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Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal (2), one in bronze, the other a 1917 issue in zinc, nearly extremely fine (2) £30-£40

Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with manufacturer’s mark ‘27’ to the suspension ring indicating Anton Schenki, Vienna, suspension ring detached but present; War Service Cross, Second Class (2), one with swords, the other without, both bronze; East Front Medal 1941-42 (2), zinc, generally very fine (5) £80-£100

Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, the first unmarked but in original blue packet titled to the outside with the maker of Jakob Bengel; the second with manufacturer’s mark ‘27’ to the suspension ring indicating Anton Schenki, Vienna; Third Reich National Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

Hungary, Great War Commemorative Medal 1914-18 (8), silvered; together with a Liberation of Upper Hungary Medal 1938, bronze; a National High School Sports Achievement Medal, silvered-bronze; a Jesuit College Achievement Medal, silver; and a Communist period Army Long Service Medal for 15 Years’ Service, gilt and enamel, generally nearly very fine and better (12) £60-£80

India, Police Independence Medal 1950, unnamed, good very fine Pakistan, Independence Medal 1947 (9), four named, 5 unnamed; Republic Medal 1956 (7), all unnamed; General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Kashmir 1948, unnamed; Campaign Medal (5), all unnamed; War Medal, unnamed; together with various lengths of riband for the Independence and Republic Medals, generally nearly very fine Persia, Empire, Military Braver Medal AH 1318 [AD 1900], 35mm, silver, good very fine (25) £70-£90

Collection of costume jewellery including silver medal, lucite brooch, 9ct gold iron charm (0.7g), 9ct gold globe charm, Exquisite brooches in original boxes, Sarah Coventry brooches, 9ct gold duck charm (0.6g), 9ct gold brooch (2.2g), silver brooch, etc 

A 9ct gold Faithful Service Medal for 'Imperial Chemical Industries Limited', in box, 25g including ribbon, and a silver service medal set with enamel, 18.9g, in original box

Oak and brass cased Arts & Crafts style mantel clock, with embossed dial, glass panel to base and bell within the top, with plaque to front relating to it having been given by the inhabitants of Cinderford to commemorate the awarding of a military medal to Private C.J.Webb, 1916, height 37cm

Approximately 161g mixed silver including a 1922 Morgan dollar and further silver coinage including threepences, Queen Victoria onwards, and a King Edward VII metal commemorative medal 

1887 Queen Victoria Jubilee head silver crown mounted as a brooch, together with a 1953 matt finish Queen Elizabeth II white metal medal coin and a quantity of modern crowns to include Churchill and Charles and Diana

1897 Queen Victoria Jubilee medal coin in fitted case, diameter 55mm

Eighty five coin/stamp covers, various subjects including sporting, military, transport, TV etc, also £5 coins, crown sized medal coins etc

Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, crown chipped; War Merit Cross (6), bronze, some struck on thinner flans; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1915-18 (3), bronze; Commemorative Medal for Italian Unification 1848-1918 (4), bronze; Volunteers Medal 1915-18, bronze; Volunteers Medal 1935-36, bronze, very fine or better (16) £100-£140

A scarce Kenya Campaign Medal for the Shifta Campaign pair awarded to Warrant Officer Class II P. J. Bunting, Royal Signals Kenya, Republic, Campaign Medal 1963-67, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23213056 S. Sgt. P. J. Bunting R. Signals.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; an an unofficial British Forces Germany 1945-89 Commemorative Medal (23213056 WO Bunting P. J. 1958-1974), with related miniature award, edge bruise to LS&GC, otherwise good very fine, the first scarce to British personnel (3) £240-£280 --- Approximately 65 Kenya Campaign Medals awarded to British personnel who served with the Kenyan Forces in operations against the Somali Shiftas for 30 days (not necessarily continuously) between the period 12 December 1963 and 30 November 1967, and given permission to wear per Defence Council Instruction 276 of 1968. P. John Bunting attested for the Royal Signals in early 1956 and was awarded the Kenyan Campaign Medal for service with the Kenyan Forces against the Somali Shiftas during the period 12 December 1963 and 30 November 1967. Sold with copied research including extracts from The Wire which contains a photographic image of the recipient.

Latvia, Republic, Home Guard Cross of Merit Medal, 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with silver mark and Riga makers mark to reveres, in case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

Montenegro, Kingdom, Bravery Medal, silver (Rev: F. R. Barry. C.F. Sept: 26-28. 1916.) contemporarily engraved naming, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, embossed case of issue, suspension altered to a straight bar swivel suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 25 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He tended and dressed the wounded under very heavy fire with the greatest courage and determination. He set a splendid example throughout the operations.’ The Reverend Frank Russell Barry was born on 28 January 1890, the son of the Reverend G. D. Barry, and was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford. He served during the Great War with the Army Chaplains’ Department as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class in the Mediterranean theatre of War from 31 December 1915, and subsequently on the Western Front, taking part in the operations on the Somme, the Ancre, Arras, and Passchendaele. For his gallantly during the operations at Mouquet Farm, near Thiepval, on 26-28 September 1916 he was awarded the D.S.O., and was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) and awarded the Silver Medal for Military Valour from the King of Montenegro.

Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on riband; together with an Anti Communist Campaign Medal, bronze; and a Liberation from the Fascist Yoke Commemorative Medal, bronze, good very fine (3) £60-£80

South Africa, Republic, Southern Cross Decoration, officially numbered ‘1300’; Pro Patria Decoration, bronze and enamel (3), 2nd type, officially numbered ‘6473’; 3rd type (2), officially numbered ‘139520’ and ‘1732780’; Permanent Force Good Service Medal, in silver, together with a small roll of related riband; Defence Force Good Service Medal; together with an unfinished trial and a Police 75th Anniversary 1988 Medal, good very fine Tanzania, Republic, Utumushi Decoration, silver-gilt, very fine Zaire, Republic, Cross of Bravery, with palm, bronze, good very fine Zimbabwe, Republic, Independence Medal 1980, bronze (2), officially numbered ‘38829’ and ‘70554; Liberation Medal 1980, bronze(2), officially numbered ‘69867’ and ‘69868’; 10 Years Long Service Medal, bronze (906422 P.O.2 Nyamayaro. P.T.); Long and Exemplary Service Medal, silvered (2), good very fine or better £100-£140 --- Sold together with a copy Kenya Campaign Medal 1963-67.

Spain, Franco Period, Order of St Hermenegildo, Knight’s Cross, gilt and enamel; War Cross, silver, gilt, and enamel, lacking reverse retaining pin; Air Force Merit Cross, First class, gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central medallion; Constancia and Militar Cross, gilt and enamel; together with a Morocco Campaign Medal 1915 in bronze; five Homage Medals 1925, one gilt, four in bronze; and a 1936-39 Campaign Medal, gilt and blackened metal, generally very fine or better (11) £100-£140

A Second War Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin pair awarded to Lieutenant V. N. Kovalenko, 235th Guards Rifle Regiment Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Gold Star Medal of a Hero of the Soviet Union, 2nd type, gold, reverse impressed, ‘1402’, rectangular riband suspension with screw-backed fitting, suspension ring twisted; Order of Lenin, 5th type, variation 1 breast badge, gold, platinum, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘15797’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension, very fine and better (2) £5,000-£7,000 --- Vasily Naumovich Kovalenko was born at Ivanovoselische, Globinsky District, Poltava Region, Ukraine, on 3 December 1920, and joined the Red Army in 1940. He served during the Great Patriotic War from July 1942, and as a Guards Senior Lieutenant commanded an Artillery Battery of the 235th Guards Rifle Regiment, 7th Guards Army, Steppe Front, during the forced crossing of the Dnieper. On 26 September 1943 his battery was amongst the first to land on the opposite bank of he river, near Borodaevka, and in the fight for the bridgehead it destroyed two weapon emplacements and eliminated a large group of enemy soldiers. On 10 October 1943 Kovalenko skilfully directed the fire of his battery during the repelling of the enemy counterattack, and as a result two enemy tanks were disabled and their crews captured alive. For his gallantry he was appointed a Hero of the Soviet Union on 26 October 1943. Kovalenko graduated from Leningrad Highest Artillery Officer School in 1945. The following year he transferred to the Reserve, but was recalled in 1952 and served for a further four years, being advanced Captain. He subsequently retired to Odessa. In addition to the Gold Star Medal of a Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin, he also received the Orders of the Patriotic War, First and Second Class; two Orders of the Red Star; and various campaign medals. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for a Hero of the Soviet Union, in embossed red leather folder; the recipient’s original Awards Booklet, which confirms both numbered awards; a presentation silver cigarette case, given to the recipient on his 40th birthday, with inscription to reverse; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

