An interesting Belgian Second War B.E.M. group of fifteen awarded to Adjutant A. F. H. A. Buekens, Belgian Ministry of National Defence, who served in the 1940 Campaign and participated in the Resistance Movement Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with Belgian lion bronze emblem on riband signifying Mention in Despatches at Divisional level; Medal of the Resistance 1940-45, bronze; War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with crossed swords emblem on riband; Medal for Combat Volunteers, 1 clasp, Pugnator, bronze; Medal for Prisoners of War 1940-45, bronze, with bronze riband bar; Military Decoration, Second Class, for Long Service, silver; Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934, bronze; France, Cross of Resistance of Réseau Sylvestre, reverse dated 1942-45, bronze; Great Britain, British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Adjudant Albert F H A Buekens), silver; United States of America, Medal of Freedom, bronze; France, Republic, Croix du Guerre, reverse dated 1939, bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband; War Medal 1939-45, 1 clasp, France, gilt; Medal of Liberated France 1944, bronze, mounted on three separate bars, generally good very fine or better and a scarce combination (15) (15) £600-£800 --- B.E.M. 140.22381 Adjudant Albert Ferdinand Hector Adrien Buekens, Chef du Service des Decorations Adjoint, Belgian Ministry of National Defence. The original Recommendation, dated 3 April 1946, and signed by Montgomery of Alamein, states: ‘Went through 1940 campaign. Participated in Resistance Movement. As NCO attached to 2nd Bureau showed ability and devotion to duty in manifold missions including particularly questions of awards to representatives of Liberation Armies.’
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Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, 61mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, French motto, significant enamel damage throughout; Order of Leopold II, Officer’s breast badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 42mm, gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with rosette on riband; Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, French motto; Order of the Crown, Gold Palms of the Order, gilt, in case of issue; Croix du Feu 1914-18, 1st type (2), bronze; Croix du Feu 1914-18, 2nd type (2), bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-18, Laslo official type 1, bronze; War Medal 1940-45, bronze; Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; Commemorative Medal for Leopold II 1865-1905, gilt; Centenary Medal 1830-1930, silvered; Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934, bronze, generally very fine and better (14) £100-£140
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, 65mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, French motto, unmarked, housed in a de Vigne-Hart, Brussels case for the Order of Leopold II, good very fine Finland, Republic, Order of the White Rose, Commander’s neck badge, by Viktor Lindeman, Helsingfors, 51mm, silver and enamel, marker’s mark and silver marks to suspension loop, with neck riband, significant enamel damage to top arm of cross, therefore fine (3) £60-£80 --- Sold together with a miscellaneous Irish Masonic gilt medal.
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Balkan War Commemorative Medal 1912-13, silvered, on combatant’s riband, very fine France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 58mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver and enamel, poincon mark to base of tassel, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine Morocco, Kingdom, Order of Ouissam Alouite Cherifien, Knight’s breast badge, 61mm including wreath suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage, about very fine (3) £100-£140
Family Group: Five: Able Seaman E. W. Bull, H.M.S. Caroline, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.29057. E. W. Bull, Boy.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.29057 E. W. Bull. A.B. R.N.) VM officially re-impressed; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.29057 E. W. Bull. A.B. H.M.S. Victory.) the Great War medals polished, therefore good fine, the G.VI.R. awards better Four: Wireman E. Bull, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (MX97627 E Bull Wrmn RN) nearly extremely fine (9) £300-£400 --- The light cruiser H.M.S. Caroline was launched on 29 September 1914 and was part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. Ernest Wilfred Bull was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, on 4 August 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 9 January 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caroline from 4 December 1914 to the end of the War, and was advanced Ordinary Seaman on 1 March 1916, and Able Seaman on 27 September 1917. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 January 1938, and was shore pensioned on 21 November 1938.
An unattributed Cuban group of five Cuba, First Republic, Order of Military Merit, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, on good conduct blue riband; Long Service Medal, bronze, with six bronze chevron emblems on riband; Armed Forces Merit Medal 1933, bronze; National Reconciliation Medal 1933, bronze, with star emblem on riband; Distinguished Service Medal, 2nd issue, bronze, mounted as worn from a bronze riband bar with central ‘Libertad’ plaque, generally very fine (5) £140-£180
An unattributed French Legion of Honour group of fourteen France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of National Merit, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze; Croix de la Valeur Militaire, bronze; Croix de Combattant, bronze; Croix du Combattant Volontiare, gilt, 2 clasps, Indochine, Coree; Korea Medal, bronze; U.N. Medal for Korea, French issue, bronze; Indochina Campaign Medal, bronze; Colonial Medal, 1 clasp, Extreme Orient; Middle East Operations Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Moyen Orient; North Africa Operations Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Maroc; Wound Star, combatant’s issue, bronze and red enamel; Korea, Republic, Korean War Participation Medal, 2nd type, bronze; together with the recipients French Battalion of he United Nations Organisation cap badge, silvered, gilt, and enamel, generally very fine (15) £180-£220
An unattributed French group of nine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militarie, silver, gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star emblem on riband; Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze, with two bronze palm emblems and one bronze star emblem on riband; Croix de Combattant, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal, official model by Morlon, bronze; Levant Campaign Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, 1925 Levant 1926; Lebanon Commemorative Medal 1926, bronze; Wound Star, combatant’s issue, bronze and red enamel, generally very fine (9) £80-£120
Ireland, Free State, Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, for Air Raid Precautions, 1 clasp, 1939-1946, with integral top riband bar, traces of verdigris, very fine Kuwait, Emirate, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, bronze and enamel, very fine Japan, Empire, Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, very fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Cross for Important War Actions, silvered, no clasp, in J. M. J. van Wielik, The Hague, card box of issue, good very fine Poland, Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, 41mm, gilt and enamel, very fine Rhodesia, General Service Medal (9855L F/R S. G. West) good very fine Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, silvered and gilt, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine (7) £80-£120
Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Seventh Class breast badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver and enamel, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in rio-nuri lacquer case of issue; Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in slightly damaged rio-nuri lacquer case of issue; China Incident War Medal 1937-45, bronze, with clasp, lacking riband; Army Relief Association breast Star, silvered and enamel, in wooden box of issue; Imperial Military Reserve Association Member’s Badge, silver, with bronze star at centre, in card box of issue, Patriotic Ladies’ Association Exceptional Merit Badge, Third Class, silver, lacking red enamel star at centre, in wooden box of issue; 2600th National Anniversary Commemorative Medallion, bronze, in wooden box of issue, generally very fine and better (7) £120-£160
Four: Gunner W. Mulrooney, H.M.S. Cochrane, Royal Navy, who was awarded a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum for saving life when H.M.S. Natal was sunk on 30 December 1915 1914-15 Star (170935 [sic] W. Mulrooney, C.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. Mulrooney. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (170035 William Mulrooney, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. St. Vincent.) suspension bar lacking from last, traces of verdigris to Star and VM, therefore good fine (4) (4) £120-£160 --- The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cochrane was launched on 28 May 1905 and was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. William Mulrooney was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on 21 July 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 28 October 1892. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 4 July 1901, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 27 July 1910. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Cochrane from the outbreak of War to 27 November 1917, and was awarded a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum for saving life when H.M.S. Natal was lost in harbour on 30 December 1915. He was commissioned Gunner on 22 April 1918, and died on 19 June 1933.
