Pair: Sergeant G. Ripley, Royal Horse Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (George Ripley. I. Troop R.H.A.) Regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, French issue (Serjt. G. Ripley. R.H.A.) impressed naming, mounted for wear from an attractive T. B. Bailey, Cheltenham, silver brooch bar (lacking pin), heavy contact marks and polishing, about fine (2) £300-£400 --- George Ripley was born at Escrick, Yorkshire, in 1826 and attested at Kingston upon Hull for the Royal Horse Artillery on 18 March 1848, and served in Crimea for 2 years 6 months with “I” Troop, under the command of Captain G. A. Maude. Attached to the cavalry division under General Lord Lucas, “I” Troop had the privilege of firing the first salvoes of the campaign; were present at the affair of the Bulganak; and, together with “C” Troop, were the only men of the Royal Horse Artillery to qualify for all four clasps. Transferred to “A” Battery at Aldershot, Surrey, Ripley enjoyed steady advancement to Battery Sergeant Major before discharge at Maidstone on 6 April 1869. Sold with copied research.
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Three: General W. C. F. Gosling, Royal Horse Artillery, late Turkish Contingent and Madras Horse Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. W. C. F. Gosling, F. Tp. H Bde. Madras Art.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fourth class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, the first mounted on ornate contemporary wearing brooch, the second and third mounted together on a larger foliate design brooch, contact marks to Mutiny Medal, this nearly very fine, the Ottoman awards good very fine (3) £700-£900 --- William Clarke Francis Gosling was born in Bath, Somerset, on 9 August 1822. He joined the Army of the Honourable East India Company and was appointed to a commission in the Madras Artillery on 11 June 1840. He was raised Lieutenant on 31 December 1842, Brevet Captain on 11 June 1855, and Captain on 9 October 1856. Gosling was employed in the Crimean Campaign of 1855-56, subsequent to the fall of Sebastopol, for which service he obtained the Order of Medjidie 4th Class and the Turkish Crimea medal whilst Assistant Adjutant General in the Turkish Contingent. Gosling witnessed further service with General Whitelock’s Field Force in Bundelcund, being present at the Battle of Banda on 19 April 1858, and the affair at Jheengan. He was further promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 11 February 1865, Lieutenant-General on 12 May 1882, and General in 1883. He died at Folkestone on 14 June 1885. Sold with copied research.
A scarce Honourable East India Company M.S.M. pair awarded to Sergeant-Major W. Wilson, Madras European Veterans, late Madras Native Infantry and Madras Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Serjt. Major W, Wilson, 19th. Madras N.I.) with top silver riband buckle; Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., H.E.I.C. issue (Serjt. W. Wilson Eur: Vets.) with top silver riband buckle, minor edge nicks, very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- William Wilson was born around 1816 and attested at London on 12 September 1836 for unlimited service with the Army of the Honourable East India Company. A former plasterer, Wilson was sent on 16 September 1836 to the recruit depot at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and assigned to the Madras Artillery. Embarking for India aboard the Bombay on 13 May 1837, he was initially appointed Gunner, Horse Brigade, Madras Artillery, and is later recorded in the muster of 1 January 1854 as Sergeant with the 3rd Madras Artillery. Transferred as Sergeant-Major to the Madras Effective Supernumeraries (Unattached List) on 31 May 1854, Wilson served during the Indian Mutiny with the 19th Madras Native Infantry in Central India under Major-General Whitlock. Remanded back to the Madras Artillery on 25 September 1858, having failed to qualify for the duties required of him by rank under General Order Commander in Chief, Wilson transferred to the Madras European Veterans at Pallaveram, appearing on the annual musters from January 1862 to January 1881 as Sergeant, No. 2774. Awarded the Indian Army M.S.M., with annuity of up to £20, Wilson died from disease of the bladder and prostate on 14 July 1881, after almost 45 years of service to the H.E.I.C. Sold with copied research.
