A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross First Class 1914 in its Presentation Case and with the Matching Maker’s Outer Cardboard Box. The Clasp is almost certainly an early War production of the 2nd Type Clasp, not maker marked, out of the factory mint condition, retaining all original matt silver finish with bright polished highlights. The case is covered in black artificial leather, with a silver image of the Clasp printed on the flat lid. Inside it is lined on the lower section in black velvet, and white artificial silk in the top. Case is as new mint condition. The outer pale brown cardboard box is also mint and has printed on the top ‘Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse’ and below that ‘Nur vom Empfanger zu offnen’. On the side is printed the maker’s name ‘B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim’, extremely fine £400-£500
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Pair: Major Ann H. Lively, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lt. A. H. Lively. Q.A.R.A.N.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Capt. A. H. Lively. QARANC.) nearly extremely fine (2) £260-£300 --- Ann Hudson Lively was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 March 1932 and trained as a nurse at the High Wycombe and District Group Training School. Registered as SRN No. 230359 on 29 November 1955, she was granted a short-service commission in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps on 1 February 1956. Promoted Temporary Captain whilst on attachment to the Ghanaian Armer Forces, she was raised Major on 1 February 1968. Awarded the GSM with clasp Malaya for service in the Far East, Lively was later posted on 11 June 1969 to the Military Hospital at Terendak in Malaysia. Retired to pension on 17 October 1972, she died at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 9 April 2008. Sold with the recipient’s original silver Q.A.R.A.N.C. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1950, and two original letters from the M.O.D., the first a letter of congratulations to Captain Lively at Cambridge Military Hospital for passing her examination to Major, dated 16 December 1966, the second confirming award of the GSM 1962-2007.
Four: Chief Wren Sarah L. A. Hale, Women’s Royal Naval Service, whose long service spanned the Second World War to The Troubles in Northern Ireland Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (30446 S. L. A. Hale CWren WRNS); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (30446 S. L. A. Hale. Ch.Wren. H.M.S. Sea Eagle.) minor contact marks, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Provenance: Christie’s, March 1990. Sarah L. A. Hale enlisted in the Women’s Royal Naval Service in November 1941, just two years after the first female students were admitted to the Royal Naval College. Over 8,000 women - known as ‘Wrens’ - were trained at Queen Anne Court and Devonport House during the Second World War, with roles including Radio Operators, Meteorologists and Bomb Markers. In 1944, at the service’s height, 74,000 women were involved in over 200 different roles.
Pair: Staff Nurse Hilda I. North, New Zealand Army Nursing Service, New Zealand Expeditionary Force British War and Victory Medals (22/470 S/Nurse H. I. North. N.Z.E.F.) good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Hilda Irene North was born on 25 December 1899, the daughter of the Reverend North of Market Rasen, Lincoln. She trained as a nurse in Wellington, New Zealand, and took her first appointment at the Otaki Sanatorium with the New Zealand Public Health Department. Appointed Staff Nurse in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service in January 1918, she was taken on the strength of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (Headquarters) and sent to Egypt, arriving for duty at No. 27 General Hospital in Cairo on 11 March 1918. She later worked aboard the Hospital Ship Valdivia from 4 November 1918 to 3 February 1919, before spending a further two months back in Cairo. Returned home per Hospital Ship Devon from Suez to New Zealand, she was struck off strength and placed on Reserve on 22 July 1919. Sold with copied Service Record.
A Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Driver Christabel Nicholson, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, later Women’s Legion, who devoted the first two years of the Great War to the care of wounded and sick Belgian soldiers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (C. Nicholson. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals (C. Nicholson. F.A.N.Y.C.); Belgium, Kingdom, Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth, bronze and red enamel, good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Christabel Nicholson was born in Loughton, Essex, around 1895. Qualified in first aid and home nursing, she was amongst the earliest entrants to the F.A.N.Y., serving in France from 5 December 1914. Mentioned several times by author Pat Waddel in FANY went to War, Nicholson was one of the original party at Lamarck Military Hospital in Calais. Here she attended to hundreds of Belgian troops wounded at the Battle of the Yser, and yet more suffering from typhoid. Under the command of Mrs. McDougall, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry succeeded in creating a 100-bedded hospital which functioned through the ingenuity of the staff to raise money for the purchasing of dressings, beds and comforts. In March 1915, Zeppelin bombs fell into the yard of the hospital. With other staff looking after the patients, Nicholson and Miss Hutchinson went out with a motor ambulance to help at the Central Station. As Lamarck gradually evolved into a base hospital, Nicholson soon found herself driving every morning to the Clearing Station to assist in transporting the wounded who arrived from the front by train; the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Review (1914-17) held in the Women’s Work collection of the IWM, notes that on one occasion ‘there were 400 cases entrained at Calais, and Miss Nicholson and Miss Cluff, with Miss Marshall and Miss Hutchinson as Orderlies, drove their motor ambulances 125 miles to the destination of the train, unloaded their cases from midnight to early morning, and then motored back to rejoin their unit.’ Transferred to a new camp for Belgian convalescents known as the Camp du Ruchard, Nicholson spent the early summer of 1915 in ‘truly awful’ conditions with the men badly housed and surrounded by mud. She transferred to the Calais Convoy in 1916, becoming one of their first British drivers, before returning to England and joining the Women’s Legion in a supervisory capacity - likely the motorised transport department. Awarded the M.B.E. for her service with the Women’s Legion, she married Captain V. A. Haskett-Smith of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1921.
A Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major P. Doig, Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major P. Doig.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, complete with brooch bar, the first and last in their cases of issue, together with mounted group of five miniatures which includes a T.F.W.M., very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 14 December 1917. Peter Doig began his service with the Volunteer movement whilst he was serving as a law apprentice with Messrs Stewart and Bennett in Dunoon. He was Captain of the local company No. 4 Clyde R.G.A. In shooting he was considered one of the smartest and most accurate, and was admitted to be the best in Scotland. Due to the re-arrangement of military organisation the company was disbanded shortly before the War, but on mobilisation Captain Doig was called to the colours and given command of the artillery in Portkil. He was subsequently given command of at Stevenson and in 1916 was sent to France. For meritorious work he was promoted to Major in the field. Sold with four contemporary news cutting and copied Medal Index Card which records unsuccessful application for T.F.W.M.
