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St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (890. Pte. T. E. Butterworth. Rochdale Corps.) very fine £240-£280

India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1843 Swr. Tika Khan, Guides Cavy.); 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24 (01136 Sepoy Dhani Ram, 2 Guides.); British War Medal 1914-20 (0327 Sepoy Gheba Khan. 2 Guides. Infy) nearly very fine or better (3) £60-£80

Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver (Sto. Hadley. H.M.S. Duncan Com. 1907-1909) privately engraved naming, very fine £120-£160 --- Frank Hadley was born at Oldbury, Worcestershire, on 4 November 1888, and joined the Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 30 January 1908. After a brief service in Acheron until August 1908, he joined Duncan on 17 August 1908, advancing to Stoker 1st Class in June 1909. Discharged to Pembroke II on 9 August 1910, he was discharged to Shore on 17 August 1910 ‘S.N.L.R.’ (services no longer required). In the remarks column of his record of service it states: ‘Approves discharge “S.N.L.R.” being a constant source of trouble owing to his argumentative temperament and non conformance to discipline.’ Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract confirming Messina Earthquake medal, his sole entitlement.

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. E. Purvis. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- John Eiston Purvis, a native of Alnwick, Northumberland, was educated at the Leys School, Cambridge, and was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 15 May 1916. Promoted temporary Lieutenant on 15 May 1917, he was killed when Motor Launch 561 struck a mine and sunk off Ostend, off the Belgian coast, on Trafalgar Day, 21 October 1918. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

A rare 'sole entitlement' British War Medal awarded to Able Seaman D. C. Godsiff, Admiralty Yard Craft Service, who operated auxiliary vessels at Chatham Dockyard  British War Medal 1914-20 (D. C. Godsiff. Service with the Royal Navy.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue to ‘Civ.17’, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Daniel Christopher Godsiff was born at Chatham, Kent, in 1891. A civilian contractor, he served during the Great War with the Admiralty Yard Craft Service operating tugs, harbour ferries, launches and lighters. Posted aboard the 700-tonne tug Advice, Godsiff likely had an extremely busy war at Chatham; the tug crews worked to the tides on 12-hour days and were responsible for shepherding up to 205 ships of the Chatham Division Fleet in and out of the dockyard. As civilians working for a civilian service, the men of the A.Y.C.S. wore dark woollen suits and flat hats. Some adapted parts of the naval type 'No. 8 working dress blues'. Placed under a form of naval discipline, they answered to the Captain of the Dockyard and were issued On War Service badges to wear on their clothing to avoid white feather abuse.  The grim reality of war made its impact felt very early on for the people of Chatham. The loss of the cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy on 22 September 1914 resulted in the deaths of some 1500 Chatham Division personnel and sent shock waves through the close-knit community. The U-Boat menace and regular attrition of life from mines heaped considerable pressure on the A.Y.C.S., especially when required to tow disabled ships from the North Sea and Thames Estuary back to the dockyard, often in inclement weather. The tug Advice was further utilised in the salvage of the steamship Irthington from 9 to 14 July 1917.  Aside from the threat at sea, the evolution of warfare meant that Chatham dockyard found itself the target of the first night raid by Gotha bomber aircraft on Britain. At 11pm on 4 September 1917 the unprepared and fully illuminated town was struck by bombs from four enemy aircraft which created havoc. The Drill Hall housing large numbers of naval personnel suffered a direct hit which sent thousands of shards of plate glass screaming down from the roof upon the sleeping men: 'Some had never woken up. Apparently the shock appeared to have stopped their hearts. They were stretched out, white, gaunt, drawn faces, with eyes nearly bolting out of their heads. Others were greatly cut up, mangled, bleeding, and some were blown limb from limb. It was a terrible affair and the old sailors, who had been in several battles, said they would rather be in ten Jutland's or Heligoland's than go through another raid like this.'  Known at the time as the 'Chatham massacre', a total of 136 sailors died. The end of the war brought peace to Chatham, but it wasn't long before resentment boiled to the surface, this time over the award of medals and war gratuities. Despite working alongside Royal Navy personnel, the civilian A.Y.C.S. men found themselves ineligible for both, the Admiralty arguing that they received higher rates of pay than naval ratings during the war, with the presumption that they had already been compensated. Raised in Parliament by Sir. T. Bramsden, Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke and Dr. Macnamara, a 'middle ground' was found where the crews of vessels engaged in open water rescues were recognised. Godsiff and 10 crewmates aboard Advice received the BWM, with a further 20 civilians of the Chatham tug fleet receiving the same. Recorded in 1939 as still aboard the tugs at Chatham, Godsiff died in January 1951. He rests in the Palmerston Road Cemetery.

