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Click here to subscribeThree: Police Constable J. T. Patterson, City of London Police Jubilee 1897, City of London Police, bronze (P.C.329. J. T. Patterson); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. J. T. Patterson); Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C. J. T. Patterson) mounted for wear, first two medals slightly polished on obverse, otherwise very fine (3) £140-£180
Family Group: Three: Gunner A. Juckes, 12th Citizen Battery, South African Artillery 1914-15 Star (Gnr. A. Juckes 12th Cit. Batt.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Gnr. A. Juckes. 12th Cit. Batt.) the BWM and VM both in slightly crushed named card boxes of issue, good very fine Pair: Warrant Officer Class I D. L. Juckes Rhodesia, General Service Medal, with M.F.C. bronze pick emblem on riband (597 WO 1 D. L. Juckes); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Rhodesia (597 WOI Juckes D.L.) mounted as worn, extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- Sold with various buttons and other ephemera.
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Surgeon Francis Burton, 4th Foot, later Surgeon attached to the 66th Foot at St Helena, where he was present at Napoleon’s death on 31 March 1821, presided over the subsequent post-mortem autopsy, and is renowned for having made Napoleon’s death mask Waterloo 1815 (Surgeon Burton, 4th Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Francis Burton was born in Ireland in 1784 and, prior to being commissioned to the 5th Garrison Battalion on 5 March 1807, was assistant surgeon to the North Devon Militia, his subsequent appointments being assistant surgeon 36th Foot, 10 March 1808; surgeon 4th Foot, 9 September 1813; half-pay, 10 December 1818; full-pay surgeon, 66th Foot, 16 December 1819; M.D., Edinburgh 1820; surgeon 12th Lancers, 30 June 1825. Burton served in the Peninsula in 1808-09, was present in the Walcheren Expedition later in 1809, and served again in the Peninsula, with the 36th Foot from March 1811 to October 1813, including the siege and battle of Salamanca; and with the 1/4th Foot from November 1813 to January 1814, including actions in the Pyrenees, Battle of the Nive and the investment of Bayonne. He afterwards accompanied the 1/4th Foot to North America in 1814 and was present with the battalion at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Burton was one of the five army medical officers present at the autopsy of Napoleon on St Helena, where he had only arrived, as surgeon of the 66th Foot, on 31 March 1821. He was present at Napoleon’s death on 5 May 1821, and features in the famous painting by Baron Charles Steuben, based on accounts of the event. Burton not only presided over the post-mortem but is also renowned for having made Napoleon’s death mask. Burton died in London on 24 October 1828. Note: Some historical accounts contend that Dr François Carlo Antommarchi, Napoleon’s personal physician but both disliked and distrusted by Napoleon, cast the original parent mould, which would later be used to reproduce bronze and additional plaster copies. Other records, however, indicate that Dr Francis Burton, the surgeon attached to the 66th Foot at St. Helena, presided at the emperor’s autopsy and during that post-mortem procedure cast the original mould. Antommarchi obtained from his British colleagues a secondary plaster mould from Burton’s original cast and with that second-generation mould, Antommarchi in France reportedly made further copies of the death mask in plaster as well as in bronze. There have been a good number of books and articles written over the years about Napoleon’s death masks and it seems fairly conclusive that Antommarchi’s mould was indeed a copy taken from Burton’s original. Original casts from either mould are very rare and most reside in museums around the world. In 2013, one of the last remaining original death masks taken by Burton was made the subject of a U.K. export ban after selling at auction for £175,000.
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, the obverse with bust of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, with small ring for suspension, good very fine £60-£80 --- Referenced in Puddester 921.3
Three: Police Constable S. Hockley, City of London Police Jubilee 1897, City of London Police, bronze (PC. 241. S. Hockley); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. S. Hockley); Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C. S. Hockley) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Sold together with a J. Hudson & Co, ‘Metropolitan’ police whistle.
A Polish Second World War ‘Monte Cassino’ group of eight attributed to Corporal A. Kiszka, 6th (Children of Lwów) Armoured Regiment, who was captured by the Russians in September 1939 Poland, Republic, Cross of Merit, 1st issue, 3rd Class, bronze, with separate crossed swords suspension; Victory and Freedom Medal 1945, bronze; Monte Cassino Cross 1944, reverse numbered, ‘30595’; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor corrosion to first two, otherwise very fine and better (8) £240-£280 --- Andrzej Kiszka was born on 30 November 1905 and served during the Second World War as a corporal with the 6th (Children of Lwów) Armoured Regiment. Initially serving with the 39th Infantry Regiment, he was captured by the Russians at StanisÅ‚awów on 18 September 1939, and after being released joined the Anders Army at Buzuluk on 2 September 1941. Emigrating to the United Kingdom following the end of the war, he died in Leeds on 8 September 1976. Sold with an enamelled riband bar (this lacing the Defence Medal); and copied research which confirms the award of the Monte Cassino Cross no. 30595.
