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Click here to subscribeSecond World War and Malaya Group of Five awarded to Serjeant D.J. Griffith, Federation of Malaya Police, 1939-45, France and Germany Stars, Defence and War Medals, General Service Medal, 1 clasp Malaya, George VI type (393 Sjt. D. J Griffiths. Malaya Police), mounted for wearing, very fine (5)
Omani and British Group of Five awarded to Staff Sergeant J. P. Hall. 17/21st Lancers, attached Sultan of Oman’s Forces, Oman Peace Medal with crown on ribbon denoting Operational award, 15th National Day 1985, Campaign Service Medal 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24041273 Cpl. J.P. Hall 17/21 L.), U.N. Medal for Cyprus, Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Elizabeth II (Sgt.), mounted for wearing, extremely fine, offered with copied articles from the White Lancer and Vedette giving details of S. Sgt. Hall’s service in Oman (5)
Medal Menu Holders: A set of four medal menu holders by Horton & Allday, Birmingham, 1898, the medal discs unmounted but suspensions and carriages fitted with hinged stands and sprung menu card supports, comprising: India General Service 1854, 1 clasp Burma 1885-7 (1704 Pte. G. Thomas 1st Bn Rif. Brig.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp 1877-8-9 (1784. Pte. T. Wallis, 1/24th Foot.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp Ali Musjid (8. Bde/378. Pte. D. Lynch. 51st. Regt.); and Egypt 1882, dated reverse, 1 clasp Tel-El-Kebir (4832. Pte. E. Wright. 1/Scots Gds.), Egypt with star wear, otherwise generally very fine to good very fine; together with a B.W.M. and Victory pair (306661 Pte. O. Kellow. R. War. R.) and a cased N.R.A. ‘Grand Aggregate’ shooting prize in the form of a Maltese Cross in copper, Bisley, eng. 1891, 34mm, these extremely fine (7)
*Dress Miniatures: Group of Thirteen as worn by Major-General Sir Patrick Hehir, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G., Indian Medical Service and Principal Medical Officer at the Siege of Kut, comprising Order of the Indian Empire, Order of the Bath Military Division, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of St John, these all in gold and enamels, India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp Burma 1885-7, India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Tirah 1897-98, Samana 1897, 1914, British War and Victory Medals, last with oak leaf, India General Service 1908, 1 clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Durbar 1903, Durbar 1911, Silver Lifesaving Medal of the Order of St John, mounted for wearing, extremely fine (13). Major General Hehir’s full-sized medals were sold by Dix, Noonan & Webb, September 2006.
A Royal Victorian Medal Pair: Royal Victorian Medal, Elizabeth II type 2, in silver, unnamed as issued, mint state, in case of issue and Efficiency Medal, Territorial issue, George VI first type (2085318 Cpl. W.F. Harris. R. Sigs.), good extremely fine and toned, in card box of issue with typescript named label (2) Roll confirms the award of the Royal Victorian Medal on 22 February 1972 to WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRIS, Head Security Guard at the British High Commission, Singapore, on the occasion of Her Majesty’s visit to Singapore.
*A Burma Distinguished Service Order Pair awarded to Major Thomas Henry des Voeux Wilkinson, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade: Distinguished Service Order, Victoria, in gold and enamels, and India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps Burma, 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. & Adj J.H.D.V. Wilkinson, 1st Bn. Rifle Brig.), D.S.O. in case of issue, extremely fine, I.G.S. good very fine (2). D.S.O. London Gazette: 25 November 1887: ‘For services in Burma.’ Mention in Despatches: London Gazette: 2 September 1887: ‘Lieutenant Wilkinson, Rifle Brigade, has done most excellent service as Superintendent of Signalling in the 6th Brigade. His activity and energy were witnessed by his Excellency the Commander-in –Chief in India, and Brigadier Low speaks in the highest terms of the tact and courage displayed by him in working out the system of signalling station, which has been crowned with such success.’ The lot is offered with the following additional items: Rules for Army Signallers Volumes I and II, American Baptist Mission Press, Rangoon 1887, written by Wilkinson, an original studio portrait photograph, a riband bar, and the original case for the 1897 Diamond Jubilee medal (which Wilkinson was awarded on 22 June 1897, shortly before his promotion to Major on 5 September in the same year).
