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Click here to subscribe*North Korea, Doctor’s Medal, in gilt metal, width 57mm, with ten link collar in gilt and red enamel, with central link comprising an unenamelled open book and silk neck ribbon suspension (McDaniel type 2, variation 3), upper suspension on left chain strained, otherwise good very fine and rare
*U.S.A., Presidential Gold Life Saving Medal, engraved to John Kilgallen, Master of the British Bark “Eurydice”, In Recognition of his humanity In rescuing two American Seamen Of The American Schooner “Wildfire” Adrift at sea july. 8. 1883’, suspension claw slightly loose, a few light hairlines, extremely fine. Captain John Kilgallen, of St Joseph’s, Sligo, Ireland, is recorded as having served aboard ships belonging to the firm Messrs William Thomson & Co. for many years, being based in New Brunswick, Canada. He was awarded the Presidential Gold Lifesaving medal for helping to save the lives of two U.S. Seamen aboard the Wildfire in July 1883. In addition to this, he appears to have been awarded an additional British lifesaving medal, as according to “Persons to whom Rewards have been granted by the Government of the Dominion of Canada” Captain Kilgallen, Joseph McGowan George Rouse, Seva Knudson and Fred Collard, seamen on the ship “Eurydice” of St John, New Brunswick, were all recorded as having rendered services in the rescue of the shipwrecked crew of “Little Racer” of Padstow. He died of Yellow Fever in Rio de Janeiro alongside his brother in law, William J Codie, in May 1889.
*Boulton’s Medal for the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, early Soho specimen in copper-gilt, by C.H. Küchler, similar, edge impressed in the same style FROM M: BOULTON. TO THE HEROES OF TRAFALGAR, 48mm (BHM 584; Eimer 960; Hardy 40; MH 493), small edge bruise and light marks in fields, extremely fine
A Group of 7 awarded to Captain Harold Arthur Deller, Mercantile Marine, captured on the High Seas in the British Steamship Saxon Prince, which was sunk after action with the German surface raider S.M.S. ‘Moewe’, comprising: British War Medal (Harold A. Deller); Mercantile Marine Medal (Harold A. Deller); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-1945; Greece, Order of the Phoenix, Fourth Class breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; with Germany, large iron commemorative portrait medal by Goetz of Captain Count Nikolaus and the SMS ‘Moewe’, 100mm and also the BWM & Mercantile Marine Pair awarded to the recipient’s brother (Sidney R. C. Deller), generally extremely fine (10). Captain Harold Arthur Deller (1897-1976) entered the Mercantile Marine in 1910, and served aboard Saxon Prince between 1914 and 1916, when en route from Norfolk, Virginia, USA to Manchester, it was captured and soon after was sunk by the German Surface Raider S.M.S. Moewe on 25 February, 1916. Deller survived and continued his career with the Union Castle Steamship Company from 1919, receiving his First Command in 1938, and worked in the Atlantic Convoys between 1939 and 1945. He later served as Captain of the Union Castle’s Flagship, Pendennis Castle, in 1960. Ex Spink auction, 19 July 1988.
Davison’s Medal for the Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798, in bronzed copper (as awarded to ratings and marines), 47mm (BHM 447; Eimer 890; Hardy 5; MH 482; Pollard 15) one or two rim knocks, very fine, in a contemporary case; and Battle of the Nile and Ferdinand IV’s triumphal entry into Rome on 29th November 1798, white metal medal by T. Wyon Snr., 39mm, extremely fine (2)
*The Trio awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Duncan, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action uring an Ashanti attack on the town of Fommanah, which post he commanded, in February 1874. For his services he was given a Mention for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and the Brevet of Major, comprising: Ashantee 1873-74, single clasp, Coomassie (Capt: & Bt. Major. A. W. Duncan, B By. 4th Bde. R.A., 1873-74); South Africa 1877-79, single clasp, 1879 (Major. A. W. Duncan. R.A.); Spanish Medal for Campaigns in Africa , dated 1860, silver; Medals court-mounted, the first with officially corrected unit and date, generally good very fine or better and rare, with contemporary velvet-lined, fitted leather storage case for the three previously unmounted medals (3). Alexander William Duncan was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1856, and first aw active service as an Observer with Spanish forces engaged in North Africa in 1860. He was promoted to Captain in August 1866, and then served in the Ashantee War 1873-74, where in the role of Transport Officer he found himself participating in the defence of Fommanah, latterly as C.O. when his senior officers had become casualties. Captain Henry Brackenbury, R.A., who wrote the ‘Narrative of the Ashantee War’ described the events as follows: ‘On the morning of the 2d [February 1874], he [Colonel Colley] pushed on to Fommanah, and on his arrival found the place warmly attacked on all sides. The post was in command of Captain Steward, 1st W.I.R., who had a garrison of 1 officer and 38 non-commissioned officers and men, 1st West India Regiment; and Lieutenant Grant, 6th Regiment, with 102 of the Mumford company of Russell’s Regiment. There were also present two transport officers - Captain North of the 47th Regiment, and Captain Duncan, R.A. - three surgeons, and two control officers; and in the palace, which was situated in the middle of the main street of the long straggling town, and used as a hospital, were 24 European soldiers and sailors, convalescents. The picquets had reported Ashantis in the neighbourhood early in the morning, and had been reinforced; but the village was far too large to be capable of defence by this small garrison; and when, about 8.30 a.m., the place was attacked from all directions by the enemy, they were able to penetrate into it. Captain North, in virtue of his seniority, assumed the command, but while at the head of his men was shot down in the street of the village, and was obliged by severe loss of blood to hand over the command to Captain Duncan, R.A. The enemy, as has been said, penetrated into all the southern side of the village, which they set on fire; meanwhile the sick from the hospital were removed to the stockade at the north end of the village, which was cleared as rapidly as possible, the houses being pulled down by the troops and labourers acting under Colonel Colley’s orders. At half-past two Colonel Colley reported as follows: “We have now cleared the greater part of the village, preserving the hospital and store enclosure. Difficult to judge the numbers of the Ashantis; they attack on all sides, and occasional ones creep boldly into the village, but generally keep under cover of the thick bush, which in places comes close to the houses.” The firing ceased about 1 p.m.; but on a party going down for water an hour later, they were hotly fired upon. No further attack was made upon the post. Captain North was severely wounded, dangerously so, and one of the convalescents in the 42d Regiment severely. Other Europeans were slightly wounded, among them Captain Duncan, R.A., five West Indians, and three privates of Russell’s Regiment. Colonel Colley reported that he would be unable to move any more convoys on from Fommanah for the present.’ Duncan was later mentioned in despatches for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and given the Brevet of Major. Reaching the substantive rank of Major and the command of ‘O’ Battery, 6th Brigade, he was present during the South Africa operations of 1879. ‘O’ Battery arrived in Durban from England in April 1879, and having initially been in command of the ammunition column, Duncan went on to command the artillery of Clarke’s Flying Column in the second advance on Ulundi. Ex Dix Noonan & Webb, 16 December 2003, lot 487.