The M.B.E. attributed to Miss Patricia N. Goate The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Spink, London, case of issue; together with a 20th Century presentation Seal of the Order of the British Empire, 212mm, cold cast in resin bronze, with label to reverse reading ‘Miss Patricia Newton Goate MBE’, extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1994: Miss Patricia Newton Goate, Parish Councillor, Colyton, Devon. ‘For services to Local Government.’ Sold with information leaflet about the 20th Century Seal of the Order of the British Empire.
Austria, Empire, Bravery Medal ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph, 1914-16 issue, bronze; Bravery Medal ‘Fortitudini’, bronze; Merit Cross 1849, by Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna, gilt and enamel, maker’s name on suspension ring; Karl Troop Cross, zinc; Wound Medal, white metal, nearly very fine and better (5) £140-£180
A rare Great War ‘Konigsberg’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral G. A. Scott, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. A. Scott. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. G. A. Scott. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, very fine and better (10) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 10 July 1919: ‘For distinguished services in H.M.S. Severn.’ The following recommendation was submitted by Captain E. J. A. Fullerton, R.N.: ‘Lieutenant Scott was Executive Officer of H.M.S. Severn, during the bombardment of the right flank of the German Army in September, October, November and December, 1914, and behaved with exceptional gallantry on several occasions. He was also Executive Officer of H.M.S. Severn during the attacks of S.M.S. Konigsberg in Rufugi River, July, 1915. On this occasion Lt. Scott showed great coolness, ability and excellent leadership when under heavy fire. He showed quick decision and a disregard of danger in taking a motor boat away by himself with a Marine, in the heat of the action, to rescue the observers from an aeroplane which had been shot down. The major part of the burden for preparing H.M.S. Severn for being towed out to East Africa and subsequent fitting out of the ship for action fell on Lieutenant Scott's shoulders. He has received no reward of any kind, nor was he mentioned in Sir H. King-Hall's despatches, although very strongly recommended by me.’ George Arthur Scott was born on 5 September 1888, and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman on 30 November 1904, becoming Sub-Lieutenant on 30 January 1908, and Lieutenant on 1 October 1910. On 9 February 1914, while studying at Osborne College, he was admitted to Haslar Hospital for an injured knee. He returned to service on 6 March. He was appointed to Collongwood on 1 August 1914, but this was cancelled and a week later he was appointed to the monitor Severn. He took part in the bombardments off the Belgian coast, September to December 1914, and in Severn’s operations in the Rufiji Delta, including her two epic engagements against the Konigsberg in July 1915 (see The Konigsberg Adventure and Severn’s Saga, both by E. Keble Chatterton, for full details of these actions). He was invalided from Severn at Simonstown on 8 September 1915, with further knee problems and he was not fit until 8 December when he was appointed to Tyne for command of the “C” Class destroyer Bat. During the remainder of the war he commanded, successively, H.M. Ships Arun, Nymphe, Mons and Urchin. Scott was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October 1918, becoming Commander on 31 December 1923, and Captain on 30 June 1931. During this period he held various commands but his record was tarnished on at least two occasions when he was found to be at blame for collisions with other ships. On 24 April 1939, Scott was appointed the first commanding officer of H.M.S. Belfast upon her commissioning for trials. However, diagnosed with ‘nervous dyspepsia’ on 15 January 1940, he left Belfast at the end of that month for duty outside the Admiralty not exceeding six months. Scott was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 8 July 1941, and placed on the Retired List the following day. Sold with copied research.
Service Medal of the Order of St John (2) (1199. Sgt. H. A. Risk. S.A.R. & H. Dis. S. Africa. S.J.A.B.D. 1932.; 6251. M. A. W. Fyfe. Sth Africa. S.J.A.B. 1946.) the first in silver, in box of issue, the second mounted for wear, some scratches, nearly very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Sold together with a copy I.C.C.S. medal for Vietnam, 1973; Captain Haines R.E. Bronze Medallion (No. 145156 Sapper I. C. Judges 273 Party); Johannesburg Peace Medal in Bronze, without ring; Royal Engineers Training Battalion swimming medal in Bronze (Sapper E. Hatch); RCAF medallions (3) (J. H. Tigh (2), S. A. Bending); Base metal RCAF sweetheart badge; A memorial card for Cpl. Robert Wilson, Royal Engineers, who died of wounds on 1 June 1917; and other ephemera.
Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police, bronze (PC, G. Fitch. B. Divn.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (2) (P.C. S. Hotching; P.C. F. Stops.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Cmdr. James Churchill) good very fine, the last rare to rank (4) £120-£160 --- James Churchill served with the Somerset Special Constabulary, and was released, at his own request, on 7 March 1939. Sold with torn Release Certificate.