Distinguished Conduct Medal, Victoria, edge skimmed and has been renamed in impressed plain capitals (4173 Sgt: H. Blair 2.nd: S. Wales B’rs:), well-worn and suspension refixed, fair, offered with faults. Ex Sotheby’s auction, 23 November 1977, lot 749. It may be noted that Blair’s original group, comprising Edward VII D.C.M., Queen’s South Africa with 3 clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and King’s South Africa with 2 clasps, was in the ollection of the American Numismatic Society (sold by Morton & Eden, part 1, 24-25 May 2006, lot 328). The D.C.M. was gazetted on 27 September 1901 ‘For conspicuous bravery in fighting round Modderfontein on 2nd February, 1901’.
Family Group: i) Corporal Harry Perks, Hampshire Regiment and Jersey Company, 7th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, late East Battalion Jersey Militia, Four: Military Medal (4236 Cpl. H. Perks 7/R. Ir. Rif), 1914-15 Star (7-4326 Pte. H. Perks R. Ir. Rif.), British War and Victory Medals (Cpl.), mounted for wearing, extremely fine; together with a presentation gold watch (with later strap), reverse engraved Presented by the inhabitants of Jersey to Corporal Harry Perks M.M. 7th Batt. R.I.R. in recognition of his Distinguished Conduct in H.M. Service. April 1918; ii) Corporal Alfred William Perks, Royal Fusiliers (elder brother of Harry), British War and Victory Medal Pair (Cpl. A.W. Perks R. Fus.), good very fine; iii) Attributed to Harry John Perks, 8th Airborne Division (son of Alfred William), World War II trio, 1939-45, France and Germany Stars, War Medal, extremely fine, with two related Airborne Division badges (9). M.M. London Gazette: 19 November 1917. The following is taken from the Jersey Evening Post, 22 April 1918 (original cutting included in the lot): ‘In August 1917 (at Frezenberg Ridge), when in charge of the First Aid Post, Perks distinguished himself by following the attacking troops, rendering aid to the men as they fell and then removing the wounded into such places of safety as could be found. He was under shell and rifle fire the whole time and in recognition of his devotion and gallantry he was awarded the Military Medal.’ HARRY PERKS joined the Jersey Contingent of the Royal Irish Rifles in February 1915 and in June trained as a stretcher-bearer. He arrived at the Western Front in December. In January 1918, along with the majority of the remaining members of the Jersey Contingent, he joined the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment. He ended the war at Reed Camp, Colchester. He is buried at Mont à l’Abbé Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey. Further information with the lot includes an account of the St Helier Town Hall reception for Harry Perks and Corporal H.J. Quenell (also a winner of the Military Medal) and a report of Perks’s funeral on 12 October 1921.
Family Group: Queen’s South Africa, no clasp (919 Corpl. E.J. Holmes, P. Elizabeth T.G), with 40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Matabeleland bronze commemorative medal, 1933; The Reverend Cecil Frederick Joy Holmes, D.S.O., Army Chaplains Dept., Territorial Force, Distinguished Service Order, George V, in case of issue, with two Oxford University Boat Club prize medals in silver and bronze, the silver engraved Keble College Clinker Fours 1897 and with crew’s names including Holmes’s; Probationary Nurse Gertrude Eirene Holmes, M.B.E., South African Military Nursing Service (wife of C.F.J. Holmes, D.S.O.), Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, Member’s badge, in case of issue, with bow for wear by Ladies and bilingual Victory Medal (P. Nurse G.E. Holmes), with related riband bar including M.i.D., and badges; and Lieutenant Charles W. T. Holmes, R.A. (son of F.J.H. and G.E. Holmes), ribbon bar for 1939-45 and France and Germany Stars, R.A. cap badge, original Army in India Identity Card and Military Motor Vehicle Driving Licence, generally extremely fine, offered with copied research (lot). CECIL FREDERICK JOY HOLMES: D.S.O.: London Gazette: 6 September 1918: “For distinguished and gallant services rendered on the occasion of the destruction or damage by enemy action of Hospital Ships, Transports and Storeships.” Also entitled to Légion d’Honneur, Chevalier: London Gazette: 17 August 1918. GERTRUDE EIRENE HOLMES: M.B.E.: London Gazette: 14 January 1921; M.i.D.: London Gazette: 31 January 1919 (E.A.F.)
