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Lot 360

The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Private W. Howard, 5th Lancers, who was killed in action at Suakin, 22 March 1885 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (1770, Pte. W. Howard, 5th Lancers.) toned, nearly extremely fine and a rare casualty £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, April 1994. W. Howard attested for the 5th Lancers and was killed whilst on patrol from Suakin on 22 March 1885. Two squadrons of 5th Lancers were employed on scouting and patrol duties during the advance of Sir John McNeill's force which was so savagely mauled at Tofrek. The following account was taken from The History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers by Major W. T. Wilcox: ‘Early on the day during the advance from Suakin, Lieutenant Richardson of the 5th Lancers, with four of his men, had been sent on an officer’s patrol to the left of the line of advance. His horse getting knocked up after being out some hours, Richardson rode into Suakin about midday, and, on a fresh horse, returned to his patrol duties. Neither he nor his men were ever heard of again. They were no doubt cut off and slain by the Arabs during the course of the afternoon. Richardson's silver whistle was found sometime afterwards at a spot in the bush, some six miles from Suakin and a couple of miles south of the zariba. The whistle was distinctly marked with a spear thrust, and encrusted with blood; and it is only too evident that the patrol had been caught in the great Arab wave sweeping down from Tamai on the British force, and killed to a man. The only other traces found of the patrol were at the capture of Tamai, on the 3rd April, when a Lancer's scabbard and saddle were discovered.’ In addition to those mentioned above one other man of the 5th Lancers was killed at Tofrek.

Lot 366

Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private G. Biggs, S.L.I.) good very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- George Biggs was born in the Parish of Llangarren, near Ross, Herefordshire, in 1872. He joined the Shropshire Light Infantry at Shrewsbury on 16 July 1890, aged 18 years 11 months, a labourer by trade. His papers show that he trained as a stretcher bearer in May 1892 whilst the regiment was stationed in Hong Kong, his new qualification no doubt being put to good use during the plague of 1894, for which Biggs received the medal. He served in the Boer War from November 1899 until August 1902, after which he was discharged having earned a Queen’s medal with 3 clasps and a King’s medal with 2 clasps. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Lot 367

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, silver, unnamed as issued, lacking suspension bar and fitted with replacement ring, polished, otherwise nearly very fine £60-£80

Lot 390

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1365 Pte. F. Richards. K.R.R.C.) initial officially corrected, polished, good very fine £80-£120 --- Frederick Richards was born in Borough, London, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 23 November 1898. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 January to 28 July 1900, and during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August to 19 September 1914. He was slightly wounded during the Great War, and was discharged on account of his wounds on 4 June 1915, after 16 years and 194 days’ service, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.

Lot 430

Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued, in Elkington, London, case of issue, good very fine £80-£120

Lot 431

Coronation 1902 (2), silver; bronze, both unnamed as issued, the silver award polished and worn, therefore good fine; the bronze award better (2) £70-£90

Lot 432

Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, with area of erasure to edge, and lacking integral silver riband buckle; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, contact marks to second, very fine (2) £100-£140

Lot 44

Pair: Private C. H. Collicutt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (4990 Pte. C. H. Collicutt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a small monogrammed hallmarked sterling silver fob medal, very fine Pair: Private A. J. Frampton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (24989 Pte. A. J. Frampton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) scratches to BWM obverse field, nearly very fine Pair: Private A. W. Rawlings, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (4901 Pte. A. W. Rawlings. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. J. Underwood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (29444 Pte. H. J. Underwood. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Collicutt attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was later compulsorily transferred to the 1st/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Albert William Rawlings was born in Oxford and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the Somme on 19 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lot 488

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (Sgt. J. P. Scott R-63912) suspended from WW2 R.C.A.F. sterling silver and enamel Observer’s brevet wing badge, stamped Birks Sterling, with pin fitting, together with silver-gilt R.C.A.F. Operational wings, stamped Stephenson Sterling, with pin fitting, very fine (2) £200-£300 --- James Philip Scott, Sergeant (Air Observer) R.C.A.F., attached 22 Squadron R.A.F., was killed in action on 6 April 1942. He is buried in Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery. Sergeant Scott was navigator of Beaufort 1, N1016, OA-X, of 22 Squadron flown by Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, R.A.F.V.R., in a suicidal but successful low-level torpedo attack on the German battle-cruiser Gneisenau in Brest harbour on 6 April 1941. Having released his ‘fish’, crippling the Gneisenau, Campbell’s Beaufort came under heavy flak and was quickly shot down killing all four airmen. Campbell was subsequently awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, the citation stating: ‘In recognition of most conspicuous bravery. This officer was the pilot of a Beaufort aircraft of Coastal Command which was detailed to attack an enemy battle cruiser in Brest Harbour at first light on the morning of 6th April 1941. The aircraft did not return but it is known that a torpedo attack was carried out with the utmost daring. The battle cruiser was secured alongside the wall on the north shore of the harbour, protected by a stone mole bending around it from the west. On rising ground behind the ship stood protective batteries of guns. Other batteries were clustered thickly round the two arms of land which encircle the outer harbour. In this outer harbour near the mole were moored three heavily-armed anti-aircraft ships, guarding the battle cruiser. Even if an aircraft succeeded in penetrating these formidable defences, it would be almost impossible, after delivering a low-level attack, to avoid crashing into the rising ground beyond. This was well known to Flying Officer Campbell who, despising the heavy odds, went cheerfully and resolutely to the task. He ran the gauntlet of the defences. Coming in at almost sea level, he passed the anti-aircraft ships at less than mast-height in the very mouths of their guns and skimming over the mole launched a torpedo at point-blank range. The battle cruiser was severely damaged below the water-line and was obliged to return to the dock whence she had come only the day before. By pressing home his attack at close quarters in the face of withering fire on a course fraught with extreme peril, Flying Officer Campbell displayed valour of the highest order.’ It is virtually certain that Campbell, having released his torpedo, was almost immediately killed or wounded by the first predicted flak. When the aircraft was later salvaged the Germans found the body of ‘Jimmy’ Scott, the fair-haired Canadian, in the pilot’s seat usually occupied by Campbell. All four crew members were buried by the Germans in the grave of honour in Brest cemetery. Sold with copied record of service and other research including several copied news cuttings, one of which erroneously states that Scott was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Flying Medal. It is surprising, though, that Campbell’s three crewmen did not at least receive a posthumous M.I.D.

