Three: British Constable E. G. B. Please, Palestine Police General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (1578 B/Const. E. G. B. Pleace. Pal. Police.) middle initials and surname officially corrected; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with six silver prize medals from the period 1931-36, all hallmarked, and five named ‘E. Pleace’; and three Rotary International jewels, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Edward George Bertram Pleace was born in Tulse Hill, London, on 14 June 1907, and attested for the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in 1924, serving in Egypt. He joined the Palestine Police in 1933, and served for 15 years in the Force - a keen sportsman, he distinguished himself at rugby and football, and was several times selected to play for the Force XV. Retiring to the West Country, he served as a Ministry of Transport driving instructor, and later opened his own school of motoring in Pershore. A Founder Member and sometime President of the Pershore Rotary Club, he did in 1976. Sold together with the recipient’s Ministry of Transport Approved Diving Instructor’s Licence, with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
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A Second War M.B.E. attributed to A. E. Staines Esq., Superintendent (Propeller Manufacture), de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1945: ‘Alfred Ernest Staines, Esq., lately Superintendent (Propeller Manufacture), de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd.’ Sold together with the original Bestowal Document, named Buckingham Palace enclosure, and named Central Chancery letter.
A German Second World War Panzer Officers Overseas Cap. A size 57 Panzer officer overseas cap, which has seen much service wear. One rust stain to the crown, stitch repairs close to the rear of the cap, stitching around the lower edge rotted in places through sweat, oxidisation to the silver waffenfarbe to the crown and front scallop of the cap. The cap is fitted with its correct Bevo woven silver eagle on dark green background plus its wire woven cockade with inverted Panzer pink waffenfarbe around the cockade. To the interior there is evidence of heavy wear use with grey leather sweatband, the shorter version situated within the forehead area only, good condition £180-£220
German Second World War Hitler Youth and DJ Shooting Awards. DJ Rifleman badge, maker marked Ges Gesch on the reverse side, undamaged enamels. HJ Rifleman badge, excellent undamaged enamels, RZM marked on the reverse side. HJ Marksman or Sniper badge, late war example with painted central Hitler Youth lozenge and silver circular wreath of oak leaves, RZM marked on the reverse side. Hitler Youth Champion Shot badge, standard form, excellent enamel, slight chipping to the white section with subdued gilt to the surrounding wreath, RZM marked on the reverse side, generally good condition (4) £160-£200
Pair: Officers’ Steward Second Class G. A. Harvey, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Champion at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 1914-15 Star (L.7630. G. A. Harvey. O.S.2., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (L.7630 G. A. Harvey. O.S.2. R.N.) very fine 1914-15 Star (J.32644, J. E. Gascoyne, Boy.1., R.N.) attempted erasure of rate, nearly very fine Pair: Lieutenant H. E. F. Ralph, Canadian Forces, who was gassed on the Western Front on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. F. Ralph.); together with a Southend-on-Sea Education Committee bronze medal for Regular Attendance, the reverse impressed ‘Harold Ralph 1905’; and five Canadian Masonic and Veterans badges, one in silver engraved ‘Corp. H. Ralph, Capt.’, very fine (5) £70-£90 --- George Albert Harvey was born in Wood Green, Middlesex, on 24 November 1895, and joined the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities as an Officers’ Steward on 20 October 1915. He served in H.M.S. Champion from 8 December 1915 to 8 February 197, and was present in her at the battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was shore demobilised on 7 March 1919. James Edward Gascoyne was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 6 March 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 30 October 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Falmouth from 22 March 1915 to 26 August 1916, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she fired a total of 175 shells during the battle, the most of any British light cruiser. Gascoyne was also present in Falmouth when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-66 on the afternoon of 19 August 1916. Shortly after she was struck the armed trawler Cooksin went alongside and took off all the men not required to work the ship. Limping her way back to port at a speed of 2 knots, she was torpedoed again the following morning, this time by U-63, and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Remarkably no one was killed in the attacks, but one man later died of his injuries. Advanced Leading Seaman on 6 February 1919, he was was shore discharged, time expired, on 6 March 1928. Harold Edmund Flower Ralph was born in Essex on 19 August 1887, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 April 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 20 January 1917, he served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front from 30 April 1917, and was admitted to the 20th General Hospital suffering from the effects of Gas on 18 August 1917. Repatriated to the U.K., he was discharged on medical grounds on 30 November 1918, and died in Toronto on 13 October 1963.
German Second World War Kriegsmarine Administrative Patches. Different arms of the Administrative Service of the Kriegsmarine arm patches, all very finely hand embroidered in silver wire on dark blue backing, all showing the down swept winged Reich eagle and swastika with the separate arms of service and/or ranks below, all have traces of glue and paper on the reverse side where previously adhered to a collectors display board, good condition (12) £140-£180
German Second World War Kriegsmarine Breast Eagles. Naval Administration officers, cut from sheet, heavy silver wire on very dark blue background. Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery enlisted ranks, Bevo woven yellow on green. Kriegsmarine tropical enlisted ranks, as removed from tunic, yellow on tan, triangular form, Bevo woven. Kriegsmarine enlisted ranks, yellow wool embroidery on blue background. Kriegsmarine Marine Artillery enlisted ranks, cotton weave in gold on Kriegsmarine grey green background, good condition (5) £100-£140
Eight: Lieutenant D. D. Hall, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (ZG 9164 D. D. Hall); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (ZG 9164 D. D. Hall); Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (Lt. D. D. Hall) mounted as worn, planchet of last detached but present, otherwise very fine (8) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’
Pair: Major J. T. Thackara, Hampshire Volunteer Artillery Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver, hallmarks for London 1893, with integral top riband bar; together with the two related miniature awards; and an Artillery Volunteers Long Service Medal, gold (18ct (?), 11.30g), the reverse engraved ‘Captain J. T. Thackara, 2nd. Hants. A.V. enrolled 20 January 1869’, all housed in a fitted glazed display frame, the gilding all rubbed from the VD and contact marks to the gold medal, otherwise generally very fine (3) £300-£400 --- James Thomas Thackara was awarded his Volunteer Officers’ Decoration in 1894, whilst serving as a Captain and Honorary Major with the 2nd Hampshire (Southern Division, Royal Artillery), Southern District, Artillery (London Gazette 13 February 1894); and was awarded the 1902 Coronation Medal whilst serving as a Major in the 2nd Hampshire Volunteer Artillery.