*Indian Police Medal, George VI, for Distinguished Conduct (Sarwar Shah Dp. Supdt. of Police. N.W.F.P.), very fine. Gazette of India: July 10 1943: PIR SARWAR SHAH, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bannu, N.W.F.P. ‘On Friday, 16 April 1943, the Bannu City Police received information that a strong and well-armed hostile gang, led by Fateh Jang, one of the most dangerous and ruthless raiders on the Bannu border, had come to an adjacent serai to raid the city and kidnap persons attending the Friday fair. The police turned out and engaged the gang immediately, and a battle followed during which the gang lost eight killed, including Fateh Jang himself and several other notorious outlaws. Two more were intercepted and killed near the border. This successful raid prevented a serious raid and also rid Bannu of a number of notorious proclaimed offenders but it cost the police six men killed and four wounded. The two officers who are awarded the King’s Police and Fire Services Medal died during this encounter while personally engaging the hostiles attack and their extreme bravery and personal example played an important part in the frustration and rounding up of the gang. The other two officers who are awarded the Indian Police Medal were largely responsible for the successful tactics and sound dispositions of the police parties and they set an excellent example of personal courage under heavy fire.’
*Indian Police Medal, George VI, for Meritorious Service (Frederick Crosby, Inspr. of Police. U.P.), in case of issue, extremely fine. Gazette of India: 1 January 1947: ‘Frederick Crossly [sic] Reserve Inspector (Retired) Aligarh United Provinces.’ Apparently awarded to recognise Crosby’s intervention in an attack on a Government official. In protecting the official, Crosby suffered an injury to his cheek resulting in a permanent scar.
*The C.B.E. and Burma M.C. Group awarded to Major P.H. ‘Val’ Meadows, who operated for several months behind Enemy Lines as Intelligence Officer and was additionally twice Mentioned in Despatches, Seven: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, type 2, Commander’s neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels, by Collingwood, in case of issue with neck riband and instructions for wearing, with Warrant dated 1 January 1963; Military Cross, dated 1945, privately engraved (Major P.H. Meadows. Burma), in case of issue, with original forwarding slip, now card-backed (12th Frontier Force Regiment Indian Army); 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medals, with M.i.D., with forwarding box; Singapore, Meritorious Service Medal, in silver, officially engraved (Mr. P.H. Meadows 9.8.89), in case of issue; Brunei, Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei, Fourth Class breast badge, in bronze-gilt and enamels, by Spink & Son, in case of issue, generally extremely fine (7) Offered with the following additional items: Original recommendation for the Military Cross, from which the following is taken: 15 Nov 1944, T/Capt Percey Herbert Meadows, ARAKAN, Aug.-Nov. 1944. ‘Capt Meadows, B.I.O., has been intimately concerned with force “BOLSTER” since its inception at PONRA (PM 352284) six miles down the NAF river south of MAUNGDAW. It was designed to act as a patrol and ambush base in “no mans land”, and to restore the morale of the villagers who were suffering from Jap oppression and atrocities. The results have exceeded expectations; upwards of 120 Japs have been killed at very small cost, invaluable information has been obtained, confidence has been restored and hundreds of acres of paddy are now ready for harvesting. Capt Meadows has been largely responsible for these impressive achievements. He was responsible for coordinating the recce policy, and personally took part in many of the ambushes. A man of great personal courage and endurance he has lead small parties deep into enemy territory to obtain information, and his exploits have been many and daring causing bewilderment and uneasiness among the Japs. His personality and dealings with the villagers have had a noticeable morale raising effect, which has resulted in much more reliable and varied information being brought in, and he has made contacts that will be invaluable when operations begin. His work and initiative throughout have been outstanding, and he has shown a complete disregard for his personal safety in carrying out his task. He is fully deserving of the award for which he is recommended.’ Original Commanding Officer’s report and recommendation dated January, 1947; Karachi Aero Club ‘Wings’; Full statutes of the Order of the British Empire, with official named correspondence to accompany the C.B.E. Warrant; Several photographs and a copy of the Daily Telegraph’s obituary, 1 August 1997. PERCIVAL HERBERT MEADOWS, known during his career as both ‘Perc[e]y’ and ‘Val’, was born in 1919 and educated at Wye College (where he qualified in tropical horticulture), and later (after the war) at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at SOAS. He worked on a coffee plantation in Kenya and a tea plantation in Ceylon before enlisting with the Lincolnshire Regiment following the outbreak of the Second World War. He won the Combined Services Welterweight Boxing Championship before being posted to India, where he received an emergency commission in July, 1941. Serving with 8th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, initially on the Northwest Frontier, he went on to Intelligence training in Karachi while also finding time to gain his pilot’s licence in a Gypsy Moth. As Brigade Intelligence Officer with the 74th Indian Infantry Brigade he served in Arakan (see M.C. recommendation), subsequently transferring to the 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles where he commanded a detachment and also became Station Commander. His C.O. in the Gurkhas later wrote (January 1947): ‘Due to his ability in all spheres and his initiative I had complete confidence in the efficiency of the detachment at all times. Shrewd in his calculations he is a most able organiser and administrator... …this officer is outstanding and I strongly recommend him for appointment to a regular commission and in particular for employment in intelligence duties’. Following the war Meadows joined the Malayan Civil Service but volunteered for active service at the outbreak of the Emergency, when his Burma experience proved invaluable. 1949 found him in Macao from where, as Honorary British Consul, he sent back to London intelligence reports on the Chinese Revolution. His next posting was to Singapore where he became Deputy Permanent Secretary (with Special Duties) in the office of the Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew; the two became trusting and loyal friends in a valuable, sometimes moderating relationship which continued well after Independence. Meadows was appointed C.B.E. in the 1963 New Year Honours list and is also entitled to the Efficiency Medal (not found); he died in Norfolk in July 1997 at the age of 78.
*An Escaper’s M.M. Group awarded to Flight Sergeant A.R. Cottle, 47 Squadron, R.A.F., Five: Military Medal, George VI (1265632 Sgt. A.R. Cottle, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence and War Medals, a few surface marks, good very fine; together with Flying Logbook, substantial further original documentation and related items (see below) (lot). M.M.: London Gazette: 16 May, 1944. The official recommendation for the award reads as follows: ‘On the 16th November 1943 Sgt. Cottle was the Navigator of a plane which was shot down near Kalymnos. When the aircraft hit the water he was dragged under the water by the sinking aircraft and had great difficulty in reaching and climbing into the dinghy which was now some 100 yards away. His right arm was useless owing to a bullet wound. Late on the following night Sgt. Cottle was picked up and taken to an Italian Convent Hospital at Kos. He refused to answer any questions put to him by the German interrogating officer. After a few days, he sold his watch, etc. and was able to buy civilian clothes. He slipped out of the hospital and was taken to a safe hiding place by some friendly Greeks. Each night he went down to the shore to try and contact a caique and on the night of December 5th he was successful and was taken to the Turkish coast and then transported to a hospital. Sgt. Cottle has shown great determination in escaping from the enemy territory, although wounded. It was a very fine achievement and an example to others of courage and initiative. Included with the lot are: Original Flying Logbook covering the period 13 May 1942 to Cottle’s repatriation on 12 February 1944; Goldfish Club Membership Card, named F/Sgt A.R. Cottle, August 24th 1943, and Goldfish Club uniform patch; A signed statement by Cottle describing being shot down on 16 November 1943: After attacking target we were ourselves attacked by two M.E. 109’s and one Arado 196. These planes made one attack which was unsuccessful. One M.E.109 and the Arado then broke off, but the remaining M.E.109 pressed home attack after attack starting at 1000 yds and closing to 20 yds. We kept turning into the attack and also corkscrewing, but we were unsuccessful in shaking off the M.E.. (During its second attack I received g.s.w. mentioned in previous signal.) Bullets and cannonshells were continuously pouring into the plane. My cupola was completely shot away also fixed aerial and I noticed the extreme tip of the starboard wing had disappeared. ‘These attacks lasted for at least five minutes, then without warning the plane hit the sea. As I was still facing the tail at the moment of impact, I swivelled around and saw F/O Bond slumped over the controls (whether he had been shot or knocked unconscious I am unable to say). There was a fire burning furiously on the starboard side of the well behind the pilot and this prevented me from getting to F/O Bond through the fuselage. So I clamboured [sic] on to the port wing and made my way to the pilot’s cockpit, but as soon as I got there the plane sank under me and I went down to some considerable depth entangled in the aerial wire. F/O Bond went down with the plane… …I should like to add that had the V.G.O. been mounted in this plane it is highly probable that we would have beaten off the attacker.’ A copy of The Pocket Padre with pencilled diary notes on back cover (some indistinct): 16 Pranged!!; 17 Schnelboot; 18 Kos; 19 Interrogated; 25 Got up; 26 Decided to escape; 28 [Interrogated(?) ]; 1 Left hospital [ ]; 2 Stay in barn over n[ight]; 3 No luck; 5 Escaped to Bodrum; 6 Left Bodrum; 7 Arrived [Kuşadasi?]; 8 On to Smyrna; 17 Left Smyrna; 19 Arrived Aleppo… ; Other documents, including Movement Order dated 28/29 Jan. 1944; Royal Air Force Service and Release Book recording service from 14 Sept. 1940 to 7 April 1946: ‘Has outstanding ability as an organiser and can be entrusted with any responsibility. He is an expert operator of electrical calculating machines and a good mathematician… Silver Rugby prize medal engraved 9 S.F.T.S. / R.A.F. Rugby XV 1940-41, 25.5mm, a broken ‘dog tag’ (reading COTTLE A.R. [ ]5632), two cloth R.A.F. Observer’s badges and a medal riband bar; 47 Squadron Reunion Menu, 1947, with signatures, newspaper cuttings and a copy photograph. ALFRED ROY COTTLE, born on 24 January 1916, earned his Goldfish Club membership when forced to ditch on 24 August 1943 after attacking a schooner and then being jumped by a FW190. On that occasion he spent only an hour so in the dinghy before being picked up by a U.S. destroyer. After being shot down and injured on 16 November, however, his second spell in the dinghy lasted for over 30 hours before he was picked up by a German Schnellboot and captured. In escaping from Kos Cottle received vital assistance from Greek citizens who unfortunately paid for their resistance to the Germans, although Cottle was in due course able to provide intelligence which was of real value to the Allies when the island was finally liberated. Provenance: By direct descent; previously on loan to the R.A.F. Museum, Hendon (reserve collection).
*The Sicily Military Cross Group awarded to Captain Stanley Charles ‘Bombs’ Panter, Parachute Regiment, who was later captured at Arnhem and recommended for a Bar to his M.C., Nine: Military Cross, dated 1943, privately-engraved (Capt. S.C. Panter Parachute Regt.), together with an unconfirmed and undated bar for second award; 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, privately engraved (Major S.C. Panter Royal Fusiliers); Territorial Efficiency Decoration, reverse dated 1955; with Netherlands, Battle of Arnhem bronze honorary medal, 59.5mm, engraved (Capt. S.C. Panter Para. Regt.), this in Gerritsen van Kempen card box of issue; good very fine or better, offered with much original documentation, related items and memorabilia (see below) (lot). M.C.: London Gazette: 23 December 1943: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in action. On the 14th of July 1943. The officer was in company with a part of the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment which had been dropped on the Catania Plain in Sicily, to secure the high ground South of the River Simeto. On two occasions this officer led small parties to deal with enemy machine-gun positions that were menacing the Battalion’s flank, on each occasion he succeeded in capturing the machine guns and killing or capturing the crews. Later this officer single-handed captured an enemy howitzer together with ammunition, and himself organised a gun crew from the men of the battalion and directed the fire from this weapon on to the enemy. Throughout the action he displayed great courage under heavy fire and complete contempt for danger.’ Territorial Efficiency Decoration: London Gazette: 25 February 1955. The lot is offered with the following: Two ‘dog tags’ (octagonal and circular), both named SC PANTER 165617 LIEUT CE; gun-layer’s badges (2), in gold braid and khaki; anti-tank and crown (2) badges in khaki; a trident badge; riband bar representing MC (with bar) and Panter’s first three Stars; and two (unmatched) Captain’s dress ‘stripes’; A Medjez El Bab skull-and-crossbones pennant, 1942;Sequence of photographs of the first parachute drop (by Panter) made from an American Dakota using a British parachute; Original telegrams and letters, including telegram to Fusilier Panter dated 25 August 1939 “Join 9 RF.” and various correspondence advising Mrs Panter that her husband was missing, 25 Sept. 1944 and later; Nine original personal greetings telegrams, circa 1937-41;Ticket for Buckingham Palace Investiture, 18 April 1944; Two original PoW Camp identity documents, both with photographs (one illustrated); Panter’s 112-page ‘Wartime Log’ (approx.. 