s Bronze Star). He retired as a Commander on 31 October 1897, and died on 4 January 1908.
Lot 298
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tamaai (15572 Gun: J. Davies, M/1st Bde. R.A.) pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £160-180 James Davies was born at Kircudbright, Scotland, in 1846, and joined the Royal Artillery at Mold, Denbighshire, on 27 August 1868. He served in India from September 1869 to February 1884 but saw no active service for which medals were granted. He served in Egypt from 19 February to 21 April, 1884, including the action at Tamaai (Medal with clasp and Bronze Star). He was discharged at Ipswich on 29 November 1887. Sold with copy service papers.
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A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EIGHT-DAY BRASS MANTEL CLOCK by J Marti, the moulded cornice type surmount over the four bevelled glass panels and moulded brass uprights, the enamelled dial with Roman hours to the chapter ring framing a recessed central section with two winding apertures and exposed anchor escapement, the twin train striking movement marked ‘Medaille de bronze J Marti,’ all over a suspended pendulum with two mercury filled vials, on a broad platform base with narrow bracket feet. 28cm(h) x 16.5cm(w) x 13cm(d).
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‡ Second World War and Imperial Service Medal Group awarded to Corporal Albert Cook, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Light Aid Detachment, late Army Ordnance Corps, attached as a mechanic to 9th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Five: 1939-45 and Africa Stars, Defence and War Medals, all unnamed as issued, Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II (Albert Cook); together with Life Guard Corps Medal (A. Cook July 1936) and bronze Tiverton Swimming Club medal (A. Cook 1934), and two related cap badges, Second World War Medals in forwarding box with slip, I.S.M. in Spink & Son case of issue, the Life Guard Corps medal also cased, generally extremely fine (7)
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Boer War and Great War Group of Five awarded to Warrant Officer 1st Class C. Ford, Royal Army Medical Corps: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (10340 L. Cpl. C. Ford. R.A.M.C.), King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Corpl.), 1914-15 Star (30579 S. Mjr. C.E. Ford. R.A.M.C.), British War and Victory Medals (W.O. Cl.1), mounted for wearing, very fine; offered with related ribands, badges (10), button, Borough of Southwark bronze Coronation medal 1911 and a brass imitation guinea (lot)
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‡ Indian Volunteer Trio awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant E.A. Smith, Calcutta Light Horse: Delhi Durbar 1911, Coronation 1902 in bronze, both unnamed as issued, Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct, George V (Qr Mr Serjt E.A. Smith C. Lt. Horse), mounted for wearing, very fine or better, with related miniatures (6)
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* Boer War Distinguished Conduct Medal and Meritorious Service Medal Group of Eight awarded to Squadron Serjeant Major G.W. Mortiboy, 18th Hussars, attached Bethune’s Mounted Infantry: Distinguished Conduct Medal, Edward VII (Serjt-Maj: G.W. Mortiboy. Bethune’s M.I.), Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (engraved in italic capitals 2734 Sq. Sjt. M.W. Mortiboy. 18th Hussars), King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (impressed S, Sjt. Maj. 18th Hussars), Coronation 1902 in bronze, unnamed as issued, Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Edward VII (Sq. Sjt. Maj), Defence Medal, Coronation 1937, both unnamed as issued, Army Meritorious Service Medal, George VI type 1 (Sq. S. Mjr. D.C.M), first five mounted for wearing, last three mounted on separate bar, very fine or better (8)
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