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Driver Mary O’Connell-Bianconi, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, who rendered important service on the Western Front conveying wounded men from places of extreme danger to hospital Military Medal, G.V.R. (Miss M. O’Connell-Bianconi. F.A.N.Y.); British War and Victory Medals (M. Bianconi. F.A.N.Y.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a Great War First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Medal, bronze, nearly extremely fine (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 30 July 1918: A joint citation to seven members of the F.A.N.Y.: ‘For conspicuous devotion to duty during a hostile air raid. All these lady drivers were out with their cars during the raid, picking up and in every way assisting the wounded and injured. They showed great bravery and coolness, and were an example to all ranks.’ Mary ‘Mollie’ O’Connell-Bianconi was born at Killadysert, Co. Clare, Ireland, on 22 December 1896. Educated at Laurel Hill Convent in Limerick and finishing schools in Paris and Belgium, she attested for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and served in France from August 1917. Sent to the Western Front near Amiens, O’Connell-Bianconi joined a select band of women driving motor ambulances to wherever they were needed - often under extremely dangerous and hostile conditions. Trained in the administration of treatment to both man and machine, the lady ambulance drivers soon proved their competence when taking over from the men, impressing even the most hardened top brass including Surgeon General Sir T. P. Woodhouse: ‘They’re neither fish nor fowl, but damned fine red herring.’ Deployed to St. Omer at the start of the German Spring Offensive, O’Connell-Bianconi was present in her ambulance as waves of enemy storm troopers attempted to smash through the Allied lines. Reeling from the assault, it fell to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry to advance ever closer to the front to rescue the wounded, the pencilled battle lines on their maps rendered obsolete overnight. Decorated with the Military Medal whilst serving with the St. Omer Ambulance Convoy, O’Connell-Bianconi survived the war and married Captain Arthur Stanley Watson at the London Oratory, Kensington, on 18 December 1919. A renowned beauty of her time, she made her stage debut in 1923 at the London Palladium in the former Broadway musical revue ‘The Whirl of the World’, before retiring to Surrey and raising a family. Sold with a fine portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; a group shot of F.A.N.Y. Unit 6 members, with each lady identified; and copied research.
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, First Class with swords, zinc, maker marked number ‘4’ for Steinhauer & Luck, Ludenscheid, on the reverse side wide tapering pin, with original pin, hook and hinge, housed in its original presentation box of issue, all silver frosting finish lacking, therefore nearly very fine £120-£160
Four: Wing Commander Helen Kotowski, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, later Women’s Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Sec. Off. H. Kotowski. W.A.A.F.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, edge bruising to last, very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- Helen Kotowski was first commissioned into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as Assistant Section Officer on probation (emergency) on 7 October 1942. Raised Section Officer on 7 April 1943, she served in ‘G’ Branch which was the personnel section. Selected for extended service on 14 October 1948, she was later granted a permanent commission in the Women’s Royal Air Force, serving as Flight Officer in the Secretarial Branch. Changing her name by deed poll from Kotowski to Winton, she was promoted Squadron Officer on 1 January 1955 and Wing Commander on 1 January 1963. Sold with copied research and a letter from the Central Chancery confirming entitlement to 1953 Coronation Medal.
Imperial Service Medal, E.VII.R., Star issue, unnamed as issued, on original Elkington, 22 Regent St., S.W.’ mounting pin; together with a second example, sometime converted for wear as a brooch with the Elkington mounting pin soldered to the reverse of the Star (the pin now broken and detached), the first nearly extremely fine; the second in somewhat relic condition (2) £100-£140
An Eastern People’s Silver Award Second Class with Swords for Bravery. Two scarce variants, the first without the 2 ‘roped’ rings in the centre, and with a slightly concave back; the second with wide convex back, very slight wear to finish on second, otherwise very good condition (2) £100-£140
The outstanding N.G.S. medal awarded to Captain Thomas Moore, Royal Marines, whose distinguished services with the marines of the Amphion over a period of 8 years gained him three mentions in despatches and the Brevet of Captain; he was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, was twice very severely wounded and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 28 Aug Boat Service 1809, 28 June Boat Service 1810, Lissa, fitted with a fourth unofficial clasp inscribed ‘Umago’ (Thomas Moore, 1st Lieut. R.M.) fitted with contemporary ribbon and silver ribbon brooch, pin lacking on this, extremely fine and rare £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, November 1979 and June 1990; John Goddard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. ‘28 Aug Boat Service 1809’ [15 clasps issued - real date of action 27 August] of which 5 are known, Lieutenant Moore being the only R.M. officer to receive this clasp: David Buchanan, Yeoman of the Sheets; C. G. R. Phillott, Lieutenant R.N. (Royal Naval Museum); Charles H. Ross, Midshipman (Patiala Collection, Sheesh Mahal Museum, India); William Slaughter, Lieutenant R.N. (National Maritime Museum). ‘28 June Boat Service 1810’ [25 clasps issued] - of which 13 are known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum; Royal Naval Museum (2); and the Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). ‘Lissa’ [124 clasps issued] - including 3 Royal Marine officers: William S. Knapman, 1st Lieutenant, Volage; John Mears, 2nd Lieutenant, Active; and Thomas Moore, 1st Lieutenant, Amphion. ‘Umago’ - this unofficial, privately added clasp commemorates Captain Moore’s part in the destruction, at the town of that name, of a 2-gun battery and the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled on 8 June 1813. Thomas Moore joined the Royal Marines as a Second Lieutenant on 14 January 1801; First Lieutenant, 15 August 1805; Captain, 21 November 1810; Barrack-Master, Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines, 16 August 1827, which position he held for upwards of 30 years. Captain Moore’s distinguished and gallant services are thus concisely stated in Major Hart’s Army List for the year 1857: ‘Captain Moore served in H.M.S. Amphion from May 1803 to July 1811; was in the action with and capture of four Spanish frigates off Cape St. Mary’s; action with flotilla of gun-boats in Gibraltar Bay; cutting out a schooner in Corsica; a severe action with a French frigate, and driven on shore under the batteries in the Bay of Rosas in 1808. Served at the taking of Pessara, and capture of large convoys. Commanded the marines at the taking of Cortelazza in 1809, and taking 6 gun-boats. Commanded the marines of the squadron at the taking of Grao and large convoys laden with military stores, after a most sanguinary action with a garrison of French troops at the point of the bayonet, when the whole of the garrison were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners - for this action and previous services he was made Brevet Captain. Present also at the capture of several other towns on the coast of the Adriatic, and destruction of convoys. He was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, 13th March 1811. Was twice very severely wounded, and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund. He has been in upwards of 30 successful contests with the enemy, and frequently officially mentioned for gallantry. Has received the War Medal with three clasps.’ Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1809, pp 479-481 (taking of Cortelazza, 27 August 1809). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1810 p 319 (taking of Grao, 28 June 1810: ‘It is hard to particularise where all distinguish themselves, but the conduct of Lieutenant Moore, who commanded the Marines... is spoken of in such high terms by all, that I feel it a duty to mention him, and I do it in that confidence of his worth which his exemplary behaviour, during Five Years’ Service together, has long insured him.’). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1811 pp 159, 162 (action off Lissa: ‘Captain Moore of the Royal Marines, of this ship, received a wound, but returned to his quarters immediately it was dressed.’). Sold with copied research including gazette extracts mentioned above.