Lot 490

A Brooch for the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, by Gilbey, 1st type, silver gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed with the motto of the Order ‘For God and the Empire’, the top arm of the cross replaced with a stylised bow riband, with pin back suspension and additional top loop for wearing on a chain, extremely fine £40-£50

Lot 491

Order of the League of Mercy, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, very fine £40-£50

Lot 492

Hampshire Regiment Shooting Medal, silver cross, 60mm x 45mm, reverse engraved ‘3rd Volunteer Battn. Hampshire Regiment, Shooting Club, Best Aggregate for 1886 won by Corpl. Winter’, ring for suspension, very fine £60-£80

Lot 493

Royal Scottish Hospital, Patron’s Badge, silver and enamel, by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, hallmarked Edinburgh 1905, the reverse with brooch fitting and engraved ‘Sir William Johnston / 9th Baronet / Governor 1890 / Managing Governor from 1898’ in its Hamilton & Inches fitted case, the lid with affixed label inscribed in ink ‘Badge of Royal Scottish Hospital (1905)’, extremely fine £80-£120

Lot 495

Defective Medal: Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Thomas Davis. 41st Regt.) naming unofficially re-engraved, fitted with replacement German silver straight bar suspension, heavy pitting, otherwise fine £60-£80

Lot 500

The group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, C.B., 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; China 1900, no clasp; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Khedive’s Star, undated; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, display mounted, good very fine (11) £200-£300 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele. Educated at Marlborough College, he entered the Indian Army in 1878. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, he found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, he was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s full size awards, see Lot 78.

Lot 503

An unattributed C.V.O., C.B.E. pair The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted court-style as worn, very fine An unattributed Royal Household pair Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, ‘gold’; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £80-£120

Lot 504

An unattributed O.B.E., Order of St. John group of three The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, on 2nd type lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) badge, on lady’s bow riband; Service Medal of the Order of St John, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed Order of St. John group of five The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, mounted court-style for display, very fine An unattributed Order of St. John group of three The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s badge, silver and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Service Medal of the Order of St John, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed Second War group of four 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (15) £60-£80

Lot 507

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (3), O.B.E. Officer’s 2nd type badge (2), silver-gilt, one on Military Division riband, the other on Civil Division riband; M.B.E. Member’s 2nd type badge, silver, on Civil Division riband; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, N. W. Frontier 1930-32; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012 (4) generally very fine (10) £60-£80

Lot 51

Pair: Private G. Reed, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached Herefordshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 1 November 1918 1914-15 Star (11046 Pte G. Reed. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (11046 Pte. G. Reed. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private A. C. Allen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Salonika on 20 November 1916 British War and Victory Medals (13785 Pte. A. C. Allen. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private F. Hall, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (31443 Pte. F. Hall. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private J. Mayo, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (15029 Pte. J. Mayo. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (8) £100-£140 --- George Reed attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He died of wounds on 1 November 1918, whilst attached to the 1st/1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, and is buried in Harlbeke Military Cemetery, Belgium. Albert Charles Allen was born at Hampstead Norris, Newbury, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika, and was killed in action on 20 November 1916. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. John Mayo, a native of a resident of Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 4 September 1914, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 23 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B275089.