A rare campaign group of seven awarded to Sergeant Major, later Flight Lieutenant, J. Baxter, Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served in No. 1 Balloon Section, Royal Engineers during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (29281. Cpl. J. Baxter. R.E.) clasps in this order, unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (29281 Corpl: J. Baxter. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (11 Sjt. J. Baxter. R.F.C.) note early number; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Baxter. R.F.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11. Sjt: J. Baxter. R.F.C.) with 2 Aldershot R.E. Challenge Shield Prize medals, both bronze and both engraved to recipient for ‘1906’ and ‘1907’ respectively, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (lot) £1,000-£1,400 --- Saleroom Notice Now sold with a further 2 Balloon Company R.E.shooting medals for 1906 and 1910, both in SILVER, both named and in cases of issue --- James Baxter was born in February 1877, attested for the Royal Engineers in 1896, and was posted for service with the Royal Engineers ballooning unit, the Balloon Section, in August 1899. Shortly thereafter, he witnessed active service in South Africa, serving in No. 3 Field Troop, R.E. from June 1900, which was formed from No. 2 Balloon Section after the relief of Ladysmith, and in No. 1 Balloon Section, until the end of hostilities. Baxter advanced to Sergeant, and was serving with No. 1 Balloon Company on mobilisation of the Air Battalion (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1914 - the third L.S. & G.C. to be awarded to a member of the newly formed Aeronautical Service). He served as a Flight Sergeant with 2 Squadron in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914. Baxter advanced to Sergeant Major, and was awarded his Aero Club Aeronauts’ Certificate No. 98, 12 October 1916. He was also commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on the same date. Baxter made a safe descent when his balloon (Br balloon 33-11-3) was shot down by the German Ace and Pour Le Merite winner Heinrich Gontermann near Arras, 22 April 1917. He was appointed Acting Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Balloon Section) in April 1918, and is shown in the Air Force Lists as retired Flight Lieutenant (E) in 1937. Baxter died in December 1959. Medals illustrated in A Contemptible Little Flying Corps. Sold with copied research, and photographic images of recipient in uniform.
Silver War Badge (3), the reverses officially numbered ‘4766; 211931; 482983’, slight attempt to obliterate number to last, otherwise generally very fine (3) £30-£40 --- 7780 Private Albert Edward Nicholls, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, was discharged due to sickness on 23 June 1916 and was awarded Silver War Badge no. 4766. 10736 Quartermaster Sergeant George Ernest Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps, was discharged due to age on 1 May 1917 and was awarded Silver War Badge no. 211931. 10588 Private James Gilchrist, 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, was discharged due to sickness on 13 October 1919 and was awarded Silver War Badge no. 482983.
A German Second World War Luftwaffe Officers Overseas Cap. A nice condition size 56½ Luftwaffe overseas cap constructed in enlisted ranks material with enlisted ranks eagle and cockade. Silver officers waffenfarbe surrounding the side scallop of the cap. No moth damage. Blue grey rayon lining, unusually fitted with a grey leather sweatband. Staining to the grey rayon behind the sweatband where the sweatband has lain for many years, good condition £240-£280
The C.V.O. awarded to the Hon. Alexander Grantham ‘Alick’ Yorke, Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria who is strongly credited as the provoker of the Queen’s historic riposte: “We are not amused.” The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘C48’ and neatly engraved ‘The Hon. Alexander Grantham Yorke 23 July 1901’, completed with full neck cravat and wearing instructions card in its Collingwood & Co. case of issue, this also officially nimbered ‘C48’, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- The Hon. Alexander Grantham Yorke was born on 20 November 1847, the son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Hon. Susan Liddell. He graduated from Oxford University, with a Master of Arts (M.A.) and was commissioned as a Captain in the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He was Equerry to H.R.H. The Duke of Albany between 1874 and 1884 and held the office of Groom-in-Waiting to H.M. Queen Victoria between 1884 and 1901. He held the office of Extra Groom-in-Waiting to H.M. Edward VII between 1901 and 1910. He died on 17 March 1911 at age 63, unmarried. He is widely believed to have been the provoker of the most famous remark in British regal history. He was attending one of the Queen's dinner parties at Windsor Castle and at one point turned to his German neighbour and told him a slightly risqué story. The German, who evidently was pleased easily, burst into near hysterical laughter and began to clutch his sides in riotous appreciation. The Queen then asked to hear the story and, after Yorke had reluctantly repeated it, she delivered her historic riposte: "We are not amused." This now seems to be the most widely accepted origin of Victoria's saying, ousting an earlier version that had identified Admiral Maxse as the provoker. According to that story, the Queen asked the admiral to demonstrate his well known impersonation of her and when he placed a handkerchief on his head and puffed out his cheeks she turned po-faced and made the famous statement. Several other versions of the source of this story have been proffered. Sold with copied research including ‘Spy’ caricature and two other copied portraits.
Three: Stoker G. W. M. Ansell, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (G. W. M. Ansell A.B. H.M.C.S. Shearwater.); British War and Victory Medals (G. W. M. Ansell. Sto. 1. 105. R.N.C.V.R.) together with Silver War Badge (R.N 22587), good very fine and rare (4) £200-£300
Three: Private J. W. Price, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was wounded in February 1915 and later served with the Royal North Devon Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (13115 Pte. J. W. Price. K.O.Y.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (131115 Pte. J. W. Price. K.O.Y.L.I.) nearly extremely fine Four: Acting Lance-Corporal T. J. Conway, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with Boxing Cup inscribed ‘Tommy Conway, Light Welter Champion, Royal Signals 1940-41’, and original documents including Diary for 1945, Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, Release document, cloth shoulder titles and photograph album covering war and post-war years, the cup with soldered repair, otherwise good very fine Memorial Plaque (2), (Arthur Henry Clark; Charlie Clark) very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Joseph William Price was born in 1898, enlisted into the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 2 September 1914, and landed in France on 15 January 1915. Early in February 1915 he received a gunshot wound in the shoulder. He served afterwards with the 2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry (No. 57448) and was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve at the Depot of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry on 17 February 1919. He was awarded the Silver War Badge (No. B/197946), the roll for this showing that he was discharged from ‘West & Cum: Yeo:’ on 17 February 1919. Similarly, his Great War medals are shown on the rolls of the Corps of Hussars and Royal North Devon Yeomanry. Sold with comprehensive research. 3962234 Thomas John Conway was born on 24 April 1921, enlisted into the Royal Signals at Cardiff on 7 March 1939, and embarked in the U.K. for North Africa on 22 December 1942, attached to 5 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He afterwards served in Italy from 8 May 1945 and was transferred to Army Reserve on 23 July 1946. He is also entitled to the Defence Medal, original letter confirming entitlement included, together with named box of issue for Efficiency Medal, Territorial, to which he is also entitled.