Four: Sister Edith M. Salisbury, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem British War and Victory Medals (E. M. Salisbury. B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Decoration, First Class, 1 clasp, 1914-1915, enamel chipped and reverse centre damaged; Queen Elizabeth Medal, bronze, with red cross suspension, generally very fine and better (4) £140-£180 --- Edith Mary Salisbury was born in 1889 and lived at Cambray House, Llandovery, South Wales. A trained nurse, she served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister at Boulogne and with No. 2 A.B. at Calais. Sold with the recipient’s British Red Cross Order of St John brass pin badge and General Nursing Council for England and Wales badge, silver and enamel, by Thomas Fattorini, engraved to reverse ‘E. M. Davies. S.R.N. 25033 16.11.23.’
A Great War ‘Arras operations’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant J. Walker, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for gallantry in the capture and defence of the village of Rouex on 23 April 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (725255 Sjt: J. Walker. 1/7 A. & S. Hdrs.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1840. Cpl. J. Walker. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1840 A.W.O. Cl. I. J. Walker. A. & S.H.); Jubilee 1935; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2968685 W.O. Cl. II. J. Walker. D.C.M. 7-A. & S.H); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with additional service clasp (2968685 W.O. Cl. II. J. Walker. D.C.M. 7-A. & S.H.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 17 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all the officers had become casualties he took charge of the remains of the company and succeeded in capturing and holding a village in spite of heavy artillery and machine gun fire.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Rouex, 23 April 1917.’ James Walker was born in Glasgow in 1892 and was a machinist when he enlisted into the 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force) in 1913, declaring three years’ previous service with the 7th H.L.I. He landed in France on 15 December 1914, and served with the 7th A. & S.H. throughout the War and remained in service up to the Second World War. In August 1939 he was posted to the 12th (Home Service) Battalion of the A. & S.H. Sold with good copied research including a coloured image of him wearing his D.C.M., trio and first T.A. medal.
An extremely rare Great War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Lady Superintendent Ellen D. Harris, Indian Army Nursing Service, later Voluntary Aid Detachment, who served alongside a small and hand-picked band of nursing staff during the Black Mountain Expedition Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Sister E. D. Harris Indian Nursing Service) extremely fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Brigadier H. Bullock Collection, 1956; Tilling Collection. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 6 August 1919: ‘Miss Ellen Harris, Matron, Blytheswood Auxiliary Hospital, West Byfleet.’ Ellen Dovede Harris trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London from 1885 to 1888. Registered with the Royal British Nurses Association on 2 May 1890, she was selected by Lady Superintendent Loch from the Staff of St. Bartholomew’s and appointed to the Indian Army Nursing Service as one of the original complement of two Lady Superintendents and twelve Nursing Sisters on 21 February 1888. The following day she sailed for India aboard the Malabar. Arriving in April 1888, Harris and four colleagues were posted to Rawalpindi under Lady Superintendent Loch. Here she served as part of the Black Mountain Expedition, receiving the India General Service Medal with clasp. Tasked with attacking the Pathan tribes of Hassanzais and Akezais, the Expedition represented one of the first major campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India. Advancing into unknown and perilous territory, British casualties soon mounted up, especially following the action at Shingri and further engagements at Towara and Kotkai, the British resorting to burning villages in order to achieve capitulation by the tribal elders. Promoted Deputy Lady Superintendent on 1 October 1891, Harris completed her first term of engagement at Peshawar and returned home in 1893. On 19 December 1894, she offered her resignation with six months’ notice in order to take up the position of Superintendent of Lady Robert’s Nurses. These ladies had charge of the Officer’s Hospital at Muree, giving their services to the Station Hospital at Sialkot in the winter. Remaining in India, Harris is later recorded in 1906 as Lady Superintendent at the English Home, M.A.O. College, Aligarh, a post which she held until the commencement of the Great War. Recalled to England, she ended her impressive nursing career in Surrey at the 45-bed Blythswood Auxiliary Hospital, staffed by local members of the V.A.D.
Pair: Private H. Turner, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1627 Pte. H. Turner. 2/Essex. R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed, contact pitting from Star, otherwise better than good fine (2) £240-£280 --- Harry Turner was born in the Parish of Pilsea, near Stanford le Hope, Essex, and attested for the 44th Brigade at Brentwood on 19 April 1881. He served abroad with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment at Gibraltar from July 1882 to February 1884; in Egypt from February 1884 to May 1887, including at the Nile Expedition 1884-85; and at Malta for 22 days before returning Home on 25 May 1887. He was discharged at Warley on completion of his first period of limited engagement on 18 April 1893. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm both medals.
A Great War ‘Balkans theatre’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Mary M. L. Johns, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Sister M. M. L. Johns.); France, Third Republic, Medaille des Epidemies en argent (M. L. Johns 1919) the case to first a little worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. France, Medaille des Epidemies London Gazette 21 July 1919. The French award was initially graded as ‘en vermeil’. The correction appears in the London Gazette of 4 September 1919. Mary Maud Lilian Johns was born in Chester on 17 January 1881, the daughter of a tea and provision merchant. Educated at the Ladies School, Rhyl, she trained as a nurse at the Borough Fever Hospital in Ipswich from 1908 to 1910. She then transferred to the Bethnal Green Infirmary from 1910 to 1913, before engaging in private nursing. Accepted for service with the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. on 30 December 1915, Johns was mobilised on 10 January 1916 and sent to Salonika with No. 49 General Hospital on 20 April 1917. Here she would have been heavily engaged in helping wounded men and those suffering from malaria and other diseases. Transferred to No. 82 General Hospital in Constantinople, she served as part of the Army of the Black Sea from 24 July 1920 to 13 January 1921. Returned home to England, Johns transferred to District Nursing and was selected for the permanent reserve; she was removed in 1934 having failed to report. Sold with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1915.