*The General Service Medal with 2 clasps awarded to Trooper Alexander George (‘Ben’) Bembridge, ‘A’ Squadron, 22 Special Air Service, late Royal Artillery, killed in action on 27 January 1959 during the attack on Jebel Akhdar or ‘Green Mountain’ in Oman. During the assault a stray enemy sniper round set off an Energa grenade stored inside his comrade Trooper Carter’s bergen, spraying them both and one other with shrapnel from which they later died of wounds, comprising: General Service Medal, 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula (22960591 Tpr. A. G. Bembridge, S.A.S.), with riband brooch, second clasp loose on ribbon, about extremely fine and a rare medal to an SAS casualty. Alexander George Bembridge was born on 6 May 1935, and following initial service as a Bombardier with the Royal Artillery he was selected to join ‘A’ Squadron, 22nd SAS. Following his training he saw action in the Malayan jungle, completing two operations, and latterly taking up a role as part of a 3-inch mortar team. This in particular is mentioned in his official obituary in ‘Mars and Minerva’ the SAS journal, which mentions that the 3-inch mortar ‘was a new weapon to him, but he soon picked up the hang of things and really carried his full share of weight.’ He is also mentioned as being a fine all-round sportsman, and ‘was always ready for a good joke’ or to ‘give a helping hand’. When ‘A’ Squadron’s operations in Malaya were called off in late 1958, they moved to join ‘D’ Squadron for immediate service together in Oman. After a week’s training, ‘A’ Squadron departed Kuala Lumpur on 10 January 1959, arriving in Oman on the 12th. A week of reconnaissance, planning and acclimatization was necessary –particularly given the greatly contrasting environments of Malaya’s dense jungle and Oman’s harsh, dry and rocky terrain, but soon after ‘A’ squadron moved inland. Following this, the combined attack of the two combined squadrons of SAS under Colonel Anthony Deane-Drummond and the SAF (Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces) under Colonel David Smiley was set for the night of 25 January under the light of a full moon. Driving alongside flooded wadis on the coast, they arrived at Jebel Akhdar or ‘Green Mountain’ – the location of the enemy stronghold. First, the nearby position of the ‘Aqabat’ (Aqabat al-Dhafar) was taken during by ‘A’ Squadron on the night of 23-24 January with only one SAS Trooper being wounded in the calf by shrapnel, whereupon they moved across to the other side of the mountain position to once again join with ‘D’ Squadron for the final assault. After a brutal 9-hour climb up a path previously considered unpassable, SAS troops reached the key ridge commanding the position with only light resistance from an LMG team thanks to clever diversionary tactics, and this was cleared coon after. Supplies were dropped from RAF aircraft, which caused the enemy to incorrectly anticipate a full invasion, and soon after most slipped away. Some sniper fire was coming from a series of caves to the east, and Troopers Bembridge, Hamer and Carter were sent to silence them. Whilst abseiling down the rock face, one round narrowly missed Carter, and Bembridge waited to the last moment to shoot and kill the rebel, just ‘to give him [Carter] a hard time’. Having alerted other rebel snipers to their position in the process, soon afterwards a stray sniper round hit a spare grenade in Trooper Carter’s Bergen, which exploding fatally wounded Carter, and severely wounded Bembridge and another nearby soldier, Trooper Hamer. Evacuated by RAF helicopter under heavy fire (for which the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Martin, was awarded the D.F.C.), sadly Bembridge and Carter eventually died from their wounds, whereas Hamer fortunately recovered some weeks later. Trooper A. G. Bembridge is commemorated by name on the famous clock tower at the Special Air Service Headquarters in Hereford, and is buried at the Bait el-Falaj Christian Cemetery, Muscat, Nothern Oman. Offered with an original photograph, the reverse inscribed by Bembridge: ‘A photo of my mates and myself’, and some other useful paperwork. Ex Dix Noonan & Webb, 16 December 2003, lot 661.
*China, Tientsin Tutung Yamen 1900-1902, a large gold medal commemorating the seven nations of the Allied Force Command to have been represented in the Provisional Government, by J. Chevt for Tenshodo, Japan, and with TENSHODO mark on rim; featuring enamelled flags of Great Britain, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, Germany and the U.S.A., with legend in French (edge engraved Mons le Capitaine Ducat Chef du 4ieme District), 52.2mm, weight 97.4g, fineness 18 ct., small test mark and minor edge nicks, about extremely fine and of the highest rarity as a named specimen, the other few known all unnamed. Charles Merewether Ducat was educated at Marlborough College and entered Sandhurst in 1880. 2nd Lieutenant Indian Army in 1881, he served with the Poona Horse in the Burma campaign of 1887-89 (medal with two clasps) and with the China Field Force, 1900-01, as a Special Service Officer detailed by the Imperial Government (MiD: London Gazette: 13 September 1901 and medal without clasp). Promoted Major in 1901, he was made Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel for services in China and appointed Military Attaché to Peking, 1902-05. Colonel in 1910, he commanded the Poona Horse 1908-12 and retired in 1913. Following the capture of Tientsin in July 1900, a provisional local government was established, initially with a three-person committee consisting of representatives from Russia, the United Kingdom and Japan, and shortly afterwards augmented by another four representatives from the United States, Germany, France and Italy. Officially called T’ienchin Tutung Yamen, this provisional government exercised military control over Tientsin, Chinghai, Ningho and some other regions, with a force of some 900 men under their direct control. The Tutung Yamen ended in August 1902 when Tientsin was restored to Qing control.