Lot 511

Egypt, Kingdom, Medal for Meritorious Actions, Second Class, silver, the reverse named ‘Almstr F. W. King’ in Arabic script, the suspension bar dated 1 Sha’abaan 1357 [25 September 1938], in Lattes, Cairo, fitted case of issue embossed with the crowned cipher of Farouk I, extremely fine and rare £200-£300

Lot 512

France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, good very fine Ottoman Empire, Liakat Medal, silver, good very fine (2) £60-£80

Lot 513

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with pin-back suspension, good very fine £70-£90

Lot 514

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, of slightly convex construction, with pin-back suspension, black lacquering missing in parts, therefore nearly very fine £60-£80

Lot 515

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, one stamped ‘K.O.’ on suspension ring, generally very fine (2) £70-£90

Lot 517

Germany, Third Reich, Order of the German Eagle, First Class set of insignia, by J. Godet & Sohn, Berlin, comprising neck badge, 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark ‘900’ and maker’s mark ‘21’ to ring; breast star, 75mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with silver retaining pin, this with silver mark ‘900’, complete with silk neck riband, in fitted case of issue, the title ‘Orden Vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz Mitt Sturn’ gold blocked into the upper inner silk lid, the exterior of the box having good gilt to the Third Reich eagle and the edge line, extremely fine (2) £3,000-£4,000

Lot 518

Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 3rd type, Knight’s breast badge, 66mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, Bishop with green robes, unmarked, minor enamel damage to motto around obverse central medallion, damage to balls at tips of points, with one missing, therefore nearly very fine £60-£80

Lot 519

Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, 2nd type, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 90mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel,maker’s mark to reverse of crown; Star, 84mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with maker’s mark to reverse of retaining pin, with neck riband, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240

Lot 52

Pair: Private G. Robinson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (7580 Pte. G. Robinson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a scarce Aston Rowant Tribute Shield Medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1919) and enamel, the obverse featuring laurel branches over a Union Flag, ‘19th July 1919 - Grateful Thanks From The Parish’ around, the reverse engraved ‘Aston Rowant’, with pin-back suspension, good very fine (3) £60-£80

Lot 520

Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the Crown of Thailand, Third Class neck badge, 83mm including crown suspension x 53mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with neck riband, in case of issue, good very fine £80-£120

Lot 527

A Clan Headdress Badge. A good quality unmarked silver coloured metal example. The oval strap, ‘Virtutis Gloria Merces’ (Glory is the Recompense of Valour) is mounted with a monogram, stout pin fastener, the reverse with retailer's mark ‘TR & S’ (Thomas Ross & Sons Glasgow), good condition £40-£50 --- Note: The motto pertains to no fewer than eight Scottish Families.

Lot 540

Miscellaneous Aviation Items. Comprising 2 South African Air Force brevet badges; various sundry South African badges and shoulder titles; 2 Australian bronze air mechanic sleeve badges; a gilt eagle stamped ‘FIX’ to the rear, possibly French, pinned; 4 colonial buttons; and a silver embroidered wing, possibly Belgian; together with assorted copy and restrike metal and cloth items including cap tallies, brevet wings, cap badges &c., generally good condition (lot) £50-£70

Lot 542

A Bavarian Pilot’s Badge. A very nice and rare Bavarian Pilots Badge, double hollow construction. Maker marked on the reverse side Carl Pollath, Schrobenhaussen also 800 German silver stamped. The award has excellent detail to the face side. Interestingly the crucifix above the crown has been professionally removed, also some of the detail of the orb below has been smoothed out, this was quite a common occurrence, after the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918 aviators tended to have their flying badges altered by local jewellers, original pin hook and hinge, good condition £300-£400

Lot 546

An Austrian Great War Pilot’s Badge. A superb example in silver-gilt and enamel, the lower plaque with the scroll FJI (Emperor Franz Josef), complete with both retaining hooks on the reverse side, extremely good condition £240-£280

Lot 549

Miscellaneous Aviation Badges. Three tinny type badges all commemorating aviation in the Great War, accompanied by a matched pair of stamped aluminium wing propeller motifs for a Third Reich aviation organisation; together with a small Austrian Commemorative Flying badge, three German Wound Badges, one in silver and two in black; a German Honour Cross with swords; an Italian Al Valour Medal in silver, generally good condition (11) £60-£80 --- Sold together with a postcard photograph of a Great War German officer, with period script on the reverse side indicating this was taken in France in April 1916.

Lot 67

1914-15 Star (4) (9126 Cpl. O. Kempster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10608 Pte. H. H. Davenport, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10725 Pte. A. W. Phillips, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 14009 Pte. A. Sandall. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Owen Kempster attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 July 1909, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 5 May 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.334644. Herbert Henry Davenport was born at Pailton, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Warwick. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 22 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Arthur William Phillips, a native of Wallingford, Berkshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 28 August 1914, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was discharged to the Army Reserve in April 1919. Albert Sandall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, before being discharged to the Reserve on 13 February 1919.

Lot 68

1914-15 Star (4) (16634 L. Cpl. E. Quinney, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11461 Pte. T. Brooks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16035 Pte. E. F. Garrett, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 15505 Pte. H. C. Rogers, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) the second polished and worn, therefore fine, otherwise generally very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Edwin Quinney was born at Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915, before transferring to the 6th Battalion. Advanced Sergeant, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 3 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Thomas Brooks was born at Bath, Somerset and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 1 September 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 August 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to his arm and face on 9 May 1917. He was discharged due to wounds on 17 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.67191. Edward Frederick Garrett was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 15 October 1915. He is buried at Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles, France. Horace C. Rogers was born at Highgate, London, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Birmingham on 5 October 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika from 25 November 1915, and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1919.