Pair: Corporal H. Sunter, Machine Gun Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (63707 Pte. H. Sunter. M.G.C.) together with large bronze medal, 50mm, for ‘Mounted Wrestling, 1st Batt. M.G.C., Flerzheim’, (L/Cpl. H. Sunter 11. 7. 19); silver medal, 31mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, ‘1st Bn. M.G.C. Sports Flerzheim 1919’ (L/Cpl. H. Sunter D. Coy. Boat Race); and bronze medal, 31mm, ‘1st Batt M.G.C. B Coy Winners of Section Alarm Race Heimerzheim 1919’, in card box of issue, extremely fine (5) £40-£50 --- Harry Sunter, a native of Oswaldtwistle, enlisted into the 21st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 11 May 1916 (36273) and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 12 October 1916. Served in France and Flanders from 16 March 1917, 216 Coy, later 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Sold with copied soldier’s papers.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), (Robert Lawrence. A.B. 3rd July 1877.) complete with top suspension buckle, two small edge bruises, otherwise lightly polished, good very fine £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case No. 20199: Silver medals to Lieut. James Brant, R.N., and Able Seaman R. Lawrence, R.N., both of H.M.S. Research. ‘When off Port Said, on 3rd July, 1877, a cry of “Man overboard!” was raised on board H.M.S. Research. Engines were at once stopped and reversed, when Henry Godwin, A.B., drifted past, just under water, with one hand raised. At this moment Brant jumped overboard from the hammock netting, followed by Lawrence. They both swam towards Godwin, who was still under water. At this moment a middle sized hammer-headed shark was observed fifteen or twenty yards from the men, swimming rapidly, the three men in the water drifted about four hundred yards astern, where they were picked up by the life-boat. Godwin’s life was most undoubtedly saved by the two men, as all three were thoroughly exhausted when brought on board.’ Robert Lawrence was born at Manchester on 3 February 1856, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 January 1873, aboard Ganges. He rose to Boy 1st Class in May 1873 and to Ordinary Seaman in March 1874, joining H.M.S. Research on 4 August 1874. He was rated Able Seaman on 1 August 1875, and, after a brief transfer to Hibernia between 17 August and 9 November 1873, he returned to Research, in which he remained until 2 August 1879. On 25 March 1879, whilst still in Research and having attained advancement to Petty Officer 2nd Class, he was reduced to Able Seaman and with only a “Good” character, but what misdemeanour brought this about is not recorded. He left the ship for Royal Adelaide on 2 August 1879. Two months later, on 4 October, he deserted in Devonport and his record of service has no further entries, implying that he was never recovered. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
German Second World War Kriegsmarine Breast Eagles. Four Kriegsmarine Administration officers, heavy silver weave on very dark blue background. Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery enlisted mans, Bevo weave, as removed from a tunic, yellow on green. Kriegsmarine tropical enlisted mans, Bevo weave, gold on tan, as removed from a tunic. Kriegsmarine Marine Artillery, yellow on green, cut from roll, unissued, very good condition (4) £60-£80
Pair: Private J. E. Clarke, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (83647 Pte. J. E. Clarke. M.G.C.) with named card box if issue, label torn but regimental number, rank and initials present, extremely fine (2) £50-£70 --- Sold with two identity discs, M.G.C. cap badge, and a comprehensive collection of original documents, photographs and personal items, including Field Signaller’s book, silver cigarette case, lockets etc., together with complete copied record of service.
A fine Second War C.B., C.B.E., Great War M.C. group of sixteen awarded to Major-General Sir Charles Lane, K.C.I.E., who served in France in 1914 with the 19th Lancers as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force, later commanded the 20th Lancers, and was Representative in India of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, 1944-46 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with neck cravat in its Garrard & Co case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, complete with neck cravat; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (Lt. C. R. C. Lane, 19/Lncrs.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. R. C. Lane.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Capt. C. R. C. Lane. 20-Lancers.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these last twleve mounted court-style as worn; Poland, Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with neck cravat; United States of America, Legion of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, gilt and enamels, named on the reverse ‘Major General Charles R. C. Lane, British Army’, complete with neck cravat, earlier medals with contact marks but generally very fine or better (16) £3,000-£4,000 --- K.C.I.E. London Gazette 23 May 1946 (S.E.A.C.). C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1943. C.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1943 (Persia-Iran Force). M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 May 1917 (France), 5 June 1919 (Egypt), and 19 October 1944. Order of Polonia Restituta awarded 1945. Legion of Merit London Gazette 19 November 1948. Charles Reginald Cambridge Lane was born on 4 December 1890, and educated at Bradfield and R.M.C. Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1910 and served with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France as A.D.C. to Brigade Commander and Divisional Commander from November 1914 to May 1916 (Military Cross, June 1916); G.S.O. 3 in France, May 1916 to December 1917; Brigade Major, France, December 1917 to May 1918, and with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, May 1918 to May 1920, serving in Egypt, Palestine and Syria; D.A.A.G. India, February 1924 to September 1925; G.S.O. 2 India, September 1925 to May 1928, and February 1930 to November 1931; Commanded the 20th Lancers, 1936-38; Area Commander in India, 1940; Deputy Adjutant and Q.M.G., 10th Army, and D.Q.M.G. Bases and Lines of Communication PAIFORCE 1942-43; Commander 303 L. of C. Area, India Command, 1943; Deputy Principal Administration Officer, H.Q. Supreme Allied Command, S.E.A.C. 1943-44; Representative in India of the Supreme Allied Commander, S.E.A.C. 1944-46. Major-General Sir Charles Lane retired from the Indian Army in 1947. He was Principal Regional Officer with the Ministry of Health from 1947 to 1957, and died on 14 September 1962.
The fine Second War Honorary ‘intelligence’ M.B.E., extremely rare Great War D.F.M. group of twenty awarded to Major Aviateur C. J. G. T. Delloye, Compagnie des Aviateurs and Aviation Militaire, who served as a Pilot with 2e Escadrille, and racked up in excess of 100 hours of reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during 1918. Delloye served with the Belgian Air Force during the Fall of France, and was taken prisoner of war in August 1940. Returning to occupied Belgium he was briefly employed in the Ministry of Finance before attempting to make his way to the UK via Gibraltar. Captured and interned in Spain, Delloye eventually made his way to the UK in 1942. He joined the Belgian Forces stationed there, and was employed by the Belgian State Security Detachment in an Intelligence capacity, October 1942 - October 1944. During this time Delloye was attached as a Squadron Leader in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (No 243 Flt Warrant Officer Charles Delloye, Aviation Belge.) on 1st type horizontal striped riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with neck riband; Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette on riband; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette and crossed swords emblem on riband; Military Cross, First Class, L.III.R., gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Yser Medal 1914, bronze and enamel; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; Combat Volunteers Medal 1914-18, bronze; Frontline Fire Service Cross 1914-18, bronze; Evaders Cross, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal 1940-45, bronze; Armed Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; Political Prisoner’s Cross 1940-45, silvered and enamel, with riband bar with three stars; Prisoner of War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with five bronze riband bars; Commemorative Medal for the Second World War 1940-45, bronze, with small crown emblem on riband; Medal for Military Fighters of the Second World War 1940-45, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal, bronze, generally good very fine and better (20) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: The Reverend E. Hawkes Field Collection, Glendinings, November 1950 (listed as D.F.M. only, and with an estimate of £15/10/0); J. B. Hayward, 1973. Appointed Honorary M.B.E. 11 November 1946. D.F.M. London Gazette 19 July 1919 (originally recommended for a M.M.): ‘A pilot who has distinguished himself by his skill and his dash, and who was always to be found ready to start on difficult enterprises. During the Flanders offensive of 1918, his work was largely responsible for successful counter battery work.’ Charles Jules Ghislain Joseph Delloye was born in Thorembais les Béguines, Belgium in July 1894. He joined the Belgian Air Force (Compagnie des Aviateurs) in August 1914, and advanced to Premier Sergeant-Major in the renamed Aviation Militaire in September 1917. Delloye was posted for training as a pilot to the Aviation School at Etampes in 1917, and then posted for operational service as a pilot to 2e Escadrille. He flew over 100 hours of reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during the Great War, and advanced to Adjutant (Warrant Officer) in January 1918. Delloye was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Auxiliary Engineers in January 1919, and transferred to the Infantry in July of the same year. He advanced to Lieutenant in December 1921, and transferred back to the Belgian Air Force as Aircrew in January 1924. Delloye advanced to Capitaine Aviateur in December 1935, and served with the Belgian Air Force in Bordeaux, France from 12 May 1940. He returned to occupied Belgium as a prisoner of war in August 1940, and was employed in the Ministry of Finance, November 1940 - July 1941. At the end of July he fled occupied Belgium, and was captured and interned in Spain, 29 December 1941. Delloye was released with the rights of a Political Prisoner, 9 September 1942, and joined the Belgian Forces in the UK. He was attached to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and served with the Belgian State Security Detachment in an Intelligence capacity, October 1942 - October 1944. He subsequently advanced to Capitaine-Commandant D’Aviation, and served with the Recruiting Mission, October 1944 - September 1946. Delloye transferred to the Reserve in April 1946, and retired as a Major Aviateur in January 1947. Sold with extensive copied research, including photographic images of recipient in uniform.