Liberia, Republic, Operation Liberty Medal, gilt and enamel, with riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine Nigeria, Republic, Independence Medal 1960, silvered; Armed Forces Distinguished Service Medal, bronze; Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, silvered; National Service Medal 1966-70, bronze; Civil War Medal 1966-70, silvered; Defence Service Medal 1967-70, silvered; Federal Republic 10th Anniversary Medal 1963-1973, bronze; together with a copy Independence Medal 1960,; and a Nigeria Police cap badge, generally extremely fine (9) £50-£70
A Polish ‘Monte Cassino’ group of twelve Poland, Republic, Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Monte Cassino Cross 1944, reverse numbered ‘42746’; Polish Red Cross medal, reverse engraved ‘P. C. K. Hastudze’; Commemorative Medal for the War 1918-21, bronze; Medal for the Tenth Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence 1918-1928, bronze; Medal for 10 Years’ Long Service, bronze; Medal for 20 Years; Long Service, silver; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with two embroidered shoulder patches, a plastic polish emblem and two identity tags named to ‘A.P. 1892 43-111 RZ. KAT. Jelonek’, and all housed in a wooden frame, good very fine or better (12) £100-£140
Russia, Empire, Medal for the Crimean War 1853-56, bronze; Medal for the Memory of Alexander III 1881-1894, silver; Nicholas II Coronation Medal 1896, silver; Commemorative medal for the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty 1613-1913, bronze, first two lacking large loop suspensions, generally very fine (4) £100-£140
Sweden, Kingdom, Storms Life Saving Medal, 36mm, silver, the obverse featuring the Royal shield of Sweden with date 1912, the reverse engraved ‘Minnesmedalj till Major C. G. Drake, Oegennyttigt Arbete för Riksland Storm Stävlingen 1919’ within wreath, good very fine £80-£120 --- Awarded to Major C. G. Drake for selfless work during the Riksland Storms of 1919.
A Second War Soviet Order of Glory group of three awarded to Private A. E. Kolesnik, 847th Mortar Rifle Regiment Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of Glory, 3rd Class badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘490020’; Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver, lacking enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘1501202’; Victory over Germany Medal 1941-45, mounted Russian style as worn, very fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004. The Order of Glory, 3rd Class, number ‘490020’ was awarded to Private Artem Evtikhievich Kolesnik, a 120mm. Mortar Loader with the 847th Mortar Rifle Kishiniv Order of Kutusov Regiment, 303rd Rifle Verkhnedneprovsk Red Banner Division, 25th Guards Rifle Corps, 7th Guards Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front. Awarded by Order dated, 15 May 1945. A translation of his citation reads, ‘In battles for the city of Bratislava on 4 April 1945, the mortar loader Comrade Kolesnik destroyed four machine gun points with their crews, three bicycles and up to thirty Hitlerites.’ The Medal for Bravery, number ‘1501202’ was also awarded to the above. Awarded by Order dated, 6 September 1944. A translation of his citation reads, ‘Mortarman in battery of 120mm. mortars, Private Kolesnik, Artem Evikhievich, during the breaking of the enemy’s defences as a member of the 3rd Crew of the Battery, quickly and precisely carried out his duty and as a result of this the crew destroyed two enemy strong points, a mortar battery and up to twenty German soldiers.’ Artem Evtikhievich Kolesnik was born in 1904 in the village of Studena in Vinitskaya Oblast, Pechanskii Region of Ukraine. He served in the Red Army from October 1926 to October 1928 and from March 1944 to August 1945. Sold together with the recipient’s original awards booklet which lists the above; together with copied service and award details with translations, and other research.