Lot 77

The superb Egyptian War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel D. Hammill, Gordon Highlanders, who led the 1st Gordons in the charge of the Highland Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir, and again commanded the regiment at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai, and in the Nile Expedition The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring gold bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut-Col. D. Hammill. 1/Gord: Highrs.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamels; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, the first with chipping to obverse wreath, otherwise very fine or better (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: A. J. Henderon Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. Denzil Hammill was born at New Brighton, Cheshire, on 11 July 1840, and was commissioned as an Ensign into the 75th Regiment on 16 January 1858. He rose steadily through the ranks to that of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1880, when he succeeded to the command of the 1st Gordons. He served throughout the Egyptian War of 1882 in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, when the Highland Brigade stormed the trenches in the dark, the 1st Gordons between the Camerons and the Black Watch, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, who jumped their horses over the parapet amidst a hail of fire from the enemies trenches. For his services during the campaign he was mentioned in despatches, made a Companion of the Bath and received the 3rd Class of the Medjidie. Hammill next served in the Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884, again in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai; ‘surely soldiers never saw a finer sight than the Gordons presented when, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, both mounted, they advanced over the rifle pits to storm the battery at Teb.’ Hammill was again mentioned in despatches and received the brevet of Colonel. He subsequently commanded the 1st Gordons in the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 and with the River Column under Major-General Earle. In addition to his other honours, Hammill received the Egyptian medal with four clasps and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. He retired and was made Honorary Major-General in October 1885. Sold with full research and muster details.

Lot 78

The 1911 Coronation C.B. group of eleven awarded to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: St. G. L. Steele. 2nd Bengal Cavy.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. St. G. L. Steele S.C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt. St. G. L. Steele Cmt. Trnspt Dpt E.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl: Lcrs:); China 1900, no clasp (Major St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. St. G. L. Steele.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Colonel St. G. L. Steele, A.Q.M.G., 1st Pesh. Div.) privately named; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Capt. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.) the last ten mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, good fine, otherwise generally very fine and better (11) £2,000-£2,600 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele, and was educated at Marlborough College and later the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in 1878 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1880. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, Steele found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, Steele was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s miniature awards, see Lot 500.

Lot 79

A Great War Divisional Cavalry Commander’s C.B. and Boer War group of twelve awarded to Major-General R. L. Mullens, who served with the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) in South Africa and was severely wounded at Leeukop in April 1902; he later commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in France in 1914 where it was the first British regiment to engage German troops in the Great War, and afterwards commanded the 1st Cavalry Division until April 1919 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt: & Adjt: R. L. Mullens, 2/Drgn: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. & Adjt. R. L. Mullens. 2/Drgn. Gds.); 1914 Star (Lt: Col: R. L. Mulens. 4/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. R. L. Mullens.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911; Belgium, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, gilt and enamels, of recent manufacture; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R.; France, Croix de Guerre, avec Palmes, campaign medals mounted court-style for display, good very fine or better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 20 October 1914; 9 December 1914; 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916; 4 January 1917; 11 December 1917; and 20 December 1918. Richard Lucas Mullens was born on 25 February 1871, and educated at Eton. He was commissioned into the 16th Lancers in 1890, transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) in 1896, and was promoted to Captain in 1899. He served in South Africa as Adjutant of the regiment and was present in operations on the Orange Free State, including actions at Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill. Operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, including action at Elands River. Operations in Orange River Colony, including actions at Bethlehem and Wittebergen. Operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River 1899-1900, including actions at Colesburg. Operations in the Transvaal, March to April 1902; Operations in Orange River Colony, January to March 1902, April 1902; Operations in Cape Colony, December 1901 to January 1902, April to May 1902. He was severely wounded and mentioned in despatches for valuable work in action at Holspruit (Leeukop) on 1 April 1902 (Despatches, London Gazette 10 September 1901, and 18 July 1902; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with 4 clasps; King’s medal with 4 clasps). From 1903 to 1905 he was at the Staff College, and after holding an appointment as a Brigade Major was given command of the 4th Dragoon Guards in 1911. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he took the 4th Dragoon Guards to France where, on 22 August 1914, C Squadron of the Regiment became the first unit of the B.E.F. to engage the enemy in action. On this date they charged a column of Uhlans outside Mons, Belgium, capturing a number of prisoners. Two days later, the 9th Lancers and the 4th Dragoon Guards attempted a charge across an open field at Audregnies. Facing an unbroken German line of rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire, their ranks were decimated. Within two months  Mullens was selected to command 2 Cavalry Brigade (4th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, and 18th Hussars) and, after 12 months in this command he was promoted to the command of 1 Cavalry Division, and retained the appointment until April 1919. He was made a C.B. in January 1917, and retired in 1920. Sold with comprehensive research including copied Medal Index Card which possibly suggests that Great War medals were replaced ‘11/11/83’ but the trio offered above appear to be original issues.