‘Far too much has been made about “knights of the air” and chivalry... you couldn’t have operated like that... I just felt that I wanted to survive... and my best way of doing it was to kill the other fellow. I had no qualms about going down again and shooting him to pieces, I mean, I wasn’t going to be insulted in that way... But if you met 12 or 24 of them, as you did sometimes, well then discretion is the better part of valour. It’s no use just fighting and killing one and then being killed... You want to fight another day.’ The recipient’s own recollections refer The outstanding and rare Second War C.B.E., Great War D.S.O., M.C. and Bar, A.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Air Commodore P. F. Fullard, Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps, who with 40 confirmed aerial victories during 1917 would at the War’s end be the seventh highest scoring British Ace of the Great War and the second highest living. A pilot of supreme skill and confidence in his ability as a pilot, his 40 victories were claimed in just eight months at the front, a staggering feat that far surpassed those Aces with higher scores; indeed, his score would have been more had several balloons been added to this number which, whilst recorded by the squadron, were not by granted by a higher authority. Fullard’s war was cut short, not by a German bullet but by a fracture of his leg sustained during an off duty football match in November 1917. What could have been, had he not broken his leg, can only be guessed, but Fullard’s ratio for front line flying time to the number of aerial victories obtained would be unsurpassed by any of the British Aces who had more victories during the Great War. Had Fullard carried on flying, it is quite possible he could have surpassed the victory score of any Ace of any nation The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. P. F. Fullard. R.F.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (S/L. P. F. Fullard. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., with bronze palm, the pre-Second War awards all mounted as worn; the Second War medals loose, generally good very fine (11) £40,000-£60,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941 D.S.O. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As a patrol leader and scout pilot he is without equal. The moral effect of his presence in a patrol is most marked. He has now accounted for fourteen machines destroyed and eighteen driven down out of control in a little over four months’ M.C. London Gazette 9 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when engaged in aerial combat. He has on four occasions attacked and destroyed enemy aircraft, and has in addition engaged in 25 indecisive combats, in which he has shown fine leadership, great dash and determination to close with the enemy.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has on many occasions displayed the utmost dash and fearlessness in attacking enemy aircraft at close range and in destroying at least eight hostile machines during a period of about ten days. His determination and fine offensive spirit have in almost every instance resulted in disaster to the enemy.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919. Belgium Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 April 1919. Philip Fletcher Fullard was born in Wimbledon on 27 June 1897 and was educated at the King Edward VI School, Norwich. Here he developed a reputation as an accomplished sportsman and played for Norwich City Reserves football team. Still at school on the outbreak of the Great War, he enlisted into the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps in 1915 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant, Royal Irish Fusiliers on 5 August 1916. Barely a week later he was instructed to report to the School of Military Aeronautics, Oxford, to train as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. Passing his ‘dual’ and ‘solo’ tests in under two days’ of instruction, he was awarded his wings in December 1916 and shortly afterwards, due to his exceptional flying abilities, was appointed as an instructor at Central Flying School, Upavon. An extremely confident young man, he described himself “as good a pilot as there was” and remarked: “I had a total lack of fear. I was very conscious of what I could make the machine do.” In desperate need for pilots and demoralised by the devastating looses sustained by the Royal Flying Corps during ‘Bloody April’, later that month Fullard was ordered to the Western Front and in early May 1917, was posted to 1 Squadron. Based next to Bailleul Asylum, a few miles southwest of Ypres in Flanders, 1 Squadron had recently been fully equipped with French Nieuport 17 fighters. Initially Fullard found the Nieuport to be “frightfully heavy-handed” and “unwieldy”, with a cramped cockpit and experienced his first ‘flip’ during a practice flight. Once mastering, his views changed and he came to regard the Nieuport with supreme respect, describing it as “immensely strong” and capable of withstanding “the most enormous strains and dives and spins and rolls”. Into Combat Fullard’s first combat flight came just days after his arrival at 1 Squadron, with an offensive patrol on 5 May. For all his self-assurance and ability, Fullard’s introduction to the Western Front was a difficult baptism of fire. During his first patrol he was so distracted by the “sight of the enemy in their brightly coloured liveries” that he stalled and spun “right down almost to the top of them”. His flight leader thought he was “a goner”. Days later he became embroiled in combat only to discover he was unable to use his gun due to an oil-covered sight. Worse still was the “rotten prospect” of a hazardous sortie against observation balloons that, following a “contour chasing” practice sortie flown over the trenches at heights of little more than “25 or so feet”, became a deadly reality late on 26 May. Of the six assigned to hit a group of balloons with Le Prieur rockets, Fullard was one of only two to make it home. Two balloons had been destroyed at the cost of four pilots killed, wounded or captured. Landing after a fruitless search for a balloon that had already been hauled down, Fullard vented his frustration. The outburst was indicative of a trait and did little to endear him to senior officers. The headstrong youngster soon exacted partial revenge with his first victory. During a frantic dogfight over Quesnoy, he spotted an Albatros D.III scout attacking a British machine. In what would become his trademark style, Fullard closed to 20 yards before opening fire. Half a magazine was enough to send it spiralling down and, with Fullard unable to follow, he was credited with having despatched it ‘out of control’. Two days later, Fullard was credited with a second Albatros Scout out of control. He reported firing 15 rounds at close range, the Albatros flying straight for some moments and then went into a spin, it...