A scarce 'underage Casualty' sole entitlement British War Medal awarded to Sapper A. J. Crockett, 1/3rd Kent Fortress Company, Royal Engineers, who lost his life, aged 17, when H.M.S. Hythe was almost cut in two by the much larger troopship Sarnia which accidentally rammed her at speed and in pitch-black conditions off the Gallipoli Peninsula on 28 October 1915 British War Medal 1914-20 (2564 Spr. A. J. Crockett R.E.) in damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Alfred James Crockett was born in Gravesend in 1898, the eldest son of James and Eliza Crockett of 19 Prospect Place, Gravesend. His father worked as a steamship seaman, but rather than follow in his maritime footsteps, Alfred attested at Gillingham for the Corps of Royal Engineers and was posted to the 1/3rd Kent Fortress Company. This unit was effectively a 'Pals' Battalion in all senses, dominated by men - often pre-war friends - from Tunbridge Wells, Southborough and the surrounding villages in and around the Ashdown Forest. The men were commanded by the popular Captain David R. H. P. Salomons, sole heir to Sir David Lionel Salomons of Broomhill, a magistrate and former mayor of Tunbridge Wells and Honorary Colonel of the Kent Royal Engineers. Completing his training at Sheffield Hall, Draper Street, Southborough, Crockett and his comrades travelled from Devonport to Malta and on to Mudros Island (Limnos Bay) aboard H.M.T. Scotian. Here, 5 officers and 213 men of the 1/3rd transferred to the waiting 509-tonne former cross-Channel steamer Hythe, commanded by the Admiralty to work on troop movements in the Dardanelles. A small vessel, it was believed that her size and shallow draught would present a smaller target for enemy torpedoes. Leaving Mudros at 1600hrs on 28 October 1915 for the 50-mile journey to Cape Helles, it appears that Hythe was heavily overladen with both men and equipment; as an engineer unit tasked with improving the perilous duckboards and infrastructure on the peninsula, it would be logical that the vessel was packed tight with tools and resources. The dangers were further heightened by blackout conditions in the latter stages to avoid enemy detection. Clive Maier, author of a full account of events published on the Southborough Memorial website, notes: ‘Men were packed on the decks, many huddling under an awning that had been rigged to give a little relief from rain and spray. At about 20:00, as they neared their destination, men donned their kit, drivers went to their vehicles and the Hythe doused all lights. Within minutes the lightless Sarnia [almost triple the gross tonnage of Hythe] was spotted, steaming back empty to Mudros Bay from Cape Helles and on a collision course.’ Desperate to avoid contact, both vessels attempted to change course but it was too late: ‘The Sarnia struck the port side of the Hythe with such force that its bows cut halfway through the ship. That brought Hythe to a dead stop and caused its mast to collapse on top of the awning. Many were killed instantly by the bow and mast, but the others fared little better because the immense damage caused the Hythe to sink rapidly... It was all over in as little as 10 minutes.’ The subsequent enquiry found considerable issue with the sheer numbers of men on board, the lack of life jackets and the inability of many to swim. Many of the survivors - rescued by a lone lifeboat from the (holed) Sarnia - had simply survived by clinging on to floating debris, their fate determined by luck rather than anything else. The tragedy cost the lives of the C.O. and 128 men of the 1/3rd Fortress Company, along with 15 further army personnel and 11 of Hythe's crew. Only 103 members of the 1/3rd survived. The impact of the disaster on the people of Kent, and Tunbridge Wells in particular, is hard to quantify. Much as the forthcoming slaughter on the Somme would prove devastating to vast swathes of industrial England - all 'Pals' who had met the call of Lord Kitchener - the loss of so many Kent men in such circumstances, before they even had the chance to fight, proved particularly upsetting; several pairs of brothers were lost on the Hythe, a father and son drowned together, and some 99 children were left fatherless. For many years afterwards the local people of Southborough held a 'Hythe Sunday' church service to remember loved ones. His body lost to the sea, Crockett is commemorated upon the Helles Memorial, Turkey, one of the youngest servicemen to die during the campaign. As he did not officially enter a theatre of War, he was not entitled to either a 1914-15 Star or a Victory Medal. Sold with a Royal Engineers brass cap badge.

The British War Medal awarded to Captain H. L. Shaw, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who as killed in action on the Somme on 3 July 1916 British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. H. L. Shaw.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Lynn Shaw) in original car envelope, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Henry Lynn Shaw was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and Pembroke College, Oxford, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 9 December 1896. He was promoted Lieutenant on 2 July 1898, and Captain on 5 June 1901, before transferring to the Reserve of Officers in 1910. In civilian life he was Senior Partner in the family firm Henry Shaw and Sons, nail manufacturers, and was a Member of Birmingham City Council. Following the outbreak of the Great War Shaw joined the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was commissioned Captain in the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 13 June 1915, and proceeded to France later that year. He was killed in action on the Somme on 3 July 1916, on which date the battalion was involved in the capture of La Boiselle, and is mentioned in the Battalion War Diary as having commanded “C” and “D” Companies that day, going ‘over the top’ at 8:00 a.m. At the time of his death he was due to have been promoted Major but his promotion had not yet been gazetted. He is buried in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Lieut. D. W. Arnott; 2. Lieut. B. G. Hill); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. J. Horner.) generally good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- David William Arnott was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and Caius College, Cambridge. Examined for the Indian Civil Service, he went out to Ceylon in 1907, and after seven years there he came home on leave in 1914, and was thus in England when the Great War broke out. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. and was soon gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, was promoted Lieutenant in October 1915, and was gassed in April 1916. After three months’ recovery he returned to the front, and was killed in action at Givenchy on 3 September 1916. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery, France. Bertram Gilbert Hill was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he served attached to the 2nd Battalion’s Machine Gun Company on the Western Front from 5 August 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. He is buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France. Frederick Julian Horner, a native of Coventry, was born in 1896 and was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1915, and later promoted Lieutenant and acting Captain, he died of wounds in Salonika whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, on 15 April 1918. The King Edward’s School Roll of Service states in elation to his death: ‘He was in command of his platoon, stemming an overwhelming enemy advance; he had already been wounded in the right arm.’ He is buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross ‘for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika’ (London Gazette 3 June 1918). Sold with copied research.

An interesting British War Medal awarded to Private J. Rother, Middlesex Regiment, later Labour Corps, a British National by birth but of Prussian-English parentage, who likely faced extensive 'Germanophobia', making subtle adjustments to his forename in consequence British War Medal 1914-20 (3133 Pte. J. Rother. Midd’x R.) good very fine £60-£80 --- Juleus Rother was born on 8 February 1897 in the parish of Westminster, London, the son of Julius Rother and Edith Emily Merrett. His father was born around 1869 at Lauben (Oberallgau), near Bayern, and emigrated as a young man to England where he met and married Gloucestershire-born Edith at a church in Hampstead on 12 December 1889. Setting up home in the parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, the couple went on to raise a family of four sons and a daughter, Juleus being the second child.  By 1911 the family are shown living at 41 College Place in Camden Town with Julius senior employed as a waiter, one of nearly 60,000 overseas nationals working in the UK hospitality industry at this time. Appreciated for working long hours and taking advantage of Londoners’ growing tastes for foreign cuisine, it is said that nearly 10% of all waiters in the City at this time were of German heritage - indeed Julius senior was clear to state on the 1911 Census for England that he was a 'Prussian resident' and of Prussian nationality. The same document records Julius junior as a 14 year-old office boy living alongside four boarders in the family home: Karl Mety, a 20 year-old waiter; William Koegimaur, an 18 year-old Munich-born waiter; Edward Hausler, a Bohemian-born barman; and Rudolf Milty, a 19 year-old Viennese waiter. The outbreak of the Great War likely had a significant impact upon the finances and life of the Rother family, especially with the children still being young and at school. It is almost certain that income dried up from letting rooms, and any tenants that remained had likely been earmarked for internment on the Isle of Man. With newspapers extolling the horrors meted out by the Imperial German Army in Belgium, British society soon became gripped with spy fever and suggestions that many of those who had worked in the UK for decades were now working in the interests of the 'Fatherland'.  On 14 October 1914 the Daily Mail published an editorial titled 'The Spy Danger and the New Order' which complained about 'the multitude of Germans employed in our British hotels, who also have singular opportunities of learning all that is happening... found at the centres of naval and political intelligence'. Even before the sinking of the liner Lusitania in 1915 and the corresponding anti-German riots in London, it was clear that employment as a waiter or 'enemy in our midst' according to the contemporary press, was no longer a viable option for Julius senior. Family research displayed online notes Julius senior travelling to New York aboard Franconia on 26 December 1914, where he was immediately held by US immigration for special enquiry - almost certainly on account of his nationality. He appears to have been deported from the east coast after barely three weeks ashore. Upon reaching the age of 18, Juleus junior attested for the Middlesex Regiment and was soon posted to the 7th Battalion. He served in the Balkans from 29 August 1915 and was discharged on 24 February 1919. Little is known about his military service, but it is interesting how his MIC notes the spelling of his forename as Juleus, whilst in the medal rolls it becomes Julius and finally the Index of Wills entry for 1962 makes plain his desire to be known as Julian. 

