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Lot 56
General Gordon, Memorial Medal 1885 (2), Bronze, White Metal, 45mm, Obv. bust almost facing, wearing a fez and uniformed, ‘General C. G. Gordon. C.B., R.E. * The latest Christian Martyr’ * Rev. within wreath ‘Sent by the Gladstone Government to the Soudan with one companion, Jany. 1884. In March he asked for 200 British troops but was deliberately abandoned to his fate until too late’, by W. O. Lewis, the bronze example pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine or better (2) £40-£50
Lot 590
Honourable Artillery Company, medallion of the ‘Old Gunners Club’ in fine quality bronze, complete with broad suspender and RA riband; together with a Lord Robert’s Silent Tribute medal in silver plate, complete with top bar, on miniature-width ‘India’ riband, as issued, good very fine or better (2) £40-£50
Lot 600
Regimental Prize Medallions (8), Eastern Bengal Railway Sporting Medallion (Welfare Week 1936); Officer’s Recreation Club Deolali Medallion; Auxiliary Forces India, The Bangalore Contingent Medallion; I.D.F. (18th Battalion, Bttn. Shooting Club); Madras University Training Corps Medallion (Hockey 1940-41); Bombay Volunteer Artillery Medallion (Wheal Club 1911-12 No. 1 Coy. Gunr. J. Smith); Western Command Small Arms Association India, 63mm; Royal Army Ordnance Corps Medallion, the first seven silver, the last silvered-bronze, generally very fine (8) £80-£100
Lot 604
Regimental Sporting Medallions (11), Army Athletic Club, Public Schools Gymnastic Competition (Cheltenham College F, R. Jones M. G. Salter 1904); Royal Military Academy; North China Company Team Championship (Winners 1928 C. Coy. 1 E. York. R.); R.A.F. Hendesford Boxing (H. Hines 1943); R.A.F. No. 23 Group Swimming Championships; Tug of War 1929; Territorial Force Athletic Sports Championships (Edinburgh 1914 Wrestling Dr. J. Johnstone); Dollar Acadamey (Scott Lang Cup 1940 Sgt. G. M. Short); Army Football Association (2); Royal Air Force Athletic & Cross Country Association (1931 120 Yds. Hurdles Championship Second), the last silvered bronze, the rest all silver, some edge bruises, generally very fine (11) £80-£100
Lot 611
A Royal Automobile Club Patrolman’s cross belt or pouch badge, 100m x 63mm, bearing the head of King Edward VII, die stamped brass / bronze alloy, much larger than the usual size cap badges of the period, with two lugs to the reverse; together with a German Third Reich period belt buckle, all paint finish gone, on a reproduction belt, generally good condition, the first scarce (2) £40-£50
Lot 616
Ephemera Relating to the Duke of Wellington. Comprising a fine commemorative wall plaque c.1900, carved crystal bust contained on a black velvet ground, contained in a period circular frame; a selection of commemorative wall plaques including gilt and bronze examples; a pair of Masonic Jewels to the Duke of Wellington’s Lodge, including a gold (9ct) example, all 3 parts stamped ‘Spencer of London’; together with another silver-gilt example, both engraved ‘W. Bro. Harry Goodier 1953-54’; and a copy 33rd Foot silvered Shoulder Belt Plate, generally good condition (lot) £200-£240
Lot 620
Specimen Medals (3): British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916 (2), silver issue, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition; bronze issue, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, bronze issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan, all stuck on somewhat thicker flans, and without the usual obliteration to the ‘Son’ of Spink and Son, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160
Lot 621
Copy Medals (5): British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916 (3), silver issue, 1 clasp (2), Punitive Expeditions; Rundum; bronze issue, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900 (2), silver issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan; bronze issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan, the edge of all stamped ‘copy’, and all with the usual obliteration to the ‘S’ of ‘Son’ of Spink and Son, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140
Lot 628
The mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Bell, 27th Punjabis, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who died on service during the Great War Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi; Khedive’s Star, undated, mounted on contemporary wearing bar, very fine (4) £140-£180 --- George Henry Bell was born on 11 April 1869, the son of George Coates Bell, a Surgeon Major in the Bombay Medical Department. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Upon passing out in August 1888 he took up a commission in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers with whom he saw service during the next two years in the Sudan, being present at the action of Gemaizah (Medal with Clasp and bronze star) and also took part in the operations on the Nile in 1889. In 1890 his unit went to India, and a year later he joined the Indian Army as a Lieutenant, first with the 19th Punjabis before, in 1893, switching to the 38th Dogras. During this period he spent much of his service on the North West Frontier, becoming familiar with the small forts that were common there, as well as with the Punjab in general. Fort Sandeman, Mir Ali Khel, and Jamrud made him familiar with the Zhob, Baluchistan, and the Khyber, and, in 1896, he was permanently appointed to the 27th Punjabis, of which regiment he became Adjutant and was later made Captain in 1899. He went with them to Kila Drosh (Chitral), Peshawur, Bannu, and to Kajuri Kach, Jandola, Zam, Tank, and Dera Ghazi Khan. He saw active service in 1901-2 in the Waziristan Campaign (Medal with Clasp), and again in the following two years, as his regiment was sent to the Somaliland, including the action at Jidballi, in which for a time he served as Field Intelligence Officer (Medal with two Clasps). In 1906 the 27th Punjabis returned to the North West Frontier again as Major on the Staff of the 1st Division, Peshawur, at Cherat and Malakand. Rejoining his regiment at at Multan he was once more on the Waziristan borderland in 1908, at Dera Ismail Khan and Shukh Budin; and after an absence of four years the 27th Punjabis returned there in 1912. When war broke out he was commanding a detachment at Fort Jandola. In October 1914 he and his regiment were transferred to Europe, albeit along the way they were also involved in repelling an attack on the Suez Canal. Upon reaching France in August 1915 he was second in command of the regiment during the battle of Loos and was subsequently given command of the 69th Punjabis, who had suffered heavy losses in that action. He subsequently took his new regiment east, serving with them as they fought from the Suez across the Arabian Peninsula in outposts of the Aden Hinterland. In February 1916 he was ordered to Mesopotamia to take command of the 9th Bhopals. Almost immediately after reaching the front line trenches his fine constitution broke down and he was invalided to India and died while on sick leave at Srinagar, Kashmir, on 3 September 1916, his wife, Eva, having joined him from England a week earlier. For the recipient’s full sized awards, see Lot 171.
Lot 635
Austria, Empire, Military Merit Cross 1914-18, Third Class, silver and enamel, good very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, good very fine Italy, Kingdom, Africa Campaign Medal, bronze, with 2 engraved clasps, Adua 1890, Casssala 1894; East Africa Medal, bronze, 2 clasps, 1936, 1937, edge bruising to first, generally very fine Kuwait, Emirate, Military Service Medal, Second Class, silvered, with silver star on riband, extremely fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Cross for Important War Actions, white metal, 2 clasps, Atjeh 1873-1896, Atjeh 1896-1900, the reverse crudely numbered ‘51503’, very fine Norway, Kingdom, Medal for Freedom and Fatherland, silver, the reverse impressed ‘P. S. Floge’; together with a commemorative medal for the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Narvik 1940-90, white metal; and a miniature medal for Borgerdad, Carl XIV Johan, silver, with crown and wide suspension, edge bruise to first, very fine (9) £100-£140
Lot 636
Belgium, Kingdom, Civil Medal, First Class (2), both gilt, one with miniature metal rosette on riband; Allied Victory Medal, bronze, very fine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, with clasp ‘Missions D’Assistance Exterieure’; Medal of Honour for Public Health Assistance 1932-36; together with a contemporary French tailor’s copy of the British Crimea Medal 1854-56, with fixed suspension, no clasp the edge crudely scratched ‘14r d’Infant 1854 55 56 G. Crepin’, the last cleaned, generally very fine Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘64093’, very fine (7) £80-£100
Lot 646
France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal, bronze; Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, good very fine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, with lid of card box of issue; Commemorative Medal for the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, bronze; Tonkin Medal 1883-85, silver; Colonial Medal, silver, 2 clasps, Tunisie, de l’Atlantique a la Mer Rouge; together with three unofficial Great War Medals, two for Verdun, all bronze, generally very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Sold with a silver medallion, engraved ‘Abnégation Dévouement Epidemic 1866 à Monsieur E. Beccue la Population ouvrière Reconnaissante’, mounted in a silver band with broad suspension loop.