A Second War Soviet Medal for Bravery pair awarded to Senior Sergeant I. G. Khimochka, 59th Independent Engineer Sapper Brigade Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver, lacking enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘475108’; Victory over Germany Medal 1941-45, each individually mounted Russian style as worn, very fine and better (2) £60-£80 --- The Medal for Bravery, number ‘475108’ was awarded to Senior Sergeant Ivan Grigoryevich Khimochka, a Combat Engineer Platoon Leader in the 44th Engineer Sappar Battalion, 59th Independent Engineer Sapper Brigade of the Reserve of the High Command, 1st Ukrainian Front. Awarded by Order dated, 4 October 1943. A translation of his citation reads, ‘On 5 September 1943, units of the 132nd Riffle Division crossed the Seim River, advancing on the city of Konotop. Retreating under pressure by our forces, the enemy blew up the bridges across the Seim River, which impeded the advance of the heavy cargo trucks. The battalion then received orders to restore a crossing across the Seim River in the shortest possible time and to enable the tanks and artillery to cross by 6:00 p.m. on 6 September 1943. Comrade Khimochka’s squad was instructed to install the checked supports. Working for 35 hours on end in the water without any breaks and under systematic bombardment and fire by enemy aircraft, his squad accomplished its assignments 3 hours ahead of schedule. Having thus crossed the Seim River across the newly constructed bridge, the forces 77th Rifle Corps and the 9th Tank Corps successfully renewed their offensive, seized the cities of Konotop and Bakhmach, and started advancing on the city of Nezhin. For skilfully commanding his squad and for his personal example of courage and bravery, Senior Sergeant Khimochka deserves the Medal for Bravery.’ Ivan Grigoryevich Khimochka was born in 1904 in the village of Rossypalovka, Kobelyaki Region, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. He served in the Red Army from 15 September 1941, and was awarded the Medal for Bravery for his courage on the Soviet Central Front. He was severely wounded in March 1944, and was discharged from the Red Army shortly afterwards. Sold together with copied service and award details with translations, and other research.
Four: Able Seaman J. Clarke, H.M.S. Collingwood, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (TZ.7349. J. Clark [sic]. A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (T.Z. 7349 J. Clarke. A.B. R.N.V.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John Clarke); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T.Z. 7349 J. Clarke. A.B. R.N.V.R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £80-£120 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Collingwood was launched on 7 November 1908 and served as part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 84 twelve-inch shells and 35 four-inch shells during the battle. Sub-Lieutenant H.R.H. The Prince Albert (later H.M. King George VI) commanded her forward turret during the Battle. John Clarke was born on 7 November 1878 and joined the Tyneside Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 6 September 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Collingwood from 5 October 1915 to 28 May 1918, and was shore demobilised on 29 January 1919.
Yemen, Arab Republic, Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the 1962 Revolution, silvered, complete with integral top riband buckle, together with the enamelled riband bar, in fitted ECC Group, Cologne, fitted case of issue, extremely fine Yemen, Republic, Medal for the 10th Anniversary of the 1990 Unification, silvered and enamel, complete with integral top riband buckle, together with the enamelled riband bar, extremely fine (2) £60-£80
A German Second War Mountain Troopers Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross Group awarded to Oberst Arthur Haussels A superb group comprising Knights Cross to the Iron Cross; Great War Iron Cross First Class; Infantry Assault Badge; Wound Badge in black; Wound Badge in silver; Narvik Shield; Bar to the Iron Cross of the Great War First class; Bar to the Iron Cross of the Great War Second class; Armed Forces 4 Year Long Service Medal; and a matched pair of Mountain Troop Regiment 139 Oberstleutnants shoulder boards. The Knights Cross non magnetic centre, unmarked is an early Juncker production and has seen definite service wear, the loop is also unmarked. The WWI Iron Cross KO marked underneath the pin retaining hook. Infantry Assault Badge in silver has lost most of its finish, non maker marked. Narvik Shield, moth to the left hand side of the army backing also moth damage to the reverse side. Wound Badge in silver, solid construction, non maker marked, Wound Badge in black, some losses to the paint finish, one piece stamping, unmarked. Armed Forces 4 Year Long Service with its army eagle and swastika affixed to the Austrian style ribbon wrap. Bar to the Iron Cross First class of WWI non maker marked in excellent condition. Bar to the Iron Cross Second class of WWI also in excellent condition with all four fixing pins intact. Slight moth to the reverse side of one of the shoulder boards. A superb grouping to a career mountain troop soldier, good overall condition £3,000-£4,000 --- Arthur Haussels, a career soldier, was born in 1895, and served from 1914 to 1919 in the Imperial German Army. Rejoining the Army of the Wehrmacht in August 1934, by January 1939 he was Commander of Company 5 of Mountain Troop Regiment 139, and in 1940 was Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the same regiment. He was awarded his Knight’ Cross for actions in Norway on the 4 September 1940. By 1941 he was a Staff Officer of the same regiment, and in 1942 became the Commander of Mountain Troop Regiment 756. Serving in North Africa, he was wounded and evacuated to the military hospital in Naples. He was posthumously promoted to Oberst. Sold together with the recipient’s Wehrpass and certificate; and a headquarters Klagenfurt, Austria document awarded to Frau Maria Haussels, in which her husbands Wehrpass was returned to her on the 12 May 1943, citation folded once. Wehrpass in excellent condition, photograph of Haussels, hatless, wearing his officers tunic, upper bust, full of details including his First War service in 1916 in the machine gun regiments and then further details of his service from 1 August 1938 in Mountain Troop Regiment 139 through to his death in 1943. Pages 22 and 23 full of rank advances. Page 24 showing all of his awards. Page 25 shows the award of the Knights Cross to the Iron Cross including the Wound Badge in silver, Narvik Shield, Infantry Assault Badge. Pages 32 and 33 a record of where he served, both pages fully filled out, which runs over onto page 34, which shows him on the 12 February 1943 in the hospital in Naples where we presume he died. Lastly with three photographs accompanying the group, one of Haussels wearing his mountain troop cap with Knights Cross at his neck, postcard size, and two further photographs of postcard nature on parades, one with him mounted.
One: Chief Petty Officer F. J. Willies, H.M.S. Conqueror, Royal Navy Victory Medal 1914-19 (180840 F. J. Willies. C.P.O. R.N.) good very fine £30-£40 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Conqueror was launched on 1 May 1911 and was part of the 2nd Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, firing a total of 57 twelve-inch shells. Frederick James Willies was born in Plymouth on 22 March 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 23 July 1894. Advanced Petty Officer First Class, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 March 1912. Promoted Chief Petty Officer on 1 August 1914, he served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Conqueror, and was shore demobilised on 13 June 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.