Family Group: General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp (2), Palestine (45586. Dvr. O. W. Evans. R.A.S.C.); Palestine 1945-48 (Mrs. M. A. Evans.) extremely fine and a scarce family pair to a husband and wife (2) £160-£200 --- Mrs. M. A. Evans served at Sarafand from September 1945 to January 1946, with the Women’s Voluntary Service. One of 66 medal and clasps awarded for this campaign to the WVS. Sold with copy medal roll extracts.

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, fitted with contemporary ball and ring suspension, good very fine £400-£500

1939-45 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal (5); War Medal 1939-45 (9), one of the War Medals with ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Miss D. E. Rangoon, 61 Reigate Rd., Downham Estate, Bromley, Kent’, generally good very fine and better (18) £60-£80 --- Sold with two unnamed (non-casualty) Army Council enclosure slips.

1939-45 Star, the reverse impressed ‘Cpl. F. G. Sanders 2/4th Royal H. Regt’; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William L. Lancaster.); together with a King’s Badge for Loyal Service, good very fine and better (11) £60-£80 --- Sold with one Admiralty and two Air Council enclosure slips for Second War awards.

Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Africa Service Medal (SAP195654 S. D. A. Fourie); India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (WX15196 G. R. W. Carter.); South Africa Medal for War Service; together with a miniature Newfoundland Volunteer War Service Medal, nearly extremely fine (9) £80-£100

Southern Rhodesia Service Medal, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruise, good very fine £200-£240

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Vietnam, an unnamed specimen, extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Only 68 South Vietnam clasps to the General Service Medal 1962-2007 were awarded, all to members of the Australian Army Training Team, for the period from 24 December 1962 to 29 May 1964.

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (198149 J. C. Evans, A.B., H.M.S. Vivid) extremely fine £80-£100 --- John Charles Evans was born into a Welsh-speaking household at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, on 1 August 1882. A tin manufacturer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 5 February 1898. Advanced to Boy 1st Class when on the Minotaur in November 1898, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in August 1900 when on Thunderer, and Able Seaman when on Hermione in February 1903. Evans was discharged to shore in August 1912 and joined the R.F.R. at Devonport in August 1912. Recalled for duty on 3 August 1912, Evans was posted to the old battleship Canopus. It was not to be an uneventful posting. With Vice-Admiral Von Spee’s Far Eastern Squadron on the loose in the Pacific, the venerable Canopus was detailed to support the outgunned South Atlantic Squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. Concerned by Canopus’s lack of speed, Cradock chose to leave the battleship behind as he searched for Von Spee’s squadron off the coast of Chile. The two squadrons found each other off Coronel on 1 November 1914. During the battle, the armoured cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth were sunk with all hands, whilst the light cruiser Glasgow and the armed merchant cruiser Otranto managed to escape. Learning of the disaster, Canopus beat a hasty retreat before it suffered a similar fate. Reasoning that the German squadron would next target the Falkland Islands, with its valuable coal supplies, Canopus was taken into Port Stanley harbour and beached to provide an unsinkable harbour defence. In response to the defeat at Coronel, a squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Doveton Sturdee had been quickly despatched to the Falklands, centred upon the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible. On 8 December 1914, unaware of the preparations, Von Spee’s squadron approached Port Stanley. Equally unaware of the German squadron’s approach, the British squadron was unprepared for action being in the process of coaling. The stationary British squadron would have made an easy target, but fortunately the Germans were surprised by gunfire from the Canopus. That and the sight of battle cruiser masts sent the German squadron scuttling away. This respite allowed the British squadron to raise steam and eventually run down Von Spee’s squadron and destroy all but one of the cruisers. Evans remained in Canopus until May 1916 after which he was posted to Vivid, where he remained until his demobilisation in June 1921. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1923. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Imperial Service Medal (4), E.VII.R., Star issue, unnamed as issued, in Elkington, London, case of issue; G.VI.R., 1st issue (3) (Catherine Isabella Gibbs; Lucy Luxford.; Edith Mary Thomas.) one in flattened card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Catherine Isabella Gibbs, a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist from Liverpool, was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 4 March 1943.

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, star shaped, the reverse officially engraved ‘Benjn. W. S. Chambers.’ in Elkington, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 11 January 1918: Chambers, Benjamin Walter Samuel, Telegraphist, Central Telegraph Office.

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, star shaped, the reverse officially engraved ‘Thomas W. M. Mason’, in Elkington, London, case of issue, the case damaged, otherwise nearly extremely fine £60-£80

A Great War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer S. A. Cutcliffe, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (164855. S. A. Cutcliffe. Act. Ch. P.O. H.M.S. Doris.); 1914-15 Star (164855, S. A. Cutcliffe. D.S.M., Act. C.P.O. , R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (164855 S. A. Cutcliffe. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (164855. S. A. Cutcliffe. C.P.O. H.M.S. Doris.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm on riband, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, good very fine and better and a sufficiently early award for the recipient’s 1914-15 Star to be impressed ‘DSM’ (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- One of only five D.S.M.s awarded for this action. D.S.M. London Gazette 10 April 1915: ‘For services rendered whilst attached to a landing party for H.M.S. Doris at Alexandretta on 6 and 7 January 1915.’ French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 April 1919: ‘For services in connection with the war.’ Sydney Albert Cutcliffe was born at Charles, Devon, on 5 July 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 19 January 1892. Advanced Acting Chief Petty Officer on 1 August 1914, he joined H.M.S. Doris on 4 August 1914, and served in her for the majority of the Great War, distinguishing himself at Alexandretta in January 1915. H.M.S. Doris at Alexandretta Since December 1914, the cruiser H.M.S. Doris had been engaged in operations against a large concentration of Turkish troops around Alexandretta on the coast of Syria, systematically harrying the coast route. On 5 January 1915, she tried to land a party to destroy the Mersina railway bridge, but they were detected. Captain Larkyn, therefore, recalled them, and had to be content with wrecking the bridge with shell fire. On the following day a double landing party was put ashore at Jonah's Pillar, where on previous visits the Doris had destroyed the bridge. Here the telegraph and railway lines were cut, and the timber which had been collected to repair the bridge was used as fuel for a fire to twist the rails. All was done in the face of sharp opposition from the railway patrols and the next day (7 January) a party was beaten back to the boats with the loss of one killed and one wounded. The bridge was afterwards dealt with by the ship’s guns. Confirmed in the rate of Chief Petty Officer on 4 August 1915, Cutcliffe was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 March 1916. He transferred to H.M.S. Birkenhead on 3 December 1917, and was shore demobilised on 15 November 1919. Sold with copied service papers.