A German Second World War General Staff or Veterinary Officers Overseas Cap. A size 57 officers overseas cap with the waffenfarbe that related to either the General Staff or Veterinary Department of the Armed Forces. Light ribbed material, slightly oxidised waffenfarbe to the crown and the front scallop. The cap is fitted with its correct silver Bevo weave eagle on dark green background plus its wire woven cockade. Crimson inverted V. To the interior it is stamped 57, cotton ribbed lining with a section only remaining of the leather sweatband in the forehead area, good condition £180-£220
A scarce ‘double issue’ Queens South Africa group of five awarded to Driver J. Taylor, Royal Field Artillery, later Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (83235 Dvr: J. Taylor. 61st. Bty. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (83235 Dvr: J. Taylor. 66th. Bty. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (14891 Pte. J. Taylor, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14891 Pte. J. Taylor. R. Fus.); together with the recipient’s Army Temperance Association One Year Medal, silver, the name of the movement obliterated from both obverse and reverse, the edge contemporarily engraved ‘Driver John Taylor. R.A.’, contact marks, generally nearly very fine (6) £240-£280 --- John Taylor served with the Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 4 May 1915.
Pair: Lieutenant R. Watson, Nelson Rifle Volunteers Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Lieut Robert Watson Nelson Rifle Vols. (1900)) engraved naming, in case of issue; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1912, the reverse engraved ‘ Lieut. R. Watson, Retired List 1916’, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue, good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- For the Military Cross and Second Award Bar awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 31.
The Defence Medal awarded to Air Raid Precautions Rescue Party Member Mr. A. Dore, who received a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his gallantry in rescuing the inhabitants of a bombed house in Streatham, South London, on 11 January 1941 Defence Medal, in card box of issue; together with two King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct plastic pin-backed badges, in card box of issue; two King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct silver laurel leaves, in card box of issue; and the recipient’s A.R.P. silver lapel badge, extremely fine (6) £300-£400 --- K.C.B.C. London Gazette 16 May 1941: Albert Dore, Member, A.R.P. Rescue Party, Wandsworth. The official citation for the British Empire Medal awarded to Frederick Charles Bell in the same Gazette, who led the rescue attempt, states: ‘Bombs demolished several houses and the occupants of one house were buried under many tons of masonry. This mass of debris was pressing against the walls of the next house which was wrecked and leaning over. The whole of this wreckage was visibly slipping and the walls cracking. The Rescue Party, under the leadership of Mr. Bell, set to work to tunnel through a tottering wall. At every step it had to be shored to prevent complete collapse. The people were trapped under floorboards and rescue was impeded by a piano which was both pinning down the victims and at the same time preventing the floorboards from crushing them. Despite the steadily widening cracks in the walls and the increasing danger from the moving wreckage, the Rescue Party continued to work for nine hours and succeeded in bringing out six casualties.’ Sold together with the recipient’s King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct in Civil Defence Certificate, in OHMS envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. Albert Dore, 173 Eardley Road, SW16’; Central Chancery enclosures for the emblems; two London County Council letters of congratulations; HQ London Civil Defence Region letter of congratulations; copy of the London Gazette announcing the award; and other ephemera.
Three: Second Lieutenant A. M. Edwards, Leicestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. M. Edwards.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Allan M. Edwards.) good very fine Pair: Private G. Greensmith, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (45653 Pte. G. Greensmith. Notts. & Derby. R.); together with the remnants of the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘351177’, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair Pair: Private G. Cunningham, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (16639 Pte. G. Cunningham. L.N. Lan. R.) edge bruise to BWM, very fine Pair: Private P. Baum, Durham Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (9-6615 Pte. P. Baum. Durh. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160 --- Allan Martin Edwards was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 November 1917.