Lot 80

The post-War C.B., 1953 Coronation C.V.O. pair awarded to Eric Bedford, Esq., who served as Chief Architect to the Ministry of Works from 1950-70, and designed the Post Office Tower which was, on its completion, the tallest building in Britain The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1165’, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; together with the related miniature awards mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- C.B. London Gazette 13 June 1959. C.V.O. London Gazette 1 June 1953: ‘On the occasion of Her Majesty’s Coronation.’ Eric Bedford was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, on 23 August 1909 and was educated at Thornton Grammar School, before becoming an apprentice with a firm of architects in Leicester. In 1934 he won a Royal Institute of British Architects competition for the design of a railway terminal, and two years later joined the Ministry of Works, becoming its youngest Chief Architect in 1950, at the age of 41. In 1953 Bedford was given responsibility for the design of the backdrop to the 1953 Coronation. The project, for which he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, included four steel arches, surmounted by gold and silver lions, white unicorns, and a coronet, was popular and well received. He was also responsible for the Post Office Tower (now known as the BT Tower) in central London, which upon its completion in 1964 was, at 177 metres, the tallest building in Britain. Described by Pevsner as ‘a notable 1960s landmark’, some of his other government buildings were less aesthetically pleasing, with his (now-demolished) Marsham Street development in Westminster being described by the same authority as ‘ruthlessly logical, but a spectacular failure, the very image of faceless bureaucracy’. Bedford was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1959 Birthday Honours’ List, and retired in 1970. He died in Worcester on 28 July 2001. Sold together with the Bestowal Documents for both awards, both mounted in matching glazed display frames; and copied research.

Lot 81

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. A. Barron, 1/1st North Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Major T. A. Barron, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. T. A. Barron.) together with case of issue for D.S.O., the lid fitted with a plated plaque engraved ‘Lt. Col. Thomas Ashby Barron, 1/1 North Mid. Fd. Amb. R.A.M.C. (TF) was decorated with this order by King George V at Buckingham Palace, June 22, 1918.’, medals lacquered, nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917 and 25 May 1918. Thomas Ashby Barron was born in about 1872 and studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s, London. In 1912 he was living at Spondon, near Derby, and was a Captain in the 1st North Midland Field Ambulance (Territorial) at Derby. He was promoted to Major on 1 January 1914, and served in France with the 46th (North Midland) Division from 26 February 1915. He was in command of a Field Ambulance from 28 May to 19 July, 1917, from 16 November to 3 December, 1917, and from 9 June 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 February 1920; was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Defence Force, 17 April to 10 July, 1921; and took command of 137th Field Ambulance in 1924. He resigned his commission as Colonel on 2 July 1925. Colonel Barron was also awarded the Territorial Decoration (London Gazette 4 January 1924).

Lot 82

An inter-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Commissioned Engineer A. Brown, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type, silver, hallmarked London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Art. Eng. A. Brown. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng A. Brown. R.N.) very fine (4) £200-£260 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 July 1926. Arthur Brown was appointed Artificer Engineer on 1 October 1910. He served aboard the cruiser Spartiate from 25 September 1913, and aboard the cruiser Ariadne from 26 January 1914. Ariadne was converted to a minelayer in March 1917 and was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-65 off Beachy Head on 26 July 1917. Brown was appointed Chief Artificer Engineer on 1 October 1919, and was Commissioned Engineer on the same date. He was appointed to H.M.S. Sirdar on 1 March 1926, and was placed on the Retired List on 27 July 1927.