Lot 650
Germany, Baden, Long Service Medal, Third Class, for 9 Years’ Service, silver, good very fine Germany, Bavaria, Merit Cross, First Class, with crossed swords, gilt and enamel, very fine Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Military Merit Cross 1914, bronze, on combatant’s riband, good very fine Germany, Saxony, Friedrich August Medal, bronze, good very fine Germany, Württemberg, Military Merit Medal, Wilhelm II, silver, good very fine (5) £70-£90
Lot 654
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; War Merit Medal 1870-71 (2), bronze; Long Service Medal, Second Class, for 12 Years’ Service, bronze; Centenary Medal 1897, bronze, good very fine Germany, Empire, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatants’ cross with swords (2), bronze; Kyffhauser War Veterans Commemorative Medal 1914-18, bronze, good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Sold with an uncut die-striking of the Prussian Pour le Merite; a stylised version of an Iron Cross 1813; and an unofficial Third Reich period Lappland Shield.
Lot 659
A well-documented Second World War German 1940 ‘Battle of Britain’ Iron Cross group of four awarded to Luftwaffe Ju.88 Radio Operator - Air Gunner Sergeant L. Ottmann, who during the course of the Second World War flew a total of 135 combat missions, including the great raid on Coventry (Moonlight Serenade), and further 22 raids on London; transferring to the Eastern Front, he then took part in Operation Barbarossa Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939 (2), First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, retaining pin stamped ‘113’; Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; War Merit Cross 1939, Second Class, with swords, bronze; Winter War Medal 1941-42, zinc, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- Leonhard Ottman began his aircrew training with a flight in a Junkers JU 52 transport aircraft on 13 June 1939. He went on to fly in the Dornier Do17, Heinkel HE111, Junkers JU88 and other similar size aircraft, qualifying as an aircraft radio operator. On completion of his training, he was posted to Kampfgeschwader (Totenkopf Geschwader) Stab II/KG54 as a radio operator on Junkers JU88 twin engine multi-role light bombers. He became part of the regular crew of Lieutenant Mally, with who he remained until his last flight in August 1944. He was to go on to complete 421 flights, from bases in Germany, France, Poland and Italy. Of these flights, 135 were classed as combat missions. Ottman’s war began with his first posting - to KG54 at St. Andre, in Southern France (IV. Fliegerkorps) where he began his flying duties on 8 August 1940. His first combat mission came on 29 August with a feint attack against the English coast. This was during the height of the ‘Battle of Britain’ and no doubt intended to draw the RAF fighters away from their airfields so they could be attacked by other Luftwaffe units. KG54 then began to play its part in the period known as ‘The Blitz’, when English and Welsh cities (especially London) and ports were targeted. Ottmann’s 42 combat missions from St. Andre included 17 raids on London, over the period 23 September to 29 November, and Operation Mondscheinserenade Korn (Moonlight Serenade Corn) on Coventry on 15 November 1940, which was at the time the largest and most devastating aerial attack to date anywhere, when the city was attacked by 449 bombers from Luftflote II and III which dropped 503 tonnes of mixed bombs. Many factories destroyed, and the medieval heart of the city devastated. The night’s bombing cost the city 554 killed, and 865 seriously injured. On 14 April 1941, Kampfgeschwader 54 moved to Bretigny, still in France (remaining part of IV. Fliegerkorps), from where Ottmann took part in a further 17 combat missions, mainly against English cities and airfields, including London (five times), Plymouth (twice), Liverpool (three times), and Exeter (three times). Ottmann’s final sortie to England took place on 20 May 1941, when his aircraft attacked the port of Plymouth: ‘We attacked the target from 150 metres and dropped our bombs directly onto the port but because of the strong anti-aircraft fire it was not possible to assess the effects of the bombing. By low flying we were able to get away from the massive artillery fire.’ On 17 June 1941, Kampfgeschwader 54 moved to Swidnik, near Lublin, in Poland; now with V. Fliegerkorps. There they took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, which began on 22 June 1941. Over the next month Ottmann took part in 35 Attacks made against targets in Eastern Poland and Russia, including the airfield at Schepatoka in Russia on 1 July 1941: ‘Our mission was to dive bomb in group formation the airfield in Schepatoka in Russia. We proceeded in groups but shortly before the target our group broke up owing to heavy weather and was blasted by heavy resistance. After that we attacked the airfield individually. We flew across the field at low level and just in front of the hangars the pilot pulled up the plane and released our bombs. Shortly after we heard a loud noise in the plane. We had been badly hit by both the flak and by the pieces of bombed hangar thrown up high into the air. Result: By means of a direct hit we were able to completely destroy the hangar including its foundation wall.’ Two day later, on 3 July Ottman and his crew ‘Were ordered to attack the railway line at Konotop with splinter bombs equipped with Shockwave devices. The remaining bombs were meant for the trains. We carried 1 splinter bomb, and 35 D250. We arrived at low level attacking the designated railway line, and after finding a suitable spot, we dropped the splinter bomb which landed directly between the railway tracks. A bit further on we used the remaining bombs to attack a fuel train in a siding. The bombs dropped a bit to the right of the fuel train so that it only got hit by shrapnel. We then made several further attacks on the train using the other weapons on board until the petrol laden train burst into flames. After crash landing (back at base) we established that the ground fire had shot right through the fuselage steering gear.’ Further attacks on rail installations followed, on 5, 11, and 15 July: ‘We were ordered to dive bomb the retreating columns to the east of Berditschof with 45 x D250. We approached from a height of 2000 - 2500 metres and discovered a moving train loaded with war materials, so we dive bombed it. We released our bombs at 400 - 500 metres and all 4 bombs landed directly on target with the result that the transport train was immediately thrown up into the air after the attack and was ablaze... Six days later we were given the mission to attack the railway station at Kasatin using 25. C 250 and 25 D 250. Just before reaching the target we encountered very heavy flak but nevertheless we attacked and dive bombed the station releasing our bombs at 400 metres. After that we attacked the flak emplacement using on board weapons and silenced it. Result: direct hit on the station causing extensive fires. During this raid our plane received 14 hits, 3 of which went through the cabin area... On 15 July 1941 we were ordered to attack the railway station in Korsum, using 45. C. 250. We dive bombed, releasing our bombs at 600 metres and the bombs hit the target. As we were returning, we spotted a Russian fighter below and ahead of us. We attacked the fighter from behind and the observer fired a round of M.A. Trommel (Trommel + drum). We avoided the fighter by banking left over him and facilitating the rear gunner letting off a full round. I saw the pilot being hit and falling forward causing the plane to crash to the ground in flames. During this raid we encountered heavy flak defences.’ It seems that KG54 was shortly after rotated back to Germany, as his next flights were all in a non-combat role, and flown from bases in Germany. Possibly they were refitting or training, as he flew with a variety of pilots, his usual one being Lieutenant Mally. In December 1941, the crew were posted to Italy as part of Kampfgruppe 806, which was re-designated Stab III/KG54 on 1 September 1942. Moving then onto Sicily, he flew in support of the Afrika Corps in Tunisia from November 1942, and such operations continued during the early months of 1943, culminating with a raid on a Royal Navy convoy on 1 May 1943: ‘We were instructed to locate a British convoy which had been sighted at midday in the Mediterranean. After a clear reconnaissance flight we discovered the enemy convoy near the coast of Bengasi, consisting of 25 - 30 large and medium ships. The convoy was well guarded by combat vessels as well as air defence weapons. At low level we remained with the convoy for 3 - 4 hours to maintain contact with the enemy ships, sending r...
Lot 660
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, reverse stamped ‘L/11’ for Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenachied, backplate showing signs of having previously been adapted for wear by an Artilleryman, and now with rather crude replacement pin and hook suspension; War Merit Cross 1939, Second Class, with swords, bronze; Winter War Medal 1941-42, zinc, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100
Lot 661
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, suspension ring marked ‘128’; together with a British-made Great War ‘propaganda’ Iron Cross, for Antwerp, Dinant, Ghent, Rheims, Louvain, and Amiens 1914, good very fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Eighth Class breast badge, 37mm, silver, good very fine Lebanon, Republic, National Order of the Cedar, Chevalier’s breast badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 37mm, silvered and enamel, unmarked, very fine Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze, good very fine Poland, People’s Republic, Order of the Standard of Labour, First Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, very fine Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Bravery and Loyalty, Third Class, with crossed swords and integral laurel wreath suspension, bronze; Cross of Military Virtue, Second Class, bronze; Commemorative War Cross 1916-1918, bronze, good very fine (lot) £100-£140 --- Sold together with various other miscellaneous medals, including two Chinese War Lord badges and a Red Cross Badge.