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Walter Edward Page.) in case of issue; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, in car box of issue; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card transmission box; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal (2), both unnamed as issued, one in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine (5) £60-£80

Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (5) (Winifred Long; Miss Florence Edwina Ashley Cook; Fides Irene Sarah Crane; Miss Violet Rose Price; Mrs Barbara May Frame) the first with named bestowal document, three in Royal Mint cases of issue, generally nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100

Pair: Police Constable D. Reardon, Metropolitan Police Defence Medal; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., D. Reardon.) edge bruise to latter, otherwise about extremely fine (2) £50-£70 --- Denis Reardon was born in Risca, Monmouthshire on 28 March 1883 and joined the Metropolitan Police on 18 December 1905, having previously served as a Volunteer in the 2nd Battery, Monmouthshire Royal Horse Artillery. Posted initially to ‘Y’ Division, he later served with ‘C Division in Soho, before being posted to the 4th Royal Dockyard Division at Chatham on 2 June 1914. He retired to pension on 21 December 1930. Sold with copied research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (122 Driver W. Carrod B.Bde. R.H.A.) very fine £60-£80 --- William Carrod was born at Stanwell, near Staines, Middlesex, in 1835. He attested at Woolwich for the Royal Horse Artillery on 20 January 1853, witnessing five months’ service in Turkey, and nearly four years in India, including operations in central India with “D” Battery under Major-General Sir J. Michael during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. Distinguished in marching as much as fighting, “D” Battery were heavily engaged in ‘clear up’ operations, notably the pursuit of a band of mutineers on New Year’s Day of 1859, one of the last actions of the war. Discharged at Woolwich on 22 April 1874, Carrod’s Army Service Record notes a number of indiscretions including two days in the cells and eight entries in the Regimental Defaulter’s book. Four times recommended for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal between 1872 and 1875, it was finally approved on 1 January 1876. Sold with copied research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4051. Driv: J. Pearce. I/B.Bde. R.H.A.) good very fine £60-£80 --- John Pearce was born in Rotherhithe, Southwark, on 2 April 1848 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 6 February 1865. Sent to Meerut with “A” Brigade on 31 July 1866, his service was repeatedly interrupted by bouts of ill-health, notably eczema and malaria. Returned home after over 10 years overseas, Pearce suffered a shoulder injury and concussion in consequence of a fall from a horse in 1878. He spent a further 69 days in hospital the following year with concussion of the brain and a damaged shoulder, likely as a result of the same accident. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, his sole medallic entitlement, on 1 November 1883, he transferred to “A” Battery and was discharged at Aldershot on 23 February 1886. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (6 Cr. Sergt. Jas. Anderson, 2nd Bn. 11th Foot) suspension slack, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James Anderson was born in the Parish of Adair, County Limerick, and attested for the 11th Foot at Limerick on 20 February 1851, aged 18. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope for 5 years 11 months, in China for 6 months, and in Japan for 9 months. He was appointed Colour-Sergeant in June 1858 and was granted the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity of £15 in 1869, this being his sole entitlement. He was discharged at Curragh Camp, Ireland, on 12 March 1872. Sold with copied discharge papers and detailed summary of his career.

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming (Hy. Bryan Drumr. 22nd. Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.) traces of possibly having been held in a circular mount, with replacement narrow suspension bar (having originally received a wide suspension medal), good very fine £240-£280 --- Recorded in The Naval Long Service Medals by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris as receiving a wide suspension Medal in April 1873. Henry Bryan was born in Lyllington, near Leamington, Warwickshire, on 9 December 1831 and attested for the Royal Marines at Gosport, Hampshire, on 9 September 1857, declaring 7 years and 158 days’ previous service in the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (and is recorded as having received the Crimea Medal and Turkish Medal). Appointed a Drummer on 11 September 1857, he was discharged on 6 June 1871, after 21 years and 64 days’ service, of which his entire service as a Royal Marine had been ashore with the 22nd Company. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Thos. Eastop, P.O. 1st. Cl., H.M.S. Cockatrice) minor official correction to ship, cleaned, very fine £80-£100 --- Thomas Eastop was born in London on 6 August 1855 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class in H.M.S. Rattlesnake on 1 January 1873. He joined H.M.S. Cockatrice on 22 April 1884, and was promoted Petty Officer First Class on 1 July 1889. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 March 1891, and was shore pensioned on 20 February 1894.

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (874 Sergt. J. P. Smith 3rd. S.S. Infantry Brigade Bearer Compy.) engraved naming, good very fine (3) £70-£90

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (94 Sjt: G. H. Bradstock. 1/N. Mid: B. R.F.A.) good very fine £60-£80

Efficiency Medal (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (1981856. Spr. J. Baker. R.E.) surname officially re-impressed; E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (23013146 Cpl. B. H. Jones. R.E.) edge bruising to first, this nearly very fine; the second better (2) £70-£90

New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal, E.VII.R., 2nd issue (No.2 Pvt. J. Bennington, 2nd. (Sth. Cantby.) Reg. (1912)) minor edge nicks, very fine £120-£160

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, by Wright, England, (Rev. D. Calder. Chap. 3rd Cl. N.Z.C.D.) suspension claw loose and unofficially reaffixed, minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £160-£200 --- Provenance: Philip Mussell Collection of Medals to Chaplains, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2017.

A Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea awarded to William King of the S.S. Albatross for saving life on the Isabella Hall, 1888; for this same rescue the Chief Mate of the Albatross was awarded the Albert Medal Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (William King, wreck of the “Isabella Hall” on the 5th November 1888) in case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. The schooner Isabella Hall of Barrow, was wrecked on 4 November 1888 when she struck on Tongue Sands at the entrance to the River Thames. Captain E. P. Dodd and his crew of four were saved by the crew of the steamer Albatross. The schooner had been on passage from London to Cardiff with a cargo of ore. ‘On the 4th November 1888 the schooner Isabella Hall of Barrow stranded on the Tongue Sand, and the crew having lost their boat in a heavy sea were obliged to take to the rigging. Next morning two boats went to their relief but could not get near the wreck owing to heavy seas, and the shipwrecked crew were in danger of loosing their lives, when the Albatross, which was passing up channel, sent a boat manned by John Dinneen and four seamen, who despite warnings rowed close to the wreck and after nearly an hour’s struggle threw a line on board and rescued one of the crew. He had scarcely been lifted into the boat when a heavy sea nearly swamped her and washed Dinneen and three seamen out of her, but they regained the boat, and bailing her out proceeded with their task, finally succeeding in rescuing the rest’ ((The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). For their services, Chief Mate John Dinneen of the Albatross was awarded the Albert Medal. His boat’s crew: William George King, Henry Fedder, Robert Lacey and Arthur Oakley were each awarded the Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea in Silver. The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner’s Society also made an award, presenting an Aneroid Barometer to Captain John Brown Randall of the Albatross, the Society’s Silver Medal to John Dinneen, and the sum of £1 to each of the seamen manning the boat.

A Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea group of three awarded to Divisional Carpenter Alexander Moore, H.M. Coast Guard Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Alexander Moore, Wreck of the “Mary of Doonfeeney” 20th February 1894) in case of issue; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Alex. Moore, Div. Carp., H.M. Coast Guard); Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, V.R., silver (Mr Alexander Moore, Voted 12th April 1894) with ‘double-dolphin’ suspension, very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. ‘The Silver (R.N.L.I.) Medal was also granted to Mr Winspear Foley and to Alexander Moore, Divisional Carpenter, H.M. Coastguard, accompanied in each case by a copy of the Vote inscribed on vellum and framed, and in the latter case by a gratuity of £1, in recognition of their gallantry in putting off in a boat and at considerable risk saving four of the crew of the fishing-boat Mary of Doonfeeney, which had been capsized at Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, in a gale of wind and a heavy sea on the 20th February’. (Ref. Lifeboat, 1 November 1894). A similar citation exists for the Board of Trade Medal (Ref. BT.261.5). Alexander Moore was born in Devonport on 10 October 1854 and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 1 January 1873. He was advanced Divisional Carpenter on 9 November 1887, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 February 1892. Sold with copied research.

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (James Rigden, Wreck of the “Excel”, near Calais on 21st January 1858) good very fine --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011. James Ridgen was an Apprentice serving on the brig Salem, and was awarded the Board of Trade’s Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea ‘for the gallant and heroic conduct in rescuing one of the crew of the British schooner Excel, wrecked on the sands, a short distance from the West Pier-head at Calais, while attempting to make the port. There was a terrific sea on, and some of the crew were at once washed off. To rescue the survivors, a lifeboat was towed out, but was torn to pieces in the breakers; another boat partially fitted as a lifeboat, volunteered and on reaching the wreck was obliged to return for want of oars, nine having been broken. These being procured, the boat again put off, manned by a crew of eight, but although they reached the wreck, they failed in rendering assistance. On the morning following these humane efforts, one man only was visible in the rigging, when the lifeboat again went off, rescued, and brought him ashore, in a dreadful state of exhaustion, consequent upon 25 hours’ exposure, from which he subsequently recovered through the earnest and gratuitous services of Dr Garasse. The exertions of seamen of both nations (British and French) were of a most daring and meritorious character, and two of the French boats were entirely destroyed’. (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). A total of ten Board of Trade Gallantry Medals in silver and seven in bronze; together with one gold (to Dr Garasse) and twenty-one silver Sea Gallantry Medals (Foreign Service) were awarded for this rescue.

Four: Stoker Petty Officer D. Cozens, Royal Navy, who served off North Russia on ice-breaking duties in H.M.S. Jupiter in 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (D. Couzens, Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Pearl); British War Medal 1914-20 (150731 D. Cozens, S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (David Cozens, Ldg. Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Pearl); Russia, Empire, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver (150731 D. Cozens, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Jupiter) officially impressed naming, on modern ‘St. Stanislaus’ ribbon, note variation in spelling of surname, some contact marks, very fine and better (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. David Cozens was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset on 29 July 1867. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 2 August 1889. He was advanced to Stoker in September 1890 when on H.M.S. Himalaya and Leading Stoker in June 1901 when on H.M.S. Britannia. He served on H.M.S. Pearl, December 1901-November 1904, qualifying for the Q.S.A., being promoted to Leading Stoker 1st Class in June 1902 and being awarded the L.S. & G.C. in September 1904. He attained the rank of Stoker Petty Officer in July 1906 when on H.M.S. Blake and was pensioned ashore on 3 August 1911. Cozens joined the R.F.R. in November 1911 and was recalled to the Royal Navy on 2 August 1914. As Stoker Petty Officer he served on the old battleship H.M.S. Jupiter, August 1914-May 1915. In January 1915 the Admiralty received a request for assistance from the Russian Government, whose icebreaker used to keep open the passage to Archangel in the White Sea had broken down. In response the Royal Navy sent out the Tyne Guard Ship H.M.S. Jupiter, an old Majestic-class battleship. She departed for Archangel in February 1915, freeing en-route a number of vessels stuck in the ice, occasionally by using explosive charges. She, too, sometimes became icebound, but still managed to make a major impression on the problem, improving the safe passage of numerous vessels, many of them laden with highly important war materials, among them the S.S. Thracia. The latter was taken in tow after the use of explosive charges to free her. Throughout these operations it was not unusual for the temperature to fall as low as minus 20 degrees, a hard test indeed on the morale and well being of the Jupiter’s crew. Her mission completed by May 1915, the Tzar expressed his gratitude by the presentation of a variety of Russian Honours and Awards to her crew. For his part, Cozens was awarded the Russian Medal for Zeal. Cozens afterwards served in the light cruiser H.M.S. Constance, January-July 1916, in which ship he was present at the battle of Jutland. He was demobilised on 31 December 1918. Also entitled to 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Robert Lincoln, Wreck of the “Zemira” on Newcome [sic] Sand on the 7th October 1858) in slightly damaged fitted case of issue, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2010. Robert Lincoln was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze ‘For rescuing, with much difficulty and great danger, eight persons out of 13, who formed the crew of the Zemira of Leghorn, wrecked on Newcombe Sand’ (ref: Board of Trade Annual Return of Wrecks, 1858). The Tuscan barque Zemira, of Leghorn was carrying coal from Newcastle to Lowestoft. At 11 a.m., on 11 October 1858, the ship with 12 Italians and an English pilot on board, ran aground on the Newcombe Sands near Lowestoft, the wind blowing a hard gale from the S.W. at the time. As soon as they could the Pakefield boatmen made for the spot but by the time they had got there the vessel had broken up and disappeared. Despite the heavy seas breaking across the shoals, the lifeboat’s crew made a determined search and succeeded in picking up eight of the crew who had been holding on to pieces of floating wreckage. It was noted that the last man picked up was some 2 miles from where the ship broke up. The Captain of the Zemira, three of the crew and the English pilot all perished. For their gallant service, the coxswain of the Pakefield Lifeboat was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry; the 22 members of the lifeboat’s crew, including Robert Lincoln, were each awarded the medal in bronze. In addition the National Lifeboat Institution awarded each of the rescuers their highest monetary award - £2 each, and some £60 was raised by visitors to Lowestoft as a testimony to their admiration of the rescue and this too was shared between the men. Sold with copied research.