Great Britain, Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal, in silver, engraved (To Raphael Lobez: For Gallant Service 4/11/1891), 38mm, swivel loose, some edge bruising, very fine to good very fine, toned; and Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Swimming Medal, in silver, naming erased, by R.C.O., Birmingham, 1898, good very fine (2)
*Russia, Civil War Copies: Miscellaneous copy and fantasy White Russian decorations (71), comprising Medal of the Kornilovsky Shock Regiment; Drozdovtsy Medal; Steppe Campaign Cross; Salvation of the Kuban Medal; Yekatorinaslav Cross; South Russian Order of St Nicholas the Miracle Worker, Second class; General Belmont-Avalov Medal; Balakhovich Cross; Archangel Michael Cross; Gallipoli Cross; white metal St. George Cross with Bachmac clasp; together with fantasy issues (6), many of poor quality, fine or better, offered as copies (17)
U.S.A., Miscellaneous Lifesaving Medals and Awards, comprising: Briton I Budd Medal for the Saving of Human Life, unissued, in bronze, marked to edge ‘Medallic Art Co. N.Y.’; Dayton Chamber of Commerce ‘Hero Medallion’ to Janet Cotterman’ dated 1953, in copper; two Treasury Department Coast Survey Medals for ‘Gallantry & Humanity’, dated ‘Dec. 1846’, unissued, in bronze; and an ornate medal, possibly of private manufacture, by Bernhard of New York, to ‘John A May – Presented by Richard L Senior for the saving of his life at Shohola “Walker Lake” Pike Co. Pa. Aug 3 1903, in gilt silver, clasp to brooch mount broken; American Life Saving Society Medal, bronze, reverse engraved “awarded to S. Gorksy Sept. 29, 1917; generally very fine (6)
*The Unique and Important Great War Anglo-American Group of 15 to Colonel Harold Fowler, Commanding Officer of the 17th ‘Aero’ Squadron, USAAS, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Artillery, who was one of the founding figures of the USAAS and US Liaison Officer with British Forces; wounded four times and shot down seven times as a pilot during WWI, he went on to receive no fewer than 11 separate Orders and decorations for gallantry or distinguished service comprising: U.S.A., Distinguished Service Medal, officially numbered (1680), roll confirms; U.S.A., Purple Heart, in gilt metal and enamels (123917); The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Companion’s breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, GVR, in silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, GVR, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. Fowler. R.F.A.); British War Medal, this erased and unnamed; Victory Medal (Capt. H. Fowler.); Belgium, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge in gilt metal and enamels; France, Médaille Militaire, in silver and enamels, in original case of issue; France, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1918, with bronze star, in original case of issue; France, War Medal, 1914-1918; Italy, Al Valore Militare, in bronze, believed to be of French manufacture; Romania, Virtute Militara, in silver; Russia, Order of St Anne, Military Division, Third Class breast badge, French-made, in silver, gilt and enamels, several medals with brooch-pins removed having previously been displayed in a frame, generally good very fine (17). M.C.: London Gazette, 18.07.1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done invaluable service in co-operating with the artillery. On one occasion he descended to 200 feet, and turned our guns on to parties of hostile troops. During the advance he was able to furnish much valuable information.’ U.S.A. Distinguished Service Medal, 09.07.1918: ‘for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Colonel Fowler rendered notable aid in planning the movements of the night bombing squads of the American Air Service. Later, appointed Air Service Commander of the 3rd Army, he assisted largely in the joint training of air and ground troops, at all times handling his troops well and establishing liaison between the air and ground forces.’ Colonel Harold Fowler (1886-1957) was born in Liverpool in 1886 to Anderson and Emily Fowler, of Ireland and England respectively, however he and his parents returned to New York during his early childhood. He was educated at Columbia University, where he was a popular student, and of the Varsity Football team. After working for a time on the New York Stock Exchange he was invited by Walter Hines Page, the US Ambassador to Great Britain, to become his personal Secretary. This appears to coincide with his recruitment into the U.S. Secret service, reputedly at the request of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Upon the arrival of war in late 1914, he applied and was approved for special dispensation to join the British Army. In ‘The Life and Letters of Walter Hines Page’, his former colleague reported that he had been working as a sniper ‘in command of a three-inch sniping gun just back of the trenches’. In this vein, and as recorded in the book ‘Harold Fowler 1886-1957: A Remembrance’ by his wife Thyrza Fowler, he was later awarded the D.S.O. for singlehandedly creeping out into No Man’s Land to silence a troublesome German battery. Promoted to Lieutenant on 1 January 1916, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps for training as an Observer, being confirmed as a Flying Officer (Observer) on 19 April 1916. He served with 26 Squadron until November that year, before qualifying as a full Pilot, gaining his ‘Wings’ on 28 July 1917. He was promoted to Temporary Captain whilst with 2 Squadron, and was transferred as Flight Commander to 12 Squadron, equipped with BE2c’s. During this time Fowler, with his Observer Lt F E Brown, was credited with sending a Halberstadt Scout down in flames on 25 