A Second War ‘Liverpool Blitz’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Chief Radio Officer B. J. Smith, Mercantile Marine, late Army Service Corps, for his gallantry on the occasion that the ammunition ship S.S. Malakand was bombed and exploded in Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, during the May Blitz, 4 May 1941 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (S4-143301 Pte. B. J. Smith. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S4-143301 Pte. B. J. Smith. A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Brocklebank Medal, 32mm, silver and enamel, the obverse featuring the blue and white enamelled company flag, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, S.S. “Malakand” 4th May 1941, Sunk by Enemy Action’, unmounted, generally very fine and better (8) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946. The original Recommendation, dated 24 February 1943, states: ‘For long and meritorious sea service in dangerous waters from September 1939 (still serving at sea). From 1914 to 1918 this officer served in the Army overseas and joined Brocklebanks’ Wireless Transmission Service in 1925 (This Company owns all the wireless gear on its ships and the Wireless Officers are direct employees of the company). Mr. Smith was the Chief Wireless Officer in our S.S. Makalla when she was bombed, set on fire, and sunk at sea in 1940, and was serving in a similar capacity in our S.S. Malakand, which was set upon fire and blew up in dock during the Liverpool blitz of 1941. From the nature of their service in the wireless room Radio Officers are either the objective of any first attack or are among the last to leave their ship when torpedoed &c. It is not surprising, therefore, to have to record that seven of our Radio Officers have already lost their lives at sea, and one has been badly wounded by shell fire. I have selected Mr. Smith as typical of the men of this particular rank serving in our fleet. When a ship has to be abandoned it is the special duty of one of the radio officers to ensure that the portable transmitting set goes into a boat and that he gets in with it. It is the proud boast of these men that so far they have never failed to do this.’ A further Recommendation, dated 30 July 1945, additionally states: ‘During this War this officer has served continuously in dangerous waters in the North and South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and has at all times set a high example of Leadership and Devotion to Duty.’ Bernard John Smith was born in York in 1897 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 18 November 1915. Discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 September 1919, he joined the Brocklebank Shipping Line, Liverpool, as a wireless operator in 1925, and served with them continuously for the next 25 years. His first ship was the S.S. Matheran, and he then served in the S.S. Mahratta, and the S.S. Maidan. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he served in the S.S. Makalla- whilst in convoy this vessel came under attack for German He.115 bombers off the Pentland Firth, and was set on fire, eventually sinking, with the crew being successfully evacuated. Smith’s next appointment was to the S.S. Malakand. On 3 May 1941, whilst berthed in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, and carrying 1,500 tons of high explosives, the city and docks suffered a heavy German air raid, party of the city’s ‘May Blitz’. Flares and incendiaries showered the ship, causing a huge fire which ignited the ammunition. The fire services could not contain the fire and on 4 May 1941, a few hours after the raid had ended, Malakand exploded, destroying the entire Huskisson No. 2 dock and killing four people. It took seventy-four hours for the fire to burn out. For his gallantry that night Smith was recommended for the M.B.E., which, having been re-recommended on a further three occasions, he eventually received in 1946. For the rest of the Second World War Smith served in the S.S. Fort Churchill. He retired in the 1950s, and died in York on 7 June 1960. During the Second World War, Brocklebanks lost 18 ships and a further 5 were damaged. A total of 255 officers and crew lost their lives. The company produced a silver medal to the crew of those 18 ships lost by enemy action, and a bronze medal to the crew of those 5 ships damaged by enemy action but brought to port. Approximately 1,750 medals were produced. Indian crew members frequently wore these medals on a cord around their necks, and when some Lascars did so at a Liverpool dock parade they attracted the King’s attention, and received his compliments. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
A United States of America Second World War group of six attributed to Major Irene A. Sheehy, Women’s Army Air Corps United States of America, American Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1941-45; Army of Occupation Medal, 1 clasp, Japan; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal, all in card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£100 --- Sold together with the recipient’s riband bar, that also included the riband for the Air Force Longevity Service Award, with four bronze oak leaf clusters; a letter confirming the awards and entitlement from U.S.A.F. University Hospital, Maxwell Air Force Base; and various rank and unit insignia.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O., M.C. group of twelve awarded to General Sir Roger C. Wilson, K.C.B., 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, later Union Defence Force of South Africa Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. C. Wilson, 114/Mahrattas.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. R. C. Wilson.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Col. R. C. Wilson.); War Medal 1939-45 (558765 R. C. Wilson); Africa Service Medal (558765 R. C. Wilson); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, with bronze palme, mounted in incorrect order as worn, generally good very fine (12) £1,800-£2,200 --- K.C.B. (Military) London Gazette 11 May 1937. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1930. D.S.O. London Gazette 26 August 1918: ‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Mesopotamia.’ M.C. London Gazette 22 December 1916: ‘For distinguished service in the Field in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October and 14 November, 1916 (Mesopotamia); 14 June 1918 (Egypt); 27 August 1918 (Mesopotamia); 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia); 7 February 1921 (Mesopotamia 1920). Croix de Guerre London Gazette 31 August 1917. Roger Cochrane Wilson was born on 26 December 1882, and educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was first gazetted to the Cheshire Regiment in 1901, and joined the 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, in 1904. He attended Staff College in 1914, and served in Mesopotamia, 1914-18 (D.S.O., M.C., Despatches, Croix de Guerre). Promoted to Major in 1916 and to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917; Colonel, 1920; served on General Staff, India, 1922-25. Promoted to Brigadier to Command the Manzai Brigade in Waziristan, 1926-30; Major-General, 1929; Commandant, Indian Staff College, 1931-34; Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry; General Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District, 1934-36; Secretary, Military Department, India Office, 1936-37; Lieutenant-General 1937 and served as Adjutant General, India, 1937-41; Promoted to General in 1940 and appointed Aide de Camp General to the King, 1940-41; retired from the Army in 1941, and subsequently served in the South African Army on the Staff of the Union Defence Force of South Africa, 1942-47. General Sir Roger Cochrane died on 5 February 1966. Sold with original Warrants for K.C.B., C.B., D.S.O., and six M.I.D. certificates.
Renamed and Defective Medals (7): Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Lieut. F. G. Teale. L.T.C. Turkish Contingent) a somewhat later tailor’s copy with modern naming; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (...riv... Shaik Joonoo 4th. Regt. N...) naming obliterated in parts, with copy suspension; British North Borneo Company Medal 1888-1916, bronze issue, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition, this a cast copy; Ashanti Star 1896, copy; Air Crew Europe Star, copy; Jubilee 1897 (Colr. Sergt. A. W. G. Jamrack. 13th. Mx. Rifle Volunteers.) this a cast copy; Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze, naming erased; generally very fine (7) £140-£180
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel J. Grose, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (Major J. Grose. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. Grose.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 6 November 1918. James Grose was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 17 November 1894, and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 November 1897, and Captain on 15 September 1900. He was awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal in 1911 whilst attached to 94th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, and served with the 105th Brigade, 8th Corps, Heavy Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre.
Pair: Gunner G. Lack, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (147577 Gnr. G. Lack R.A.) both in named card box of issue; together with a hand-painted envelope addressed to the recipient; and a postcard photograph of the recipient, extremely fine Pair: Driver A. E. Stebbing, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (228491 Dvr. A. E. Stebbing. R.A.) nearly very fine Three: Driver L. E. Walls, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (210365 Dvr. L. E. Walls. R.A.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with clasps for Five Years and Ten Years, the edge officially numbered ‘9965’ and contemporarily engraved ‘Leonard E. Walls’, light contact marks, very fine (7) £80-£100
A Staffordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps Shako Badge. An early small shako badge of the 39th Burton-on-Trent Volunteer c.1860, blackened crowned light infantry bugle with ‘39’ to the centre; together with a Senior NCOs white metal Pouch Belt Plate, c.1870, with crowned laurel wreath with Staffordshire Knot on stippled ground; and another NCOs bronze example, all fixings in place, good condition (3) £140-£180
Four: Major G. D. Wheeler, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Nicholson’s Nek on 30 October 1899, and was Mentioned in Despatches; he had previously been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving life on Lake Geneva in 1886 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. G. D. Wheeler. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (Capt. G. D. Wheeler. R.G.A.) engraved naming, minor official correction to surname; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. G. D. Wheeler. R.A.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major G. D. Wheeler.) minor edge bruise to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £700-£900 --- Guy Danvers Wheeler was born at Illawara, New South Wales, in 1868 and in 1886 was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Medal for saving life on Lake Geneva at Lausanne on 12 August 1886 (R.H.S. Case no. 23,274). He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 27 January 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 January 1895, and Captain on 1 January 1900. He served in both the operation is Rhodesia in 1896, where he was in charge of the Maxim Guns as part of Colonel Plumer’s force, and in South Africa during the Boer War with the 10th Mountain Battery. He was taken Prisoner of War at Nicholson’s Nek on 30 October 1899, and later released, and for his services in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902). Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned temporary Major, Royal Field Artillery, on 22 November 1915 and served with them on the Western Front from February 1917 (also entitled to a Victory Medal).