A German Second War Blood Order Medal Citation Group. An excellent quality 2nd model Blood Order, which retains all its original both light and grey patinated finish. Individually awarded number 3218. 800 silver stamped right at the base of the award. A tiny dye flaw is common to all of the late awarded Blood Orders, a minute dot to the lower field within the right hand side arch of the Feldherrenhalle, to the left of the statues head can be seen with a magnifying glass. Complete with its correct white, red and black watered silk ribbon, the medal is accompanied by its ultra rare formal presentation award certificate, which is extremely elaborate in its red leather folder with a gilded impression of the Third Reich eagle and swastika to the outside of the folder. The beautiful citation has raised impressions of both sides of the Blood Order either side of the central rectangular section, excellent condition £3,000-£4,000 --- Awarded to Ferdinand Moser on 31 May 1940, the number of the Blood Order 3218 coincides with the year date 1940.
German Great War Imperial Awards. Service Cross for War Help complete with its original ribbon, all grey finish remaining with its accompanying citation to a Carl Faulmuller in Nuremberg 19 July 1917 with two accompanying letters regarding the award. A Bavarian 9 year Long Service Medal Third Class with its original ribbon accompanying citation dated 13 August 1918 to soldier Johannes Josef Leidensticker who served in the 2nd Infantry Battalion Regensburg 4th Company with his war roll detailing his service, one other unidentified section of paperwork. Accompanied by the Long Service Medal 12 years to the same recipient dated 29 August 1918. The medal in excellent order with good gilding remaining, slight staining to the upper part of the blue and white Bavarian ribbon with its citation and Stam roll, good condition (2) £50-£70
An Imperial German South West Africa Campaign Medal and Citation. A good condition award with its red, white and black ribbon, accompanied by its citation, which is illuminated in large format, punch holed for filing awarded to Wilhelm Sporkmann. Accompanied by a Long Service Third Class medal citation dated 1908 and further 1920s and Third Reich period Reichsbahn documents, good condition £40-£50
A German Second War Group of Three. Comprising an excellent condition National Faithful Service Medal, good frosting to the award, undamaged enamel to the swastika with its blue watered silk ribbon and pin back uniform fitting pin. Accompanied by an Armed Forces 4 year Long Service with the gold Kriegsmarine eagle motif affixed to the blue ribbon. An SA Sports Badge in bronze, which has lost the majority of its finish with a replacement pin and re-soldered hook, maker marked on the reverse side in raised relief Feckler of Bernsbach, this is an unusual maker for this award, good condition (3) £70-£90
A German Second War Group of Three. Comprising an Infantry Assault Badge in silver, solid construction, non maker marked with slight oxidisation to the upper left hand area of the award, complete with original pin, hook and hinge. East Front Medal, good finish remaining, slight losses of the silvering to the steel helmet, complete with a short section of ribbon, non maker marked to the ring. A good example of the Italian Africa Medal in heavyweight bronze, good colour to the black, white, red and light green ribbon, good condition (3) £100-£140
A German Second War Group of Four. Comprising East Front Medal, reasonable finish, the silvering from the helmet has disappeared, ring maker marked number 4 in its original paper packet, which is titled Ost Medalle to the face side with the corresponding maker for the ring number 4 of Steinhauer & Luck of Ludenscheid on the reverse side of the package. Italian Africa Medal, this is the lighter weight version, which is gilded, gilding dull with its correct black, white, red and green ribbon. War Service Cross Second Class with swords in bronze, with its ribbon. Another War Service Cross Second Class in bronze, mint condition with accompanying A5 size citation to Technical Angestellten (Employee) Martin Pieper, late award date of 30 January 1945 with its original paper packet of issue, which is maker marked on the reverse side Grossmann & Co Wien (Vienna), ring to medal unmarked, good condition (4) £100-£140
A German Olympic Medal, Second Class. A good example of the Olympic Medal retaining virtually all its original silvered finish with its black, red and white ribbon. A dress fitting pin to the ribbon, laid into its grey velvet based white leatherette box. To the exterior of the box the 5 Olympic rings gilded line to the edge of the box with a white domed closure catch. Overall an excellent example of this award, good condition £120-£160
One: Stoker First Class J. Mather, H.M.S. Falmouth, Royal Naval Reserve, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Falmouth off Flamborough Head on 20 August 1916 Victory Medal 1914-19 (8058S. J. Mather. Sto. R.N.R.) light contact marks, very fine £40-£50 --- The light cruiser H.M.S. Falmouth was launched on 20 September 1910 and was the flagship of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, firing a total of 175 shells during the battle, the most of any British light cruiser. John Mather was born in West Cornforth, co. Durham, on 3 March 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 July 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Falmouth from 2 March 1916, and was present in her when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-66 on the afternoon of 19 August 1916. Shortly after she was struck the armed trawler Cooksin went alongside and took off all the men not required to work the ship. Limping her way back to port at a speed of 2 knots, she was torpedoed again the following morning, this time by U-63, and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Remarkably no one was killed in the attacks, but one man later died of his injuries. Mather was demobilised on 26 April 1919.
Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class C. W. Nichols, H.M.S. Faulknor, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (269866, C. W. Nichols, C.E.R.A.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269866 C. W. Nichols. C.E.R.A.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269866 C. W. Nichols, Ch. E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Dido:) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Ron Tuppen Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013. The destroyer H.M.S. Faulknor was launched on 26 February 1914 and was the flotilla leader of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland. Charles Walter Nichols was born at Brompton, London, on 13 February 1878 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 2 October 1899. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 22 June 1911 he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 October 1914, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Faulknor from 28 November 1914 to 2 May 1918, being promoted Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 20 June 1916. He was shore pensioned on 16 October 1921.