February 1917, and soon after engaged a German Albatros in aerial combat, but this ended in a stalemate. Soon after, he was awarded his M.C., along with his D.S.O. and C.M.G., all on one occasion, by King George V, whom he had met once prior to the war with Ambassador Page. Once the U.S.A. had joined the war on 6 April 1917, Fowler was granted permission to resign, with the rank of Honorary Lieutenant, and his experience was in much demand in the USAAS. He was wounded in action several times, at least twice severely, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. According to a report in Time Magazine, he reputedly flew an aircraft under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as the result of a bet made in the Café Montmartre on Armistice Night amongst French and American aces. In total, for his official and unofficial work as USAAS Liaison Officer to the RFC, he was awarded what is believed to be a unique combination of British, American, and other international awards and decorations. Judging by the style of manufacture of both his Russian Order of St Anne and Italian Al Valore Militare, it appears these awards were made during this same period. After the war, he alternated between banking work with the firm White, Weld & Co. and his secret work. In his personal life, he was a keen sportsman, big-game hunter and skilled equestrian, and he twice rode as Gentleman Rider in the Grand National at Aintree, each time on his own horse. In 1927, on Pop Ahead, and again in 1928 on Scotch Eagle, the assessments of contemporaneous pundits were sadly correct as, despite bold attempts, his horses failed to complete this most difficult of Steeple Chase courses. In the Second World War Fowler volunteered to interview commercial pilots in New York being considered for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and in 1941, he was granted an official role, being sent to Montreal and then to London. He reputedly was on board a bomber on the first raid on Berlin, presumably for intelligence reasons, and in 1942 he was given the honorary rank of Group Captain in his role as part of the Staff of the Commander of the RCAF. Later that year he was made a Colonel in the USAAF, was made Air Attaché to the US Embassy in London in 1942, and also gave intelligence advice regarding the North Africa and D-Day landings. He was involved in a plane crash in North Africa, and severely wounded with a broken right fibula, chipped ankle, dislocated shoulder and various severe cuts, but he still managed to drag both himself and the unconscious pilot from the burning wreckage. He returned home soon after D-Day, but had one final clandestine mission of two weeks’ duration. After the War he returned to ‘business’ and no doubt other clandestine work in New York before retiring with his wife to Palm Beach, Florida, where he died on 17 January, 1957. Fowler was a life-long friend of the celebrated author (and Great War spy) W. Somerset Maugham, who wrote that he was ‘a character out of our times… ...like one of those great adventurers of the reign of Elizabeth I. If he had been alive then he would have been a buddy of Drake and Raleigh… ...he had, of course, the courage of the devil.” Offered with a silver-framed and glazed portrait, c. 1942-4, a framed and glazed ‘Society of the Four Arts’ certificate and an original hardback copy of ‘Harold Fowler 1886-1957 : A Remembrance’, by Thyrza Fowler, signed by the author. See also following lot.
Thailand, A Selection of Orders, Decorations and Medals, including: Order of the White Elephant (4), Grand Officer’s 2nd Class set of insignia, of modern manufacture, comprising breast star and neck badge, cased; Commander’s 3rd Class neck badge of earlier type; Commander’s 3rd class breast badge with lady’s bow, Thai hallmarks to reverse of suspension; Order of the Crown (3), Grand Officer’s 2nd Class set of insignia, of modern manufacture, comprising breast star and neck badge, cased; Commander’s 3rd Class neck badge, earlier type, with fragment of original ribbon; Chakra Mala Medal in silver metal; Victory Medal for Vietnam in white metal with wreath upon ribbon; and Cambodia, National Defence Medal (3), 1st Class example in gilt metal with star, and 3rd Class examples in bronze metal (2) with, and without star with alternate suspension type; and Korea, Medal for the Defence of the Country, white metal and enamels, generally good very fine (13)
*Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (45105 Pte R E Barosen Normedcoy); with Norway, Innsatsmedaljen 1991; Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991 and Kuwait, Liberation 1991, first in named box of issue, last two also in boxes of issue, extremely fine and very rare, with related Normed Coy Saudi Arabia 1991 booklet (4). Normed Coy ran a field hospital in Saudi Arabia from January-April 1991 staffed by over 200 personnel who were attached to the British Field Hospital in the Gulf. Another group, with identically-named Gulf medal but without the boxes of issue, was offered by Dix Noonan & Webb in January, 2006.
*U.S.A., Treasury Gold Life Saving Medal, awarded in 1883-4, engraved “TO JOHN B. CONLON, FOR HEROICALLY RESCUING TWO PERSONS, 1883-4”, with wreathed eagle’s head suspension and original ribbon, 44.5mm; light hairlines, tiny marks by suspension and two tiny edge bruises, otherwise good very fine. This an official late-issue, awarded in 1913, his name confirmed in the Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service, 1913, as follows: “JOHN B. CONLON, New York City—Awarded a gold medal February 26, 1912, for heroically saving, on different occasions, two persons from drowning in the East River, New York City. One of the rescues was performed June 23, 1883.”