A United States of America Second War Army Good Conduct pair awarded to Private First Class Arthur F. Perry, 103rd Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action 15 January 1945, during the battle for Luzon Island United States of America, Army Good Conduct Medal, slot brooch ‘Arthur F. Perry’; Philippines Liberation Medal, slot brooch, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- 36170413 Private First Class Arthur F. Perry, from White Cloud, Newaygo County, Michigan, served with the 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division. He died on 15 January 1945 and is buried at Manila American Cemetery. ‘The 103rd Infantry Regiment landed on the island of Luzon (Philippines) on 9 January 1945 and was one of the leading elements during the Battle of Luzon. As the left wing of the invasion force, they pushed inland, encountering stiff opposition from fanatical Japanese enemies. The 103d Infantry went ashore at 0700, with the 152nd following at 1300 to set up firing positions on the beach. The landing was unopposed and the regiment moved inland by column of battalions, with 3rd in the lead, followed by 2nd, and 1st in support. As the day went on, Japanese resistance began to increase. Using 75mm guns, the Japanese would initiate long-range ambushes on the 103rd, retreating when approached by riflemen. This delaying tactic did not inflict many casualties, but it did slow the regiment’s advance. The next day saw the 103rd making good time but it was still slowed by harassing enemy attacks. Riflemen, acting in conjunction with artillery fire, steadily advanced and destroyed several of the Japanese guns. Everything changed on the morning of 11 January, when 2-103 Infantry began the assault on Hill 200. It was a heavily fortified position, with caves, tunnels, and trenches dug into the hillside for both infantry and artillery. It took five days of brutal fighting to take the hill, characterised by heavy supporting fire from the 152nd FAB, the 105mm howitzers in the 103rd’s Cannon Company, and the 103rd’s organic mortars. The rest of the battalion worked on securing the perimeters around the hill with aggressive patrolling, which sparked intense fighting. By 16 January, Hill 200 and its environs were in U.S. hands. An enemy armoured counterattack in the vicinity of barrio Potpot resulted in a long night for the men of 3-103rd Infantry, as they fought off the attack and destroyed eleven Japanese tanks.’

A United States of America Vietnam War Bronze Star and Air Medal group of nine awarded to Staff Sergeant Willard S. Hudson, Tactical Communications Chief 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the ‘Black Knights’ United States of America, Bronze Star, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Air Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Army Commendation Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’; Army Good Conduct Medal, with five knots emblem on riband; Vietnam Service Medal, one silver and one bronze stars on riband; National Defense Service Medal, bronze; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, bronze; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, all with crimp brooches; Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm, generally very fine or better (9) £200-£240 --- Air Medal, 26 June 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight August 1969 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ (certificate dated 26th June 1970). Air Medal second award – no details, probably similar for July to December 1970. Bronze Star, 3rd July 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For Meritorious Achievement in ground operations against hostile forces during the period August 1969 to August 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Bronze Star second award – no details, probably similar for September to December 1970. Army Commendation Medal: ‘For Meritorious Achievement during the period April 1970 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Silver and bronze stars to Vietnam Campaign Medal for six Campaigns: Vietnam Defense Campaign 1965-66; Tet Counter Offensive 1969; Vietnam Summer, Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter, Spring, 1969-70; Sanctuary Counter Offensive 1970; Southwest Monsoon 1970. Willard S. Hudson was born on 29 September 1941, in Apopka, Florida, and enlisted into the Army on 7 January 1964. He was posted to 39th Transport Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia, and became a switchboard operator with 616, then 515 Transport Battalions, also at Fort Benning. Promoted to PFC at the end of January 1964. He served in Vietnam between 23 July 1965 and 10 November 1965, with 515th Transport Company, “Road Runners”, at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. There, the 515th had the primary mission of transporting troops and cargo from port facilities to their final destination, often times the front lines themselves. Hudson was hospitalised in Vietnam for about a month in September, reason unknown. On 19 November 1965, he was at Fort Buckner, Okinawa, as Communications Specialist, where he gained artillery experience, becoming a Tactical Team Chief. In November 1966, he was posted to the Republic of Korea, as Tactical Communications Chief, where he remained until December 1967. In May, while in Korea, he was promoted to Sergeant and on 1 January 1968 he was in Germany where he remained until April 1969. On 5 June 1969, he was back in Vietnam for his second tour, serving as Tactical Communications Chief, A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalr. Division (Airmobile). Promoted to Staff Sergeant in August 1969, in October he joined the 1/13th Signal Battalion, in December, 1/5th Cavalry, and in May 1970, the 2/19th Artillery, all units of the 1st Cavalry Division. Hudson left Vietnam for the final time on 9 December 1970, and was posted to Germany on 1 February 1971. On 3 February 1974, he joined 716th Military Police Company, at Fort Riley, Kansas, serving with various Military Police units at Fort Riley until the end of January 1976, when he was posted to Korea as Communications Chief, of the 2nd Military Police Company, 2nd Infantry Division. He was back at Fort Riley by mid-January 1978, where he remained in various security positions until he retired on 31 January 1981. He died on 12 September 1986, aged 45. Sold with a file containing original award certificates for the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal, with original citations for the first two, together with service papers and other research.

United States of America, Victory Medal 1918, official type 2, 5 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, with full wrap brooch suspension, very fine £50-£70

The Kaisar-I-Hind First Class in Gold attributed to the Reverend H. H. Weeks, Methodist Episcopal Mission to North India Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, with integral top suspension brooch bar, in its H.M. Mint Calcutta case of issue, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the First Class London Gazette 1 January 1931: ‘The Reverend Harry Hanson Weak (sic), M. E. Mission, Garhwal, United Provinces.’ Sold together with a pencil note and a further typed note that reads: ‘“Kaiser-I-Hind” gold medal for Public Service in India 1931. Awarded to Rev. H. H. Weeks, Methodist Episcopal Mission to North India. Presented at an Official Durbar in Lucknow, United Provinces, in October, 1931, by Governor Meston, I.C.S. Govt. of India. Mrs Week, and son Douglas, were present.’

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Civil), unnamed as issued, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, extremely fine £180-£220

German Second World War Medal Riband Bars. 14 medal riband bars comprising Armed Forces Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached with the Afrika Italian Medal. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Armed Forces Long Service ribbon with eagle and swastika motif attached, Entry into Austria Medal and Entry Czechoslovakia Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, War Service Cross with swords, Russian Front riband. Iron Cross Second Class, Luftwaffe Long Service Medal with Luftwaffe motif attached, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal. Luftwaffe Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached, Entry into Austria Medal. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, two Luftwaffe Long Service ribbons one with gold and one with silver Luftwaffe motifs attached. War Service Cross Second Class with swords with two Armed Forces Long Service ribbons with outstretched winged eagle and swastika motifs attached. Iron Cross Second Class, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal, Russian Front Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, Entry into Austria Medal, West Wall Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal, Russian Front Medal, Army Long Service Medal with outstretched winged eagle and swastika motif attached, West Wall Medal. War Service Cross Second Class. Armed Forces Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. Iron Cross Second Class with Armed Forces Long Service Medal with outstretched winged eagle and swastika attached. Iron Cross Second Class, Russian Front Medal, Armed Forces Long Service Medal with silver eagle and swastika motif attached without pin back suspension, generally good condition (14) £80-£100

German Second World War Medal Riband Bars. 28 medal riband bars comprising War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Russian Front Medal, Rumanian Anti Bolshevik Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Russian Front Medal, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Russian Front Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, Russian Front Medal, West Wall Medal. War Service Cross Second Class, Third Reich awarded 1914 Honour Cross, Armed Forces Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, Russian Front Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, Russian Front Medal, Armed Forces Long Service Medal with silver outstretched winged eagle and swastika motif attached without pin back. Two Luftwaffe Long Service awards with both their gold and silver Luftwaffe eagle and swastika motif attached. War Service Cross Second Class with the Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords. Iron Cross Second Class, Russian Front Medal, West Wall Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, 1914-18 Third Reich awarded War Honour Cross with swords. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, West Wall Medal. Iron Cross Second Class, War Service Cross Second Class. Armed Forces Long Service Awards (2 together) one with gold, one with silver motifs attached. War Service Cross Second Class with Armed Forces Long Service award with silver eagle and swastika motif attached. Iron Cross Second Class with the Rumanian Anti Bolshevik Medal. War Service Cross Second Class with Russian Front Medal; together with the following single awards, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal. Entry into Austria Medal. Iron Cross Second Class. Luftwaffe Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. Armed Forces Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. West Wall Medal. War Service Cross Second Class with swords. Russian Front Medal. 15 year NSDAP Long Service with pin missing from reverse side. National Faithful Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. War Service Cross Second Class with swords, very good condition (28) £140-£180