Three: Captain A. W. Bremner, Master of the Guion Mail Steamer Nevada Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Mr. A. W. Bremner, “Nevada”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, both with contemporary top silver brooch bars; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 1st type large silver medal, 73mm, glazed as issued with frosted finish (Capt. A. W. Bremner of the Guion Mail Steamer “Nevada” 24th Dec. 1884) contained in its damaged presentation case, generally nearly extremely fine and rare (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Arthur Wellesley Bremner was Master of the M.V. Nevada, hired by the British Government as a Transport Vessel during the Egyptian War of 1882. One hundred and five such vessels were hired during the war, only the Master of the ship being eligible for the medal; consequently each medal is therefore unique for that vessel. Captain Bremner was awarded Lloyd’s Silver Medal ‘as an honorary acknowledgement of his extraordinary exertions on the occasion of the fire on board the Nevada in October 1884 on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.’ The date inscribed on the medal relates to the entry in the Committee Minutes Book in relation to the letter received by the Committee from the London Provincial Marine Insurance Co., dated 11 December, respecting the Captain of the Nevada. The fire on the S.S. Nevada ‘The first outbreak occurred on 15 October, about 475 miles from Queenstown. It broke out among cotton and hops in the steerage deck amidships leading to the forward stoke-hole. The captain immediately ordered the main hatches to be taken off and the cargo to be shifted for the purpose of getting at the fire. The work was continued with very great difficulty until two o'clock on the following morning, when all the fire that could be got at from the forward end was extinguished. He then closed the main hatches, and lifting the after ones, passed two branches down. The men had to go about 60 feet from the hatch along the deck before getting to the fire; but they succeeded in doing this, and after about three hours’ hard battling managed to subdue it. This all happened on the starboard side of the vessel only, and the port side was apparently cool and all right. After this the men were engaged until noon of Thursday, 16 October, lifting the smouldering bales and throwing them overboard. At two o'clock on that afternoon fire was discovered in the bales on the port side. They struggled with it until six in the evening, when they were driven out by the smoke, which was very thick, and then, as a last resource, the captain was obliged to batten all down and turn on the steam jets. He also had water poured in through some holes he had had cut in the ion deck, immediately above the burning bales, and eventually cooled the ship down. On the Wednesday afternoon all engaged in extinguishing the fire suffered terribly from the smoke, and some officers and seamen became unconscious. Captain Bremner himself was three times in that state, and it required the united efforts of the ship’s surgeon and a lady nurse who was a passenger on board to bring him to by artificial respiration. When the upper-deck hatches were battened down the smoke was driven into the coal-bunkers through the coaling-hatches, which were on the same deck as the fire, thus making it extremely difficult for the trimmers to get coal, and the engineers had themselves to enter the bunkers for the purpose of encouraging the men. Captain Bremner spoke in the highest terms of the behaviour of all ranks on board during that anxious time. He also expressed his gratitude to the passengers for their orderly behaviour and their valuable assistance. Captain Shaw, of the Metropolitan Fire Birgade, who carried out the subsequent investigation, added that he had thoroughly investigated all the circumstances connected with the fire, and he considered that the whole proceeding, after the first alarm was raised, was a most satisfactory example of the highest qualities which could distinguish the commander of a vessel and his crew. They seemed to have shown a perfect combination of energy, skill, discipline, courage, persistency, and endurance, and to present a noble example for all persons who found themselves suddenly called upon to deal with frightful difficulties. Captain Bremner, having shaken hands with the various officers, said he should always look back to the eulogistic terms used by Captain Shaw on that occasion as among the happiest recollections of his life.’ (The Star, Guernsey, 13 November 1884 refers). Fewer than 50 of these large silver medals were awarded between 1837 and December 1896, when the small silver medal was introduced. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Ordinary Seaman H. E. Dye, H.M.S. Terrible, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. E. Dye, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (H. E. Dye, Ord., H.M.S. Terrible.); together with the recipient’s Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1899-1900, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1902) and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade, H. E. Dye, South Africa 1899-1900; North China 1900’, mounted from a fob chain, light blue enamel lacking from last, minor edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Herbert Ernest Dye was born at Tidal Basin, London, on 19 March 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 24 July 1898. He was posted to H.M.S. Terrible on 5 September 1899, and served with them as part of the Naval Brigade in South Africa and China. He was promoted Able Seaman on 14 April 1901, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 June 1905. He was discharged, time expired, on 18 March 1911.