A Superb German Second War RAD Konstantine Hierl Presentation Dagger Awarded to Obergeneralarbeitsfuhrer Wilhelm Busse An excellent and extremely rare RAD officers dagger with presentation blade in Damascus and gold. Standard RAD officers dagger form with the hilt being in the highly brushed aluminium. Standard celluloid grips, mint condition, in its scabbard that has the silvered patination overall with dark chemically patinated to the central pebbled section of the scabbard and in the lower field of the scrollwork and the wheat sheaves. On the reverse side of the scabbard, to upper part are the intertwined engraved initials WB. The blade is the most superb Damascus pattern with the RAD logo of Arbeit Adelt in raised gold. On the reverse side a presentation dedication in raised gold Fur Hervoreeagende Verdienst (For outstanding service) with the full signature of the head of the RAD Konstantine Hierl with the makers logo Alcoso, Solingen also in raised gold. The blade is fully Damascus from end to end, also encompassing Damascus pattern on the flat back edge of the blade. Underneath the easily removable grips the blade is neatly riveted to the hilt with the numbers 133 stamped into the hilt material, excellent condition £8,000-£12,000 --- Wilhelm Busse was born in Berlin in 1878 and joined the Imperial German Navy in 1896, serving throughout the Great War, and finishing the War as a senior officer on the Admiralty’s staff. After the Great War he joined one of the many Freikorps, and he was the longest serving NSDAP official in the Reich Labour Service when it was created, being appointed President of the RAD Court of Justice in 1934. In this function he ran for the NSDAP in the Reichstag election of March 1936 but was not elected. In 1939 he made himself available to the Navy of the Third Reich and was given the rank of Rear Admiral on 1 June 1940. On 27 November 1941 he entered the NSDAP Reichstag as a Deputy to Rudolf Hess, who had been expelled in May 1941, and was a member of the Reichstag until the end of the Third Reich regime. From 1939 Busse also held the rank of Generalarbeitsfuhrer of the RAD (Reich Labour Service) and concurrent with his service in the Kriegsmarine he was promoted to Konteradmiral on 1 September 1944. He obtained many orders, medals and decorations including Bulgarian orders, Prussian orders and was a holder of the Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP. He died in Kiel in 1965. Sold together with various Award citations included A5 sized punch holed for filing Award certificate for the Bulgarian Order of St. Alexander with the rank of Generalarbeitsfuhrer dated 27 August 1937 awarded in Berchtesgaden, Berlin, the name Berlin crossed through on the citation paper with original pen signature by Adolf Hitler. Further A4 citation punch holed for filing to Obergeneralarbeitsfuhrer the Grand Cross of the Bulgarian St. Alexander Order dated 25 September 1940 with facsimile ink signature of Adolf Hitler and pen signature of the Chancellery Secretary Meissner. Large form promotion document to Obergeneralarbeitsfuhrer, although he had already achieved that rank by 1940 to Wilhelm Busse issued Headquarters 20 April 1942 with pen signature by Adolf Hitler, pen signature of Konstantine Hierl and another signature unidentified. This large format citation within its cream folder with large gilded eagle and swastika to the face side, some tape marks to the right hand side. A small A5 standard size citation punch holed for filing for the War Service Cross Second Class with swords to Konteradmiral Wilhelm Busse date of award 1 September 1944, a personal award from the Commander of the Kriegsmarine Donitz with signature of an unidentified Konteradmiral, some rust staining close to the punch holes. A second A5 citation awarded to Dem Obergeneralarbeitsfuhrer Wilhelm Busse, Reichesleitung Des Reichsarbeitsdienstes, Berlin-Grunewald, for the West Wall Medal dated 26 January 1940, pen signed by the State Minister and Head of the Presidential Chancellery, Meissner. Two further documents, one for the Great War Iron Cross Second Class, awarded Constantinople February 1916, and the second for three Ottoman Empire awards, The Order of Osmanieh Forth Class, The Order of Medjidie Third Class and the silver Intiyaz Medal with crossed swords, also awarded Constantinople on the same date 29 February 1916. This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Four: Leading Seaman C. E. Helbren, H.M.S. King George V, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (234510, C. E. Helbren, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (234510 C. E. Helbren. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (234510 C. E. Helbren. L.S. H.M.S. Victory.) edge bruise to BWM, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. King George V was launched on 9 October 1911 and was the flagship of the 2nd Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. Charles Ernest Helbren was born in Portsea, Hampshire, on 7 October 1889 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 4 August 1905. Advanced Able Seaman on 23 March 1909, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. King George V from the outbreak of War to 20 January 1917, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 1 December 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 October 1922.
One: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class J. G. Young, H.M.S. Minion, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (268067, J. G. Young, C.E.R.A.1., R.N.) good very fine £30-£40 --- The destroyer H.M.S. Minion was launched on 11 September 1915 and was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland. James Gilbert Young was born in Portsmouth on 25 November 1872 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 21 March 1894. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class on 9 June 1908, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 March 1909 and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Minion from her commissioning in November 1915 to 4 August 1916. He was shore pensioned on 24 December 1919.
Three: Chief Stoker W. James, H.M.S. Minotaur, Royal Navy, who served as part of H.M.S. Powerful’s Naval Brigade at the Defence of Ladysmith 1914-15 Star (175914, W. James, Ch. Sto., R.N.) officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (175914 W. James. Ch. Sto. R.N.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Minotaur was launched on 6 June 1906 and was the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. William James was born in Shorewell on the Isle of Wight on 24 October 1873 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 25 September 1893. He served in H.M.S. Powerful during the Boer War as part of that ship’s Naval Brigade, and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with Defence of Ladysmith clasp. Advanced Chief Stoker on 25 May 1908, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 September 1908, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Minotaur from the outbreak of War to 30 May 1918. He was shore pensioned on 30 December 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.