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William Hollocombe); 1939-45 Star (2); Africa Star; copy Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (282855 (Dev. B.16) H. Hollocombe. Sto.1. R.F.R.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, verdigris to F&G Star; scratches to obverse field of one DefM; edge nicks to LS&GC, otherwise generally good very fine and better (11) £100-£140
Five: Gunner C. W. Smith, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (10295 Gnr: C. W. Smith, 36th S.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (10295 Gnr: C. W. Smith. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (3022, Bmbr: C. W. Smith. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (3022 Gnr. C. W. Smith. R.A.) together with two related L.C.C. school attendance bronze medals both named (M. Smith), edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) £160-£200
Queen Alexandra’s Medal to Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children 1914, bronze, unnamed, complete with integral top brooch bar, edge bruise, very fine £40-£50 --- This medal was given to the approximately 1,300 children, all between the ages of 8 and 13, and selected by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families’ Association, who were the guests of the Lord Mayor of London at a banquet at the Guildhall on 28 December 1914. The children, all of whose fathers were serving in the fleet or on the Western Front, were additionally given sweets and toys by their esteemed hosts. A number of Pensioners from the Royal Military Hospital at Chelsea also received medals.
Pair: Police Constable W. Goodman, Metropolitan Police Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. W. Goodman. K. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Goodman.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to first and this somewhat polished, therefore nearly very fine; the second better (2) £50-£70
A United States of America Vietnam War Bronze Star group of seven awarded to W. H. McGondel, United States Army United States of America, Bronze Star, with bronze oak leaf cluster on riband, unnamed as issued; Air Medal, with bronze ‘V’ and two bronze oak leaf clusters on riband, the reverse officially named ‘William H. McGondel’; Army Commendation Medal, with bronze oak leaf cluster on riband, the reverse officially named ‘William H. McGondel’; National Defense Service Medal, with bronze oak leaf cluster on riband; Vietnam Service Medal, with four bronze stars on riband; Armed Forces Reserve Medal, with silvered ‘X’ on riband; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, 1 clasp, 1960-, generally good very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Sold together with the recipient’s riband bar for the above awards.
Pair: Corporal of Horse A. C. Godfrey, 2nd Life Guards, later Assistant Superintendent, Ceylon Police and Inspector General of Police, Mauritius Coronation 1902, bronze; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1985, Cpl A. C. Godfrey, 2/L. Gd:) mounted as worn in this order, edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- A. C. Godfrey served as a corporal of horse with the Life Guards during the Second Boer War, prior to being appointed an assistant superintendent in the Ceylon Police in 1903. The following references are made to his career in A History of the Ceylon Police, 1866-1913 by A. C. Dep: ‘Assistant Superintendents were required to pass examinations in Criminal Law, Police Administration and the two languages within three years. A. C. Godfrey, J. H. Daniel and Gottlier among the junior officers, were doing extremely well.... Permission was obtained to employ Mr A. C. Godfrey to train probationers in Drill and Equitation for six months. Godfrey subsequently moved from the school and served in the Central and Western Province.... Mr A. C. Godfrey was due to go to England and was well acquainted with the Chief Constables of Sheffield, Westmorland, Cumberland and Leicestershire which were likely recruiting grounds. His brother (Major C. V. Godfrey) was the Chief Constable of Salford. Mr Godfrey was asked to recruit suitable types, in conjunction with the crown Agents.... Mr Godfrey was an officer of very good repute and a gentleman who can be relied on not to demean himself by stooping to malpractices.’ Godfrey was appointed Inspector General of Police, Mauritius, when the Great War broke out. He retired, having reached the local rank of lieutenant-colonel, in October 1926. Godfrey resided in Eastbourne upon his return to the UK, and died at Ufford, Suffolk in April 1952. Sold with copied research, and a photographic image of recipient in uniform.
Family Group: Three: Second Lieutenant N. S. Scott, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action at Ypres on 23 April 1915 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. N. S. Scott. K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. N. S. Scott); Memorial Plaque (Norman Sawers Scott); Memorial Scroll ‘2nd. Lt. Norman Sawers Scott, K.O.S.Bs.’; together with a silver K.O.S.B. cap badge and a miniature coloured portrait of the recipient, extremely fine Pair: Second Lieutenant I. A. S. Scott, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 550 casualties British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. I. A. S. Scott); Memorial Plaque (Ian Archibald Sawers Scott); Memorial Scroll ‘2/Lieut. Ian Archibald Sawers Scott, K.O. Scottish Borderers’; together with a miniature coloured portrait of the recipient, extremely fine Three: Captain W. E. S. Scott, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. E. Sawers Scott); British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; together with two bronze R.A.M.C. cap badges, extremely fine The entire lot all mounted and housed in an impressive and heavy tooled leather-bound and initialled triptych-style display frame, this in extremely good condition (lot) £1,800-£2,200 --- Norman Sawers Scott was commissioned second lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 31 October 1914, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 November 1914. He was killed in action at Ypres on 23 April 1915, aged 19, and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, France. Ian Archibald Sawers Scott, brother of the above, was commissioned second lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 1 June 1915, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, aged 19, whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, on which dated the battalion was involved in the attack in front of Beaumont-Hamel - swept by intense enemy machine gun fire the battalion suffered total casualties that day of 552. He is buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsaet, France. William Edward Sawers Scott, M.D., father of the above, served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from March 1918, and survived the war, being discharged on 23 March 1919. He died on 31 January 1923, aged 62.
