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Click here to subscribeEthiopia, Empire, Patriot’s Medal, bronze; Star of Victory 1941, silver cross; Eritrea Medal 1952, Third Class, bronze; Congo Medal 1965, bronze; together with a Commemorative Medal for the Patriots of the Italian Invasion, uniface, bronze; and a Commemorative Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Victory over Italy, uniface, silvered, generally very fine (6) £80-£100
Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross, Third Class with swords, bronze; together with two British copy Lusitania medals, very fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Cross for Important War Actions, silvered, no clasp; War Cross 1939-45, bronze; Nijmegen March Cross, bronze-gilt; Volunteer Medal, bronze; together with various Dutch lapel rosettes, good very fine (7) £70-£90
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, both unmarked; together with a Third Reich SA Sports badge, maker marked Berg & Nolte AG with all bronze finish remaining, original pin, hook and hinge; and a Third Reich period DRL Sports badge in bronze, fully maker marked in raised relief Henslei of Pforzheim with original pin, hook and hinge, good very fine (4) £70-£90
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with manufacturer’s mark ‘27’ to the suspension ring indicating Anton Schenki, Vienna, suspension ring detached but present; War Service Cross, Second Class (2), one with swords, the other without, both bronze; East Front Medal 1941-42 (2), zinc, generally very fine (5) £80-£100
Hungary, Great War Commemorative Medal 1914-18 (8), silvered; together with a Liberation of Upper Hungary Medal 1938, bronze; a National High School Sports Achievement Medal, silvered-bronze; a Jesuit College Achievement Medal, silver; and a Communist period Army Long Service Medal for 15 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel, generally nearly very fine and better (12) £60-£80
Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, crown chipped; War Merit Cross (6), bronze, some struck on thinner flans; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1915-18 (3), bronze; Commemorative Medal for Italian Unification 1848-1918 (4), bronze; Volunteers Medal 1915-18, bronze; Volunteers Medal 1935-36, bronze, very fine or better (16) £100-£140
South Africa, Republic, Southern Cross Decoration, officially numbered ‘1300’; Pro Patria Decoration, bronze and enamel (3), 2nd type, officially numbered ‘6473’; 3rd type (2), officially numbered ‘139520’ and ‘1732780’; Permanent Force Good Service Medal, in silver, together with a small roll of related riband; Defence Force Good Service Medal; together with an unfinished trial and a Police 75th Anniversary 1988 Medal, good very fine Tanzania, Republic, Utumushi Decoration, silver-gilt, very fine Zaire, Republic, Cross of Bravery, with palm, bronze, good very fine Zimbabwe, Republic, Independence Medal 1980, bronze (2), officially numbered ‘38829’ and ‘70554; Liberation Medal 1980, bronze(2), officially numbered ‘69867’ and ‘69868’; 10 Years Long Service Medal, bronze (906422 P.O.2 Nyamayaro. P.T.); Long and Exemplary Service Medal, silvered (2), good very fine or better £100-£140 --- Sold together with a copy Kenya Campaign Medal 1963-67.