An important Medical C.B. group of three awarded to Inspector-General Stephen Woolriche, Medical Department The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, Georgian hallmarks, date letter partially obscured but probably 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, with narrow gold swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (S. Woolriche, Medl. Charge of 7th Divn.); Waterloo 1815 (Stephen Woolrich, Dep. Insp. of Hosp. Medical Staff.) fitted with replacement silver clip and ring suspension, some minor chips to the first, light edge bruising and contact marks to the last two, otherwise very fine and better (3) £8,000-£10,000 --- Stephen Woolriche was born on 3 June 1770, and was a surgeon’s mate when he was gazetted as Regimental Surgeon to the 111th Foot on 30 May 1794. From March 1798 to 22 May 1806, he was on half-pay, when he exchanged on full-pay to the 4th Foot. He was appointed Surgeon on the Staff on 18 June 1807, and as Deputy Inspector of Hospitals on 26 May 1814; Brevet Inspector of Hospitals, 9 December 1823; retired half-pay, 25 May 1828; Inspector-General of Hospitals, 22 July 1830. Woolriche was one of the first seven officers of the Army Medical Department upon whom the C.B. (Military) was conferred for the first time in 1850. He died at Quatford Lodge, Bridgenorth, Shropshire, on 29 February 1856. He served in Holland in 1799 under Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of York; with the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807; and, with the rank of staff-surgeon, was principal medical officer with the reserve, commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley at the battle of Kioge; after four years colonial service, he joined the Peninsula army, with which he served from the battle of Salamanca until the end of the war; and was present in charge of the 7th division of the army, commanded by Lord Dalhousie, at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, for which he has received the War Medal with two Clasps. At the renewal the of war in 1815, he joined the army at Brussels, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and was appointed to take charge of field-duties in the event of a general action; in this responsible situation he was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where he was occupied several days and nights before the field was cleared of the numerous wounded, including British, Belgian, French, &c. &c. In 1827 he embarked for Portugal with the army, under Sir William Clinton, as chief of the medical department on that service. (Hart’s Army List 1856 refers).

German Imperial and Second World War Medal Riband Bars. 18 medal riband bars comprising Great War Iron Cross Second Class with Third Reich 1939 repeat award emblem fitted, Iron Cross Second Class Third Reich, War Service Cross Second Class with swords, War Service Cross, Russian Front award, the Third Reich awarded 1914 War Honour Cross with swords, NSDAP 15 year Long Service Medal, NSDAP 10 year Long Service Medal with its eagle and swastika motif attached, 2 other awards the ribbons are missing from this bar. Great War Iron Cross Second Class with a small version of the 1939 repeat award motif attached, Bavarian Military Service Medal with swords, the Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords, Austrian award, two Third Reich Long Service awards one with silvered eagle and swastika motif attached, Entry into Austria Medal, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal. Imperial German Iron Cross Second Class, Saxon Great War award, the Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords, a further unidentified Imperial award, two Imperial German Long Service awards both with gold emblems indicating possible naval issue, no pin on the reverse side. Third Reich Iron Cross Second Class, Russian Front Medal, two Great War possibly Austrian awards one with swords. Third Reich Iron Cross Second Class, War Service Cross with swords, Armed Forces Long Service award with silver eagle and swastika motif attached, West Wall Medal accompanied by a Rumanian Anti Bolshevik Medal and 3 further Imperial German awards. Imperial German Iron Cross Second Class, Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords, Luftwaffe Long Service Medal with Luftwaffe motif attached. Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal. Luftwaffe gold and silver Long Service ribbons, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal, 2 Austrian Great War awards with swords without pin back. Third Reich Front Medal, Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross plus a Brunswick Imperial German award. Imperial German Iron Cross Second Class, Third Reich awarded War Honour Cross with swords, National Faithful Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached. Imperial Iron Cross Second Class, Third Reich War Service Cross with swords, Unidentified Imperial award, Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross, Luftwaffe Long Service Medal with eagle and swastika motif attached, RLB Medal, Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal no pin on reverse side. Great War Iron Cross Second Class, Third Reich awarded War Honour Cross with swords, Third Reich National Faithful Service Medal with swastika motif. Third Reich RLB Medal with the Third Reich awarded War Honour Cross with swords. Third Reich Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal with an Imperial award with crossed swords; together with the following single awards, 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords. 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords. 1914-18 War Honour Cross without swords. 2 individual Austrian awards with swords, generally good condition (18) £140-£180

German Second World War Third Reich Documents. A well service used SS soldbuch with photograph of the owner in civil dress wearing the Hitler Youth membership lapel pin and police lapel pin to his jacket, it would appear that he is of German extraction, possibly coming from the Sudentenland and served with the police weapons school and was a late entrant into the SS in February 1945. Police Service pass, served as a combat policeman possibly in the Great War being awarded the Iron Cross Second Class, Police Long Service Medal Third Class and Front Fighters Medal 1914-18, accompanied by a small linen ausweis for Paul Forster, a Hauptwachtmeister for the Gendarmerie. Shooting book For target practice with the GEW98 pistol and light machine gun, a Transport Brigade Speer, German issued passport issue to a Dutchman in January 1945, photograph in civil dress with good clear stamp of Transport Korps Speer. Pre war shooting books, 4 books in total within one folder for a member of Infantry Regiment 16.  A Soldatenbund ausweis (Old Comrades) for a veteran soldier with photograph wearing officers uniform. Military pass dated 1923 for a member of the Reichwehr. Lohnbuch being the wages book and two service IDs with photographs in civil dress for a Reich worker and member of a Luftwaffe Flak Regiment, cover loose from main body. All with English translations, reasonable condition (lot) £120-£160

A rare ‘Sierra Leone’ C.M.G. and ‘Boer War’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Tarbet, South Lancashire Regiment, late Inspector-General of the Sierra Leone Frontier Police The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1892, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Asst. Inspr. A. F. Tarbet, Lagos Hausa Force) officially engraved naming; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (Major A. F. Tarbet, C.M.G., D.S.O. S. Lanc. Regt.) officially engraved naming, mounted court-style as worn, somewhat tarnished, otherwise very fine and better (4) £2,800-£3,400 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 9 January 1900: ‘In recognition of services in connection with the Military operations in 1898-9 in the Sierra Leone Protectorate: Major Alexander Francis Tarbet, 3rd Battalion the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), late Inspector-General of the Sierra Leone Frontier Police.’ Only 5 awards of the C.M.G. for Sierra Leone: two Naval officers and three Army officers. D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Alexander Francis Tarbet was born on 29 December 1860, son of William Tarbet, of Bedford. He was educated at Wellington College, and joined the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia in 1881. He served in Methuen’s Horse, with the Bechuanaland Field Force in 1885, and with the Lagos Hausa Force, 1887-94. He held the appointment as Private Secretary to the Governor of Lagos, Sir Gilbert Carter, K.C.M.G., from 1892-94, during which time he commanded the Lagos Hausas in the Jebu Expedition of 1892 (despatches London Gazette 1 July 1892; Medal with clasp). In 1894, Tarbett was appointed Inspector-General to the Sierra Leone Frontier Force, and helped to quell the disturbances in Sierra Leone during 1897-99, when he commanded the Frontier Police on the Karene Expedition (despatches London Gazette 29 December 1899; Clasp; created C.M.G.). He served during the South Africa War 1900-01, as a Railway Staff Officer (graded as a D.A.A.G.), Lines of Communications, and afterwards as Commandant, Jagersfontein Road. He took part in operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900; in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, February to April 1900; and operations in Orange River Colony, November 1900 to July 1901 (despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901; Queen’s Medal with 3 clasps; created D.S.O.) Tarbet resigned his commission in 1907 but rejoined the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment as Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914 and served with that regiment at Home until the end of the war.