Lot 667
An unattributed Nepalese group of eight Nepal, Kingdom, King Birendra Silver Jubilee Medal 1997; Birendra Aishwarya Service Medal 2001; Himalayan Service Medal; Overseas Service Medal; Army Long Service Star, for 25 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel; Army Long Service Medal, for 10 Years’ Service, bronze; Earthquake Medal 1988; U.N. Medal, on MONUC riband, mounted court-style as worn, the medals all of local manufacture, nearly very fine An unattributed Nepalese group of eight Nepal, Kingdom, Birendra Aishwarya Service Medal 2001; Himalayan Service Medal; Overseas Service Medal; Army Long Service Star, for 25 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel; Army Long Service Medal, for 10 Years’ Service, bronze; Earthquake Medal 1988; U.N. Medal, on MONUC riband; U.N. Medal, on UNOMIG riband, mounted court-style as worn, the medals all of local manufacture, nearly very fine An unattributed Nepalese group of seven Nepal, Kingdom, Himalayan Service Medal; Overseas Service Medal; Army Long Service Star, for 25 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel; Army Long Service Medal, for 10 Years’ Service, bronze; Earthquake Medal 1988; U.N. Medal, on UNMINURCAT riband; U.N. Medal, on UNOMIG riband, mounted court-style as worn, the medals all of local manufacture, nearly very fine (23) £200-£240
Lot 668
Netherlands, Kingdom, Commemorative War Cross, bronze; Cross of Merit, bronze, good very fine Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Christ, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, good very fine Spain, Franco Period, Order of Naval Merit, Star, 63mm, silvered, gilt, and enamel, white cross with surmounted anchor to centre, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, very fine (4) £80-£100
Lot 681
United States of America, State of New Jersey Victory Medal 1917-18, bronze, unnamed, with top ‘New Jersey’ riband bar, very fine A run of all 19 Navy clasps for the United States Allied Victory Medal, comprising Armed Guard, Asiatic, Atlantic Fleet, Aviation, Destroyer, Escort, Grand Fleet, Mine Laying, Mine Sweeping, Mobile Base, Naval Battery, Overseas, Patrol, Salvage, Subchaser, Submarine, Transport, West Indies, White Sea, some reproductions, generally good very fine A run of all 14 Army Battle clasps for the United States Allied Victory Medal, comprising Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Cambrai, Champagne-Marne, Defensive Sector, Lys, Meuse-Argonne, Montdidier-Noyon, Oise-Aisne, Somme Defensive, Somme Offensive, St. Mihiel, Vittorio-Veneto, Ypres-Lys, some reproductions, generally good very fine Allied Victory Medals: Belgium; Cuba; Japan; Poland (2), of different designs, these both unofficial issues; Portugal; Thailand, all copies except for the Belgian award, generally very fine (lot) £200-£240
Lot 712
Royal Engineers. A large display of Military badges including, selection Officer’s Bronze Cap badges, Scarce E.VIII.R. Cypher, Engineer Services, Monmouth Engineer Militia Pouch Badge, A good selection of Volunteers including, Helmet Plates, 2nd Tower Hamlets, Bristol, 1st Devon and Somerset, Cheshire Volunteers collar badge, general pattern Pouch Badge, Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp gilt worn. A good selection of shoulder titles including, Wireless Signal Squadron, RE Postal Section, WM T RE City of Dundee, T RE Welsh, T Signal Service, 2 other examples, T RE Lancashire; various early buttons; and sundry cap and collars badges and shoulder titles, all mounted on a card board for display, some fixings missing, some copies, generally good condition (lot) £400-£500
Lot 724
A Great War Austrian General Flying Badge. A 1917-18 Austrian General Flying Badge, bronze and enamel, reverse stamped ‘J. Zimbler, Wien. VII.’, with original hook fastenings to reverse; together with an Austrian Merit Cross 1849, gilt and enamel; and two miscellaneous medals, one with pin-back suspension, some damage to white enamel wreath, generally good condition (4) £300-£400
Lot 784
A German Second World War General Assault Badge. Comprising a nice solid construction General Assault Badge in silver, slight loss of silvered finish to the left hand wing of the eagle, with original pin, hook and hinge; together with a Third Reich DRL badge in bronze, maker marked on the reverse side; and an Eastern Front Medal with its original ribbon, generally good condition (3) £80-£100
Lot 141
The outstanding Second War Honorary ‘Intelligence’ M.B.E. and rare Great War Belgian Pilot’s D.F.M. group of twenty awarded to Capitaine-Commandant C. J. G. J. Delloye, Compagnie des Aviateurs and Aviation Militaire, who served as a Pilot with 2e Escadrille, and racked up in excess of 100 hours of reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during 1918, ‘distinguishing himself by his skill and his dash’ Continuing in service, Delloye was captured in 1940 but escaped to Britain where he was attached to the Royal Air Force as Acting Squadron Leader and served as head of the escape and evasion department of Belgium State Security in London - here he organised the routes and contacts for getting escaped and downed aircrew back to the UK as well working closely with his counterparts in MI9, including Airey Neave, organising the recruitment and cover stories for agents getting in and out of Belgium The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (No 243 Flt Warrant Officer Charles Delloye, Aviation Belge.) on 1st type horizontal striped riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with neck riband; Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette on riband; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette and crossed swords emblem on riband; Military Cross, First Class, L.III.R., gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Yser Medal 1914, bronze and enamel; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; Combat Volunteers Medal 1914-18, bronze; Frontline