A scarce Great War ‘Palestine’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant W. Bale, 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (200174 R.Q.M. Sjt. W. Bale, 1/4 Norf: R.); 1914-15 Star (1991 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. Bale. Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1991 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Bale. Norf. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1940, Long Service 1944 (William Bale) mounted as worn, some contact wear, otherwise very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘He has served with the battalion since 1915, in Gallipoli, Egypt, Suez Canal Defences, Syria, and Palestine. He has always shown courage and determination in bringing up the battalion’s rations and water to the front line under heavy fire. By his energy and sense of duty he has earned the respect and confidence of all ranks.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 6 July 1917 (Egyptian Expeditionary Force). William Bale was a pre-war territorial from Diss who served in the 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, as part of the 163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade, 54th (East Anglian) Division during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 10 August 1915 - the date that the 54th Division landed at Gallipoli. On 13 August the Battalion took part in an attempt to clear the enemy from an area of small fields, ditches and high hedges that would have proved an obstacle to a further attack on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova - this is the action in which the famous Sandringham Company of their sister Battalion, the 1st/5th Norfolks, disappeared. Fortunately, losses inn the 1st/4th Norfolks were relatively light in this action, their role mainly being in support and suppressing sniper fire. The battalion was evacuated from Anzac on 7-8 December via Mudros to Alexandria where it arrived on 19 December, with an effective strength of about 250. The whole of 1916 was spent in Egypt, training and bringing the battalion back up to strength, whilst being engaged in occupying the defensive positions for the Suez Canal. In February 1917 the 163 Brigade marched across the Sinai Desert to assist in the attack on Palestine. During the First Battle of Gaza, 26-7 March 1917, the brigade advanced to occupy positions on the Sheikh Abbas Ridge to the south of Gaza. The attack on Gaza itself met unexpectedly heavy opposition and was not successful. The brigade’s chief role was in assisting in breaking up Turkish counter attacks and covering the withdrawal of the division. The battalion took turns in defensive positions at Seirat until 17 April, when as part of 163 Brigade they again advanced to capture the Sheikh Abbas ridge, which was achieved with little difficulty. On 18 April, the brigade was to attack about Khirbet-el-Bir, with 1st/4th Norfolks on the left of the brigade’s line, with one tank in support, although that was soon knocked out by an artillery shell. The attack was made across 1,700 yards of undulating country in full view of the Turks and it was found that the preceding artillery barrage had made little impact on the defenders. The attackers were met with intense machine gun and artillery fire and suffered heavily as the attack failed. The 1st/4th Norfolk battalion suffered around 50% casualties, losing 478 officers and men in killed, wounded and missing. The 1st/5th Norfolk battalion suffered similarly and for a time the battalions were combined to form a single composite battalion. From April until October, the battalion was engaged in the usual round of occupying defensive positions, receiving re-inforcements and preparing for the forthcoming offensive. In the early hours of 2 November, the battalion took part in the attack for the third Battle of Gaza, which finally resulted in its capture. The fighting was confused, with heavy casualties resulting from the enemy barrage and by 3.55am they were engaged in heavy hand to hand fighting at El Arish, where they eventually occupied the trenches. The battalion suffered casualties of 131 killed and wounded in this action. On 9 December 1917, Jerusalem surrendered to Allenby, at which date the 1st/4th Norfolks were engaged in a brisk action on the left of the line at Cistern Hill from where they were attacked by the Turks but held their positions, although suffering some 54 casualties. On 15 December, the battalion took part in an attack on Stone Heap Hill which was successfully taken with 78 casualties, with the 1st/5th Norfolks in support. The early part of 1918 was spent in the usual trench routine, with a couple of lively raids carried out by the 1st/4th Norfolks in June. The British line remained practically unchanged running from a few miles north of Jericho, Jerusalem and Jaffa to the sea. In September, Allenby’s final advance began and 54th Division, as part of 21st Corps took part in the Battle of Sharon. The 54th Division’s attack was entirely successful, breaking through the enemy’s defenses, with the 1st/4th Norfolks capturing the village of Bidya. Following the battle, the battalion marched north with the victorious army pursuing the Turks, being in Beirut in the first days of November, from where they were disembarked for Egypt on 28 November 1918. In accordance with the re-numbering of all Territorial Forces in early 1917 Bale’s regimental number was changed from 1991 to 200174. For his services during the Great War he was both Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was discharged on 23 March 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently served in the Special Constabulary. 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A Second War ‘North West Europe’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. Marshall, Royal Engineers (Territorial Army), late Manchester Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. Marshall. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Marshall.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, polished and lacquered, generally very fine (8) £240-£280 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 29 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe.’ The original recommendation states: ‘This Territorial Army Officer served four and a half years during the last War (1914-18) and, during the last three years of this War, he has been a Regimental Commander for more than two years. After training the 62 LAA Regiment to a very high state of efficiency prior to its conversion, he was appointed to command 124 LAA Regiment. His keenness and devotion to duty was particularly noticeable in the enthusiastic way in which he once again tackled the training problem. He raised his regiment to a point of proficiency which gave excellent results both when engaged for two months against flying bombs on the South Coast of England and during the past two months since the regiment landed in North West Europe. Although an official application was made for his released to return to industry, he determined to bring his unit to the theatre of war and refused to revert to his civil occupation. I have the greatest confidence in his powers of command and initiative. He never spares himself in is constant attention to the care of his men and his equipment. His services are most worthy of recognition. The good work performed by 124 LAA Regiment during the last 6 months is undoubtedly attributable to this officer’s fine leadership and sound organisation.’ James Marshall was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 24 December 1914, and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 18 May 1915. He was promoted Major, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) on 5 August 1939, and served throughout the Second World War, being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
A German Second World War Coastal Artillery Officers Overseas Cap. A scarce overseas cap being from the Kriegsmarine land based forces, constructed in the classic green of the Coastal Artillery uniforms in the heavy ribbed material, which is sometimes encountered in the manufacture of their tunics and breeches, but unusual in the manufacture of the overseas cap. Gold waffenfarbe to the side scallop. Gold Bevo weave on green eagle with the correct green silver Bevo woven cockade. Approximately size 56. On lowering the side scallop the original Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery green can be seen, the remainder of the cap has faded. The interior lining with evidence of wear use, good condition £300-£400