A Great War C.M.G. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Humby, D.S.O., Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, late commanding Dublin Imperial Yeomanry The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major J. F. Humby, Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major J. F. Humby, Imp. Yeo.) mounted for display together with a good quality copy D.S.O., V.R. cypher, silver-gilt and enamels, light pawnbroker’s graffiti in obverse field of Q.S.A., otherwise good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916. D.S.O. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘James Frederick Humby, Captain, 8th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry; Major, 3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. James Frederick Humby was born on 21 July 1860, son of Fred Peter Humby, of Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. He was educated in Paris. He joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, as Second Lieutenant, in 1891, and became Captain in 1896. He served in the South African War, 1900-2; commanded the 54th (Ulster) Imperial Yeomanry from February 1900. He took part in the operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900; operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902. He was taken prisoner at Lindley with the 13th Battalion, but escaped 30 August 1900. He became Major in 1901, and commanded the 74th (Dublin) Imperial Yeomanry from June 1901; 8th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry from May 1902. He was twice mentioned in despatches; received the Queen's Medal with four clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Humby served in the European War in command of the 12th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment in France from 30 August 1915, and was created a C.M.G. in 1916 for his services.

German Third Reich Medals and Awards. Comprising a 1936 Olympic medal without ribbon, good finish remaining; an Italian Africa medal with its original multi coloured ribbon, although frayed, this is the high quality bronze example; a SA Sports badge, this is an individual awarded piece numbered 59740 maker marked Lauer; a War Service Cross First Class with swords, screw back with all finish missing, still fitted with its uniform locating pin and its securing disc; a Third Reich Wound Badge in black, single stamped version, some slight paint loss to the high points; an Eastern Peoples award First Class in silver without swords, the majority of finish missing, complete with correct pin, hook and hinge; and an Eastern Peoples Second Class with swords, bronze example, with good finish remaining and its original green and white ribbon, generally good condition (7) £200-£240

German Third Reich and Related Medals and Badges. Comprising a Spanish Blue Division medal, excellent condition with ribbon and uniform fitting pin. French Vichy medal with date 1939-40 with swords. Polish/Russian combination Lenino 1943 medal commemorating the combined Russian/Polish forces against the forces of the Third Reich for the battle of Lenino. Italian Russian Front Don medal, black and white ribbon, white enamels. A Vichy French breast badge with lettering ALAG over the enamels. Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty dated 39 on the reverse side with ribbon. Fascist Italian unit arm shield, generally good condition (7) £140-£180

German Second World War Tinnies and Plaques. Comprising a large size 93mm x 55mm plaque for a meeting in Hannover 1933 with pre drilled fixing holes present. National Frauenschaft badge, large version, undamaged enamels, complete with fixing pin, RZM marked M1/92. Large Italian aluminium tinny showing the Fascist coat of arms with the insignia of the DAF, Rome maker marked faintly applied to the reverse side with what appears to be a replaced fitting pin. Grossdeutschland 10 April 1938 tinny with pin back suspension. Work Day 1 May 1936 aluminium badge, maker marked on the reverse. Large NSKOV cap badge with painted red, white and black centre with pin back suspension. Stuttgart Party Day 1934 very high quality badge with pin back suspension. NSDAP Day 29 May 1938 with pin back suspension missing. Reunification of the Tsar tinny with pin back suspension. 1937 dated double sided flying medallion for the organisation the R.D.KL.1942-43 Eisner Front medal. German Lutheran Organisation badge 1933 with pin back suspension. A metallic edelweiss badge for fitting to an M.43 or overseas cap. Enamelled Frauenschaft leaders badge with black, white and red enamels having a blue border, slight chipping to the enamel with pin back suspension, RZM marked. Two State Welfare Organisation pins, one with lapel pin fixing the other with tinny type fixing, both RZM marked, generally good condition (lot) £120-£160

German, British, and Overseas Great War and Second World War Metallic Badges. Comprising 5 British Great War War Savings Committee enamel badges, 2 square, 3 circular. 1 nicely enamelled red, white and black pin showing the Third Reich swastika but located within an English, London, Forest Gate jewellers presentation box indicating it could possibly be of British vintage circa Great War (the swastika was in use in many European and Scandinavian countries as symbol of luck up until the end of the Great War. 2 Russian stars. 2 Italian Second War military badges. German Second War motorcyclist identity disc. 5 separate German Day badges. 2 highly interesting down swept winged eagle and swastikas over a red cross with swastika to the centre with the paper attachment of a bernstein (amber) manufacturers labels attached with twisted and screwed lapel pin fixings. NSKK side cap button. Third Reich Wound badge in black miniature. An M.29 Third Reich eagle and swastika miniature. 5 accompanying Third Reich mixed badges. A card containing 9 motifs that would attach to medal ribbons, Police, Customs, Luftwaffe, Prague Castle Bar, Faithful Service Medal. 9 further unidentified Third Reich related items. Bavarian 25 year Fire Police Long Service Medal. Free French Croix de Guerre with swords. 1 Fascist Italian cap badge. 1 Royal Army badge. 1 German 1928 overseas flight stallion, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140

German Imperial, Third Reich, and Overseas Medals and Badges. Comprising a Third Reich period German veterans medal. A gold embroidered cuff piece from a German General’s parade uniform. A Third Reich RAD woman’s neck brooch in gold, pin complete, Assmann marked, hook missing. Third Reich period Colonial Bund stick pin with excellent enamels. Third Reich period Schlaegter Bund veterans pin with lapel pin fixing. Lufthansa pin, good enamels. An unidentified Spanish fascist period badge with fixing pins. Fascist Italian lozenge shaped pin with hook complete, pin missing. Fascist Italian cap insignia for the overseas cap known as the Bustina, two sets of clips missing, two present. Unidentified Third Reich multi enamel stick pin reading Bochum 48 below a mobile swastika. A small porcelain, possibly Winter Help Work badge with the same child holding a collecting tin with swastika. A zinc cast entry badge numbered 4 for a factory, pin missing. A small quantity of 3 Imperial Jubilee ribbons with enamelled badges. German Mothers Cross in bronze, some enamel missing, no ribbon. An assortment of 5 Third Reich cap insignia. M.29 eagle with pins complete. M.29 eagle without pins. Naval deck cap eagle without pin. Another naval deck cap eagle without pin. Postal visor cap eagle with pins, generally good condition (lot) £140-£180

A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Veterinary Colonel T. W. Rudd, Royal Army Veterinary Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Vety: Lt. T. W. Rudd. A.V. Deptt.) minor official correction to ‘Lt.’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. T. W. Rudd.) mounted with C.B.E. for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £360-£440 --- C.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 5 July 1919. Thomas William Rudd was appointed Veterinary Lieutenant in 1895; Major, 28 August 1910; Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 December 1915; Acting Colonel, 24 March 1918; Deputy Director Veterinary Services. Served on the N.W. Frontier of India 1897-98, Malakand, Veterinary Officer to 1st Brigade from 5 August 1897 (Medal with Clasp). His Great War Medal Index Card shows service in Theatre 5 (G) IV in 1915 which is specifically on the Landakai Malakand border of India from August to October 1915 and did not qualify for the 1914-15 Star (duly ‘deleted from roll’ on his M.I.C.). He went to France in 1918.

German Second World War Metallic and Cloth Insignia. Comprising a Kriegsmarine naval medical cadet sleeve badge. Another identical. Naval engineers trade patch. Naval writer’s sleeve badge. Naval Obermatt white deck uniform rank patch. Army medical sleeve patch. Another medical sleeve patch. Army fireworker’s personnel sleeve patch. Luftwaffe mechanisor’s administrator’s sleeve patch. Obergefreiter sleeve patch, army for the herringbone twill work uniform. LDO paper packet for the Luftwaffe Ground Combat badge. Eastern Front Medal ribbon. A large 5cm SA badge showing an SA man horse riding, pin back suspension. GFP Secret Field Police shoulder board motif in metal. A miniature 16mm SS 8 year Long Service Medal. Hitler Youth membership pin with one red section of the badge enamel broken. Red Cross cap insignia in enamels, pin suspension missing. A 1935 Hitler Youth aluminium award. WWI Iron Cross 2nd class. 1914 War Honour Cross and silver Wound Badge without swastika lapel pin. Miniature Tank Assault Badge with lapel pin fixing missing. Glider qualification badge in blue and white enamels. Shooting Association enamel badge with lapel fixing missing. DAF pin badge with half of a lapel pin present. A German Catholic Association Day badge. A quantity of what is possibly Winters Help Work badges being the shields and coats of arms of areas and towns within Germany, Austria and Northern Italy. Gau Berlin Day badge in plastic without any fitting. 3 Medal ribbon bar motifs all showing the swastika. 2 police badges for fitting to the police bayonet, fittings pins missing, one in silver, one in bronze. Reunification of the Saar tinny corroded without suspension pin. An individually numbered 0846 mission pass for the Fokke Wolf aircraft factory in Bremen. Miniature Hitler Youth proficiency badge with pin missing. A grouping of 4 separate RZM tickets that have been removed from items and mounted on card, 1 is SS that has not been mounted on card. What appears to be a work pass number 174 for a factory (Ruhrstahl AG). A post WWII Polish shield shaped badge 1814 to 1945 Grunwald, Berlin laid on green and maroon ribbon. Third Reich tinny Flugtag Bremen with pin back suspension. Adolf Hitler porcelain Day badge showing the head of Hitler. Italian youth ONB cap badge with all pins fitted, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140