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (To Con. 2. Bertram R. Squires. For Gallant Service, 19/7/50.) with integral top riband bar, in fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- The 112th Annual Report of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, for the year ending 1st July 1951, notes: ‘Bronze Marine Medal, Certificate and £5 to John Martin, Bronze Marine Medal and Certificate each to Constables T. Kinahan and R. B. Squires and Letters of Commendation to Police Sergeant Richard Waft and Constable John Fearon, for having rescued a boy from drowning at New Brighton, on 19 July, 1950.’

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Fire Medal, silver ‘Salvage Man Joseph Dean, for having rescued Two women from a house on fire. Dec. 6. 1891’, with integral top riband buckle, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £240-£280 --- Sold with a distressed contemporary newspaper cutting detailing the rescue, which states that it took place in Bispham Street, Marylebone: ‘On arriving, the firemen found that the outbreak was in the cellar of a large house that was let off to various persons. from this cellar the flames were issuing, and when the information was given that three were three women in this part of the premises it seemed almost hopeless to rescue them alive. However, the fact that they were there was sufficient to indue the firemen to try every possible means in their power to save them. Firemen Elliott, of the Police Fire Brigade, and Dean, Reece, and Chief Officer Rolt, of the Salvage Corps, endeavoured to enter the cellar, but were repeatedly driven back owing to the fierceness of the flames and the intense heart. They, however, hearing sounds of moaning from inside, persevered and succeeded in bringing into the street two elderly women, who were wretchedly clad and had been terribly burned about the body. They had been almost suffocated by the smoke, whilst the burns were so extensive and so serious that it was quite clear that they were in a dangerous state. They were removed in the horse ambulance to the Northern Hospital, where they received the most careful treatment.’

A scarce Bristol Humane Society Silver Medal awarded to Boy F. Evans of the Training Ship Formidable, an 11 year old who selflessly jumped into a 'heavy sea' in the Bristol Channel to save an equally young lad from drowning Bristol Humane Society, silver medallion, 48mm, ornately engraved to reverse 'To Frederick Evans, for Saving the Life of Edward Boyd, April 9th. 1877.', solder repair to top suspension loop, contact marks, very fine, scarce £500-£700 --- Frederick Evans was presented with the Silver Medal of the Bristol Humane Society and the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society by the Mayor of Bristol at a ceremony held in the city. The whole episode was described by The Western Daily Press on 24 July 1877: ‘Treat by the Mayor. In accordance with a promise made when distributing the annual prizes in February last, the Mayor (Alderman Edwards) gave a treat to the boys of the Formidable training ship yesterday. The company, numbering 360 boys and 20 officers, left Portishead by the eleven o'clock train, and arrived at the Zoological Gardens about half-past twelve. Here, for about one hour and a half, the lads enjoyed themselves in viewing the various animals, the curious pranks of the monkeys affording especial amusement. At two o'clock, the party sat down to dinner in a large tent, supplied by Messrs Hopkins. There was good substantial fare, and the boys were bountifully supplied, none having, like Oliver Twist, to "ask for more" - at least not with the same result. The repast over, the lads were dismissed, and enjoyed themselves as best they could until five o'clock, when they returned to the tent, and were regaled with buns, lemonade and fruit. Soon after, they marched to the lawn of the Mansion House, where it was intended to have had some singing and playing, but the weather partially interfered with this arrangement. An interesting feature of the day’s proceedings was the presentation to a lad named Evans, who in April last, during a strong tide and heavy sea, jumped overboard to save a companion named Boyd. Evans was but 11 years of age at the time he displayed such bravery. On leaving the lawn for the station, the lads were presented with a quantity of strawberries.’ Despite such a happy affair, the life aboard the Formidable Training Ship remained harsh for the young boys, many of whom were previously homeless and living on the streets of Bristol; a month later, a lad called Kellard fell 95 feet to his death from the upper rigging, repeatedly striking his head on the way down. Furthermore, in October 1877, the ship gained national press attention when 13 runaways lowered a boat and made off down the Bristol Channel. Captured at a farmhouse at Kingston Seymour, the York Herald on 11 October 1877 made plain the consequences: ‘They were taken back to the ship on Sunday night, and will be punished.’

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st ‘Fame’ type, silver, unnamed as issued, with top ‘Gallantry’ silver riband bar, hallmarks for Birmingham 1934, nearly extremely fine £180-£220

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Alexander Baird) hallmarks for Glasgow 1935, good very fine £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. Alexander Baird, of 64 Guthrie Street, was awarded the Corporation of Glasgow’s Bravery Medal in silver for ‘rescuing a boy from drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal near Lochburn Road on 22 February 1938’.

A Carnegie Hero Fund Medallion and Order of Industrial Heroism pair awarded to F. Morgan, for his gallantry in saving life on 18 December 1935 Carnegie Hero Fund Medallion, 90mm, bronze (Frank Morgan - Sheldon Warwickshire - 18th December 1935.) the reverse dated 1936, in fitted case of issue; Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism, Bronze, the reverse engraved ‘To F. Morgan 15 March 1936’, nearly extremely fine, scarce (2) £1,600-£2,000 --- Frank Morgan, a native of Sheldon, Warwickshire, was employed as a fitter at the Birmingham Corporation’s Nechells Gas Works, and was awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism (the ‘Workers’ V.C.’) and the Carnegie Hero Fund bronze medallion, together with a gratuity of £20, for his gallantry in saving the life of a work colleague on 18 December 1935. The official citation for the former award states: ‘Bro. Morgan was repairing some wires to a Telpher Skip, some 75 ft. from the ground, on 18 December 1935. He and his mate, Stone, had been working on same planks, but Stone had gone down the ladder and Morgan on to the trellis-work of the upright. Stone seeing his mate moving the blocks to take another lift of the rope, went up the ladder to help him. While crossing the planks he caught hold of the wires. Morgan, hearing the shouts, immediately went to his aid and had to wait for the current to be cut off, as to touch him while the current was on would have meant two in trouble. As the current was cut off Morgan caught Stone in his arms and threw him on to the top of the cab to save both from falling, holding him until help arrived. If Morgan had not been there in the nick of time, Stone, who was suffering from burns to the arms and hands, would have fallen to certain death.’ (General and Municipal Workers Journal 1936 refers). Morgan was presented with his Order of Industrial Heroism on 15 March 1936 (the date on the medal referring to the date of presentation, not the date of the action), and was also presented with a gold watch by the Birmingham Gas Committee. Sold with the recipient’s Order of Industrial Heroism Bestowal Document, this mounted in a glazed frame; and various contemporary newspaper cuttings, including photographs of the recipient.