Sold by Order of the Family ‘Ohio, being the only tanker, was marked for particular attention, and during the course of her voyage suffered a direct hit from a torpedo, direct bomb hits, any number of near-misses, and was struck by two Luftwaffe aircraft shot down while attacking her. Despite her engines being dead and her hull practically broken in two, she was towed into Grand Harbour by three destroyers and a minesweeper with her cargo virtually intact.’ (The Ohio and Malta - the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die by Michael Pearson) ‘H.M. Ships were handled throughout with skill and daring, particularly during the final stages when, in the face of concentrated attack from air, submarine and surface forces, it became necessary to tow one of the most important and unwieldy vessels in the convoy, the S.S. Ohio, which had been seriously damaged.’ (Introduction to recommendations for awards to officers and men for Operation Pedestal - Honours and Awards Committee) The important Second War 1942 ‘Operation Pedestal’ D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome, Royal Navy, who, as Commanding Officer of the 17th Minesweeping Flotilla, Malta Force, took operational command during the later stages of Operation Pedestal - the allies final effort to relieve the beleaguered island of Malta - and, under the most trying of circumstances, successfully co-ordinated the safe passage of the vital yet crippled tanker, Ohio, to the safe berth of Valetta’s Grand Harbour. Having arrived in H.M.S. Speedy following the departure of the main convoy escort, Jerome set about organising repeated efforts to stabilise the slowly sinking Ohio even as she remained the object of relentless air attack and under continuous threat from enemy submarines and E-boats. Finally, with a destroyer on either side, another destroyer secured astern to act as rudder and a minesweeper positioned for towing, he succeeded in slowly manoeuvring the fragile tanker through the heavily mined approach towards her ultimately tumultuous reception from the Maltese. A young Midshipman in the battle cruiser H.M.S. Courageous during the Great War, Jerome had served in submarines between the wars and went on to end his distinguished naval career as Commander in Chief of the Irish Navy. Sold with a substantial archive of related original material Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. H. J. A. S. Jerome. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Cdr/ H. J. A. S. Jerome. D.S.O. R.N.); Spain, Franco Period, Cross of Naval Merit with White Decoration; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver gilt and enamel, the Great War pair very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (12) £8,000-£12,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 10 November 1942: ‘For bravery and dauntless resolution while serving in H.M. Ships when an important Convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft and surface forces.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For the brilliantly successful feat of saving the tanker Ohio after she had been severely damaged and immobilised I consider the following officers worthy of immediate awards. Acting Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome (Commander Minesweepers Malta) who was in charge of operations during the last day and night on board Speedy.’ Henry Joseph Alexander Savile Jerome was born on 3 June 1900 in Mexico City, the son of the diplomat Lucien Joseph James Robertson Jerome, then British Vice-Consul in Mexico, and his Australian wife Vivien Fane (Savill). He was admitted as an Officer Cadet to the Royal Naval College, Osborne in January 1914 and proceeded to the Royal Naval College Dartmouth before joining the battlecruiser H.M.S. Courageous as a Midshipman in April 1917, remaining in her until the conclusion of the war. Jerome was promoted Lieutenant in September 1921 and went up to Caius College, Cambridge two months later, winning the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Welterweight 1st prize medal in March 1922 (medal with lot) - an artist’s depiction of his victory over P. I. Bell (Queen’s, Oxford) subsequently appeared as a full page feature in the Christmas 1922 edition of The Field magazine (copy with lot). Returning to sea, Jerome joined the Submarine L 56 in September 1922 and served mostly in submarines until August 1927 when he joined the destroyer H.M.S. Sesame. His advancement to Lieutenant-Commander in 1929 was followed by service in a succession of surface ships until 1935 at which time he joined the Royal Marines in Egypt for a year. In 1936, he transferred to an Officer Instructor role with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa) and was still serving in this capacity when war broke out in 1939. Recalled to home waters, Lieutenant-Commander Jerome served in the Minesweeper Trawler H.M.S. Wardour from January 1941 until his appointment as Commander Minesweepers at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in March of that year. Then, in June of 1942, with the war in the Mediterranean - and Malta’s prolonged siege in particular - reaching a critical stage, Jerome was sent to Valetta as Commander Minesweepers Malta, his arrival coming as immediate relief to the submariners of the 10th Submarine Flotilla who had been required to leave Malta on account of mines and the temporary supremacy of enemy aircraft: ‘The one small success of the two failed convoy operations [Harpoon and Vigorous] had been the arrival in Malta of Commander Jerome in Speedy. He had led his three up-to-date fleet minesweepers round Cape Bon during the night of 14/15 June, unnoticed by the enemy who were concentrating on ‘Harpoon’ and the supply ships. The sweepers slipped safely into harbour. Their hard work and courage in the face of constant danger meant that the Tenth’s submarines could now return to their home base.’ (The Fighting Tenth - The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta by John Wingate D.S.C.) Operation Pedestal With Operations Harpoon and Vigourous having failed to revictualise the stricken island of Malta, the War Cabinet decided to make one last all out effort. Planning for Operation Pedestal began immediately and Churchill’s assertion that the ‘The Navy would never abandon Malta’ would be put to the test. As Leonard MacDonald, a Royal Marine in H.M.S. Manchester on Pedestal later put it: ‘What other convoy during the war had an escort of 54 men o’ war, including 2 battleships, both 16 inch, four carriers, twelve cruisers and 40 destroyers plus the smaller stuff? We were warned that if we got one ship through and lost half the escort it would be classed as a success.’ Having left the Clyde on 3 August, the convoy passed through the straits of Gibraltar on 9/10 August and, together with its various escort formations, was then subjected to relentless attack from U-Boats and Italian submarines, the Luftwaffe and Regio Aeronautica, and from Axis surface vessels. This story of continuous violence needs no retelling here, but suffice it to say that by the afternoon 13 August, as the now depleted force neared the end of its epic journey, of the 14 merchantmen that originally set out, nine were sunk and three damaged, while the senior service had sustained losses of an aircraft carrier, a cruiser and a destroyer, as well as havin...
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Gerald A. Holford, for Gallant Service. 18/2/29) edge bruising, very fine £80-£120 --- ‘During the Great Frost, Gerald Holford, a 17 year old schoolboy at Rock Ferry High School, made a plucky rescue of a boy who had fallen through the ice on Birkenhead Park lake. He was awarded a Silver Medal by Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, which was presented to him by His Worship the Mayor of Birkenhead, Alderman G. A. Solly, at the School. In honour of the award, the school was granted a half-holiday.’ Sold with a photographic image of the recipient being presented with his award.
Senegal, Republic, National Order of the Lion, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, comprising breast badge, 41mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 80mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with maker’s mark on pin, with lapel rosette, in case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £140-£180
Four: Acting Sergeant E. Rodd, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (4-1861 Pte. E. Rodd. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (200192 A.Sjt. E. Rodd. Hamps. R.); Serbia, Kingdom, Obilich Medal for Bravery, silver, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- Serbian Obilich Medal for Bravery in silver, London Gazette 15 February 1917: ‘For distinguished service rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Edward Rodd attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of war from 25 October 1915. Sold together with the recipient’s riband bar and other ephemera.
Germany, Empire, Royal Shooting Club Cross, 70mm including crown suspension x 48mm, silver, with oak leaves wreath in arms of cross, the obverse central medallion featuring a bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the reverse central medallion engraved ‘König Sch. G. Alt Berlin 4.7.1901’, with brass ring suspension, very fine £80-£120 --- Provenance: By repute, this medal was personally presented to the recipient by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