The outstanding and well-documented Second War C.B.E., Great War ‘Cherisy, 1 September 1918’ D.S.O., ‘Canal du Nord, 27 September 1918’ Second Award Bar, and ‘Hill 70, August 1917’ M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Brigadier J. P. Girvan, 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the most decorated officer of the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Infantry Battalion in the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar, lacking integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (27071 Pte. J. P. Girvan. 15/Can: Inf:; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. P. Girvan.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp, unnamed as issued; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed (Major J. P. Girvan D.S.O. M.C. 48th Highrs. of C.) complete with integral top suspension brooch; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Major J. P. Girvan D.S.O. M.C. 48th Highrs of C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1916, with bronze Palme, silver awards all dark toned from long-term display, generally good very fine and better (13) £6,000-£8,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Brigadier J. P. Girvan, D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Canadian Army.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 February 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For conspicuous gallantry opposite Cherisy on 1st September, 1918. He commanded his battalion with the greatest skill and ability, pushing resolutely forward in face of extreme machine-gun fire, and after a personal reconnaissance continuing his advance and capturing and consolidating a position some 6,000 yards in front of the jumping-off line. His courage and leadership were admirable.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For marked gallantry and ability in the attack on Canal du Nord on 27th September, 1918. Crossing the canal on light bridges, and the River Agache by planks, under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire, he pushed on. He personally attacked and captured an enemy machine gun, shooting the gunner and turning the gun on the enemy. He went on and assisted in capturing Chapel Corner and the village of Marquion, and then gained his final objectives. His courage and dash were a fine example to his command.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: Capt. (A./Maj.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., Canadian Inf. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout an attack he led his company with the greatest skill and courage, continually going forward into our own barrage at great personal risk in order to check men who were advancing too fast. He directed his men amidst the fiercest shelling, and it was due to his gallant personal example that hostile counter-attacks were fruitless. His reports were invaluable, and it was largely due to him that the enemy were held back from the captured ground.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1916. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 May 1917. John ‘Jack’ Pollands Girvan was born born on 28 November 1887, at Kingarth, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 1907, he became a clerk in the Civil Service. He was a fine athlete, winning numerous championships as a member of the Argonaut rowing club. He belonged to an active militia when he attested on 14 September 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec. During the Great War, he married Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword. Girvan sailed on 3 October 1914, with the first contingent, arriving in England on 16 October 1916. On 4 February 1915, the 15th Battalion battalion paraded in light marching order for ‘Inspection & Review’ by H.M. the Kin, followed by the March Past, at North Larkhill camp. The following week, they boarded S.S. Mount Temple, at Avonmouth, on 12 February 1915. After a very rough voyage with high seas, they arrived at St Nazaire, in France, on 15 February 1915. Two days later, they arrived at Hazebrouck in Belgium, moving into billets at Caestre the next day and into billets in Armentieres on 23 February 1915. The 15th Battalion entered the trenches for the first time on 24 February 1915, suffering their first casualty on the night of the 27th. They entered the trenches at Rue Petillon, on 6 March 1915, pulling out three days later. In April 1915, the Canadians moved to the Ypres area and took part in the battle of Kitchener’s Wood (Second Battle of Ypres). The 15th Battalion held the line against the German chlorine gas attack, but suffered heavy casualties. The battalion was at the apex of the Canadian position on 24 April. The 15th Battalion suffered the heaviest casualties of any Canadian unit, with over 647 casualties, being hit by the heaviest of the gas, and was overrun by the Germans. Girvan’s No. 1 Company, was on the extreme right flank of the Battalion’s three forward companies and was very lucky to have survived. In the battle of Festubert, on 15 May 1915, the battalion again suffered heavy casualties. Girvan was promoted to be Sergeant, in the field, ‘A’ Company, 15th Battalion, on 11 June 1915. He was appointed to Temporary Commission, and posted to 15th Battalion on 26 September 1915; granted 5 days leave, 17 October 1915; granted 7 days leave, 5 January 1916; to be Captain, 27 April 1916; granted leave of absence from 25 May to 2 June 1916. On 3 June 1916 the Battalion conducted the first Canadian counter-attack of the war against Observatory Ridge, in opening stages of the battle of Mount Sorrel, again suffering heavy casualties. Now a Major commanding No. 3 Company, he was wounded during the battle of Flers–Courcelette on 24 September 1916, by a bullet wound which penetrated his right chest at the sternum, and travelled down and lodged in abdominal muscle. He was admitted to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, on 27 September 1916, and to Yorkhill War Hospital, Glasgow, on 1 October 1916. He was discharged on 18 October 1916, but was declared unfit for service for three months and granted leave to Canada, 21 October 1916 to 21 January 1917. Girvan returned to England in late March of 1917, and was appointed Acting Major on 28 April 1917. Then, awarded the Croix du Guerre, on 1 May 1917. Here he spent several months in Bramshott Camp, Hampshire, where his future wife Jean Sword was undergoing training at the camp hospital, and they undoubtedly spent some time together. Girvan returned back to France where, on 30 July 1917, he was indemnified for loss of kit. He was in command of No. 1 Company leading the forward assault of the 15th Battalion during the battle of Hill 70, and was awarded the Military Cross for this action in which the 15th Battalion assaulted and captured Puits 14 and Bois Hugo as part of the Canadian Corps assault on Hill 70 near Lens, France. The battalion was in the first wave of the assault on the Corps’ exposed and vital left flank. Having secured all their objectives on the morning of 15 August 1917, the battalion defended its position for a day and half against numerous German counter attacks until it was relieved and withdrawn from the line. Girvan was struck off the strength of the 15th Battalion to attend a Command Officers Course at Aldershot on 27 June 1918 for 8 w...