Lot 85

The Second War 1945 North West Europe ‘Paarlo’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain Robert Maxwell, Queen’s Royal Regiment, who fought across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the capture of Berlin. Later rising to prominence as a flamboyant and controversial media magnate, Member of Parliament, fraudster and suspected spy - his mysterious drowning off the Canary Islands in 1991, ruled accidental by a subsequent inquest, left behind financial scandal and a fallen business empire and continues to excite speculation and conspiracy theories Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1944, bronze, unnumbered; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Military Medal for Merit; War Commemorative Medal 1939-45; Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of Stara Planina, First Class neck badge, 68mm, silver, gilt and enamel, in (damaged) case of issue; Finland, Republic, Order of the White Rose, Second Class set of insignia, by Tillander, Helsinki, comprising neck badge, 51mm, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, 78mm, silver, with gilt and enamelled centre and gilt retaining pin; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Merit of the People’s Republic, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 60mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 81mm, silver and gilt, with silver and red enamelled centre; together with the related miniature awards, these also including Swedish Order of the Polar Star, the four campaign medals all official later issues, generally extremely fine (lot) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, January 1993, when sold by direction of the Joint Court-appointed Receiver to the Estate of the late Robert Maxwell, M.C. M.C. London Gazette 12 April 1945: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe’ The original recommendation states: ‘During the attack on Paarlo on 29 January 1945, Lieutenant Maxwell was leading his Platoon when a heavy artillery concentration fell on and near the Platoon killing and wounding several men. The attack was in danger of losing momentum but this Officer, showing powers of leadership of the highest order, controlled his men with great skill and kept up the advance. During the night another Platoon of the Company was counter attacked and partially overrun. An attempt to restore the position with another Platoon failed but Lieutenant Maxwell repeatedly asked to be allowed to lead another attempt; this request was eventually granted. This Officer then led two of his Sections across bullet swept ground with great dash and determination and succeeded in contacting the Platoon who had been holding out in some buildings. Showing no regard for his own safety he led his section in the difficult job of clearing the enemy out of the buildings, inflicting many casualties and causing the remainder to withdraw. By his magnificent example and offensive spirit this officer was responsible for the relief of the platoon and the restoration of the situation.’ Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvîk Hyman Binyamin Hoch in 1923 in the small town of Slatinské Doly in Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslvakia (later Hungary and now Solotvyno, Ukraine). He was one of seven children born into a poor Yiddish speaking Orthodox Jewish family, many members of which died in Auschwitz after the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis in 1944. Having left home for France in 1939, aged 16, Maxwell joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile in Marseilles in May 1940 but after the fall of France and evacuation of the British Army, he transferred in Britain to the Pioneer Corps and subsequently in 1943 to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He served throughout the campaign across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the fall of Berlin, was commissioned into the Queen’s Royal Regiment in January 1945 and the same month won the Military Cross at Paarlo, Netherlands: 'During the night 29th/30th [January 1945] about fifty enemy crossed the river in assault boats and, preceded by heavy shelling and mortaring, made an unexpected counter-attack on “A” Company in Paarlo. The Germans got into the houses held by 8 Platoon (Lieutenant M. L. Baker) and there was fierce fighting in the dark. In one house Lance-Corporal Dennis most gallantly held them at bay with his Sten gun until 7 Platoon, splendidly led by Second-Lieutenant R. Maxwell, counter-attacked with tank support and cleared the enemy from the village. Our artillery then took a heavy toll as the Germans withdrew across the river. Ten prisoners were taken and there were numbers of other casualties, including the enemy company commander. Our losses were seven killed and wounded...’ (History of the Queen's Royal Regiment. Vol VIII 1924-1948, compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster, M.C. refers). Maxwell received his award from Field Marshall Montgomery. He achieved the rank of Captain by the end of the war and afterwards for two years was a press censor for the foreign office in Berlin, becoming a British citizen in in 1946 and changing his name to Robert Maxwell in 1948. Using contacts gained during the Allied occupation, Maxwell made a start in business by becoming the British and United States distributor for Springer Verlag, a publisher of scientific books. In 1951 he bought a controlling stake in Butterworth Springer, renamed it Pergammon Press and rapidly built it into a major publishing house. By the 1960s, Maxwell’s business success had made him hugely wealthy and in 1964, representing the Labour Party, he was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham, holding the seat until 1970. In 1984, he acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, giving him control of six British Newspapers, including the pro-Labour Daily Mirror, and precipitating a media war between himself and Rupert Murdoch, the proprietor of the News of the World and The Sun. Maxwell rescued the third division football club Oxford United from bankruptcy in 1982. As chairman, he helped to lead them to the top flight of English football in 1985 and the club won the League Cup the following year. By 1991 Maxwell’s business empire was heavily in debt and struggling to remain solvent. On 5 November 1991, he was found to be missing from his yacht, Lady Ghislaine (named after his youngest daughter) which was cruising off the Canary Islands. His naked body was later recovered from the Atlantic Ocean. The official ruling at an inquest held in December 1991 was death by a heart attack combined with accidental drowning although three pathologists at the inquest had been unable to agree on the cause of death. Maxwell was afforded a lavish funeral on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. The ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state occasion, was attended by many dignitaries and politicians and no fewer than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence listened while Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir eulogised him stating ‘he has done more for Israel than can today be told’ (Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas refers). Robert Maxwell’s death triggered the complete collapse of his publishing empire. As lenders rushed to call in their debts, it emerged that Maxwell had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies’ pension funds in an unauthorised attempt to save his businesses from bankruptcy. In 2003, Foreign Office papers were released which revealed that British intelligence officers had suspected Maxwell of being a Soviet agent with one report describing him as ‘a thoroughly bad character and almost certainly financed by Russia’. ...