The Uganda campaign medal awarded to Eleanor, Mrs. F. Rowling, Church Missionary Society East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Mrs. F. Rowling C.M.S. Uganda.) a somewhat later issue, good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Eleanor Rowling, née Browne, was born around 1866, the eldest daughter of William Browne of Dublin. A governess, she entered ‘The Willows’ training school of the Church Missionary Society in 1893 and was accepted as a missionary for East Africa on 25 April 1894. Selected as a member of the first party of five Church Missionary Society women detailed to Uganda, she departed London for Mombasa on 18 May 1895 aboard the S.S. Guelph. Directed to Mengo upon landing, Browne was present throughout the Mutiny when the Sudanese troops of the local militia mutinied and killed their British officers. After a tough anti-insurgency operation lasting a year the situation was finally brought under control; Browne later took advantage of this return to peace to marry a fellow missionary, The Reverend Frank Rowling of Leeds. According to the Leeds Mercury of 21 May 1898, the ceremony was conducted by the Venerable R. H. Walker at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Mengo, Uganda. Spending their first two years of married life in England, the couple were both omitted from the original roll for the East and Central Africa Medal which lists 32 missionaries as awarded the medal. Returned to Uganda, it seems likely that they realised the errors and made claims whilst serving at Singo between 1900 and 1905, the medal to Eleanor Brown being issued in her married name. The Reverend Rowling continued his missionary work at Gazala from 1906 to 1910, later becoming Chaplain to the Mission at Entebbe. Appointed Secretary to the Church Missionary Society in Uganda from 1917, he retired as Honorary Canon in 1922. Later records note the couple retiring to Leeds, and it was here that Mrs Rowling died in 1940. Sold with copied research containing a small photographic image of the recipient.
A Second War M.B.E. group of three attributed to First Officer Esta Eldod, Women’s Royal Naval Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (3) £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 14 June 1945. Esta Eldod was born in Hackney on 3 July 1898 and was appointed to the Women’s Royal Naval Service as Third Officer on 16 July 1940. Posted to Headquarters at Pembroke on 11 September 1940, she served throughout the War as Press Officer in the office of the Director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Decorated with the M.B.E. for this work, she later sailed from London to Santos aboard the Brasil Star, taking employment in South America as a Public Relations Officer. A founding member of the Institute of Journalists (1948), she later returned to England and took her retirement in Sussex. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for the award of the M.B.E., and a fine portrait of her in naval uniform.
A War Service Cross First Class with Swords. An unusual convex shaped variant. Excellent quality and condition early type, retaining almost all original bright factory polished finish. Wide, sloping pin stamped ‘84’ [Carl Pollath], good very fine and a scarce maker for this particular award £150-£200
A rare ‘Boxer Rebellion’ R.R.C. Pair awarded to Nursing Sister Marion J. Hislop, Indian Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; China 1900, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. J. Mislop [sic]. I.A.N.S.) good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 13 December 1901: ‘In recognition of their services to the sick and wounded during the operations in China.’ Marion Jeanette Hislop was appointed Probationer at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London from November 1884 to November 1887, and took her first appointment as Sister at the Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children from June 1889 to October 1890. Appointed to the Indian Army Nursing Service in October 1891, she served as Deputy Superintendent at the Sister’s Quarters of the Station Hospital in Allahabad, subsequently boarding the transport Palamcolla and sailing for Hong Kong for service during the Boxer Rebellion. The Nursing Record and Hospital World offers a little more information regarding this period: ‘Five of the Sisters of the Indian Army Nursing Service are at present serving in China. They are Senior Nursing Sister Marion Jeanette Hislop, and Sisters Agnes Mary Waterhouse, Louisa E. Lingard, Clara Lucy Cusins, and Christian Frances Hill. Their service are, no doubt, much appreciated by our sick soldiers. We hear very little of the nursing arrangements made for the care of our sick and wounded in China, and the news that five experienced Sisters of the Indian Army Nursing Staff are on duty there, is welcome, even though their services may be but as a drop in the ocean.’
Pair: Sister Dorothy Duncan, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Sister D Duncan. Q.A.I.M.N.S.) rank officially corrected; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Dorothy Duncan was born on 3 July 1894 and educated at Forfar Academy. She trained as a nurse at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and was selected to join Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 9 August 1926. Appointed Staff Nurse, she served in Nowshera, Muree and Rawalpindi, completing her first tour of India in January 1933 at Quetta. Returned home to Scotland, she resigned from the service on 3 March 1937 upon marriage to Major John Gordon MacGeorge of the Royal Artillery, but later returned as Sister from 8 June 1942 until the cessation of hostilities.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (2) (Wm. Brooking, 2nd Yeo. Of Sig., H.M.S. Vivid; J. S. Bryan, Sailmaker, H.M.S. Minotaur.) both with impressed naming, first with suspension claw crudely re-affixed and now fixed suspension, second with suspension reconstituted, first nearly very fine, second fine (2) £70-£90 --- William Brooking was born in Ashill, Co. Mayo, Ireland, in November 1863. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1879, and advanced to Master-at-Arms in January 1896. Brooking advanced to Chief Master-at-Arms, and then to Commissioned Master-at-Arms and served in that capacity during the Great War (entitled to British War and Victory Medals). John Smith Bryan was born in Banton, Yorkshire, in August 1845. He joined the Royal Navy as a Sailmaker in January 1873, and service included with H.M.S. Minotaur from November 1875 until October 1880. Bryan transferred to the Coast Guard, and advanced to Commissioned Boatswain - serving at Flamborough Head and Seaham Harbour. The medal to Bryan was found on a beach, and is suitably worn by water. Sold with copied service papers.