The rare ‘Ashanti 1900’ C.M.G. group of four awarded to H. B. W. Russell, Private Secretary to Colonel Sir James Willcocks, Commanding Ashanti Field Force, whose actions during the course of the campaign to relieve Kumassi went above and beyond the conventional duties of a private secretary - often acting as a guide, and being involved in the fighting, despite being present in a civilian capacity The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Coronation 1902, bronze; Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi, high relief bust (H. B. W. Russell, C.M.G., A.F. Fce:); Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Capt. H. B. W. Russell, C.M.G.) mounted as worn but lacking pin; together with original Warrant and Statutes for C.M.G. and contemporary portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, rank partially officially corrected on last, generally good very fine (4) £2,600-£3,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2014. Henry Blythe Westrap Russell was born in Toronto, Canada, on 3 August 1868. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and at Freiburg in the German State of Baden. He travelled extensively in West Africa and in the 1880s founded the firm of H. B. W. Russell and Co., merchants on the Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria. The company later had offices at Kumassi, Accra, Lagos and Liverpool. Whilst at Cape Coast in June 1900, Russell volunteered his services as private secretary to Colonel J. Willcocks, then assembling his staff for the Ashanti Field Force that he was to lead to the relief of Kumassi. Russell receives several mentions in From Kabul to Kumassi by Brigadier General Sir James Willcocks: ‘On this same day a gentleman at Cape Castle, Mr H. Russell, a trader of whom I had heard a good deal, and who had considerable experience of the Gold Coast, came and offered his service to me in any capacity. I was only too glad to accept them, and offered him the post of Private Secretary, an appointment which was at once approved by the Secretary of State; he proved most valuable. His knowledge of the country and language and his untiring energy were godsends in those days, and he accompanied me to Kumassi. For his services he received the C.M.G. at the close of the campaign, and it was well deserved.’ Further into the campaign, Russell was to prove considerably more hands on than a normal private secretary acting as a guide and indeed taking part in the fighting (despite being there in a civilian capacity): ‘Mr Russell, my Private Secretary, whom I had sent with this column, owing to his knowledge of the people, rendered very useful service, not only in a political sense, but by more than once accompanying the scouts and joining in the fighting.’ (Ibid) Some ‘spoils of war’ brought back to the UK by Russell have appeared on the market in recent years, but not his gift from Willcocks: ‘Among the souvenirs given to me by the officers was a fine donkey from Berekum. I took it down to the coast when I left, and gave it as a Christmas present to my Private Secretary, Mr Russell.’ (Ibid) Russell’s all action approach is further recorded by the Morning Post, 4 October 1900: ‘Operations from Kumassi - Punitive Measures. Hardships of the Campaign: On the following day a fighting column of 900 men with three guns and five Maxims under the command of Colonel Brake, who had with him as staff officers Captains Bryan and Reeve, and as political officer [sic] Mr Russell, a merchant on the West Coast left Bekwai with orders to attack Ejesu, where Queen Ashantuah was supposed to have concentrated a large force, and to have massed a quantity of loot. Advance on Ejesu: Our scouts, who were under the command of Lieutenant McKinnon, and with whom were the guides in charge of Mr Russell, were suddenly fired on by the enemy, who were lying snugly hidden behind a stockade on the bank of a river bed which crossed the road obliquely. Mr Russell went back and reported the situation personally to Colonel Brake, who hurried to the front with two 75 millimetre guns under the Hon. Lieutenant Halfpenny, of the 3rd West African Frontier Force.’ Russell was mentioned in the despatch of Colonel J. Willcocks, Commanding Ashanti Field Force, London Gazette 4 December, 1900: ‘Mr H. B. W. Russell, Private Secretary. - This gentleman volunteered his services at Cape Coast, and I was most fortunate in getting him; he has worked incessantly ever since I landed, and I strongly recommend him, especially as his chief object in coming was in order to have an opportunity of doing some service to the State.’ Russell was created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, London Gazette 9 November 1901 ‘in recognition of his services while employed with the Ashanti Field Force.’ This is believed to be 1 of only 2 such awards for the Ashanti campaign. In 1906 Russell was appointed Consul of the Netherlands at Cape Coast Castle, for the Gold Coast, Lagos and Nigeria, Togoland and Dahomey. In the same year he was appointed a captain in the Gold Coast Volunteers. Russell was honourably discharged in 1912, at his own request, upon his departure from the Gold Coast for England. He died in a motoring accident, when his car collided with a pony trap driven by man under the influence of alcohol. The accident occurred outside of Chester, 24 July 1912, and the other driver was put on trial for manslaughter. Russell resided at Brock House, Tattenhall at the time. Sold with copied research.