Russia, Miscellaneous Nicholas II Medals (7), Census 1897; Poltava Bicentenary 1909; 25th Anniversary of Parish Schools 1909; Special Military Merits 1910; Patriotic War Centenary 1912; Gangut Bicentenary 1914, Mobilization 1914, sixth only fine; others very fine or better; together with a French commemorative medal for the fleet visits to Cronstadt and Toulon, 1891 and 1893, in bronze and enamels, enamel chipped, good fine and Provisional Government commemorative 1917 (2) (10)
Russia, Copies: miscellaneous copies of Imperial Decorations (13), Badge of the Insignia of the Order of St Anne; Non-Christian St George Cross, in bronze; St. George Cross with the cypher of Alexander I; Large Bravery Medal, Alexander III; St George Medals, Provisional Government, First and Third classes; Zeal Medal for Serfs, Alexander II; Small Gold Zeal Medal, Nicholas II, in bronze-gilt; Small Silver Zeal Medal, Nicholas II, in nickel; Silver Life Saving, Nicholas II (2); Alexander I for Usefulness, in silver; Nicholas I for Faithfulness and Loyalty; Badge of Excellence for 15 Years Faultless Service and a fantasy silver bravery medal 1799, fine or better, offered as copies (14)
United States of America, Presidential Medal of Freedom With Distinction, special class set comprising breast star in gilt metal and enamels, 76.5mm width, with 3 reverse pins for wear, with ‘D-X-9’ hand engraved into reverse, and sash badge in gilt metal and enamels, in small black, glazed case, probably a specimen issue; and Presidential Medal of Freedom (2), a cased set comprising neck badge and breast badge with lady’s bow, with related miniatures, single riband bar, and two lapel badges, in small black, glazed case, probably a specimen issue; and Chaplain’s Medal for Heroism, gilt metal neck badge, commemorative specimen issue in black modern case; WWI Victory Medal (6), two official issues, four reproductions; Military Order of the World War, in gilt bronze and enamel; WWI ID Tag impressed to ‘Roy E Sommers Dec.22.1917 U.S.M.C.’ and similarly attributed USMC Long Service Medal numbered ‘No.35342’; with two later copies of the Distinguished Service Medal and Distinguished Service Cross; mostly of modern manufacture, generally extremely fine (22)
Israel, Police Medals (4), Medal of Valour, type 2; Medal of Courage type 3; Distinguished Service Medal, type 2; Israeli Police Medal, type 2, all in nickel; together with Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Freedom Medal 1992 and Iraq, Medal for the Wounded, in gilt and enamels; Medal for the 18th November 1963, by Huguenin, good very fine or better (5)
Romanian Socialist Republic, Hero of the Agrarian Revolution, in gilt, variety of the last with smaller suspension ring; Order of Agricultural Merit, First, Second and Third class breast badges, in gilt or silvered bronze and enamels; Order of Service to the Socialist Homeland, Third class, in gilt and enamels; Order of Mother Heroine (2), both RSR type, one with award diploma to Leustean G. Maria, 1967; Motherhood Medal Second class, RSR type and medal for the 25th Anniversary of the Romanian Agricultural Cooperative, Miscellaneous mainly Military Badges (45), all in base metal, many aeronautical, generally very fine (55)
*The Second World War ‘Escaper’s’ K.C.V.O., O.B.E., M.C. & Bar Group of Ten awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Chandos Blair, Queen’s Own Highlanders, G.O.C. Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, late C.O. of the 4th Battalion King’s African Rifles, and formerly of the 2nd and 7th Battalions Seaforth Highlanders. Captured during the Seaforths’ hard-fought rearguard action at St Valéry in June 1940, and widely reputed to have become the very first army officer to successfully escape and return home from a German Prisoner-of-War camp, he was later called upon to deliver the Queen’s Message and to handle the delicate negotiations involved in getting overturned the death sentence imposed on the British national Dennis Hills, who was due for execution by firing squad at the orders of President Idi Amin of Uganda (whom Blair had known many years before as an N.C.O. in the King’s African Rifles), comprising: The Royal Victorian Order, Second Class Knight Commander’s Set of Insignia by Collingwood, in silver, gilt and enamels, neck badge and breast star both numbered (1110) to reverse, in fitted case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division), Officer’s breast badge, in silver-gilt, in case of issue; Military Cross, reverse engraved ‘1941’, with second award bar upon ribbon, engraved ‘1944’; 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, all unnamed as issued; General Service Medal, 1962-2007, single clasp, Radfan (Brig. C. Blair. O.B.E. M.C. Staff.); Silver Jubilee 1977; group swing-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, very fine and in original card box; together with Sir Chandos’s original commission document and K.C.V.O. Warrant (lot). K.C.V.O.: 25 October, 1972 (on relinquishing appointment as Defence Services Secretary); O.B.E.: London Gazette, 1 January 1962; M.C.: London Gazette, 30 September 1941: ‘for distinguished services in the field’;; Bar to M.C.: London Gazette, 19 October 1944, recommendation reads as follows: ‘Major Chandos Blair was in command of the advanced guard on Le Valtru on 28 June 44. Just short of the objective the left hand platoon was temporarily pinned by the fire by the enemy from a post some 400 yds away. Major Blair personally cleared the house which commanded the enemy post. Regardless of the heavy fire he moved about amongst his platoons, explaining his plan and by his disregard of enemy fire helped his men to disregard it also. He was almost the first man to reach the objective. Quickly rallying the assaulting troops he led them personally forward to the main objective on Le Valtru crossroads. This he cleared himself personally but the company was hampered by snipers from a nearby orchard. Again disregarding this fire he cleared the orchard. Throughout the attack on Le Valtru he was always to be found where fire was heaviest. His enthusiasm was an inspiration to his men and his determination to go forward and attack dominated the battle. On 29 June when both the C.O. and 2.I.C. of the Battalion were wounded, Major Blair assumed command of the Battalion. There had been many casualties and mortar fire was both heavy and spasmodic, but Major Blair moved about without fear, encouraging his men and held them firm in their posts until relieved some 36 hours later. Throughout the whole period of operations from 26 June to 30 June, Major Blair showed complete disregard to his personal safety and was at all times and inspiration to his company and later on to his Battalion.’ Lieutenant-General Sir Chandos ‘Chan’ Blair was born on 22 February 1919, the son of Brigadier-General Arthur Blair (K.O.S.B.) and Elizabeth Mary Blair (née Hoskyns). He was educated at Aysgarth School, then at Harrow, where he was a keen golfer, and finally at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst where he received the Sword of Honour. Receiving his first commission as a Second-Lieutenant in ‘C’ Company of the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders on 26 January 1939, he soon after took part in the fighting in France in June 1940, and at the time when much of the B.E.F. was being evacuated from Dunkirk, the 51st (Highland) Division took part in a gallant but ultimately doomed battle against Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division at Le Tot near St Valery-en-Caux. Surrounded, outnumbered and desperately short of ammunition or supplies, on 12 June thousands of the division’s men were taken prisoner, including 2nd Lt Chandos Blair. After a 14-day, 220--mile march, a journey by barge from Hulst in Holland down the Rhine to Baden-Württemburg, and a 60-hour train journey he arrived first at Oflag VIIC at Laufen Castle, where he remained until 1 March 1941 when he was moved to Stalag XXID - comprised of numerous forts at Posen, in Poland. Feeling his capture with a sense of ‘disgrace’ and ‘dishonour’ as mentioned in his letters, it was here that he made his first attempt at escape with 4 others, escaping his cell by ladder into a deep surrounding moat, in which they were eventually caught, reputedly turned in by a German guard who had