Spain, Franco Period, Order of St Hermenegildo, Knight’s Cross, gilt and enamel; War Cross, silver, gilt, and enamel, lacking reverse retaining pin; Air Force Merit Cross, First class, gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central medallion; Constancia and Militar Cross, gilt and enamel; together with a Morocco Campaign Medal 1915 in bronze; five Homage Medals 1925, one gilt, four in bronze; and a 1936-39 Campaign Medal, gilt and blackened metal, generally very fine or better (11) £100-£140
A United States of America Vietnam War Bronze Star and Air Medal group of nine awarded to Staff Sergeant Willard S. Hudson, Tactical Communications Chief 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the ‘Black Knights’ United States of America, Bronze Star, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Air Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Army Commendation Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’; Army Good Conduct Medal, with five knots emblem on riband; Vietnam Service Medal, one silver and one bronze stars on riband; National Defense Service Medal, bronze; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, bronze; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, all with crimp brooches; Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm, generally very fine or better (9) £200-£240 --- Air Medal, 26 June 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight August 1969 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ (certificate dated 26th June 1970). Air Medal second award – no details, probably similar for July to December 1970. Bronze Star, 3rd July 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For Meritorious Achievement in ground operations against hostile forces during the period August 1969 to August 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Bronze Star second award – no details, probably similar for September to December 1970. Army Commendation Medal: ‘For Meritorious Achievement during the period April 1970 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Silver and bronze stars to Vietnam Campaign Medal for six Campaigns: Vietnam Defense Campaign 1965-66; Tet Counter Offensive 1969; Vietnam Summer, Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter, Spring, 1969-70; Sanctuary Counter Offensive 1970; Southwest Monsoon 1970. Willard S. Hudson was born on 29 September 1941, in Apopka, Florida, and enlisted into the Army on 7 January 1964. He was posted to 39th Transport Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia, and became a switchboard operator with 616, then 515 Transport Battalions, also at Fort Benning. Promoted to PFC at the end of January 1964. He served in Vietnam between 23 July 1965 and 10 November 1965, with 515th Transport Company, “Road Runners”, at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. There, the 515th had the primary mission of transporting troops and cargo from port facilities to their final destination, often times the front lines themselves. Hudson was hospitalised in Vietnam for about a month in September, reason unknown. On 19 November 1965, he was at Fort Buckner, Okinawa, as Communications Specialist, where he gained artillery experience, becoming a Tactical Team Chief. In November 1966, he was posted to the Republic of Korea, as Tactical Communications Chief, where he remained until December 1967. In May, while in Korea, he was promoted to Sergeant and on 1 January 1968 he was in Germany where he remained until April 1969. On 5 June 1969, he was back in Vietnam for his second tour, serving as Tactical Communications Chief, A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalr. Division (Airmobile). Promoted to Staff Sergeant in August 1969, in October he joined the 1/13th Signal Battalion, in December, 1/5th Cavalry, and in May 1970, the 2/19th Artillery, all units of the 1st Cavalry Division. Hudson left Vietnam for the final time on 9 December 1970, and was posted to Germany on 1 February 1971. On 3 February 1974, he joined 716th Military Police Company, at Fort Riley, Kansas, serving with various Military Police units at Fort Riley until the end of January 1976, when he was posted to Korea as Communications Chief, of the 2nd Military Police Company, 2nd Infantry Division. He was back at Fort Riley by mid-January 1978, where he remained in various security positions until he retired on 31 January 1981. He died on 12 September 1986, aged 45. Sold with a file containing original award certificates for the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal, with original citations for the first two, together with service papers and other research.
A German Second World War Combat Clasp in Bronze. An absolutely magnificent example of the bronze combat bar, to the left hand rear side the designer name, to the rear right hand side the maker of A.U.S.F. A.G.M.u.K. Gablonz, the makers mark indicates a grouping of manufacturers in the Gablonz area. The central blank plate still retaining all of its original blued finish, mint state £240-£280
A German Second World War Reconnaissance Luftwaffe Flight Bar. A single example of the Luftwaffe Flight Bar in bronze for reconnaissance flyers. A good early example, heavy quality, non maker marked. Good bronze finish remaining overall. Slight thinness to the dark grey bordering on black patinated finish to the reconnaissance eagle style head, with its original pin, hook and hinge. Close to the right of the central small domed rivet holding the eagle to the main body of the award there would appear to be a small circlet impression, the width and depth of this circlet is identical to the circle that surrounds the central rivet and would appear that when the rivet was fitted in place the punch may have jumped and caused another impression, good condition £140-£180 --- For the identical award see Flight Clasps of the Luftwaffe by Stephen Thomas Previtera.
German Third Reich Medals and Awards. Comprising a 1936 Olympic medal without ribbon, good finish remaining; an Italian Africa medal with its original multi coloured ribbon, although frayed, this is the high quality bronze example; a SA Sports badge, this is an individual awarded piece numbered 59740 maker marked Lauer; a War Service Cross First Class with swords, screw back with all finish missing, still fitted with its uniform locating pin and its securing disc; a Third Reich Wound Badge in black, single stamped version, some slight paint loss to the high points; an Eastern Peoples award First Class in silver without swords, the majority of finish missing, complete with correct pin, hook and hinge; and an Eastern Peoples Second Class with swords, bronze example, with good finish remaining and its original green and white ribbon, generally good condition (7) £200-£240
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