Three: Petty Officer E. W. R. Norris, H.M.S. Mons, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.8190. E. W. R. Norris. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.8190 E. W. R. Norris. L.S. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The destroyer H.M.S. Mons was launched on 1 May 1915 and was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland. Edward William Reginald Norris was born in Stoke, Devon, on 3 May 1894 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 April 1910. Advanced Able Seaman on 5 February 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mons from 19 July 1915 to 25 July 1917, and was promoted Petty Officer on 1 September 1920. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926.
A post-War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Major C. Holborow, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as Chairman of the Commonwealth Society for the Deaf, and Master of the Tallow Chandlers Company in 1996-97 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., T. & A.V.R., reverse officially dated 1969, with integral top riband bar; Gambia, Republic, Order of the Republic of Gambia, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with miniature star emblem on riband; together with a National Service medal 1939-60; ands the related miniature awards, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 17 June 1989: Christopher Adrian Holborow, T.D., Medical Adviser and Chairman, Commonwealth Society for the Deaf. Christopher Adrian Holborow was born in Suffolk and was educated at Repton and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Training at Great Ormond Street, Addenbrooke’s, and Guy’s Hospitals, he subsequently did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, as an Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeon in Germany. He continued his Army life in the Territorial Army and was Medical Officer of 296 (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery for over 20 years. It was the affiliation of this Regiment to the Tallow Chandlers Livery Company which saw him involved in this sphere, and he served as Master of the Company in 1996-97. The cause of the deaf was always close to his heart, and he served as President of the South East Region of the Association of the Deaf, as well as Medical Adviser and Chairman of the Commonwealth Society for the Deaf, and it was for his work with the latter organisation that he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1989. He died in 1998. Sold together with a framed display of cap badges and unit insignia of the various units in which the recipient served; a number of original letters and documents regarding his service with the Territorial Army; a signed copy of the book ‘The Tallow Chandlers Company, Seven Centuries of Light’, by Gordon Phillips; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in later life.
Four: Leading Stoker H. T. Rogers, H.M.S. Orion, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.4239, H. T. Rogers, L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.4239 H. T. Rogers. Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.4239 H. T. Rogers. St.1. H.M.S. Emperor of India) half-hearted attempt to obliterate rate on last three medals, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Orion was launched on 20 August 1910 and was part of the 2nd Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she engaged the German battleship Markgraf and the battle cruiser Lützow. Horace Trevor Rogers was born in Monmouthshire on 3 May 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 13 September 1909. Advanced Leading Stoker on 1 July 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Orion from the outbreak of War to 18 March 1917, and reverted to Stoker 1st Class at his own request on 11 April 1918. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 September 1924.
One: Mechanic A. James, H.M.S. Shannon, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (297982, A. James, Mech., R.N.) good very fine £30-£40 --- The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Shannon was launched on 20 September 1906 and was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. Arthur James was born in Poplar, London, on 20 February 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 5 July 1901. Advanced Mechanic on 1 July 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Shannon from 13 December 1914 to the end of the War. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 July 1916, and was shore pensioned on 21 September 1922 on reduction of the Fleet.
Four: Chief Petty Officer Writer A. Whitwell, H.M.S. St. Vincent, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M.4641. A. Whitwell. 3.Wr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.4641 A. Whitwell. Wr.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.4641 A. Whitwell. C.P.O.Wr. H.M.S. Crocus.) light contact marks, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. St. Vincent was launched on 10 September 1908 and was part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she engaged the German battlecruiser SMS Moltke, and fired a total of 98 twelve-inch shells during the Battle. Arthur Whitwell was born in Rotherhithe, London, on 12 June 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Writer 3rd Class on 10 June 1912. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. St. Vincent from the outbreak of War to 26 July 1916, and was promoted Writer 2nd Class on 9 June 1916, and Writer 1st Class on 13 September 1918. Advanced Chief Petty Officer Writer on 4 January 1924, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 September 1927.
Five: Petty Officer E. H. Spiller, H.M.S. Valiant, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (188091, E. H. Spiller, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (188091. E. H. Spiller. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188091 E. H. Spiller, P.O. H.M.S. Snipe.) good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- The battleship H.M.S. Valiant was launched on 4 November 1914 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 288 fifteen-inch shells during the Battle. Edwin Henry Spiller was born in Musbury, Devon, on 2 June 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 30 April 1896. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 November 1912, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 July 1913, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Valiant from 13 January 1916 to the end of the War. Shore pensioned on 24 June 1920, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 26 June 1921.
Four: Commissioned Electrician E. L. Hawkins, H.M.S. Vanguard, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (347649, E. L. Hawkins, C.E.A.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (347649 E. L. Hawkins. C.E.A.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (347649 E. L. Hawkins. C.E.A.1. H.M.S. Benbow.) edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Vanguard was launched on 22 February 1909 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 80 twelve-inch shells and 10 four-inch shells during the battle. Ernest Loney Hawkins was born in Portsea, Hampshire, on 20 July 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class on 5 March 1907. Advanced Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class on 1 April 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vanguard from the outbreak of War, and is still recorded as being borne on her books when she exploded at Scapa Flow on 9 July 1917 with the loss of virtually all hands (although he was clearly not aboard at the time). Promoted Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class on 30 March 1920, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 March 1922, and was appointed Warrant Electrician on 2 June 1927. Commissioned Electrician on 29 June 1936, he transferred to the Retired List on 20 July 1936.
One: Leading Seaman R. G. Halfyard, H.M.S. Warspite, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who saw previous service with Hawke Battalion in 1914 Victory Medal 1914-19 (L.3-3619 R. G. Halfyard. L.S. R.N.V.R.) good very fine £30-£40 --- The battleship H.M.S. Warspite was launched on 26 November 1913 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she was hit 13 times during the Battle, suffering 14 men killed and 16 wounded. Reginald Gill Halfyard was born in the City of London on 18 February 1891 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 10 June 1909. He joined Hawke Battalion on 22 August 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star), and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Warspite from 1 April 1915 to 14 October 1918, being advanced Leading Seaman on 1 April 1918. At Jutland Warspite was hit by no fewer than 13 ‘large projectiles’, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line. Making an involuntary circle at ‘Windy Corner’, she became the prime target of the ‘big guns’ of the High Seas Fleet. He was shore demobilised on 20 February 1919.