A Knight Bachelor’s group of four awarded to Air Mechanic First Class Sir John L. Blake, Royal Naval Air Service, later Comptroller General of HM Patent Office, who received the accolade of knighthood from H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 27 February 1952 in the very first investiture carried out by the new Queen at the start of her reign Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1951, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (F.13174 J. L. Blake. A.M.1 R.N.A.S.) in named card box of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Knight Bachelor London Gazette 1 January 1952: John Lucian Blake, M.SC., Esq., Comptroller-General, Patent Office. Sir John Lucian Blake was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, on 28 January 1898 and was educated at Watford Grammar School. He served with the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War in H.M.S. President II from 18 April 1916, and following the cessation of hostilities joined HM Patent Officer. He served with the Patents Office for thirty years, and was latterly Comptroller General, for which services he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1952 New Year’s Honours’ List. He was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 27 February 1952, in what was the very first investiture held by the new Queen at the start of her reign, and died suddenly in Paris on 18 May 1954, aged 56. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; a UNESCO Paris 1951 lapel badge; various souvenir menus from formal luncheons and dinners in the 1950s, including one for a luncheon in honour of the touring Pakistan Cricket Team in 1954; a boxed set of two packs of playing cards with the initials ‘JLB’ on the backs; a sterling silver presentation penknife, the case bearing the recipient’s engraved initials, and the heraldic crest of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, in leather case; and copied research.
An Iron Cross Second Class 1939, Schinkel Type. A rare 1st Pattern with smaller dimensions than the later standard pattern Iron Cross, probably by Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid, a one piece model. Not maker marked, but almost identical to the Deumer pattern First Class. Some very slight wear to the black finish, otherwise retaining most bright factory finish, extremely fine £240-£280
An inter-War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Nursing Sister Leonora C. Hooper, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who was heavily engaged in treating wounded servicemen on the First Day of the Gallipoli landings Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; 1914-15 Star (Nursing Sister, L. C. Hooper, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister L. C. Hooper Q.A.R.N.N.S.) very fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1930. Leonora Chamberlain Hooper was born in Carisbrooke, Hampshire, on 24 August 1884. She trained for her nursing certificate at Northampton General Hospital from 1906 to 1909, and entered Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service as a Probationary Nursing Sister at Haslar on 4 September 1912. Transferred to Plymouth on 1 November 1913, she served aboard the Hospital Ship Soudan from 17 August 1914 to 4 September 1915. A converted transport vessel, Soudan played an important role in the Gallipoli Campaign, much of it documented by the S.M.O., Dr. G. Trevor Collingwood, M.V.O., in his publication Notes on the Work of a Naval Hospital Ship at the Dardanelles: ‘The first operations consisted in the destruction and demolition of the forts at the entrance, and between February 25 and March 19, 1915, 137 Naval casualties were received, after which there was a lull, only four wounded being sent on board. The next operations consisted in the landing of the Army supported by the Navy, under a very heavy fire from both sides of the Straits. From April 25 to May 1, 429 wounded were received, 352 Military and 30 Naval Ratings being admitted on the first day. After this, the Army having established a footing ashore, the “Soudan” withdrew to a safer anchorage.’ Returned to Plymouth, Hooper spent a further period of service aboard the Hospital Ship Berbice from 28 February 1917 to 3 March 1918, spending the final months of the Great War back at Haslar. She subsequently registered with the General Nursing Council as SRN No. 9564 on 27 October 1922 and was employed on an overseas tour to Malta in the early 1920s. Transferred to R.N. Sick Quarters at Ganges on 15 February 1928, she was awarded the A.R.R.C. and retired to pension on 15 July 1934. Taking employment as a lady’s companion, she is later recorded in 1939 as a resident of the Isle of Wight and serving as an A.R.P. warden.
Army L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3129 Colr. Sergt. William Rowe 73rd Foot); G.V.R., 1st issue (4413 Pte. P. Richardson. R. Hdrs.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the second good very fine £100-£140 --- Peter Richardson served as a Private in South Africa and earned the Q.S.A. with clasps for Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Three: Second Lieutenant W. F. Scott, 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion suffered over 50% losses 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. W. F. Scott Som. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. W. F. Scott); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; Memorial Plaque (William Francis Scott) toned, extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- William Francis Scott attested for the 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, on 16 November 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 24 June 1915. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from Christmas Day 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. On this day the Battalion, as part of the 63rd Brigade, 21st Division, was involved in the attack on Lozenge Alley. The Battalion War diary gives the following account: ‘7.30 a.m. was Zero time for the assault. At 7.25 a.m. the first waves of “B” and “C” Companies crawled out. Directly the artillery barrage lifted our men advance in quick time. They were met by very heavy machine gun fire and although Officers and men were being hit and falling everywhere the advance went steadily on and was reported by the Brigade Major who witnessed it to have been magnificent. The leading platoon lost quite 50% going across “no man’s land”. On arrival near the enemy’s front line they were momentarily held up by a machine gun but as the successive supporting lines came up they soon got in. Already the enemy opened an artillery barrage on “no man’s land” and our front line trench, which caused heavy casualties among the supports. The only enemy found alive in his front line were a few machine gunners, who were immediately killed. Our men worked their way down the German communication trenches, bombing dugouts which contained Germans then on to. When the trenches had been battered out of all recognition and consisted of a mass of craters. They were supported by one Stokes gun but the officers in charge of the team were soon knocked out. Then a Lewis gun team of ours got up and lent considerable help, enabling our men to make further advances.’ Scott was amongst those killed, and he is buried at Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Bosielle, France. Sold with copied research.
A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Lance Sergeant Joyce A. Barnham, Auxiliary Territorial Service British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (No. W/17447 L/Sgt. Joyce A. Barnham. A.T.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (W.17447. Cpl. J. A. Barnham. B.E.M. A.T.S.) first initial officially corrected on last, very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944. Joyce Alix Barnham was born in Paddington on 13 May 1921. A shop assistant, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service on 28 April 1939 and was awarded the B.E.M. for her work with Anti Aircraft Command. She later received the Efficiency Medal under Army Order No. 27 of 1948, and died in Hastings in 1979. Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, and a portrait photograph.