A United States of America Second World War Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal group of five awarded to Captain J. A. Paduana, 445th Bombing Squadron, United States Air Force United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; Air Medal, with one silver and four bronze oak leaf clusters on riband, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; American Campaign Medal, in card box of issue; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, in card box of issue; Victory Medal 1941-45, good very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- D.F.C. Awarded 14 December 1944. The official citation states: ‘For extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as navigator of a B-25 type aircraft. On 10 March 1944, Captain Paduana flew as flight navigator in a formation attacking the Littorio marshalling yards near Rome, Italy. Upon the approach to the target a heavy overcast enveloped the bombers and Captain Paduana’s flight became separated from the formation and the fighter escort. Displaying superior professional skill and determination when his pilot elected to continue the mission unescorted, Captain Paduana guided him directly to the initial point. Then, aiding his bombardier in setting course for a perfect run over the objective, Captain Paduana enabled his bombers to release their bombs with devastating effect upon this vital enemy communications center. On more than fifty combat missions, his outstanding proficiency and steadfast devotion to duty have reflected great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.’ Joseph Anthony Paduana was born in Utica, New York, and enlisted in the United States Air Force on 20 January 1942. He served with 445th Bombing Squadron, and completed 50 missions at medium altitude with the 12th Air Force in Italy and Corsica. As Squadron Navigator, he lead the Group on 20 occasions, and the Squadron on the rest of the missions. Sold with the recipient’s Pilot’s Navigation Kit and Classification Folder; silver identity bracelet; official metal identity tag; cap badge; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and various other ephemera.
Olympics Claudia Fragapane signed 12x8 colour photo. Claudia Fragapane (born 24 October 1997)[2] is a British artistic gymnast. She came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals in a single Games since 1930. [5] In 2015, Fragapane was part of the women's gymnastics team that won Great Britain's first-ever team medal, a bronze, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, before winning an individual world championship bronze on floor two years later. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
COLLECTION OF FOUR PORCELAIN WARES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 廣彩花鳥人物紋天球瓶、粉彩螭龍耳瓶、粉彩花鳥人物花口盤 及 青花人物紋瓶（一組四件） comprising: a Canton famille rose bottle vase, 38cm high; a famille rose vase with moulded chi-dragon, on a gilded bronze stand, 33.5cm high; a famille rose foliated plate, 28.6cm diameter; and a blue and white 'figural' vase converted to lamp, 40cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
BRONZE LION'S MASK WALL HANGING MEIJI PERIOD 明治 銅鑄獅首挂件 cast as a roaring lion, mouth opened with two adjustable joints at the back of jaw, lower mane upturned as coat hook, signed 'Mitsumasa Sei' on right margin, further marked on left margin in a panelDimensions:38.4cm high; 3123gProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Glasgow
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF KAKAMUKHA MAHAKALA 銅鎏金鴉面空行母像 the raven-faced Mahakala cast standing in alidhasana trampling over a female corpse, holding kartika in the right hand, kapala on the left hand in front of the chest, skull crown above wrathful face, backed with upward flame-like hair, all above a lotus pedestal, the base sealed with a plaque incised with double vajraDimensions:17.6cm high; 1301gNote: Note: Compare to a highly similar gilt bronze figure of Kakamukha Mahakala, Mongolia, 18th century, HAR no. 32770
PARCEL-GILT BRONZE SQUARE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR POSSIBLY TANG DYNASTY 或為唐代 局部鎏金銅海獸葡萄紋方鏡 cast in high relief with six beasts amidst grapevine surrounding the crouching lion knob within a circular border, further grapevine and four birds at each corner in the outer border, the top gildedDimensions:14.3cm square; 1021gProvenance:Provenance: Formerly from a private Singapore collection, Mr Quek Kiok Lee, inventory no. BM100, purchased from Moon Gate in 2001.
LARGE GILT-BRONZE BOTTLE VASE QIANLONG MARK BUT LATER 乾隆款 銅鎏金鏨花貼塑瓜瓞綿綿紋大瓶 the lobed body imitating a melon, each panel intricately repoussé and chased with butterflies fluttering amongst ripe melons, flowers and scrolling tendrils, the feet and straight cylindrical neck set with more melons and foliate scrolls in high relief, the base with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong markDimensions:41.5cm high
BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER XUANDE MARK BUT 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 宣德銅鑄沖耳三足爐 raised on three conical feet, with two loop handles rising from the rim, the bronze with brownish patination, the base with a four-character apocryphal Xuande mark within a recessed rectangular reserveDimensions:15cm wide; 1517g
TWO BRONZE PLAQUES MING DYNASTY 明 銅鑄魚符禁宮御厨腰牌 及 銅鑄秘戲錢（共兩件） comprising: an oval plaque cast on one side with a pair of fish in relief and concave, the reverse with inscriptions as the pass for imperial chefs entering the royal palaces; the other circular plaque with a central aperture, cast on both sides with erotic scenesDimensions:widths: 11.9cm and 6.9cm; 389g and 129g
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