Pair: Private M. Walsh, 10th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Michl. Walsh. 10th. Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (M. Walsh, 1st. Batn. 10th. Regt.) suspension claw tightened on both, edge bruising and heavily worn, therefore about fair (2) £200-£240 --- Two men with the name Michael Walsh served in the 1st Battalion, 10th (Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, one entitled to a no clasp medal, and the other entitled to a medal with clasp Lucknow.
Pair: Private Sim Wallace, 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry South Africa 1834-53 (S. Wallace. 43rd Regt.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (3161. S. Wallace. 43rd Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Sim Wallace served in the Kaffir War of 1850-53 (Medal). The 43rd were ordered to India in December 1853, where they served throughout the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 (Medal). In October 1863, the 43rd were ordered to New Zealand, landing at Auckland on 11 December, before moving to the Queen’s Redoudt, north of the Waikato River. The medal roll confirms that Sim Wallace served on campaign in New Zealand from 9 January 1864 to 8 March 1866, and that he was present at the actions of Maketu, 21 April 1864, and Te Ranga, 21 June 1864. He was discharged on 18 September 1866. Sold with copied medal roll extract for New Zealand medal.
A fine K.C.V.O., C.B.E., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, Royal Field Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K543’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with gold pin, the reverse officially numbered, ‘543’; Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1973, enamel damaged and gilding worn; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat in Garrard, London case of issue (lacking internal pad), small enamel chip to upper arm; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s neck badge, silver and enamel, in fitted case of issue; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. C. B. Levita, R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Major C. B. Levita, M.V.O., R.F.A.); Jubilee 1897, silver (Lieut. C. B. Levita, R.H.A.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case, enamel damage, generally very fine (9) £4,000-£5,000 --- Cecil Bingham Levita was born on 18 January 1867 and was educated at R.M.A. Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1886 and was promoted to Captain in 1897 and Major in 1902. Served in the Matabele War in 1896 (Medal). Served as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir Baker Russell, 1899-1900 and was special service officer, South African War and D.A.A.G., 5th Division, Natal Field Force. Took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17th to 24th January 1900, and engagement at Spion Kop; of 5th to 7th February 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; on Tugela Heights, and action at Pieter’s Hill (mentioned in despatches, Medal with three Clasps). Levita commanded “N” Battery, R.H.A. at the funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria for which he was awarded the M.V.O. 4th Class on 19 March 1901. In the Reserve of Officers, 1909-14. Recalled to service as a General Staff Officer 1st Grade in 1914. Awarded the C.B.E. (Military) in 1919. After the war he served as a member of the London County Council for North Kensington, 1911-37 and was Chairman of the L.C.C., 1928-29. At the end of his term of office he was Knighted for his public and political services. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London and was Justice of the Peace, 1920-50. Appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1929, and Commander of the Order of St. John in 1930. As originator of the King George Hospital, Ilford, he was awarded the K.C.V.O. on 1 January 1932. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita died on 10 October 1953. Sold with original bestowal documents for the C.B.E. and M.V.O., 4th Class; a commission document appointing Levita a Lieutenant, 29 July 1886; a fine portrait photograph of the recipient, 293 x 236mm., mounted on card; a group photograph with his fellow officers at Aldershot in July 1901; an appointment on vellum as Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London; and a silver presentation trowel, hallmarked London 1927, with ivory handle, inscribed ‘This trowel was used by Lieut-Colonel Sir Cecil B. Levita C.B.E., M.V.O., D.L., J.P., L.C.C. when laying a foundation Stone of the King George Hospital, Ilford on the 5th July, 1930.’ Together with a substantial file of copied research.
Six: Sergeant William Bell, Royal Artillery, one of the few men of 10th Mountain Battery who evaded capture at Nicholson’s Nek and got back into Ladysmith on 30 October 1899 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (33729 Driv: W. Bell. 2/1. So: Ir: Div: R.A.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (33729 Sgt. W. Bell, 10th M.B., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33729 Serjt. W. Bell, R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (33729 Sjt. W. Bell. R.H.A.) official correction to unit; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Sjt. W. Bell. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, mounted court-style, the Egypt pair with contact pitting, therefore good fine, otherwise very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. Army Order 237 of 1936. William Bell was born at Brighton, Sussex, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Southampton on 17 July 1882, aged 19 years 5 months. He served in Egypt with 2/1st South Irish Division from 2 December 1885 to 11 November 1887, including operations on the Upper Nile in 1885-86 (Medal). Following nearly six years service at Home, he went to South Africa in June 1893 and served there until April 1903. At Ladysmith, on 30 October 1899, afterwards known as ‘Mournful Monday’, he was one of the few men of the 140-strong 10th Mountain Battery who evaded capture at Nicholson’s Nek, when the battery was lost through the stampeding of the mules, and got back into Ladysmith. Close to 1,000 British soldiers, mainly from the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Irish Fusiliers, were taken into captivity after the battle in what was the biggest surrender of British troops since the Napoleonic wars. Sergeant Bell was discharged, time expired, on 16 July 1903. He re-enlisted at Southampton on 2 September 1914 and served in the U.K. throughout the Great War, being invalided out on account of his age on 10 July 1918. Sold with copied research including discharge papers and medal roll extracts.