Fire Service Cross 1914-18, bronze; Evaders Cross, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal 1940-45, bronze; Armed Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; Political Prisoner’s Cross 1940-45, silvered and enamel, with riband bar with three stars; Prisoner of War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with five bronze riband bars; Commemorative Medal for the Second World War 1940-45, bronze, with small crown emblem on riband; Medal for Military Fighters of the Second World War 1940-45, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal, bronze, generally good very fine and better (20) £4,600-£5,500 --- Provenance: The Reverend E. Hawkes Field Collection, Glendinings, November 1950 (listed as D.F.M. only, and with an estimate of £15/10/0); J. B. Hayward, 1973. One of just 4 D.F.M.s awarded to Allied airmen during the Great War (3 to Belgians and 1 to a Frenchman). Appointed Honorary M.B.E. 11 November 1946. This for his work as head of the escape and evasion department at the Belge Surete de L’etat, London. These Awards were not Gazetted but are confirmed (WO 373/153/549). D.F.M. London Gazette 19 July 1919 (originally recommended for a M.M.): ‘A pilot who has distinguished himself by his skill and his dash, and who was always to be found ready to start on difficult enterprises. During the Flanders offensive of 1918, his work was largely responsible for successful counter battery work.’ Belgium Croix de Guerre, awarded 4 February 1919: ‘A remarkable pilot for his skill. His courage and his dash. Carried out many very fruitful reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during more than 100 hours of observation flights.’ Emblem for Belgium Croix de Guerre awarded 12 June 1919: ‘Showed much courage and devotion to duty during the Flanders Offensive in 1918.’ Charles Jules Ghislain Joseph Delloye was born in Thorembais les Béguines, Belgium in July 1894. He joined the Belgian military in June 1914 and was on active service with the Compagnie des Aviateurs from 14 August 1914. Delloye was an early member of the Belgian Air Force, being one of just 175 Officers and men being called to service at the start of the War. Initially based at Antwerp, Delloye was one of the defenders of that place in the early days of the War. A huge number of Belgium troops became prisoner when that town fell, the remnants being driven back to the river Yser, where they desperately and successfully attempted to hold the line during October 1914. The defenders of the Yser were later awarded the distinctive Yser medal (Delloye’s confirmed). On 30 October 1914, Delloye was transferred to Service Arriere de L’Aviation at Calais and appears to have stayed there for the next couple of years, the Compagnie des Aviateurs being renamed Aviation Militaire in March 1915. Posted for training as a pilot to the Aviation School at Etampes on 1 January 1917, he was promoted Corporal on 21 April and was posted for operational service as a pilot to 2e Escadrille on 22 July, remaining with this squadron throughout the rest of the War. Great War 2e Escadrille was a Squadron tasked with Artillery and photography work on the Western Front, under the orders of Division d’Armee. The squadron had a nominal strength of 15 aircraft; 11 2-seaters; Spad and Breguets and 4 single seaters; Nieuports and Sopwith Camels. Unlike British, French or German Squadrons, Belgium reconnaissance Squadrons had 4 fighter aircraft as part of 15 aircraft compliment, this for their own protection during missions. This was probably due to the size of the Belgium Air Force during the War, which was a fraction of the size of the other main combatant nations. By the end of the War, Belgium had just 11 Squadrons, of these one was non operational (on paper only), 7 were reconnaissance or bomber Squadrons and 3 were fighter squadrons. A report in September 1918, noted the Belgium squadrons strength at 134 aircraft. Putting this into context, at this time the British had 200 operational Squadrons and nearly 23,000 aircraft. Delloye was advanced to Sergeant on 29 July, to Premier Sergeant on 22 September and Premier Sergeant-Major on 22 November 1917. Promoted Adjutant (senior Warrant Officer) on 22 January 1918, he would fly missions throughout, being mentioned in Orders twice for his gallantry and was one of just 4 Allied airmen to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal by the British (others receiving the MM, DCM, MC etc). In the main, it seems Delloye was a 2-seater pilot, his citations suggest this, as do a number of copy photographs of him in and around 2e Escadrille’s Breguets and Spads. However, there are also several taken in the cockpit of different Nieuports fighters; one in a series of postcards of Belgium aviators during the War (like German Sanke cards). So it seems he flew both fighters and 2-seaters. Delloye’s entry in ‘The Belgian Air Service in the First World War’, notes at least 102 missions during the War. Delloye was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Auxiliary Engineers on 6 January 1919, and transferred to the Infantry in July of the same year. He advanced to Lieutenant, 26 December 1921, and transferred back to the Belgian Air Force as Aircrew in January 1924. Delloye advanced to Capitaine Aviateur on 26 December 1935. Second World War, Escape, Head of Bureau des Evasions and MI9 Still with the Belgian Air Force at the outbreak of the Second War, on 12 May 1940 Delloye moved with his unit to Bordeaux but when France fell, he was taken prisoner. On 16 August 1940, Delloye was returned to occupied Belgium as a prisoner of war and after release was employed in the Ministry of Finance from November 1940. At the end of July 1941 he escaped from occupied Belgium with the intention of joining Belgian forces in the UK but was captured at Leon on 29 December 1941. He was subsequently interned in Valladolid, Spain, 6 January 1942 and Mir...