A fine Boer War C.B., Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Colonel H. J. W. Jerome, Royal Engineers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, damage to a number of green wreath leaves on both obverse and reverse; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor damage to white enamel, crown set at slight angle from star; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (Lieut. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Major. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome. C.B. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome.) very fine and better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 27 September 1901. C.M.G. London Gazette 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazettes 10 September 1901 (South Africa); 22 June 1915 (France) Henry Joseph Walker Jerome was born on 7 January 1855 in India, of half French and half Irish ancestry. His father was Major-General John Jerome of the 86th Foot. Jerome’s mother, a descendent of Sir Isaac Newton, was from the ancient Newton family of Shropshire. Brought to England at the age of five, he followed the family tradition and passed into Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet in 1873 at the age of sixteen. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 11 March 1874 and went out to India where he spent several years and served in the Afghan War (1878-80) for two years under Sir Donaldson Stewart being present at the actions of Ahmed Khel and Takht-i-Pul (medal with clasp). Returning to England, Jerome was appointed Instructor of Fortifications at Chatham which post he occupied for two years, and then was placed in command of a Railway Company in England, and later Adjutant of the Volunteer Engineers at Glasgow. Having been advanced Captain in 1885 and Major in 1893, he went out to South Africa, following the outbreak of war, in command of the 9th Field Company R.E. and served with Lord Roberts at Paardeberg and was present at the capture of Cronje. He marched with Lord Roberts from Paardeberg to Pretoria and returned with home with the Field Marshall at the end of 1900, receiving promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel shortly afterwards. For his services during the Boer War he was mentioned in despatches, created a C.B., and awarded the Q.S.A. with 4 clasps. Subsequently, for five years, Jerome was in command of the C.R.E.s at South Aldershot, receiving the Brevet of Colonel in 1904 and retiring in 1907 to Bilton Hall where he led the life of a gentleman farmer and enjoyed considerable success as a breeder and exhibitor of riding horses. On the outbreak of the Great War, Colonel Jerome volunteered his services once more and for four months was engaged in purchasing remounts in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He embarked for France with the C.R.E. Division in January 1915 and served at Ypres, claiming to be one of the first Englishmen to experience poison gas - at Zonnebeke. After five months in France, when his Division came out of the trenches, he returned home and was subsequently mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. In June 1915, he was sent to Newark with Colonel Schreiber to start the Royal Engineers Depot and when the latter left, he was given command. He reached the age limit in 1917 and retired once more to his country home. The Colonel died in Hampshire in 1943. Sold with the following: 12 good quality original photographs including a large group photograph of the R.E. and R.A. Gentleman Cadets (including the recipient) at Woolwich in 1872 with each individual named, a large good quality group portrait photograph of the nine Royal Engineers officers at Kandahar in 1879, each sitter named, including the recipient, large photograph of the British General and his Staff at Kandahar 1979, 2 group portrait photographs of the R.E. officers at Quetta, June 1884, each individual named; forwarding letter for the recipient’s C.B. King’s Sign Manual from Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, dated 18 October 1904; letter written to the recipient from his wife Harriet Jerome, circa 1900; letter containing estimations as to the strength of the various British Army forces in South Africa, written circa 1899 to the recipient from his cousin Lucien Jerome on British Consulate-General, Havana headed paper; letters written by the recipient to his uncle, Major-General H. E. Jerome V.C., (2), the first sent from Camp Paardeberg on the Modder River, dated 2 March 1900 containing descriptions of actions and a sketch of the Paardeberg battlefield, the letter opens ‘My Dear Uncle Henry, Here we are bivouacked leading the toughest and hardest of lives, wild stormy cold wet weather alternating with very hot sunny days and blinding dust storms and some lively fighting thrown in, but we succeeded in capturing or helping to capture Mr Cronje and some 4000 of his followers’, the second letter sent from Pretoria, dated 8 July 1900, contains descriptions of incidents and actions on the subsequent march north to Pretoria. For the recipient’s nephew’s medals, see Lot 21
An Order of St John group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. Pickmere, Royal Naval Reserve The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, matt silver; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. Pickmere, R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. E. Pickmere. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1922, in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Edward Pickmere was appointed Acting Sub-Lieutenant, 30 March 1911; Sub-Lieutenant, 1 July 1913; Lieutenant, 1 July 1915; Royal Sovereign, 5 April 1916; Veronica, 29 May 1918; R.N.R. Decoration London Gazette 4 December 1923.
A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of St. Eloi’ D.C.M. group fo four awarded to Corporal H. Berry, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9477 L.Cpl. H. Berry. 1/R. Ir. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (9477 L-Cpl. H. Berry, R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (9477 Cpl. H. Berry. R. Ir. Regt.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to DCM, generally good very fine (4) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 April 1915: ‘For gallant conduct at St. Eloi on the night of 14-15 February 1915, in rescuing the wounded under a heavy fire, including one wounded man from a ditch full of water.’ Henry Berry attested for the Royal Irish Regiment on 25 March 1908 and served with the 1st Battalion, as part of 82nd Brigade, 27th Division, during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914 - the Division was formed from regular army units recalled from garrison duty around the Empire, with the 1st Royal Irish Regiment having been recalled from India. The Division was sent to the Ypres sector and it was here that Berry was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions at St Eloi on 14-15 February 1915. The Regimental History gives the following account: ‘At 4.15pm on 14 February sudden orders were received for the battalion to move forward at once in support of the Royal Irish Fusiliers who were engaged with the enemy at St. Eloi, the battalion on their left having lost trenches 19 to 22. When A and C Companies, under Major White, reached Voormezeele they were ordered by the Brigade to move up to the Mound, St. Eloi, to be ready to join in a counter attack on Trench 19. B and D companies followed to Voormezeele and thence B company moved up to S.10 by order of the commanding officer. At about 8.45pm Lieutenant Colonel Forbes, Major White and Captain Roche-Kelly (commanding B Company) met at the Mound. Major White stated that he had been ordered by the Brigade to counter attack Trench 19 with A and C Companies (which consisted of 85 men all told). He said that he had personally reconnoitred the ground and that in front of all and parallel to Trench 19, at a distance of about forty to fifty yards, was a deep and muddy ditch with a hedge on the enemy’s side of it. The only means of crossing the ditch was by a plank bridge. He proposed to get the companies across the plank bridge, deploy in rear of the hedge and then rush the position. He asked for support for his attack, as he had only some 85 men. Colonel Forbes ordered Captain Roche-Kelly to bring up B company in support of Major White, while D company was ordered to hold the redoubt just east of St Eloi. Major White got most of C company across the bridge, but before A company had begun to cross the Germans sent up flare lights and star shells and discovered the movement. They at once opened a hot fire, with the result that Major White was killed, Second Lieutenant Anderson died of his wounds, 13 men were killed and 21 wounded - all with the exception of Major White belonging to C company. The machine guns which had been mounted on the Mound were out of action owing to being coated with mud, so no covering fire of any consequence could be opened from that place. As the rear of the column was not getting on, Captain Roche-Kelly went forward to find out what was checking it. On arrival at the head of A company he learnt the state of affairs and returned to the Mound to report to Colonel Forbes, who decided that the attack would have to be postponed until adequate arrangements could be made to organise a counter attack in sufficient strength. Captain Roche-Kelly was ordered to withdraw B company to S 10, and also to get back A and C companies. This was done and these companies reorganised in rear of S10. About 2am on 15 February the 1st Leinsters retook and held Trench 20. At 4am B company was again brought up to St. Eloi to support the attack made from the north east on Trench 19 by the 2nd DCLI and 3rd King’s Royal Rifles. This attack developed about daylight and was entirely successful. About 7am a party from D company, under Lieutenant Pratt, did excellent work in bringing in the wounded and Major White’s body.’ The Division was to take part in all of the major actions of the Second Battle of Ypres in April and May 1915. In November the Division was entrained for Marseille, from where they embarked for the Macedonia front, arriving at Salonika in February 1916. In November 1916, the 1st Royal Irish Regiment was transferred to 30th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division, with whom they remained for the duration of the war. In August 1917, the Division was transferred to the Palestine front, where it was to remain until the cessation of hostilities. At some point, Berry was transferred to the Labour Corps and given the number 515032, and it was with this unit that he finished the war. He was discharged due to sickness on 26 April 1919 due to sickness and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 1st type, silver, the reverse engraved ‘To Hy. Geor. Greeves, who (aided by others at the risk of their own lives) rescued several individuals from Death by Fire, at Messrs. King & Witts’ Stores, Southampton, 7th November 1837.’, with swivel-ring suspension, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005. The Calamitous Fire at Southampton, 7 November 1837 ‘The premises where this catastrophe happened consist of a large brick store, about 60 feet square, comprising four floors besides the basement, and containing a very large stock of turpentine, oils, resin, wax and gunpowder, and other inflammable materials. Adjoining this large store, and connected with it by a kind of room over an iron shed, is a smaller store, under part of which is a stable. It was in this smaller store that the fire was first discovered issuing from the roof. At this time it might have been extinguished by a few buckets of water, but it could only be reached by the engines, and great delay was experienced in getting a supply of water, as is always the case in county towns, and too often, indeed, in London itself. One of the partners of the firm, who lives close by, was instantly aroused, and proceeding to the top floor of the large store, with the assistance of several persons removed all the gunpowder, consisting of about 190lb. This danger now being generally known to be averted, a large number of persons, principally tradesmen and respectable mechanics, volunteered their services to remove as much as possible of the turpentine, oil, &c, from the premises, jointly apprehending the consequences to the neighbourhood should such dangerous materials be offered for the extension of the flames. While engaged in this praiseworthy office, several carboys of turpentine were accidentally broken, spreading, as is its well known property, over the whole floor, and saturating the lower garments of many who were employed in its removal. At this time several engines were actively at work, but, alas! Too late, for the flames had already communicated to the upper floors of the large store. It does not distinctly appear whether the persons engaged below on the ground floor, as above related, were aware of the dangerous proximity of the fire; indeed, it is not to be wondered at, the catastrophe which followed seems to have erased the recollection of preceding circumstances from the minds of most of them. It appears, however, to be pretty distinctly ascertained that the second and third floors at least were in flames some time before the occurrence of the melancholy catastrophe. Suddenly some red-hot materials fell through the apertures in the floor through which goods were hoisted up; a fragment in flame followed, and the whole floor was instantly in a blaze, the flames ascending to the ceiling, and reverberating to the floor again. Several explosions followed, caused it is supposed by the bursting of the carboys of turpentine, and in a few seconds the whole front wall of the building fell into the street. Several persons were literally blown through the open door into the street, others were seen running wildly about with blazing garments, and were necessarily rolled in the kennel to extinguish the flames, and several it was evident were buried under the wall; while of the number whose fate was evidently sealed in the burning building, all shuddered to conjecture. As soon as the ruins could be approached, workmen were set on, and six bodies were dug from the mass of brickwork in front; a seventh, a young man named Sellwood, clerk at the Bank, whose cries for help were heard three hours before he could be released, survived a few days, to expire in horrible tortures. A day or two necessarily elapsed before workmen could be safely employed in the interior, when nine dead bodies in all were found, three of them being burnt to a cinder, so as to be utterly unrecognisable, and the two others being known only by the contents of their pockets and other extraneous indicia. Eight more sufferers have since died in agonies which would almost lead their friends to wish that they had met the quicker fate of those who were pent in the building. Some of these survived nearly a fortnight; and it is apprehended that the melancholy list is not yet complete, as four others still lie in a dangerous state. One person moreover died from the effects of fright, and one of the widows has been deprived of her reason. By this calamity, which casts into shade all previous catastrophes of the kind, at least 70 individuals, including survivors, widows, and children of deceased, and two or three utterly maimed for life, are left dependent on the benevolence of the inhabitants of Southampton, whose property they risked their lives to save...’ (The Times 4 December 1837 refers). ‘Henry George Greeves was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Silver Medal for his gallantry during the above incident; silver medals were also awarded to Richard Young, William Jones, John Foote, George Carr, Walter Anderson, William York, John Foster, John White, William Whitcher, and police-sergeant Terry, ‘It was stated that on the above melancholy occasion 15 persons perished; eight had since died, and several remained maimed, whose final recovery was doubtful, whilst the lives of 12 individuals had been preserved through the exertions of the above’ (The Times 28 April 1838 refers). 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A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. Bradford, Hampshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1931; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. J. Bradford.) the MBE a later replacement, contact marks to BWM, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ James Bradford was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment, and served with the 14th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Wounded from a fall in a trench whilst on active service, he was repatriated to the U.K. in 1917. For his services during the Great War he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 May 1917). Sold with copied research.
Italy, Kingdom (1804-14), Order of the Iron Crown, Knight’s breast badge in silver and enamel with crowned bust of Emperor Napoleon in gold facing left, no ball points to tips of the crown, very fine and rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: Maison Platt, Paris, February 1995, Lot 2396. Sold with original invoice.
Pair: Staff Nurse Miss May Chisholm, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Mesopotamia British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Nurse. M. Chisholm.); together with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.S.R. small silver cape badge, very fine (3) £80-£120 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918. Miss May Chisholm served as a Staff Nurse with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 11 June 1916, and was Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude’s Despatch of 2 November 1917.
The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘27’ and contained in its Collingwood & Co. case of issue; together with a scarce case of issue for an M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class Honorary badge, Collingwood & Co., the lid gold-embossed ‘M.V.O. 4th Cl. Hon.’, the bottom of the case gold-embossed ‘4H 673’, with rosette, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400
Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, the obverse featuring the crest of Hartlepool, the reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, unnamed as issued, with original claw and straight bar suspension, edge bruising, very fine, scarce £240-£280 --- Approximately 116 of these medals were issued to members of the Hartlepool Special Constabulary for their services during the Great War.
Silver ribbon buckles and suspenders (20), including three stamped Hunt & Roskell, a T. B. Bailey oakleaf style for the Crimea, a similar piece with engraved decoration by ‘AF’, and a double pin brooch by Needes Euston Rd London, these three hallmarked respectively Birmingham 1856, 1897 and 1914; together with a gilt bar and hook suspension and a copy second award bar for an M.C., generally good condition (22) £100-£140
German Second World War Kriegsmarine Breast and Cap Insignia. Kriegsmarine administration officers breast eagle, heavy silver wire on dark blue background. Kriegsmarine Administration officers cap eagle, heavy silver wire on dark blue background. A second Kriegsmarine officers cap eagle, heavy silver wire on dark blue background. Coastal Artillery officers, one-piece triangular form insignia in gold cellion weave with cotton woven cockade below. Kriegsmarine overseas cap eagle, Bevo weave, gold on dark green background, cut from roll. Standard Kriegsmarine mans overseas cap eagle, Bevo weave in gold on dark blue background. Two Kriegsmarine side cap cockades, Bevo weave. Kriegsmarine white summer overseas cap cockade. One Kriegsmarine officers, Bevo weave cockade, good condition (10) £140-£180
Six: Fireman R. W. Brown, Midland Bank Fire Brigade Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘R. W. Brown, Esq., 25 Princes Avenue, Woodford Green, Essex’; London Private Fire Brigades Association L.S. & G.C., Medal, silver, with ‘5 Years’ clasp, the edge officially numbered ‘96’, with integral top riband bar; together with three Midland Bank Fire Brigade Prize Medals, silver and enamel, one circular badge unnamed; and two star shaped badges, the reverse engraved ‘O.M.D. R. W. Brown Feb. 17th. 1933 17 4/5 secs’ and ‘O.M.D. R. W. Brown Feb. 28th. 1935 17 3/5 secs’, the latter two both with integral top silver riband bars, generally good very fine (6) £100-£140
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