Four: Private W. Burton, Northamptonshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3691 Pte. W. Burton 1st Bn. Northn Regt.); 1914-15 Star (87789 Spr. W. Burton. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (87789 Cpl. W. Burton. R.E.) very fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Burton was born in Peterborough, Huntingdon, and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Peterborough on 29 December 1891, aged 19 years 9 months, a labourer by trade. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 4 October 1892 to 3 March 1902, when he transferred to the 2nd Battalion for service in South Africa until 22 September 1902. He was discharged on 28 September 1903. He re-enlisted in London on 13 April 1915, aged 42, now a platelayer by trade, and served at Gallipoli from 20 September 1915, with 117 Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Sold with copied discharge papers and Medal Index Card which confirm I.G.S. and 1914-15 Trio.
Pair: Petty Officer S. T. Payne, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, no clasp (S. T. Payne, P.O. 1st Cl: H.M.S. Monarch); British War Medal 1914-20 (130197 S. T. Payne. P.O. R.N.), good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Samuel Thomas Payne was born in St Andrews, Devon, on 4 October 1869 and entered naval service on 14 January 1885, serving until he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 October 1909. Recalled for service on the outbreak of the Great War, he served until demobilisation in December 1918.
Pair: Company Quarter Master Sergeant A. Hepburn, Imperial Yeomanry, later Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (No. 3127 Corpl. A. Hepburn. 14th Co. Imp. Yeo.) naming unofficially re-engraved; 1914-15 Star (81404. C.Q.M. Sjt. A. Hepburn, R.E.) the first re-engraved, nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Alexander Hepburn served in South Africa with the 14th (Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, and later with the 120th (Younghusband’s Horse) Company, 26th Battalion I.Y. He was slightly wounded at Wolmaranstadt on 14 February 1901. He served in France with the Royal Engineers from 8 November 1915, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 18 August 1917. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.
Four: Private W. Ward, Royal Scots Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl: Scots); 1914 Star (6752 Pte. W. Ward. 2/R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (6752 Pte. W. Ward. R. Scots) together with a renamed K.S.A. with 2 clasps (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl. Scots), a Royal Scots cap badge and a Great War souvenir commemorative medalet, very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Entitled to clasp to 1914 Star but not entitled to K.S.A. William Ward was born at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and attested for ‘General Service Infantry’ at Bedford on 29 May 1899, aged 20 years 1 month, and was appointed to the Royal Scots. He served in South Africa from 7 September 1901 to 25 March 1902, and afterwards in India until 1 May 1907, and transferred to Army Reserve the same month. Mobilised in August 1914, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, and proceeded to France on 20 September 1914. He received a gunshot wound to the scalp at Kemmel on 15 April 1915. He afterwards served at Salonika from 13 December 1915 until 10 May 1916, when he embarked for England per H.M.T. Euripides on ‘expiration of service’ and was discharged on 26 May 1916. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.
Five: Private J. Tegg, Royal Scots, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re-engraved naming, unofficial rivets, last four clasps all tailor’s copies; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re-engraved naming as before; 1914 Star, with clasp (6946 Cpl. J. Tegg. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6946 Pte. J. Tegg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows ‘France 12.9.14. Reverted for misconduct. Disch. S.W.B. List L/965.’
Seven: Private A. J. Whitnall, East Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6395 Pte. A. Whitnall. E. Kent Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. 1/E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. E. Kent. R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, silver, with ‘Five Years’ and ‘Twenty Years’ bars, edge impressed ‘4166’ and engraved ‘Alfred J. Whitnall’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade’, edge impressed ‘6866’ and engraved ‘A. J. Whitnall’; Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal, silver medal by Vaughton & Son, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, unnamed, the reverse inscribed ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal won by...) mounted for wearing, nearly very fine or better (7) £260-£300
Three: Private J. Wood, Liverpool Regiment, later Mercantile Marine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3021 Pte. J. Woods [sic], Liverpool Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3021 Pte. J. Wood. Liverpool Regt.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Joseph Wood) edge bruising to KSA, nearly very fine and better (3) £140-£180
Four: Private T. Lee, Devonshire Regiment, later Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (2701 Pte. T. Lee, Devon: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (SS-16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.) together with Silver War Badge (No. 322786) the first with damaged and slack suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Tom Lee was living at Cullompton, Devon, when he attested for the Devonshire Regiment in London on 30 August 1915, aged 44. He served in France from 9 September 1915 to 8 October 1917, having transferred to the Labour Corps on 16 September 1917, and completed the remainder of his service at home until discharged on 4 February 1918. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts, together with Devon Regiment cap badge, lacking reverse fitting, Devon brass shoulder title and A.S.C. cap badge.
Five: Colour-Sergeant Thomas Goddard, Worcestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4583 Corpl: G. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.) note initial; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4583 Serjt: T. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4583 W.O. Cl. 2. T. Goddard. Worc. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4583 C. Sjt: T. Goddard. Worc: Regt.) claw damaged and repaired on the first, Boer War medals with slack suspensions, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £300-£360 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and research.
Pair: Private Thomas Lee, Worcestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (1517 Pte. T. Lee, Worcester: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1517 Pte. T. Lee. Worcester: Regt.) very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Thomas Lee was born at Kidderminster, Worcester, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Stourbridge on 18 February 1886, aged 18 years 2 months, a striker by trade. He served in the East Indies from September 188 to November 1893, and in South Africa from 18 March 1900 to 15 September 1902. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Five: Second Lieutenant G. A. Cook, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5238 Cpl. G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.) medal detached from suspension; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5238 Serjt: G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.); 1914 Star (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook.) note damage to the first, otherwise good very fine or better (5) £200-£260 --- George Albert Cook, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment, who was ‘killed on the 10th March, 1915, while leading his men at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, was born in London, and served in the ranks of the Army for eighteen years. He took part in the South African War for which he received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps (sic) and the King’s Medals with two clasps. He was always a studious man, desirous of improving his position, and was given his commission, as 2nd Lieutenant, in October 1914, while serving at the front. 2nd Lieutenant Cook married Ellen Agnes, daughter of Henry Power, and left two children, Ellen Agnes, aged nine, and George Albert, aged six.’ (The Bond of Sacrifice refers)
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