Lot 87

Family group: A well documented Second War pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader T. C. Wood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who shot down a Junkers 88 over Kent in March 1943 and was decorated for his services following the completion of a large number of night intruder sorties in Mosquitos of 29 Squadron over enemy occupied Europe in 1944-45, culminating in a raid on Horsching and Wels in April 1945 in which 4 enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged on the ground Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (F/Lt. T. C. Wood. D.F.C. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine Pair: Gunner T. Wood, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 14 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (157613 Gnr. T. Wood. R.A.) extremely fine (8) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 14 September 1945 Thomas Cyril Wood was born in 1916 in Nottingham and before the war was employed by the Hull Corporation as a test engineer. Having been earlier commissioned Second Lieutenant in the the East Riding unit of the Royal Engineers (T.A.) in July 1939, he began training as a pilot at No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School Carlisle in November 1941 and was granted an emergency commission as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 20 August 1942. Upon completion of his training at the end of the year he was posted to No. 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) at West Malling. Wood piloted his first operational patrol on 26 January 1943 and on 3 March he destroyed a Junkers 88 over south-east England. In reference to Wood’s feat, the Hull & Yorkshire Times reported: ‘Searchlights helped him to find the German bomber flying over Kent. Although the enemy was “jinking“ to escape detection, the Hull pilot never lost track of him and by the light of the searchlight was able to identify it as a Junkers 88. Pilot Officer Wood opened fire from 300 yards’ range and after only two bursts with cannon and machine-gun the German machine burst into flame and hit the ground.’ Wood’s own combat report (copy with lot) describes the enemy aircraft bursting into a mass of flames and hitting the ground near Maidstone. Regular patrols with his navigator, Sergeant (later Flight Lieutenant) Evans, continued initially in Beaufighters and, from June 1943, in Mosquitos. Wood was transferred to an instruction role in November 1943 but returned to 29 Squadron in June 1944, during which month he completed a number of beach head patrols. For the remainder of the war Wood mostly conducted intruder patrols over enemy occupied Europe, his log book recording a raid to Venlo in which he damaged a barge in the mouth of the Scheldt on 9 September 1944. He also documents ‘anti-diver’ sorties and notably mentions ‘patrol cover for airborne landings in Arnhem Area’ on 17 September 1944. Wood’s final sortie of note was a night intruder patrol to Horsching and Wels on 25 April 1945 in which he destroyed 2 enemy aircraft on the ground and damaged 2 more. The details of this sortie, which was conducted together with a Mosquito VI of the ‘Fighter Experimental Flight’ (Call-sign Beauty 60), are recorded in his ‘pilot’s personal combat report’, (copy with lot), stamped ‘SECRET’, and which contains the following extract: ‘We then flew on to Horshing airfield and at 0100 hours Beauty 60 released two flares from 3000 feet over the S.E. corner illuminating the whole airfield. I positioned myself for attack, selecting 3 T/E aircraft on the south side of the airfield. Diving from 1500 to 0 feet from S-N I fired a 5 second burst. Strikes were seen on the first aircraft which caught fire immediately behind the cockpit. Almost immediately the fire was extinguished. This aircraft I claim as damaged. Fire was concentrated on the second aircraft and I observed numerous strikes on the fuselage and all over the wing area. This aircraft caught fire immediately and burnt furiously. On leaving the target 15 minutes later it was still burning. I claim this aircraft as destroyed. Carrying on and lifting my nose slightly, my Navigator observed strikes on a third aircraft. Crossing the airfield at zero feet, and as no opposition was observed, I positioned myself for a third second attack which was made from E-W along the Main runway. I attacked at 0103 hours from 500 - 0 feet firing a 4 second burst on a U/I/T/E aircraft standing on the runway facing west. This aircraft had a number of men standing round it. Strikes were observed and the aircraft caught fire and was still burning when I left the target nine minutes later. I claim this aircraft as destroyed. On this run my observer saw a small fire burning in the last a/c attacked on the previous run. I claim this aircraft as damaged. Intense light flak was experienced on my second run from the airfield and its vicinity. Beauty 60 called up on the R/T and stated he was making an attack, in spite of persistent flak. I decided to remain in the vicinity to see what went on. He made an attack on the airfield and was hosed by flak. A few seconds later he called up and said, “They’ve got me but I’m still going”, and requested a homing from me to the nearest friendly territory. I gave him one to Switzerland. At 0116 hours he called up again stating he would have to bale out. I asked him if both were able to bale out, he said “Yes, I think so” and whilst transmitting I heard his navigator’s voice. At 0119 hours he stated he was baling out. This was the last I heard and estimate his position to be 30-40 miles S.W. of Linz.’ At the end of the report a handwritten note signed by Wood reads: ‘Navigator of Beauty 60 subsequently released from German hospital wounded. Pilot went in with a/c.’ Wood was promoted acting Squadron Leader in 1945 and was awarded the D.F.C. having flown as a pilot during a long period of operations which saw him credited with the destruction of 3 enemy aircraft and with damaging a further 2. He was appointed Officer Commanding 29 Squadron in 1946, and went on to fly Meteors and Vampires post war with 56 Squadron, receiving advancement to Squadron Leader in 1951 and retiring in 1958. Post service he flew with a variety of international airlines between 1958 and 1981. He died at Worthing, West Sussex in 2004. Sold together with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Books: 3 volumes in good condition covering the entirety of his flying career from November 1941 to December 1980; the recipient’s miniature awards, mounted as worn; the recipient’s riband bar, as worn; 2 sets of R.A.F. cloth wings; Intelligence and personal combat reports (2) relating to Wood’s victories on 4 March 1943 and 25/26 April 1945 respectively; silver serving tray with supporting feet, 190mm x 190mm, hallmarks for Sheffield 1940, engraved ‘Presented to 2/Lt. T. C. Wood, R.E. by the officers, W.O., N.C.O.s, and men of the East Riding (F) Royal Engineers on the occasion of his marriage, 31st August 1940.’; silver salver with ornate edge and decorative engraving, 200mm diameter, Sheffield hallmarks for Henry Wilkinson and Co., the centre engraved with the badge of 29 Squadron and with the words ‘Presented to Squadron Leader T. C. Wood, D.F.C., Officer Commanding No. 29 Squadron, R.A.F. by the officers of the squadron on his posting, September 1946.’; silver cigarette box with wood lining, 146mm x 90mm x 33mm, hallmarks for Birmingham 1947, engraved to the front, ‘Presented to Sq...