The ‘Tirah 1897-98’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain J. A. L. Haldane, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards General Sir Aylmer Haldane, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., who famously commanded the armoured train at Chieveley when he and Winston Churchill were captured with others and imprisoned in Pretoria from where they each escaped; after the Great War he rose to be G.O.C. in Mesopotamia where he successfully suppressed the Arab Rebellion of 1920-22 - his published writings included How We Escaped from Pretoria (1901) and his autobiography A Soldier’s Saga (1948) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar, the ribbon additionally fitted with 1st type ‘laurel’ Second and Third Award Bars [to which he is not entitled]; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gordon Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £4,000-£6,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 May 1898: ‘James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, Captain, Gordon Highlanders. In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India.’ The insignia were presented to him by the Queen at Windsor on 25 June 1898. James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane was born on 17 November 1862, only son of the late D. Rutherford Haldane, M.D., and Mrs Haldane. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Wimbledon School, and passed with Honours, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, joining the Gordon Highlanders on 9 September 1882, as Lieutenant. He was Adjutant from 1 September 1888 to 31 January 1892, and became Captain on 8 April 1892. Captain Haldane served with the Waziristan Field Force in 1894-95, as Orderly Officer to Sir William Lockhart, Commanding the Force (Medal with Clasp). He served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (Medal with Clasp). He was A.D.C. to General Sir William Lockhart, 1896-99, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the actions of Chagra Kotal and Dargai, and at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes. Reconnaissance at and around Dwatoi and action of 24 November 1897. Operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis. Operations in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 December 1897. Operations in the Bazar Valley 25 to 30 December 1897. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 April 1898); received two Clasps to his India medal, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Haldane served in South Africa 1899-1902, with the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, taking part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was in command of the Chieveley Armoured Train on 15 November 1899, when it was ambushed by the Boers. The incident is chiefly remembered by the fact that Winston Churchill, who was present whilst serving as a newspaper correspondent for The Morning Post, was also taken Prisoner of War that day - his gallant conduct in action and daring escape from captivity captured the public’s imagination, propelled him into Parliament, and set him on the road to becoming Prime Minister. A full account of the incident is recorded in his Autobiography, My Early Life: ‘Nothing looks more formidable and impressive than an armoured train; but nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless. It was only necessary to blow up a bridge or culvert to leave the monster stranded, far from home and help, at the mercy of the enemy. This situation did not seem to have occurred to our commander. He decided to put a company of the Dublin Fusiliers and a company of the Durban Light Infantry into an armoured train of six trucks, and add a small six-pounder naval gun with some sailors landed from H.M.S. Terrible, together with a breakdown gang, and to send this considerable portion of his force out to reconnoitre towards Colenso. Captain Haldane was the officer he selected for the duty of commanding this operation. Haldane told me on the night of November 14 of the task which had been set him for the next day and on which he was to start at dawn. He did not conceal his misgivings on the imprudence of the enterprise, but he was of course, like everyone else at the beginning of a war, very keen upon adventure and a brush with the enemy. 'Would I come with him?' He would like it if I did! Out of comradeship, and because I thought it was my duty to gather as much information as I could for the Morning Post, also because I was eager for trouble, I accepted the invitation without demur. The military events which followed are well known and have often been discussed. The armoured train proceeded about fourteen miles towards the enemy and got as far as Chieveley station without a sign of opposition or indeed of life or movement on the broad undulations of the Natal landscape. We stopped for a few moments at Chieveley to report our arrival at this point by telegraph to the General. No sooner had we done this than we saw, on a hill between us and home which overlooked the line at about 600 yards distance, a number of small figures moving about and hurrying forward. Certainly they were Boers. Certainly they were behind us. What would they be doing with the railway line? There was not an instant to lose. We started immediately on our return journey. As we approached the hill, I was standing on a box with my head and shoulders above the steel plating of the rear armoured truck. I saw a cluster of Boers on the crest. Suddenly three wheeled things appeared among them, and instantly bright flashes of light opened and shut ten or twelve times. A huge white ball of smoke sprang into being and tore out into a cone, only as it seemed a few feet above my head. It was shrapnel - the first I had ever seen in war, and very nearly the last! The steel sides of the truck tanged with a patter of bullets. There was a crash from the front of the train, and a series of sharp explosions. The railway line curved round the base of the hill on a steep down gradient, and under the stimulus of the enemy’s fire, as well as of the slope, our pace increased enormously. The Boer artillery (two guns and a pom-pom) had only time for one discharge before we were round the corner out of their sight. It had flashed across my mind that there must be some trap farther on. I was just turning to Haldane to suggest that someone should scramble along the train and make the engine-driver reduce speed, when suddenly there was a tremendous shock, and he and I and all the soldiers in the truck were pitched head over heels on to its floor. The armoured train travelling at not less than forty miles an hour had been thrown off the metals by some obstruction, or by some injury to the line. In our truck no one was seriously hurt, and it took but a few seconds for me to scramble to my feet and look over the top of the armour. The train lay in a valley about 1,200 yards on the homeward side of the enemy’s hill. On the top of this hill were scores of figures running forward and throwing themselves down in the grass, from which there came almost immediately an accurate and heavy rifle fire. The bullets whistled overhead and rang and splattered on the steel plates like a hailstorm. I got down from my perch, and Haldane and I debated what to do. It was agreed that he with the little naval gun and his Dublin Fusiliers in the rear tru...

A Boer War D.S.O. goup of seven awarded to Major E. V. Jenkins, West Riding Regiment, who afterwards led a punitive expedition against the Kisii tribe in East Africa 1905 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Lieut. E. V. Jenkins, D.S.O. W. Rid: Rgt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. E. V. Jenkins, D.S.O. W. Rid. Rgt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, East Africa 1905, Nandi 1905-06 (Captain E. V. Jenkins. D.S.O. W. Riding Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. E. V. Jenkins. D.S.O. W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. V. Jemkins.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine or better (7) £2,800-£3,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901: ‘Edward Vaughan Jenkins, Lieutenant, West Riding Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Edward Vaughan Jenkins was born at Lucknow on 14 October 1879, son of Lieutenant Colonel Vaughan Jenkins. He was educated at Clifton College and entered the West Riding Regiment on 20 May 1899. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, being present at the Relief of Kimberley; in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February); actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; in the Transvaal, east and west of Pretoria, August to 29 November 1900, including action at Rhenoster Kop; again in the Transvaal 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902; was Railway Staff Officer (Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901; Queen's Medal with four clasps, and King’s Medal with two clasps; Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). He was promoted to Lieutenant on 19 February 1900, and was employed with the King’s African Rifles from 22 April 1902 to 21 April 1912. He was promoted to Captain on 15 April 1904, and served in East Africa, 1905, in command of a punitive expedition which successfully dealt with a revolt of the Kisii in the Kisumu (later Nyanza) Province (Despatches London Gazette 13 March, 1908: ‘For some time the Kisii tribe had been at loggerheads with the Kavirondo, the large tribe which lies between the Victoria Nyanza and the hill country of the Lumbwa and Nandi. The Kavirondo are under regular Government control and looked to the local administration to protect them from the Kisii, who had committed many murders on the border. As the Kisii refused to pay compensation to the Kavirondo for the murders they had committed or to acknowledge our authority His Majesty’s Commissioner decided to send a patrol into their country. The patrol under Captain E. V. Jenkins, D.S.O., 3rd King’s African Rifles, consisted of 4 Officer; 100 rifles, 3rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles; 50 rifles, East Africa Protectorate Police; 150 Masai Levies, with one Maxim gun. The Kisii country was entered on the 1st September, 1905, and thoroughly patrolled in all directions until the 9th October. On three occasions the Kisii attacked the patrol in force and with determination, but were beaten off with loss. The patrol accomplished its work satisfactorily with a cost of six men wounded.’ He afterwards served at Nandi, 1905-06 (Medal with two Clasps). He served in the European War as Captain and later Major in the 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment from 15 August 1914. He was promoted to Major on 1 September 1915, and was Assistant Embarkation Staff Officer, Southampton, from 5 February 1919. Major Jenkins married, in 1904, Evelyn Marie, eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Germon, J.P., Norfolk Regiment.

A Second War D.S.O. group of five attributed to Acting Lieutenant-Commander N. J. M. Teacher, Royal Navy, who was decorated as Lieutenant in command of H.M.A.S. Stuart, for sinking the Italian submarine Gondar on 30 September 1940; he was afterwards twice mentioned in despatches, was a Lieutenant-Commander in Combined Operation Pilotage Party 3 (COPP 3) and died while carrying out a reconnaissance in Sicily, when he failed to return to his waiting canoe and was presumed drowned Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1941’, with integral top ribbon bar, this loose and lacking brooch fitment; 1939-45 Star, the reverse privately named ‘Lieut. N. J. M. Teacher D.S.O., R.N. H.M.A.S. “Stuart”’; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43, this loose; War Medal 1939-45, these last three all privately named ‘Atg. Lt. Cmdr. N. J. M. Teacher, D.S.O., R.N.’, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1941: ‘For courage, enterprise and devotion to duty in contact with the enemy. - Lieutenant Norman Joseph Macdonald Teacher, Royal Navy, H.M.A.S. Stuart.’ Seedies Roll confirms award for the destruction of the Italian submarine Gondar on 30 September 1940. M.I.D. London Gazette 21 April 1941: ‘Lieutenant, H.M.S. Argus.’ Seedies Roll conforms award for services on the occasion of an explosion aboard H.M.S. Erin, when she was sunk in Gibraltar harbour by a Spanish saboteur, on 18 January 1942. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 September 1942: ‘Lieutenant, H.M.S. Argus.’ Seedies Roll confirms award for Operation Harpoon. Norman Joseph Macdonald Teacher was born in Edinburgh on 6 February 1914, and educated at Sherborne School, As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy he had already been awarded the D.S.O. before he joined Party Koodoo-Inhuman, the ‘embryonic’ COPP, from September 1942. Reportedly Nigel Cogstoun-Willmott needed the support of Louis Mountbatten in order to secure his services. Teacher was part of the ‘Koodoo’ element that carried out the beach reconnaissance of the ‘Bluff’ area near Oran. When COPP was officially constituted in December 1942, he returned as a Lieutenant-Commander to join COPP 3 as officer in charge. On the night of 28 February-1 March 1943, while carrying out reconnaissance in Sicily, he failed to return to the canoe where Noel Cooper was waiting. He was presumed drowned [as was Noel Cooper who also failed to return] and is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. According to the book Stealthily by Night: The COPPists, by Ian Trenowden, Teacher provided assault pilotage to Y Beach as part of Party Inhuman during Operation Torch, the North Africa landings. With thanks to the highly recommended online site www.coppsurvey.uk