accepted their bribe nonetheless. After some 21 days of subsequent confinement, they began collecting equipment, civilian clothes and supplies once again. On 4 June he was sent with 300 others to Oflag VB at Biberach, in Southern Germany. En route, Blair and his immediate friends had lost ‘the toss’ to another group who took an opportunity to escape from the train, but were later captured. After arriving at Biberach, and realising that if he were ultimately to escape then he needed to do so quickly, he immediately set about monitoring the camp movements and routines, and making plans for an escape. Taking turns to toss two dice with his two friends, on this occasion his score won, and thus it was he who was successfully extricated by hiding in a small handcart which was carrying stacked wooden beds to a shed beyond the gates. At this point one of the Blair’s friends offered the German guard a cigarette, and in this moment of diversion Blair made his escape to the shed. Armed only with a packet knife, homemade compass, matches, chocolate and a tin of Horlicks tablets, he emerged that night and survived by hiding in the woods and fields by day, and moving only under the cover of darkness. He remarked that for the first mile beyond the wire his ‘feet hardly touched the ground’ and that he ‘thoroughly enjoyed being hunted like a wild animal’ during his escape. After just over a week he passed Singen and reached the Swiss border, having covered 75 miles, and as he recalled in his second letter home from the Berne Legation: ‘When I got into Switzerland I only knew I was near the frontier….when I was challenged by a man in German, I thought the game was up…but continuing the conversation in French I discovered that the was a Swiss policeman who had been looking for a burglar. I nearly embraced him there and then I was so excited.’ After a short stay at Berne, where he was issued with false passports and other necessary provisions, he and another evader - Wing Commander P.A. Gilchrist, R.A.F. - left for Gibraltar on 12 January 1942 via France and Spain. Arriving safely, Gilchrist was first extracted on 27 January 1942, with Blair following on 11 February, both leaving by Sunderland flying boat. For his escape; the first successful ‘home run’ back to Britain made by a British army officer from a German POW Camp, Blair was awarded the Military Cross. Returning home to army service, he later was present as a Major with the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders shortly after the D-Day Landings, where the 15th Scottish Division took part in Operation Epsom and the heavy fighting against German SS Tanks at Le Valtru near Caen. For his bravery in commanding his company and indeed his Battalion once his senior officers were wounded between 26 and 30 June, he was awarded a second award bar for his Military Cross….PLEASE GO TO WWW.MORTONANDEDEN.COM FOR FULL FOOTNOTE
Dress Miniatures: Great Britain, a D.S.O. and Royal Victorian Order Group of Seven, Distinguished Service Order, George V, in gold, Royal Victorian Order, Indian General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98, British War and Victory Medal, Durbar 1903 and 1911, mounted for wearing, sixth scuffed, very fine or better (7)
Russia, Victory at Kagul 1770, silver award medal, by Ivanov, pierced, fair; Peace with Turkey 1774, silver medal as presented to all participants of the Russo-Turkish war, obverse poor reverse somewhat better; together with Peace of Nystadt 1721, bronze commemorative, unsigned, good fine (3)
Abkhazia, Miscellaneous Medals (10), Military Valour, Maintenance of Peace in Abkhazia (3), 10th Anniversary of Peacekeeping Missions in Abkhazia (3); Liberation of Kodor (2); Participation in Peace Keeping Missions; together with South Ossetia, Medal of Honour for the Defence of Ossetia (0019), extremely fine (11)
Poland, Miscellaneous Red Cross Medals and Awards, including Red Cross Medal, c.1923-1935, in silver and enamels, reverse engraved ‘P C K Zasludze’ with hallmarks below, and reverse pin for wear on original ribbon, and four later First Class, Second Class, Third Class and Fourth Class examples in gilt or silvered metal and enamels, the latter three marked ‘P.C.K.’ to reverse; with Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales Commemorative Cross, 1894-1994, in gilt metal and enamels, the first scarce, toned extremely fine, remainder good very fine or better (6)
Norway, Armed Forces Medal for Heroic Deeds 1982; other medals (4), Participation 1940-45, Overseas Operations 2000, with related miniature and ribbon bar; National Service (Air Force) Afghanistan Police, with related miniature and ribbon bar, second in later Tostrup case, third and last in cases of issue, good very fine or better (7)
Yugoslavia, Miscellaneous Medals and Decorations (8), Croatia, Pavlevi? Bravery Medal in bronze; extremely fine; Montenegro, Bravery Medal, unofficial issue in bronze-gilt, extremely fine; Liberation War Commemorative 1875-7, in bronze and bronze-gilt, first fair, other very fine; Serbia, Milosh Obilich Bravery Medal in bronze-gilt, Serbia Flag Day 1916, French silver medal; 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Southern Serbia 1937 Commemorative; War Commemorative Cross 1941-45, in gilt and enamels, very fine or better
*An Interesting Crimea D.C.M. Group of Five awarded to Private Robert Buchanan, 79th Foot (Cameron Highlanders), probably in recognition of being one of just 10 Volunteer Sharpshooters supplied by the Cameron Highlanders to pick off enemy Officers, gunners and riflemen during the siege of Sebastopol, comprising: Distinguished Conduct Medal, Victoria (R. Buchanan. 79th Highlanders.); Crimea, 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (R. Buchanan. 79th Regt.), officially impressed; Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, single clasp, Lucknow (Robt. Buchanan, 79th Highlanders); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Victoria (3156. R. Buchanan, 79th Foot); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (3156. Robert. Buchanan. 79th. Cameron Highlanders.), depot impressed; group swing-mounted on card in an incorrect order, the last with replacement Crimea suspension, polished with occasional contact marks, about very fine, D.C.M. somewhat better (5). Ex M. Taylor Collection, 1984 and Spink, 28 March 1995, lot 788. D.C.M. Recommendation dated 15.1.1855 (16 D.C.M.’s were awarded to the Cameron Highlanders for service in the Crimea). Private Robert Buchanan, D.C.M., was born in Barony, Glasgow in June 1823, and enlisted in the 60th Rifles February 1852, having previously worked as a Weaver. He transferred to the Cameron Highlanders the following year, and saw service in Turkey and the Crimea for 2 years - being awarded the D.C.M. with a gratuity of £5. Whilst no concrete information regarding this award has been found to date, it is known that 10 Cameron Highlanders were granted the medal for their work as volunteer sharpshooters, who engaged enemy riflemen and gunners at the siege of Sebastopol. As recorded in the ‘79th News’ in May 1909, the following excerpt from the obituary of Sergeant A. Sandison, 79th Highlanders, makes mention of this group of 10 volunteer sharpshooters awarded the D.C.M.: “After the Russian defeat at Alma, and their retiral upon Sevastopol, the 79th took up their position to assist in the protracted and memorable siege. On the 17th of October an incident occurred in which the late Sergeant Sandison, then, however, only a private, showed the stuff he was made of. The 79th was on this occasion called upon to furnish ten volunteers to act, along with equal numbers from other regiments, as sharpshooters, picking off the enemy’s gunners and engaging his riflemen. Sandison and another Caithness soldier, to wit, Private Donald Angus, were among the gallant ten who volunteered from the 79th for this particularly dangerous work. Both of them escaped unscathed, and were rewarded for their bravery with the medal for distinguished conduct.” Buchanan also served in the Indian Mutiny, where the roll confirms his entitlement to the clasp ‘Lucknow’ – with the note ‘invalided to Europe’. His L.S.G.C. with a gratuity of £5 was awarded in July 1861 and he was later discharged in December 1863 after 21 years’ service. Offered with copied service papers and some copied research.