Lot 88

A well-documented Second War 1944 Halifax pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant H. Brawn, Royal Canadian Air Force, who flew in at least 35 operational sorties with 429 (Bison) Squadron, the first of which being to attack the gun emplacements at Merville on D Day, 6 June 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 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, mounted as worn, generally very fine (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 16 January 1945: ‘This officer has completed a large number of operational sorties during which he has taken part in attacks on a wide variety of targets in Germany and France including such heavily defended targets as Stuttgart, Hamburg, and the Ruhr. Throughout his tour he has always shown exceptional skill and fortitude in pressing home his attacks, often under the greatest opposition. He is an inspiring leader and captain of aircraft who has encouraged and trained his crew so that they have invariably carried out their duties satisfactorily. It is considered that this officer’s fine operational record, offensive spirit and devotion to duty fully merit the award of the D.F.C.’ Harry Brawn enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in March 1941, and after carrying out initial pilot training in Canada he was posted overseas to No. 2 Flying Instructors School, Montrose. Having carried out the course Brawn was posted as an Instructor to No. 15 (P) A.F.U., Kirmington, Lincolnshire in June 1942. He advanced to Pilot Officer and moved with the unit to Ramsbury. Brawn advanced to Flying Officer before being posted to 82 O.T.U., Ossington in March 1944. He converted to Halifax aircraft at No. 1664 H.C.U., Dishforth, and was posted for operational flying with 429 (Bison) Squadron at Leeming in June 1944. Brawn flew in at least 35 operational sorties with the squadron, with his first of the war being 5/6 June 1944 ‘ “D” Day Ops to Merville Francais. Gun Emplacements’ (Log Book refers) Other operational sorties included: Conde sur Noireau, Rail and Road Junctions, 6 June 1944; Versailles; Boulogne (2); Sautrecourt; Oisement en Bois (2); Gorenfos; Siracourt; Ardouval; Acquet; Caen; Wesseling; St. Nazaire; Stuttgart; Hamburg; Coeqercours; L’Hey; Foret de Nieppe; Bois D’Amont; St. Ew D’Esserent; Kiel (2); Brest; Marquis; Emden; Le Havre; Oslo (2); Sterkrade, 27 September 1944, ‘Oil Plant 10/10 Cloud. Raid a Shambles & Most Amusing. Motor Failure’ (Ibid); Cap Gris Nez; Dortmund and Wanne Eickel, 12 October 1944, ‘Oil Plant. Predicted H/F [Heavy Flak], holed lost s.i. [starboard inner engine]’ (Ibid). Having advanced to Flight Lieutenant, Brawn returned to Canada in September 1945 and was discharged in October of the same year. Sold with the following original related items and documents: Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book (21 August 1941 - 13 September 1945) spine damaged; R.C.A.F. Operational Wings, with named Certificate, dated 1 February 1945; Certificate of Service; Letter of congratulation on the occasion of the award of the D.F.C. to recipient addressed to ‘Mr and Mrs F. Brawn, 151 Wellington Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia’, from the Minister of National Defence for Air, dated 25 January 1945; R.C.A.F. cloth wings, and two cloth ‘Canada’ shoulder titles; a piece of metal labelled ‘German Flak 1944’; R.C.A.F. lapel ephemera; a number of annotated photographs of recipient in uniform, and over 500 pages of letters sent home by recipient between 1941-1944, covering his military career from flight training in Canada, service as a flight instructor in England, and finally operations with interesting comments throughout, including frustration on assignment as flight instructor on arrival in England in late 1942 and later comments about operations in 1944.

Lot 1012

silver caddy spoon, watches, compacts, cigarette case, felixtowe beach prints, maps, puzzles etc 3 boxes of mixed items

Lot 118

about 10 packets and some loose items, including some silver of detectorists finds

Lot 120

Coinage 36x florins pre 1946, 4 x silver 3p, 40 x farthings, a green bag of mixed copper and small amount of 'silver' and a yellow bag of mostly ERII copper

Lot 124

Edward 1st 1 penny- holed, with other loose change inc ERII shillings plus Victoria silver (4) old copper and a white metal coin bracelet

Lot 142

A SILVER LIMITED EDITION (561/673) SILVER GOBLETby Aurum, London 1973, the cylindrical bowl with applied mermaid figure, the conical base with blind fretwork decoration representing the sea, inscribed on the base "To commemorate the 13th Centenary of the foundation of Ely Cathedral in 673ad, 16.5cm high, with original display box and certificate. 673 goblets were commissioned by the Dean & Chapter of Ely in 1973 to commemorate the thirteenth centenary of the foundation in 673AD

Lot 143

1977 Silver Jubilee pin dish, engraved cut glass dish with hallmarked silver rim, 8cm diameter

Lot 144

Silver plated glass lined serving table tray 28x8cm

Lot 147

pair of silver candlesticks 11cm tall

Lot 148

silver ashtray and silver stick handle

Lot 149

silver hallmarked sugar shaker 22cm tall

Lot 156

Box of Costume Jewellery including 2 silver rings

Lot 158

3 silver chains (approx 30gms), murano glass pendant necklace and box with a couple of costume items, small brass box with about 6 silver jubilee coins

Lot 180

Two silver pocket watches - One "Acme Lever" H.Samuel Manchester , the other Hallmarked with glass missing.

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