A Great War O.B.E., ‘Western Front’ M.C. and ‘Capture of Ere, October 1918’ Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Captain Richard Charnock, Liverpool Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. R. Charnock L’pool Regt.’; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the cross inscribed ‘Lieut. R. Charnock L’pool Regt.’, the reverse of the Bar similarly inscribed but with rank ‘Capt.’; 1914-15 Star (2218 Cpl. R. Charnock. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. Charnock.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917: 2nd Lt. (Temp. Lt.). M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: ‘Lt. (A/Capt.) Richard Charnock, M.C., 1/5th Bn., L’pool R., T.F. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the capture of Ere, south-west of Tournai, on 21st October, 1918. Hearing that the attacking companies were held up by heavy machine-gun and rifle fire he went forward to ascertain the situation. He reorganised the companies and remained in the front line all day directing the attack. He led more than one party forward himself and established them in forward positions. His courage and initiative were to a great extent responsible for the capture of the village.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 13 May 1918 and 8 July 1919. Richard Charnock was a native of Anfield, Liverpool, and served in the ranks of the Liverpool Regiment in France from 21 February 1915. He was commissioned into the same regiment on 3 October 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 1/5th Battalion. Sold with copied gazette entries and Medal Index Card.

A Great War O.B.E. Group of five awarded to ‘The Fighting Bishop’ Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Reverend Adam Urias de Pencier, Archbishop of the Metropolitan of British Columbia, who served with the 6th Canadian Chaplain Service, attached to the 62nd Battalion (British Columbia) Candian Infantry, who was also a notable local boxer The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, emblem on each campaign medal (Hon. Lt. Col. A. U. De Pencier); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as originally worn, ribands somewhat frayed, generally very fine or better (5) £600-£800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 May 1917 and 28 May 1918. Adam Urias de Pencier was born 9 February 1866 at Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario, Canada, and was the great-great grandson of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Following his education at Kemptville (Ottawa) and Trinity College Toronto, he was first ordained as an Anglican priest with the Church of England in Canada in 1890 at Navan. He made good progress in his career, taking up various ecclesiastical positions in Canada at St Albans, Uxbridge, Toronto, Brandon, Vancouver, and was made Bishop of New Westminster in 1910. During the Great War de Pencier volunteered for overseas service and was given the rank of Honorary Captain in August 1915 with the 56th Canadian Chaplain Service, attached to the 62nd Battalion CEF. In his Christmas address, he is recorded by Melissa Davidson in her thesis ‘Preaching the Great War: Canadian Anglicans and the War Sermon 1914-1918’ as having said: “Let us clearly apprehend that it is by mobilizing the Spiritual forces of our Country and by beseeching God in prayer that the material supply for the Nation’s need will most effectually be obtained.... I call upon you by virtue of the office to which God has called me, to use this greatest of all weapons, this power of the Spirit, for the conquest of our foes, both our individual, personal sins, and our national vices and enemies.” De Pencier travelled with the 62nd Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry to France in January 1916. He later served as Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class on attachment to No 1 Canadian General Hospital between late 1916 and 1918, and was made Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in April 1918, being twice mentioned in despatches. De Pencier also served for some time at Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl in 1918, and was made OBE in that year. Returning to Canada, he is recorded as having taken part in a night of boxing at Vancouver University, where he: ‘Young’ De Pencier - ‘The Fighting Bishop’ (then aged 53!) took on ‘Battling Berto’ fought in a three-round ‘no-decision’ fight, which was recorded as having been ‘fast and even’. Bishop de Pencier died in 1949. Sold with copied research.

Four: Major B. L. Fletcher, Scots Guards, attached Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was Second in Command of the latter in September 1914, and was interned in Holland for the duration of the war after the fall of Antwerp, October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (Major B. L. Fletcher, R.M. Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. A. [sic] Fletcher R.M.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Chief Inspr. Bolton L. Fletcher.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000 --- Bolton Littledale Fletcher was born at Allerton Manor, Allerton, Liverpool in October 1886. He was the son of Alfred Fletcher, a Cotton Merchant, and educated at Eton. Fletcher was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Scots Guards in February 1906. He was appointed as Aide de Camp to Admiral Sir D. H. Bosanquet, G.C.V.O, K.C.B., Governor of South Australia in December 1910. Fletcher was attached as Temporary Major to the Royal Marines, 30 September 1914, and appointed as Adjutant and Second in Command of the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He embarked with the Battalion to defend Antwerp where, in early October, having belatedly received the order to withdraw, he was one of approximately 1,600 men of the Benbow, Collingwood and Hawke Battalions of the 1st Brigade who were forced to take refuge in neutral Holland in order to prevent unnecessary casualties or capture by the enemy. Fletcher was interned under International Law on 9 October 1914 and housed in barracks in Groningen where, other than periods of leave from Holland, he was so detained for the duration of the war (he was in fact on one of these periods of leave in England when the Armistice was signed). Fletcher returned to the Scots Guards, 30 November 1918, and died in Hoylake, Wirral in November 1943. Sold with copied research, including photographic images of recipient in uniform.

An inter-War O.B.E., post-War K.P.F.S.M. group of four awarded to R. Mitchell, Esq., Chief Constable of Kincardineshire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Robert Mitchell. O.B.E. Chief Const. Kincardineshire Constab.); Jubilee 1935 (Chief Constable R. Mitchell.) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1937 (Chief Constable R. Mitchell, O.B.E.) contemporarily engraved naming, good very fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 11 May 1937: Robert Mitchell, Esq., Chief Constable of Kincardineshire. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 12 June 1947: Robert Mitchell, O.B.E., Chief Constable, Kincardineshire Constabulary. Robert Mitchell was born in 1883 and joined the Aberdeenshire Constabulary in July 1902, where he served for five years, latterly as a Clerk in the County Chief Constable’s Office. He transferred to the Ayr Burgh Police in August 1907, and was promoted Sergeant and Court Officer that same year. He was subsequently advanced to Chief Clerk and then Confidential Clerk to the Chief Constable, and was finally promoted Inspector in charge of the uniform branch in February 1923. Mitchell was appointed Chief Constable of Kincardineshire in March 1924, and served in this role for the next 25 years. During his period in charge of the Kincardineshire Constabulary he was responsible for ensuring that the force had their own patrol cars and radio communication, when other forces had been equipped with bicycles. He was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Coronation Honours’ List in 1937, and was awarded the King’s Police and Fire Service Medal in the 1947 Birthday Honours’ List. He retired, following the amalgamation of Kincardineshire into the Scottish North-Eastern Counties Constabulary, in May 1949. Sold with the original Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., in named Central Chancery envelope, together with 10 Downing Street and Central Chancery letters regarding the award and investiture; copies of the recipient’s Application and Testimonials for the positions of Chief Constable of both Ayrshire ands Fife (both applications unsuccessful); a large photograph of the members of the Chief Constables (Scotland) Association 1945; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and other ephemera.

A post-War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Miss Kathleen J. Reddin, British Red Cross Society and Blood Transfusion Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with six Additional Award Bars (Miss Kathleen J. Reddin) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1981: Miss Kathleen Joan Reddin, Local Organiser, Clwyd, Blood Transfusion Service. Miss Kathleen Joan Reddin was born in Holywell, Flintshire, in 1922, and died in Liverpool on 27 January 2010

A Great War ‘Minesweeping’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Herbert Klugh, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917 and additionally inscribed ‘Lieut. H. Klugh R.N.V.R. 1st Apr. to 1st Dec. 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Klugh, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. Klugh. R.N.V.R.) the Victory Medal with naming erased, mounted for display, good very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.S.C,. London Gazette 17 April 1918: ‘For services in minesweeping operations for the period 1st April 1917 to 31st December 1917.’ Herbery Klugh was appointed as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. to the Yacht Zarefa on 4 December 1914, and to the Sagitta on 30 December 1914. He was promoted Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. on 9 September 1915, and appointed to Pekin for duty at Grimsby on 12 September 1915. He won the D.S.C. for minesweeping operations in 1917, and was demobilised on 11 May 1919.