Lot 154
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, heraldic beasts in angles flush with background; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ethel Louise Blanchard.) in case of issue; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, good very fine (4) £60-£80
Lot 171
Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Bell, 27th Punjabis, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who died on service during the Great War Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2nd Lieut: G. H. Bell. 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (Captain G. H. Bell 27th Punjabis); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (Capt: G. H. Bell. 27/Punjabis); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. G. H. Bell. 27/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. G. H. Bell.); Khedive’s Star, undated; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, the first with light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine or better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- George Henry Bell was born on 11 April 1869, the son of George Coates Bell, a Surgeon Major in the Bombay Medical Department. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Upon passing out in August 1888 he took up a commission in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers with whom he saw service during the next two years in the Sudan, being present at the action of Gemaizah (Medal with Clasp and bronze star) and also took part in the operations on the Nile in 1889. In 1890 his unit went to India, and a year later he joined the Indian Army as a Lieutenant, first with the 19th Punjabis before, in 1893, switching to the 38th Dogras. During this period he spent much of his service on the North West Frontier, becoming familiar with the small forts that were common there, as well as with the Punjab in general. Fort Sandeman, Mir Ali Khel, and Jamrud made him familiar with the Zhob, Baluchistan, and the Khyber, and, in 1896, he was permanently appointed to the 27th Punjabis, of which regiment he became Adjutant and was later made Captain in 1899. He went with them to Kila Drosh (Chitral), Peshawur, Bannu, and to Kajuri Kach, Jandola, Zam, Tank, and Dera Ghazi Khan. He saw active service in 1901-2 in the Waziristan Campaign (Medal with Clasp), and again in the following two years, as his regiment was sent to the Somaliland, including the action at Jidballi, in which for a time he served as Field Intelligence Officer (Medal with two Clasps). In 1906 the 27th Punjabis returned to the North West Frontier again as Major on the Staff of the 1st Division, Peshawur, at Cherat and Malakand. Rejoining his regiment at at Multan he was once more on the Waziristan borderland in 1908, at Dera Ismail Khan and Shukh Budin; and after an absence of four years the 27th Punjabis returned there in 1912. When war broke out he was commanding a detachment at Fort Jandola. In October 1914 he and his regiment were transferred to Europe, albeit along the way they were also involved in repelling an attack on the Suez Canal. Upon reaching France in August 1915 he was second in command of the regiment during the battle of Loos and was subsequently given command of the 69th Punjabis, who had suffered heavy losses in that action. He subsequently took his new regiment east, serving with them as they fought from the Suez across the Arabian Peninsula in outposts of the Aden Hinterland. In February 1916 he was ordered to Mesopotamia to take command of the 9th Bhopals. Almost immediately after reaching the front line trenches his fine constitution broke down and he was invalided to India and died while on sick leave at Srinagar, Kashmir, on 3 September 1916, his wife, Eva, having joined him from England a week earlier. Sold with pre-Great War ribbon bar and some copied research and photographs. For the recipient’s pre-war group of miniature medals, see Lot 628.