100 pages filled), prepared during his time as a Prisoner-of-War and including: his interesting detailed personal account of Operation “Market” [sic], capture at Arnhem, interrogation, escape during a bombardment and subsequent recapture; “S” Company, 2nd Parachute Regimental roll and Memorial; numerous watercolours, sketches and drawings by Panter and some others, including views of Arnhem and Oflag 79; and cuttings, poems, other contributions, tickets, prison camp stamps, personal records, etc.; Memorabilia from Arnhem Commemoration and Memorial, September 1947;A 10th Bn. (T.A.) Parachute Regt. ‘Visitors Falling Plate’ runner-up medal, 1960, 38mm; International Police Association membership card with photograph, 1961; Newspaper cuttings, two pencil portraits and two portrait photographs, and photocopied research; A German photograph, taken after Panter’s capture and subsequently published in Germany, of his kit and equipment (clearly showing his name, with related 1996 correspondence). STANLEY CHARLES “BOMBS” PANTER, born in Warwickshire on 5 September 1909, joined the 9th (2nd City of London) Royal Fusiliers as a private soldier just before the outbreak of War in August, 1939, having previously been an active member of the Territorial unit based in Balham High Road, Tooting, South London. He fought in France and Belgium, was evacuated and granted an emergency commission as 2nd Lieutenant on 28 December 1940. In late 1941 Panter volunteered for the 1st Parachute Brigade shortly after its formation, and by July 1942 he was commanding an experimental airborne platoon nicknamed “Panter’s Pirates” before a formal transfer to the Parachute Regiment is recorded as having taken place on 1 August. He served in Tunisia, including Medjez El Bab, and as part of Operation Torch led a successful operational jump with parachute mortars over Tunis in December, 1942 (when he seems to have gained the sobriquet ‘Bombs’ for the first time). He was in Italy from September 1943 to 1 May 1944 before dropping with the A Company in Sicily (Operation Husky), and was awarded an immediate M.C. for Catania Plain. Panter landed near Arnhem on the afternoon of Sunday 17 September 1944 as T/Capt., Officer Commanding Support Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion and was closely involved in the capture and defence of the Arnhem Road Bridge under Frost, based at “Company HQ” to the north of the bridge where they held out until capture by the Germans on Thursday 21st. As Panter was wounded he was sent to a makeshift hospital but succeeded in obtaining boots and a revolver, and walked out of the building during Allied shellfire on the night of the 21st. Unluckily he did not get far, walking straight into a German patrol beside the river, and he was recaptured. Like many Arnhem prisoners he was sent initially to Stalag XIIA at Limburg before transfer to Oflag 79 (Brunswick), via Oflag XIIB; Oflag 79 was as it happened the former home of a German parachute regiment and was to be liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army on 12 April 1945. After the war Panter served with the Territorial Army until 1959, receiving the Territorial Efficiency Decoration in 1955, and he also joined the City of London Special Constabulary. He evidently wore an unofficial bar to his M.C. for Arnhem but it should be reiterated that although he was recommended for this by his unit it was not confirmed at Divisional - or, perhaps, ‘suits’ - level. Stan Panter died 0n 20 April, 1968.
Denmark, Frederik IX’s Medal of Recompense (3), all type 1 (1947-64), the first in silver-gilt with crown, on Lady’s bow, extremely fine [369 struck], second in silver-gilt, without crown, in case of issue, reverse scuffed, good very fine and the third in silver, without crown, extremely fine (3)
A World War Two group of six medals, awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant D. D. Craig RN, including 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Italy star and a Navy general service medal with Palestine clasp 1936-39 and a set of corresponding dress miniatures together with two other WWII defence and 1939-45 medals
A pair of First World War medals, War and Victory, awarded to Captain J W Heekes of the Royal Army Medical Corps, together with indentures and certificates from pre-war positions including surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London, an obituary and a German Iron Cross medal stamped 1815 and 1939
A 9ct. gold & enamel medal awarded to Bruce Rankin by West Bromwich Albion FC for the achievement of reaching the F.A. Cup semi-final in season 1906-07, inscribed WEST BROMWICH ALBION F.C., TO BRUCE RANKIN, TO COMMEMORATE THE CLUB ENTERING THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE ENGLISH CUP, SEASON 1906-7, WHO PLAYED IN THE FOLLOWING MATCH, STOKE 2-2, STOKE 2-0
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