A Great War ‘evacuation of Gallipoli operations’ D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman C. Gosling, Royal Navy, who had previously served in H.M.S. Canopus during the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (177627 C. Gosling, A.B., Gallipoli Opns., 1915-16) minor contact marks, good very fine £500-£700 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 15 May 1916: ‘In recognition of services during the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula, December 1915 to January 1916.’ Claude Gosling was born in London in November 1878 and joined the Royal Navy at Devonport as a Boy Second Class in December 1893, aged 15 years. Released from the service as an Able Seaman in October 1905, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was recalled in August 1914, when he joined the battleship H.M.S. Canopus, a component of the 8th Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet. Initially sent to East Africa and the Cape, Canopus later became attached to Sir Christopher Cradock's Squadron which was seeking von Spee's East Asian Squadron in the South-East Pacific. Canopus's maximum speed of only 17 knots meant that she was 300 miles south of the rest of Cradock's Squadron when, at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914, H.M.S. Good Hope and H.M.S. Monmouth were both lost with all hands off the coast of Chile. Sailing to Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, she was grounded as a local defence fortress but on 8 December 1914 fired the opening shots of what was to become the Battle of the Falkland Islands. At five miles with guns loaded with practice shells, she achieved the near impossible when one of her shots miraculously skimmed across the water and struck the German cruiser Gneisenau. This persuaded the Germans to break off their attack and allowed the British Squadron, which had arrived at Port Stanley the previous day, to raise steam, up anchor and chase the German Squadron to its destruction. In February 1915 the Canopus was sent to the Mediterranean to support the ill-fated Dardenelles expedition and whilst in Turkish waters on 28 April, she was damaged by gunfire. Then on 2 May she was involved in a grounding off Gaba Tepe and in October 1915 she assisted in the evacuation of troops from Salonika. In November 1915, Gosling transferred to the cruiser Europa and following that, on 15 January 1916, after participating in the operations leading to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula, he transferred to Egmont, the Malta base. He was awarded the D.S.M. and was demobilised in February 1917, following a few months of being placed on the books of Vivid I. In January 1918, however, Gosling was once more recalled, and for a short period he served in his old ship Europa, following which, in March 1919, he was released for a final time.

A large quantity of United States of America Bestowal documents, comprising: i) 1980s and 1990s award certificates in official booklets awarded to a husband and wife: Sergeant Jose A. Perez; 1199th Signal Battalion, Army Commendation, dated 11 June 1992, Army Achievement, dated 29 June 1989; Honourable Discharge, dated 3 September 1990. Specialist Michelle Omes Perez, Army Achievement, dated 18 May 1989; Certificate of Achievement, dated 4 September 1990 ii) Second War Bronze Star document group awarded to Major Lloyd W. Lawrence, Coast Artillery Corps. His citation as an Anti-Aircraft intelligence Staff officer responsible for the defence of Leyte Island in the Philippines between 20 October 1944 and to 20 August 1945. Sold with a large number of other documents and papers relating to his service. Further entitled to the Asiatic Pacific, American Defense, Victory 1945, Philippines liberation and American theatre medals iii) Second War Bronze Star citation document group awarded to Colonel T. J. Desmond, United States Army. His citation for the Bronze Star ‘in connection with military operations against the enemy in Holland and Germany from 8 November 1944 to 7 May 1945.’ Sold with a large number of official documents, including official retirement (separation) certificates, Service records, photographs, newspaper cuttings &c. iv) Second War Honorable Discharge and Certificate of Service documents to Corporal, later Captain Mack G, Crosby, Air Corps. Entitled to Asiatic Pacific campaign, American campaign, Army Commendation and Victory 1945 medals v) Second War Bronze Star citation notification document awarded to Staff Sergeant Harold G. Park and original Armoured Force School certificate. Citation for Bronze Star for actions in Italy between 12 September 1944 and 2 May 1945 in an armoured unit. vi) Second War Pacific Theatre Bronze Star document group to Commander Alfred T. White, United States Navy, Air Combat Intelligence Officer U.S.S. Hancock Aircraft Carrier. Official citation as Air Combat Intelligence Officer U.S.S. Hancock Aircraft Carrier Group 3 and a large file of official documents regarding combat operations, crew Photographs, various certificates, Service papers etc. Also a copy of the scarce book The Fighting Hannah: A war history of the USS Hancock CV-19. Also entitled to Asiatic Pacific theatre, Philippines liberation, American theatre and 1945 Victory medals. vii) Second War Archive of assorted Army personal papers relating to Elton D. Teel and family. Large file of papers, photographs, original newspapers and cuttings, risqué drawings, letters in envelopes, McArthur’s Philippine’s proclamations etc. One cutting lists his medal entitlement, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- The Citation for Commander Alfred T. White’s Bronze Star states: ‘For distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement as Air Combat Intelligence Officer attached to a carrier based torpedo squadron in Western Pacific waters from 24 September 1944 to 22 January 1945. During this period his squadron participated in operations against Okinawa Shima, Formosa, the Philippine Islands, the Japanese Fleet, French Indo-China, and China. His alertness and professional skill and devotion to duty contributed materially to the success and achievement by the pilots of the squadron and at all times were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’