A Second War ‘Withdrawal from Greece’ D.S.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant-Commander A. B. Heckstall-Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, when as a Lieutenant in command of a Lighter he was wounded Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse with London hallmarks for 1941, officially dated ‘1941’, and additionally inscribed ‘Lieut. A. B. Heckstall-Smith R.N.V.R. Greece’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, the last five all privately named ‘Lt. Comdr. A. B. Heckstall-Smith D.S.C. R.N.V.R.’, mounted as worn, extremely fine (6) £700-£900 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 3 June 1941: ‘For gallantry and distinguished services in the withdrawal from the beaches of Greece under fire and in the face of great difficulties of many thousands of troops of the Allied Armies.’ Seedies Roll confirms award as Temporary Lieutenant, H.M.S. Stag, withdrawal from Greece and wounded when in command of an “A” Lighter. M.I.D. London Gazette 3 September 1940: ‘For bravery, skill and enterprise in Minesweeping operations off the Coasts of Holland, Belgium and France. - Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, H.M.S. Badger [Harwich minesweeping base].’

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. C. Beckett, Shropshire Light Infantry, late 24th Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lieut. William Charles Beckett King’s Shropshire L.I. 1917’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. W. C. Beckett.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £500-£700 --- M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1917: ‘Temp. 2nd Lt. William Charles Beckett, attd. Shrops. L.I. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Although severely wounded, he led a raid into the enemy’s front line, and with great courage and determination remained until he had brought it to a successful issue. His presence had a great moral effect on his party.’ William Charles Beckett went to France on 16 September 1915, as a Private (65060) in the 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion and is entitled to the 1914-15 Star. Commissioned into the Imperial Army, Beckett was attached to the Shropshire Light Infantry when he won his Military Cross. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 5 March 1918. M.I.D. not confirmed. Sold with copied gazette entry and Medal Index Card which gives three addresses including 25 Stationary Hospital, B.E.F. Rouen, and another at Coningsby Road, Finsbury Park, London N20.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major F. W. Prentice, Tank Corps, late Royal Engineers, who had previously served as an Assistant Storekeeper on the R.M.S. Titanic, and survived her sinking on her maiden voyage in April 1912 by jumping 100 feet from the poop deck over the propellors just as the stern disappeared into the freezing North Atlantic Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (32144 Cpl. F. W. Prentice. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. W. Prentice.) nearly extremely fine (4) £8,000-£10,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 15 October 1918: ‘For great initiative and gallantry during an attack. After the infantry were established on the final objective he patrolled his tank in front, destroying hostile machine-gun groups, smashing one gun and capturing another. He then directed his tank through the protective barrage to subdue guns on the far side. On one occasion he got out of his tank, followed by a gunner, and captured several of the enemy, pulling one out of a trench by his gas mask.’ The original Recommendation, for an Immediate Award, adds further details: ‘On July 4, 1918, during the attack on Hamel and Vaire Wood, near Corbie, this officer showed the very greatest initiative and gallantry. After seeing the infantry established on the final objective, he patrolled up and down in his tank in front of them, destroying hostile machine-gun groups: smashing one gun and capturing another which had been firing at our infantry. As hostile machine-guns were still firing from beyond our artillery protective barrage, this officer directed his tank through our barrage in order to subdue the machine-guns which were harassing our infantry. On one occasion Second Lieutenant Prentice got out of his tank, followed by a gunner, and captured several enemy out of a trench, pulling one out by his gas mask. During the action this officer showed a total disregard of personal safety. He only withdrew from the battle on account of mechanical trouble caused by a bullet from an anti-tank rifle. By his fine personal example he gave his crew the utmost confidence throughout the action.’ Frank Winnold Prentice was born at Downham Market, Norfolk, on 17 February 1889 and prior to the Great War was employed as a Storekeeper by the White Star Line. He joined the crew of the Titanic in April 1912, having previously served in the Celtic, for the monthly wage of £3 15s, and served in her on her maiden voyage from Southampton. On the night of 14-15 April 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of over 1,500 souls. Prentice was amongst the survivors - in his own account of the disaster he recalls how he and fellow storekeepers Michael Kieran and Cyril Ricks jumped from the stern in the final moments of the sinking, jumping off well over 100 feet above the water almost over the warning notice ‘Warning: This vessel is triple screwed, keep clear of the blades’ board which was mounted on the poop deck railing. Ricks broke his leg during their abandonment of the ship, but Prentice found him in the water and stayed with him until he died. Finding some wreckage to cling to, he eventually managed to swim to Lifeboat 4, and was pulled aboard. Before abandoning the ship, Prentice recalls that he took a bottle of brandy with him; still clinging to it as he was picked up by a lifeboat the bottle caught the eye of the officer in charge of the lifeboat, who promptly took it from him (before Prentice had drunk any of it) and threw it overboard. Eventually picked up by the Carpathia, Prentice disembarked at New York City on 18 April 1912. (The recipient’s own account, as told in the documentary Titanic: A Question of Murder, refers). Prentice returned to England and signed on to the Oceanic on 10 July 1912. He later recalled that he was on board when one of Titanic's lifeboats was found drifting in mid-Atlantic with four dead aboard. Following the outbreak of the Great War the Oceanic was converted into an armoured cruised and sailed from Southampton on 25 August 1914. Her naval service was to last just two weeks, for on the morning of 8 September 1914 she ran aground on the notorious Shaalds of Foula reef off Shetland. Once again Prentice had to jump into the water and again he was picked up by a lifeboat. Deciding that he had more than pushed his luck with ships and the sea, he decided at that point to join the Army. Prentice attested for the Royal Engineers, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1915. He was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Tank Corps on 28 August 1917, and was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the attack on Hamel and Vaire Wood on 4 July 1918. Advanced Major, in later life Prentice reflected, ‘I’ve had a lot of experiences during my life Two World Wars. Badly shattered right arm. Another wound in the leg. And all anyone wants to know about is the Titanic. (Ghosts of the Titanic, by Charles Pellegrino refers). He died in Bournemouth, Dorset, on 30 May 1982. Sold with copied research, including two VHS video cassettes containing the recipient’s recollections; a copy of Ghosts of the Titanic, by Charles Pellegrino, in which the recipient is mentioned and quoted; and a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse named ‘A. P. Prentice, July 1938.’

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant R. G. Morison, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lieut. R. G. Morison 1st Battn. Herts Regt. T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. G. Morison.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- M.C. London Gazette 2 December 1918: ‘2nd Lt. Robert Gordon Morison, 1st Bn., Hert. R. For conspicuous gallantry and good leadership. He led his men in a most determined manner in an attack. When an enemy strong point temporarily held up the advance, he went forward with one man and silenced the machine gun in it until further help arrived and the strong point was captured. He showed marked courage and resource throughout.’ Robert Gordon Morison served with the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment in France in 1918 and is entitled to the Silver War Badge. Sold with copied gazette entry and Medal Index Card with later annotation ‘Civil conviction. M.C. and medals not forfeited’.

Hallmarked silver items to include brooches and a Masonic medal, also vintage brooches, etc.

Various mixed collectibles and costume jewellery to include The Cadet Forces Medal Elizabeth II, WWI duo awarded to Pte S Stopford RAMC 27546, various mixed coins, mostly decimal, gentlemen's dress watches, etc.

A quantity of mixed toys and collectible items, to include novelty items, a Viewmaster, football memorabilia including Blackburn Rovers pins, Official England Medal Collection 1998, Clover Snow White and the Seven Dwarves toast rack and a Sylvanian Families Canal Boat in original box, etc.

Various items of militaria to include cap badges, buttons, caps, belt buckles, embroidered badges, cigarette cards, medal ribbons, Iron Cross, etc.

A WWI War Medal awarded to PTE W. Wych RAMC No.154187, an Edward VII Long Service in the Volunteer Force Medal, awarded to Corporal W. Wych 4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment No.5093, also a WWII Defence Medal (3).

Various military and other medals and medallions to include an Elizabeth II, 'For Exemplary Police Service' medal, a WWII Defence Medal and ribbon, Royal Life Saving Society badges, George V Coronation medal, Brierfield and Reedley Rotary medal, a Beatles badge, various Burnley FC badges, etc. CONDITION REPORT: Police long service medal for Const. Clifford Holmes

Five Bradford Exchange silver commemorative medal and coin sets, comprising 'The Victoria Cross', 'The Waterloo Victory Medal', 'The Military Medal', 'The George Cross' and 'The Victoria Cross', together with a Westminster 'Victoria Cross 5oz Silver' commemorative coin.