Lot 189
Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (1687 Tpr: E. M. Hoops. S.A.C.); together with a silver prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘3rd Prize Boys Championship Race Won by E. M. Hoops.’; and the recipient’s South African War Veterans Association lapel badge, gilt and enamel, toned, good very fine Pair: Staff Nurse E. C. Hoops, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (S/Nurse E. C. Hoops) surname officially corrected on VM; together with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet, nearly extremely fine (lot) £140-£180 --- Ernest Mostyn Hoops was born in Donegal, Ulster in September 1878, and was the son of a Doctor, and brother of Eilsea Hoops. The family moved to Canada in the 1890’s, and Hoops subsequently resided in South Africa, Argentina and Canada retiring to White Rock - where he died in 1964. Eilsea/Eileen Constance Hoops was born in Wrexham, Wales in 1885. She trained as a nurse in Vancouver, Canada, and served as a Staff Nurse with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1917. After the war she resided in Palo Alto, California, and died in Vancouver General Hospital in February 1963. Sold with a commemorative ‘horseshoe’ brooch badge for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee 1887, silver and enamel; and a commemorative brooch badge for King George VI’s Coronation 1937, bronze-gilt; and copied research including photographic images of both recipients.
Lot 222
Four: Warrant Officer Class II H. C. Noons, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T1-5093 Sjt. H. C. Noons. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1-5093 W.O. Cl. 2 H. C. Noons. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, very fine (4) £60-£80 --- French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 25 November 1918. Herbert Charles Noons was born in Southwark, London, in April 1890 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 July 1915. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre, he was discharged to the Reserve on 19 April 1919, and died in Bermondsey in August 1933. Sold with copied research.
Lot 233
Three: Captain Henry E. Wall, Royal Naval Reserve, holder of the Lloyd’s silver Medal for Saving Life, the Shipwrecked Mariners Society Medal, the Emile Robins Award, and a gold medal from the Canadian Government British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. H. E. Wall. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Henry E. Wall.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. H. E. Wall. R.N.R.) good very fine (3) £180-£220 --- Henry Edwin Wall was born in Devonport in 1877, and commenced working as a reader’s assistant with The Western Daily Mercury newspaper. The job was not to his taste and he obtained a seagoing apprenticeship. He was lucky to survive his first voyage, aged 16 years, on the barque Cumbrian (sailing ship) when with two anchors down, she was being dragged to the shore. The rescue rocket apparatus was deployed (one newspaper article states he was rescued by the apparatus, another that he remained on the ship). A tug attended in time to rescue the ship from being wrecked. He served for 5 years on the Cumbrian and achieved the rank of 2nd mate before transferring to steam vessels. In 1901 he secured his Master’s Ticket and was serving on the Mira (steel four-masted steamer, built 1901). On 15 December 1902, the Mira was in the North Atlantic, off the Newfoundland Banks, the weather was bad with a moderate gale blowing and a heavy beam sea running. The J. N. Wylde (Canadian schooner) was sighted flying her ensign upside down (the international signal of distress), and on closing it was observed that the top mast and all sail was gone, as was the bowsprit. Her Captain signalled that they were in a bad way with the ship leaking badly, pumps choked, crew crippled and they wished to be taken off. A life boat from the Mira was lowered being skippered by Wall and manned by five of the crew. After several attempts they managed to take off the crew of nine, the master and his wife (and cat). The conditions were so rough and dangerous it took four and a half hours to make three journeys to get all the crew off, some of whom were suffering from frostbite. The rescue lifeboat took some heavy knocks in the process and the Mira’s second life boat was standing by in case the rescue boat required rescuing. Due to the condition of the J. N. Wylde, it was decided to sink her as she was a danger to shipping. Hall returned to the derelict ship, boarded and managed to set it alight to sink the ship. As a result of the rescue effort Captain Hill was awarded the Lloyds Silver Life Saving Medal (1903), The Shipwrecked Mariners Society Medal, the Emile Robins Award for the most meritorious rescue for the year, and also received a gold medal from the Canadian Government. The other members of the boat crew received bronze medals. Shortly after this he was employed by the Great Western Railway Marine Department (Plymouth), mail and passenger service, commanding the tenders Cheshire, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake. He finished as Dockmaster at Plymouth after working for the company some 35 years and retired in 1938. During the Great War, the G.W.R. tenders were employed in the examination service and he captained the Atalanta III which was equipped with powerful salvage pumps. Based at the Isles of Scilly they assisted damaged ships that had been torpedoed or mined. Due to the nature of the work Wall was appointed to a temporary commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve from June 1917 to March 1920. The Atalanta III was involved in the attempted rescue/salvage of the ‘Q’ ship Dunraven which even though torpedoed was attempting to lure the U boat to the surface. Captain Wall died in March 1939. Sold with copied research including R.N.R service record, Great Western Railway Employment Records, 1911 census, 1st mate certificate and various newspaper articles.
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