United States of America Bestowal documents, comprising: i) Second War Honorable Discharge certificate for Engineer Technician 5th Grade Robert C Booth, Company A, 335 Engineers, US Army. Sold with photograph of recipient ii) Vietnam War Purple Heart; Honorable Discharge and Certificate of Appreciation, awarded to Specialist 4th Class Samuel Edmund Strange, United States Army, awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Vietnam on 12 October 1971. With recipient’s dog tags iii) Vietnam War Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal documents awarded to Specialist 4th Class Howard E. Noblitt, 101st Airborne Division, awarded the Bronze Star for service in Vietnam between May 1970 and March 1971. He was further awarded the Army Commendation Medal for service in Vietnam between June and October 1970. Documents in official folder iv) Second War Bronze Star recommendation and Honorable Discharge document group to Private First Class Joseph Anthony Vingiello, 399 Infantry Regiment U.S. Army. Entitled to Bronze Star, Eastern Campaign Medal, Victory Medal 1945 and Army Good Conduct Medal. Sold with letter regarding bringing home enemy equipment, dated 1946, Motor Operators Permit, dated 1945 and rations book v) Second War Honorable Discharge and veterans compensation letter for Private First Class John R Cantlon, Military Police, who served with the 443rd Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company. Enlisting on 6 November 1942, he was discharged from the Army on 23 October 1945. Entitled to the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze Stars and the Army Good Conduct Medal vi) Second War official casualty notification form for Staff Sergeant Raymond P. Ruhling, 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, who was killed in action at Bastogne, Belgium, 10 January 1945. The 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion initially landed on Utah Beach on D-Day aboard the Liberty ship, John S Mosby. During Operation Market Garden, on 19 September 1944, the 321st took off from Welford in WACO GC-4A gliders, and landed in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland. In January 1945, they were present at the Defence of Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge, where the recipient was killed. A surveyor with the field artillery and in charge of maps, he was part of the forces of General McAuliffe, who won renown by his terse "Nuts!" to the Germans’ demand for surrender of the encircled forces at Bastogne. Sold with the recipient’s metal parachutist badge, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- The Recommendation for Joseph A. Vingiello’s Bronze Star states: ‘Joseph A. Vingiello, Private First Class, 42064034, 399th Infantry Regiment, for heroic achievement in action on 18 April 1945, in the vicinity of Unterheinreit, Germany. Private Vingiello, driver in a heavy machine gun platoon, was a member of a motorised patrol when it entered Unterheinreit and became involved in a fierce fire fight with a large enemy force. During the action he was instrumental in the capture of 16 Germans and when towards the end of the engagement observed and enemy officer trying to escape, he ran after him and succeeded in wounding the German and making him prisoner. It was later learned the officer intended to warn the German garrison in the next town and therefore, by his alertness, Private Vingiello’s unit was able to capture this town by surprise the following day. Entered military service from Brooklyn, New York.’

An Attractive Wooden Medal Cabinet.
A small dark-stained wooden medal cabinet, by Peter Nichols, St. Leonards, Sussex, overall 180mm high x 300mm wide x 300mm deep, with 7 slide out drawers, the depth of each drawer sufficient to hold medals (but not sufficiently deep to hold the higher grade Badges and Stars of most Orders of Knighthood), with metal drawer handles and label holders, with lockable double front doors complete with key, a couple of small scratches to the top, otherwise very good condition £100-£140

A fine set of contemporary miniature medals representative of the entitlement of Farrier Sergeant Thomas Lucas, Bengal Horse Artillery Maharajpoor Star 1843; Sutlej 1845-46, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Goojerat, Chilianwala; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, all unnamed, minor scratches and wear to Punjab medal, nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- Thomas Lucas was born in the Parish of Drumcliff, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, around 1819. A tailor by profession, he enlisted at Limerick for unlimited service with the Army of the Honourable East India Company on 20 June 1839, sailing for India aboard Repulse shortly thereafter. Present at the Battles of Maharajpoor, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon, the Passage of Chenab and Ramnagar 3-4 December 1848, Chilianwala and Goojerat, Lucas further served in the Rohilcund campaign. This included the action at Bugawalla, the capture and destruction of Najibabad, the Battle of Nagina, the relief of Moradabad and the relief of the garrison at Shahjehanpore. Raised Farrier Sergeant, Lucas was discharged at Woolwich from 4th Division Royal Artillery Depot Brigade on 23 April 1863. In possession of five good conduct badges, the recipient’s Army Service Record notes a pension of 2 shillings per day and his intended place of residence as 5, Bellvue, Grand Canal, Dublin. For the recipient’s full-sized Maharajpoor Star, see Lot 588.

Miniature Medals: Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, this loose on riband, both contemporary strikings, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Miniature Medals: Punjab 1848-49, no clasp, with contemporary top silver riband buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Burma 1930-32, North West Frontier 1935; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Jerok, these all of contemporary manufacture; together with a selection of more modern world miniatures, generally very fine and better (lot) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Bhutan, Kingdom, Coronation Medal 1974, 43mm, silver, good very fine, scarce £80-£100

A Canadian Order of Military Merit group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II A. McMillan Canada, Order of Military Merit, Member’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked, red enamel damage to motto around central medallion; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea, unnamed; Special Service Medal, 1 clasp, NATO+OTAN, unnamed; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, unnamed; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SB 7844 A. McMillan); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, Canadian issue, silver, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with two Additional Award Bars (WO2 A. McMillan); Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Long Service Medal, base metal, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, with traces of adhesive to reverse of medals, good very fine (9) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Germany, Brunswick, Medal of Military Merit 1815, Carl, bronze specimen by Leveque, unnamed, nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Germany, Brunswick, Centenary Medal for the Creation of the Black Brunswickers 1809-1909, bronze, extremely fine £60-£80

An unattributed German Third Reich NSDAP group of four Faithful Service Medal, Second Class, for 25 years’ service, silver and enamel; NSDAP Faithful Service Decoration, Second Class, for 15 years’ service, silver and enamel; NSDAP Faithful Service Decoration, Third Class, for 10 years’ service, bronze; the Entry into Austria Medal 13 March 1938, 2nd issue, silver, mounted as worn but the riband bar now lacking attachment pin, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700

An unattributed German Third Reich Customs group of three Armed Forces Long Service Medal, Third Class, for 12 years’ service, bronze, with gold Third Reich eagle and swastika device on riband; Armed Forces Long Service Medal, Fourth Class, for 4 years’ service, silvered, with silver Third Reich eagle and swastika device on riband; Customs Service Cross, bronze, with miniature award attached to the riband, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240

Three: Leading Seaman S. Higgs, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (J.31136, S. Higgs, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.31136 S. Higgs. A.B., R.N.) mounted for display with traces of adhesive to reverse of VM; together with a gold prize medal (9ct, 7.36g), the reverse engraved ‘H.M.S. Resolution Winners Kings Cup 1922-1923 S. Higgs’; and a bronze prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Runners-Up 1st B.S. 2nd Div. Ships Football Compt. 1922-23. Resolution’, generally very fine or better (5) £300-£400 --- Sydney Higgs was born in Stone, Staffordshire in May 1897. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1914, and advanced to Leading Seaman in January 1919. Higgs served with H.M.S. Lion (battle cruiser) from January 1915, and served with her at the Battle of Jutland where she was Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty’s fleet flagship of the Battle Cruiser Fleet. The Lion was hit a total of 14 times during the battle, including sustaining near-catastrophic damage to Q-turret, and suffered 99 dead and 51 wounded. Although mortally wounded, Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, the Q-turret gun commander, ordered the magazine and turret to be flooded, which although costing him his life saved the magazine from exploding, which would undoubtedly have sunk the ship; for his bravery and self sacrifice he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Higgs was discharged by purchase in August 1923.

Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Medal (14), bronze; West Wall Medal (5), bronze, all in their original paper packets, generally very fine (19) £200-£240