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Acting Sister Philadelphia L. F. Pattenden, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, in fitted case of issue; War Medal 1939-45; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, silver, with one Additional Award Bar (17826 A/Sis. P. L. F. Pattenden. Temple Nsg. Div. No.1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1938.); London and North Eastern Railway S.J.A.B. 15 Years First Aid Efficiency Medal with 20 Years clasp, 9ct gold, on lady’s bow riband (P. Pattenden) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- Philadelphia L. F. Pattenden was born in Grays, Essex, in 1898, and was appointed Serving Sister of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1931.
A fine Second War ‘Dieppe Raid’ D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader R. B. Newton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, in command of 411 (Canadian) Squadron, led his pilots on four separate offensive sweeps over the French coast on 19 August 1942, on one occasion participating in a 30-minute dogfight with 120 Fw. 190s and sharing in the destruction of one of them: one of his clashes with the enemy that day is preserved on gun camera footage held at the Imperial War Museum in London Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated '1942'; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for wear, nearly extremely fine (6) £2,600-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.F.C. London Gazette 29 September 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Squadron Leader Newton has taken part in over 60 offensive operations over enemy territory and the Channel. He has destroyed one enemy aircraft, shared in another, probably destroyed two and damaged one. He has commanded No. 411 Squadron since 2 August 1942; he led the Squadron in the recent operations over Dieppe, during which he shared in the destruction of an enemy aircraft. This recommendation for a decoration is based not on his 'score' but on his zeal, courage and leadership in offensive operations, and particularly his leadership of his squadron during the Dieppe operations.' Robert Buckley Newton enlisted in the Royal Air Force in September 1939 and commenced pilot training at Prestwick in June 1940. Commissioned Pilot Officer, he was posted to No. 57 O.T.U. at Hawarden, where he converted to Spitfires, prior to joining 72 Squadron at Acklington in February 1941. Having participated in numerous operational patrols off the coast - and in convoy patrols - he moved south with the Squadron to Gravesend in the first week of July 1941. A few days later, with Biggin Hill as their forward base, the pilots of 72 Squadron commenced a flurry of cross-Channel sorties to Northern France; three of them were shot down in the unit’s first encounter with the enemy on 10 July 1941. Newton's flying log book bears grim testament to many such encounters - and resultant losses - in the period leading up to September. On 17 July he attempted to establish the fate of a fellow pilot - L. B. F. 'Fordy' Fordham - whose Spitfire had been hit by flak over Calais. He lost him in the cloud but later discovered he had drowned off Dunkirk. A few days later - on 23 July - he saw another comrade go down in flames and himself engaged a 109. The very next day his own Spitfire was hit during a 10-minute dogfight with a 109 and he had to make a deck-level retreat with his adversary pursuing him halfway across the Channel. Sweeps to such places as St. Omer and Lille continued apace in August, Newton getting in hits on a 109 on 12 August: 'Observed pieces fly off his tail. Broke off at 2,000 feet, 109 still going straight down' (the recipient’s Flying Log Book refers). Then on 29 August 72 Squadron encountered swathes of 109s: 'More opposition than ever before. Attacked 3. No results. Terrific party … Sky full of Huns' (ibid). Regularly assessed as an 'above average' pilot, Newton was posted as a Flight Commander to 403 (Canadian) Squadron at Debden, from where he continued to fly a hectic agenda of cross-Channel sweeps. On the 27 September 1941, he and his fellow pilots were jumped by 'many 109s' just after crossing the enemy coast. Newton engaged three of them and 'got 1 in flames' (ibid). In the following month, the Squadron took up convoy patrol duties, Newton getting in some hits on a Dornier 215 off Orfordness on 25 November. At the end of the month Newton rejoined 72 Squadron as a Flight Commander at Gravesend, before being appointed C.O. of another Spitfire unit, 411 (Canadian) Squadron, at Hornchurch in early February 1942, with the acting rank of Squadron Leader. Newton was quickly back in action, flying a 'Roadstead' to the Dunkirk-Ostend sector on 13 February 1942; amidst heavy flak, he damaged an E-Boat. One of his Sergeant Pilots was killed. Then on 28 February, after a collision with Flight Sergeant Gridley, he somehow coaxed his damaged Spitfire back to Manston for a belly-landing: 'Both O.K. but I was scared! Poor old 'B' written off' (ibid). And on 15 April he scored a spectacular victory over Desvres: ‘Dived at 580 m.p.h. (True) from 15,000 feet to 2,000 feet after FW. 190 (Flamer). Pulled out, + 9G, approx. 30 feet above sea' (ibid). From May to July, in addition to ongoing cross-Channel sweeps, 411 Squadron carried out numerous patrols off Skegness, Newton damaging a Ju. 88 on 21 May. By now a veteran of over 60 cross-Channel operations, Newton led his squadron on no fewer than four trips to Dieppe during the famous raid, Operation Jubilee, on 19 August. The Dieppe Raid
On the first of those sorties, as part of No. 12 Group, Newton’s flying log book refers to a 'terrific battle' of 30 minutes’ duration with 120 Fw. 190s, one of which fell to his guns. The Greatest Air Battle, by Norman Franks, gives further context:
‘Wing Commander Pat Jameson's 12 Group Wing from West Malling, comprising three Spitfire squadrons, were flying low towards Dieppe. Jameson was leading 485 New Zealand Squadron, commanded by Squadron Leader R. J. C. 'Bob' Grant, D.F.M., 411 Squadron as the middle squadron commanded by Squadron Leader R. B. Newton, plus 610 Squadron led by Squadron Leader J. E. 'Johnny' Johnson, D.F.C. as top cover. Up above all was Squadron Leader 'Raz' Berry's 81 Squadron from Fairlop. They would all meet Focke Wulfs. The Wing raced above the wavetops at zero feet then, nearing the hostile smoke covered shore, began to climb. Bob Grant had taken his New Zealanders up to between 3,000 and 4,000 feet when they arrived over the ships at 8.15 a.m. Above them they could see many enemy fighters. Robert Newton too saw many enemy fighters above, noticing that the Wing was greatly outnumbered by the 190s … Ranging from ground level to 20,000 feet and having a diameter of 25 miles, the air battle drifted and eddied over the coast and inland. The Wing had lost its cohesion but 36 Spitfires, or what was left of them, still carried out their task by fighting in pairs and fours and so achieved some concentration in the target area
Immediately below 610's battle, Newton's Canadians too were hotly engaged by the enemy fighters. Pilot Officer Reid's machine was hit by cannon and machine-gun fire but he - Red 4 - returned safely. Red 3, Pilot Officer P. R. Eakins was seen to be hit by cannon fire which blew off his Spitfire's radiator. He failed to return. Pilot Officer D. Linton - Red 2 - was last seen going after a German fighter and he too failed to get back to West Malling. Red Leader, Robert Newton, got in a telling burst at a 190 which was claimed as destroyed. Flight Lieutenant R. W. McNair also saw strikes on a 190 which he claimed as probably destroyed. Blue 4, Sergeant S. A. Mills, was hit and wounded in the head by shrapnel but got his machine home.’ The initial raid over, Newton led his squadron back to West Malling to refuel and re-arm, an exercise he would repeat on three further occasions before the day was out. On the last of those - as cover for the withdrawal from the beaches - he encountered and damaged a Dornier 215. Newton’s own Log Book entries for his four sorties state: (i) ‘Dieppe. Cover at 4,000’ for ships in harbour. 485, 411, 610. Terrific Battle for 30 mins. with 120 FW 190s. Got 1 Destroyed.’ (ii) ‘Escorted 2 Bostons at 0 Feet into Dieppe Harbour for smok...