U.S.A., Treasury Silver Life Saving Medal, a later issue representing an award made in 1914, engraved “TO SGT. RUSSELL A. PRESLEY U.S.M.C. FOR RESCUING A FELLOW MARINE FROM DROWNING AUG. 28. 1914”, ” with wreathed eagle’s head suspension and later ribbon, 44.5mm; and Miscellaneous Lifesaving Medal Restrikes and Specimen Issues, in bronze (1) base metal (8) and white metal (1), some very large; with two United States Coast Guard badges, and another piece of related insignia; mostly of modern manufacture, the first older; generally extremely fine (14). The first award, a later issue, is confirmed by Kerrigan in “The Sea Shall Not Have Them” to Sergt. Russell A Tresley [sic], U.S. Marine Corps, on November 4, 1914. This spelling presumably a typographic error.
Germany, China Campaign Medal, 1900-1901, combatant’s medal in bronze (2), the first with 4 attached clasps, Peitang-Forts, Huolu, Nang-Hung-Men, Kaumi, the second without clasps; and non-combatant’s medal in steel (2), the first with contemporary ribbon and suspension, generally extremely fine (4)
Serbia, Medal for Bravery 1876, in nickel; Gold Medal for Bravery 1912, in bronze-gilt; Silver Medal for Bravery 1912 in silvered alloy; Milosh Obilich Medals (4), Gold (2), in bronze-gilt, 36 and 30.5mm; Silver (2), in silvered bronze, 36 and 30.5mm; miscellaneous commemoratives (16), 1876-78 War (2), one with civilian ribbon; Independence 1878; 1885-86 War; St Andrew’s Assembly 1898; Civil Merit 1902 (2); Gold, in gilt metal, Silver; Enthronement of Peter I 1903, by Cristlbauer after George Jovanovich’s design; Coronation of Peter I 1903; First Balkan War 1912 (2), Second Balkan War Cross 1913, Albania Retreat 1915, 1914-18 War, Mount Loycen 1925; Association of War Invalids 1929, mixed grades (23)
Spain, Order of St Hermenegildo, Fourth and Third Class breast stars, both in silver-gilt and enamels, of recent manufacture and contained in Bolas plastic boxes, mint state; Knight’s breast badge, in gilt and enamels; Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight’s breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, good very fine; Africa Campaign 1860, in silvered bronze; Civil War Medal 1936-39; Sahara Medal 1977; Civil Guard Cross; enamelled Sahara cap badge; Multinational Force and Observers Medal 1982, last in case of issue, with related miniature and fitting, generally extremely fine or better (11)
*Nelson Testimonial Medal, 1844, in white metal, by E. Avern, bust of Nelson left within garter bearing england expects etc, rev., Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column; inscribed to commemorate the opening of the nelson testimonial trafalgar sque – 21 october 1844, 61mm (BHM -; Eimer -; Hardy 97; MH 531), pierced, about extremely fine and rare. Testimonial Medals such as this were presented to 357 Greenwich Pensioners who had served at one of Nelson’s four major actions, those of St. Vincent (39), Nile (35), Copenhagen (45) and Trafalgar (238), together with a gratuity of ten shillings, at a ceremony held at the Royal Greenwich Hospital on 2nd April 1845. The awards were funded by the Testimonial Committee of the parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. For more details see Captain K.J. Douglas-Morris, Naval Medals, 1793-1856, pp. 49-53. The Captain knew of only a few surviving examples (one of which was paired with an NGS medal).
Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, type 2, Knight’s breast badge, in silver and enamel, peacetime bravery; mounted group of nine, ribbon of the Officer’s badge of the Order of the Crown, Order of the Star, Military Division, type 1, peacetime bravery, ribbon of the Knight’s badge of the Order of the Crown, Long Service medal for 25 years, Balkan War Medal, War Cross, 2 clasps, Carpati, Ardeal, Victory Medal; Military Virtue medal in bronze-gilt, Church Merit medal, very fine or better (lot)
*United Nations Korea Medal, 1950-1953, Turkish Issue, with red contemporary replacement ribbon and reverse pin fitting, toned, traces of verdigris, otherwise very fine, and very rare. The use of the distinctive red ribbon by Turkish UN forces was the result of a strong preference not to use the typical blue and white striped UN ribbon which bore close resemblance to the colours of their traditional enemies, the Greeks (see The Medal Collector, Vol 36, no. 11, Nov. 1985, p. 30)
Moldova, Miscellaneous Medals and Badges (14), Mihai Eminescu Medal; Nicolae Testemitanu Medal (2); Dimitrie Cantemir Medal; Laureate State Prize Medal (numbered 128); 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II; Centenary of the Toma Ciorba Clinical Hospital; Impeccable Inspector’s Medal; Border Guard’s Medal; Border Guard’s badge; TG Medal; Russian Social Democratic Party of Moldova, Medical Merit Medal and Eminent Student’s Medal; Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1990-91), Medal for the Defence of the Republic, many extremely fine (15)
*Poland, Republic (1918-1939), Order of Virtuti Militari, Silver Merit Cross, Fifth Class, c.1920, in silvered metal, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered ‘1186’ on lower limb of cross, 39mm width, on original home-made ribbon, a little wear to silvering and enamels, good very fine. Sold with small card stating that this medal was awarded to Wladyslaw Szpakowski-Szeregowy, Y.O.P.P., 02.22.1921. Award details unconfirmed.