Three: Private C. A. Skelton, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 1914-15 Star (S-6750 Pte. C. A. Skelton. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-6750 Pte. C. A. Skelton. Rif. Brig.) good very fine (3) £260-£300 --- Charles Austwick Skelton was born in South Milford, Yorkshire, in 1897 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in early 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 May 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, whilst serving with “B” Company. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was involved in the attack on the Redan Ridge north of Beaumont-Hamel. Held up by enemy fire soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., but were driven back after a counter attack, and suffered total casualties of 474, including almost 200 killed. Overall the Division suffered over 4,600 all ranks killed and failed to secure any of its objectives. Skelton was amongst those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. (110803 A. T. Bligh, Cd. Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.); G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (M.11433 A. J. Glosby E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Effingham.) the first nearly extremely fine, the second with light contact marks and official correction to part of ship’s name, nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Alfred Thomas Bligh was born at Greencastle, Morille, Londonderry, on 14 October 1864, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Valiant on 12 January 1880. Having advanced to Able Seaman by January 1885, he joined the Coast Guard as a Boatman in in October 1897 and was promoted to Commissioned Boatman in January 1904. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in July 1909 and was discharged to pension on 23 May 1911. Recalled for service on 12 December 1914, he was demobilised on 4 July 1919. Alfred John Glosby was born at Kensington, London, on 9 January 1894, and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 11 January 1915, a coppersmith by trade. He served aboard H.M.S. Hercules from March 1915 to September 1917 and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland. He was advanced to E.R.A.1 in January 1927 and joined H.M.S. Effingham in September 1927, gaining his L.S. & G.C. whilst serving in this ship. Sold with copied record of service for both.
Army L.S. & G.C. (3), E.VII.R. (1677 C. Serjt. A. Cooper. Scot: Rif:); G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (S/4341711 Sjt. W. E. Marshall. R.A.S.C.); E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23866645 Sgt R M Tyer RAMC) very fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- Alexander Cooper was born at Lerwick, Shetland, and enlisted into the Scottish Rifles at Glasgow on 14 August 1885, aged 19 years 2 months. He served 11 months in India in 1894-95, and during the war in South Africa from 16 April 1901 to 14 July 1902 (entitled to Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State). He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1904 and was discharged in the rank of Colour-Sergeant on 30 June 1908. Sold with copied discharge papers for first only.
A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal G. Peat, 13th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R-35264 Pte. G. Peat. 13/K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-35264 Cpl. G. Peat. K.R.R.C.) the last with considerable edge bruising, good fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 28 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Being the first in the rush on an enemy post, he was the first to follow his officer into the “pill-box,” which was the main objective. On his officer being treacherously shot by one of the enemy, who fired from behind a man with his hands up, he then accounted for the three remaining men of the enemy garrison, and after the signal to withdraw had been given, he remained in a position outside the “pill-box,” firing until the party had made good their withdrawal. His conduct throughout was worthy of the highest praise.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘West of Zandvorde, 9 January 1918’. Sold with D.C.M. League enamelled lapel badge (No. 259) and copied research.
Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (4680295 C.Q.M. Sjt. J. Cuff. 5. K.O.Y.L.I.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3708038. C/Sjt. R. Pinder. K.O.Y.L.I.) minor official correction to surname; together with an unofficial General Service Cross, silver, the reverse engraved ‘KOYLI. RAC. R. Leary. Sen Dec 1938 - Dec 1950’, in GSC card box of issue, light contact marks to first, very fine and better (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James Cuff attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 April 1915. Advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant, he was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 72 of 1925.
Five: Miss Irene C. Mitchell, British Red Cross Society, who drove a mobile dispensary to remote villages on ‘errands of mercy’ Defence Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. I. C. Mitchell.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Miss I. C. Mitchell. B.R.C.S.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver (Miss Irene C. Mitchell); Malaysia, Federation, Negri Sembilan Meritorious Service Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- Negri Sembilian Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Kebaktian), 18 December 1954: ‘Miss I. C. Mitchell came to Malaya in April, 1952, and was posted to Negri Sembilan in August, 1953. As a Field Officer of the British Red Cross Society in Negri Sembilan, Miss Mitchell has also undertaken the work of Secretary. She has trained over 350 young people in First Aid and has regularly visited every part of the State and gone into remote kampongs on errands of mercy. In addition to all these things, she has been responsible for the establishment of the voluntary detachment of persons who are now full trained in Red Cross work, First Aid and Nursing. No task has been too arduous or too difficult for her to fulfil. She has been highly complimented by the State Director of the British Red Cross Society, Negri Sembilan Branch, as a lady of outstanding ability who has carried out her duties with great cheerfulness and efficiency. On her departure from the State for England, His Highness the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan has been graciously pleased to award her with the Negri Sembilan Meritorious Service Medal.’ Irene C. Mitchell lived in Balham, London, and took leave of absence as a French and biology teacher at Alvering Secondary School in Wandsworth to spend a year in Malaya as one of 50 volunteers with the British Red Cross. Separated into 25 separate ‘teams’, each consisting of a health and welfare worker, Mitchell found herself in the company of Miss Margaret Hale, a qualified nurse from the Royal Cancer Hospital in London. Moving from village to village in a modified Land Rover nicknamed ‘Horace’, the two ladies spent the next twelve months attempting to win the confidence and support of the local Malay people, many of whom were previously sympathetic to the Communist terrorist insurgents who controlled much of the remote jungle territories. Sold with the original recommendation for the Negri Sembilan Meritorious Service Medal; the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Medal with Proficiency in Red Cross First Aid top riband bar (016447 I. Mitchell) and British Red Cross Society merit badge ‘13285 I. Mitchell’; a fine photograph of Miss Mitchell and Miss Hale in uniform; and copied research.
Five: M. C. Van Renen, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Stars privately engraved, the remainder officially impressed ‘W.109532 M. C. Van Renen’, heavy staining to Stars, otherwise nearly very fine and better Three: Alice M. Newton, Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service, South African Forces War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; South Africa Medal for War Service, the first two officially impressed ‘WN615742 A. M. Newton’, nearly very fine Pair: Maria S. Harrod, South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘F269297 M. S. Harrod’, nearly very fine (10) £80-£100 --- Alice Maude Newton was born in Cape Town on 15 November 1925 and served as Leading Swan in the Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service from 12 November 1943 to 30 September 1946. A typist by profession, her service record notes that she completed a course at Robben Island on 15 August 1944, but her service was later hampered by acute appendicitis. Maria Salimona Harrod was born in the Uitenhage District of the Cape Province on 11 February 1897. She attested at Roberts Heights for the South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force on 27 October 1942, serving as Medical Orderly at No. 2 Air School from 28 January 1943. She was discharged less than a year later as a result of being medically unfit for further service. Sold with a bronze St John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, engraved to reverse ‘373506 Maria Harrod’.
1939 Wound Badges. Two Wound Badges, the first a silver example by Steinhauer and Luck in its presentation packet . Late War type in unissued condition, but the silver-plate faded to grey. No maker’s mark. Pale blue paper packet, front printed in black Gothic lettering ‘Verwundeten Abzeichen Silber’ and maker’s name in black ‘Steinhauer and Luck Ludenscheid’ on back. Very slight wear to the packet; the second a black example by Klein and Quenzer in its presentation packet. Late War type with matt black finish in original factory new condition, no maker’s mark. Pale brown paper packet, front printed in black Gothic lettering ‘Verwundeten Abzeichen Schwarz’ and maker’s name in black ‘Klein and Quenzer Oberstein’ on back. Badge still in its original tissue paper wrapping, very good condition (2) £160-£200
An Iron Cross First Class 1939 in its Presentation Case. The Iron Cross is of a slightly convex shape, and probably a mid-War production, stamped ‘L/11’ [Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid] below the hook, unissued, and is in excellent condition apart from some very slight tarnishing on the silver rim. The case is the late type without metal hinges and closing button. It is covered in black artificial leather, without a silver outline of the Cross printed on the flat lid. Inside it is lined on the lower section in white felt, and white artificial silk in the top. The top section is also printed ‘Wilhelm Deumer K.G. Ludenscheid, extremely fine £260-£300
1939 Black Wound Badges. Two examples, the first by Richard Simm and Sohne. Very good quality example in very good condition. Maker’s mark ‘93’ on back [Richard Simm and Sohne, Gablonz]; the second an unusual variant, with fluted tapering pin. Super quality early War type with semi-gloss black original factory finish. About new condition, no maker’s mark, very good condition and the latter a scarce variant (2) £80-£100
Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1949’, with two Additional Award Bars, the first G.VI.R. dated 1949, the second E.II.R. dated 1956, with integral top riband bar; together with a Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY 'COCKPEN' AMRCHAIR IN CHINESE CHIPPENDALE STYLE, PROBABLY SCOTTISH, C.1770with a lattice back, above a dipped seat on cluster column front legsCatalogue NoteWhile the form of ‘cockpen chairs’ undoubtably has its origins in the late 18th century, including the circular section structural elements, it is not certain where the term ‘cockpen’ derives from. There are two main schools of thought. The first is that they were first made to be placed in the family pew of the Earls of Dalhousie in the church of the parish of Cockpen. The Scottish origins of this theory are backed up by many of the earlier examples being made of laburnum, a typically Scottish wood. The second theory comes from some drawings of some pens used for cockfighting which appear to have a similar form of construction. What is less in doubt is that this form of chair was generally referred to as a ‘Chinese Chair’ with the term ‘cockpen’ probably originating in the antiques trade in the early 20th century.
A TREEN BARREL NEST OF CUPS POSSIBLY SCANDINAVIAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURYthe barrel with brass bands and reeded decoration, the pull-off cover revealing a nest of four cups, inscribed in pen 'Baer' 13.5cm high, 10.8cm diameter (max)ProvenancePurchased from Maria Baer, Davies Street, London. The Adler Collection of Treen.
'LIBEROTTI IMPRONTE'. AN ITALIAN GRAND TOUR FAUX BOOK OF PLASTER INTAGLIOSRETAILED BY GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI, ROME, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURYeach hinged cover revealing thirteen medallions after Canova, Thorwaldsen and the Antique, with a list of works to the inside of each cover titled 'Opera Scelte', the back applied with a later facsimile maker's label inscribed 'Giovanni Liberotti, Incsore di Camei...Roma Via del Babuino, No. 105'26.1 x 16.7cm
A NORTH EUROPEAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED SIDE CABINET FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURYthe marble top above a shallow frieze drawer with a hinged lion's mask escutcheon, with a pair of doors enclosing a shelf78.5cm high, 73cm wide, 38.5cm deepProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
A collection of Hornby model railway, to include a boxed Duchess of Sutherland 4-6-2 locomotive and tender, R.936 L.M.S. Coach Brake First, R.434 L.M.S. Coach 57 Brake 3rd, loose Winston Churchill 4-6-2 locomotive and tender, track lengths, power units etc., together with a miniature oak coffer Condition Report:Available upon request
Mixed British currency, to include a Victoria 1887 Crown mounted as a brooch, commemorative Clydesdale Bank "The First Decade 1987-1997" Perspex-cased £10 note, Isle of Man Tynwald Millennium cased crowns, 3d token for the Trades Hotel, Ayr etc., together with a small collection of international banknotes, including Cyprus, Kenya, Turkey and Italy Condition Report:Available upon request
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