Greenwich Hospital School, silver prize medal, by Halfhide, bust of Nelson left, rev. named to Marshall Little, 1861, 36mm (Hardy 90; MH 528), pierced, extremely fine; Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariner’s Royal Benevolent Society, silver life-saving medal, named on edge to Stephen Percy Junr., 38mm (Hardy 91; MH 863), pierced, very fine (neither with suspension bars) (2)
*A King’s Police Medal for Gallantry Pair awarded to Sergeant William Oliver, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in arresting two thieves – one of whom was brandishing an Enfield Service Revolver - on 4 February 1942 in South End, Croydon, comprising: King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st type with ‘Gallantry’ reverse (Sgt. W. Oliver. Met. Police Force); Exemplary Police Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. William Oliver); The first in case of issue, good very fine or better (2). K.P.M.: London Gazette, 11 June, 1942 (General Citation). The following is taken from an official source: “Police Sergeant Oliver, in company with a P.C., stopped two men walking along South End, Croydon at 12.15 am on 4 February 1942, and asked them for their identity cards. After being questioned the men were found to be carrying a box of stockings for which they could give no satisfactory account. The officers arrested them for being in unlawful possession of a box of stockings and took them to a police box with the idea of telephoning the Station for a car. One man was left outside the box with the P.C. and the other, Peter Catford, was placed between the door and the blast wall. As the Sergeant finished telephoning to the Station, Catford, standing in the doorway of the phone box, drew a revolver from underneath his overcoat, pointed it at the Sergeant and said. “Stick them up you Bastard! I have got one in the spout and I am going to put daylight through you!’ “The Sergeant shouted to the P.C. “Look out, he has got a loaded revolver”, and jumped at Catford, forcing him to the group. During the struggle that followed Catford stuck the revolver into the Sergeant’s ribs, saying “You are going to get the lot this time you Bastard.” With the help of the P.C. the Sergeant managed to overpower Catford and take the revolver away from him. Although the revolver (a .38 Enfield Service weapon) proved to be unloaded, five cartridges were found in Catford’s overcoat pocket. The space between a police box and the blast walls round it is very narrow, so that there was no possibility of Catford missing if he fired during the struggle. The Sergeant had no reason to believe that the weapon was unloaded. He not only faced without hesitation what he must have thought to be a very high risk, but had the presence of mind to warn the P.C. of the danger.” Offered with copied citation and paperwork. Ex Sotheby’s, 24-28 March, 1995, lot 26.
*U.S.A., Treasury Silver Life Saving Medal, awarded in 1920, engraved “TO EDGAR A KNEEBONE FOR BRAVELY ASSISTING IN RESCUING A MAN FROM DROWNING, FEBRUARY. 7. 1921”, with wreathed eagle’s head suspension and original ribbon, 44.5mm, with silver brooch pin; toned, light contact marks to reverse of suspension, otherwise good very fine. “MONTANA SEA HERO IS AWARDED MEDAL. Washington, Nov. 10 (1921) – Lifesaving medals have been awarded (to) former Fireman Edwin Ray Elting of Macomb Ill., and Cook Edgar Arthur Kneebone of Judith Gap, Mont., on the recommendation of Secretary Denby. Elting and Kneebone, while in the crew of submarine chaser 227, rescued Seaman Foulke when he fell overboard at sea.” (Roundup Record, Tribune & Winnett Times, Nov 11 1921) This award is confirmed by Kerrigan in “The Sea Shall Not Have Them” to Edgar a Kneebone, Ship’s Cook, U.S. Navy, on September 24, 1921.
Hungary, Regency, Order of Merit, Civil Division, Grand officer’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels and breast star, on silver, with gilt and enamelled centre, both badge and star with copy swords appended; Officer’s pin-back badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, with copy war wreath appended, generally extremely fine, swords and war wreath offered as copies; Silver Merit medal on green ribbon; Bronze Merit medal on War ribbon; Great War commemorative (2), both ribbon types; Upper Hungary Commemorative 1938; Transylvania Commemorative 1940; Hungarian Republic (1946-49), Gold Merit Cross; 1848 Centenary medal, good very fine or better (10)
Monaco, Miscellaneous Decorations and Medals (4), comprising: Silver Medal of Honour, Albert I issue (1894-1925); Silver Labour Medal of Honour; Rainier III Coronation 1949; Silver National Merit Medal for Blood Donors, minor loss of gilding to third, generally good very fine, with original ribbons (4)
Great War, Humane Society of Salford and Royal Life Saving Society Group of Seven awarded to Serjeant-Major Frank A. Lamb, Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society, comprising: British War and Victory Medals (F.A. Lamb. B.R.C. & St. J.J.), Special Proficiency Medal of the Humane Society of the Hundred of Salford, in silver and enamels (rev. eng. F.A. Lamb 1906), Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medal (F. A. Lamb. Sept. 1906), London Schools Swimming Association Silver Medal (F.A. Lamb Esq. 1925-35), Opening of the Hornsey Swimming Pool 1929, in silver and enamels, unnamed, pair of Competition medals in silver and gilt dated 1908 and 1909 ( R.T.I.S. Neat Dive 1st. F.A. Lamb/S.S.S. Pendleton Swimming Squadron F.A. Lamb), Great War pair extremely fine, third fine, in case of issue, others better and some cased (7). Offered with original Warrant of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society, and copied medal index card.
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