Five: Engineer Commander P. M. Kelt, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, who survived the loss of the S.S. Aden in June 1897, spending 17 days on the wreck, and later received his Transport Medal from the hands of H.M. King Edward VII Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (P. Mc.L. Kelt.); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Peter Mc.L. Kelt.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911; Persia, Empire, Order of the Lion and the Sun, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked but most likely of French manufacture, mounted for wear, lightly polished, very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Peter McLaren Kelt was born in Musselburgh on 22 May 1871 and joined the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He was serving as 4th Engineer in the S.S. Aden when, on the night of 8-9 June, en route from Yokohama to London, she struck a submerged reef off the island of Socotra at the southern entrance to the Red Sea during a heavy gale. Various lifeboats were got away, but these were all smashed and lost, and after the Captain had been washed overboard, Kelt became the senior surviving Officer. The remaining survivors, 36 crew and 9 passengers, then spent 17 days on the stricken wreck, during which time they subsisted partly on Barcelona nuts and suffered great hardships, before they were rescued by the Royal Indian Marine’s S.S. Mayo and conveyed to Aden. Kelt qualified for his Transport Medal as 3rd Engineer in the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s Simla, receiving his Medal from H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace on 4 November 1903. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve as an Engineer on 15 January 1903, and was promoted Senior Engineer (subsequently redesignated Engineer Lieutenant-Commander) on 18 July 1914. He was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1916 (London Gazette 4 January 1916), and transferred to the Retired List with the rank of Engineer Commander in January 1920. He was awarded the Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun in June 1920 (receiving Restricted Permission to wear in on 24 June 1920), and died in Edinburgh on 2 August 1949. Sold with copied research, including various newspaper cuttings.
A Lloyd’s Meritorious Service Medal pair awarded to 2nd Engineer A. Charters, Mercantile Marine Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (A. Charters); Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service, 1st issue, bronze star, unnamed as issue, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2011. Alexander Charters served as 2nd Engineer Officer aboard the Cunard steamship Pavonia, 5,588 tons. Employed on the Liverpool-Boston service, she suffered damage due to a severe gale on 3 February 1899 which caused her boilers to be dislodged from their mountings. With a complete loss of power the ship drifted helplessly for 11 days until she was taken in tow by the Wolfiston who brought her to the sheltered waters of the Azores. There she was patched up and eventually made it back to Liverpool where she was repaired. Having been laid down in 1881, the Pavonia was deemed suitable for disposal by Cunard but this was delayed by the Boer War and her final two voyages before going to the scrap yard in 1900 were made carrying troops to and from South Africa. For their actions in saving both life and ship during the incident of February 1899, the Captain and some of the officers of the ship were awarded medals by the Mercantile Marine Service Association and the Corporation of Lloyd’s. Captain Aitken of the Pavonia received the M.M.S.A. Illuminated Address and the Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life in silver with certificate; Chief Officer Taylor received the M.M.S.A. Silver Medal and the Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service in Bronze with certificate; Chief Engineer Duncan received the M.M.S.A. Silver Medal and the Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life in silver with certificate, and 1st Officer Firth, 2nd Officer Bryce, 2nd Engineer Officer Charters and 3rd Engineer Officer Bain were each awarded the Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service in Bronze. Charters was also awarded the Transport Medal for service aboard the same ship in transporting soldiers to and from South Africa, 1899-1900. Sold with copied research.
Four: Driver A. H. Elphick, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (24335 Dvr. A. H. Elphick. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (24335 Dvr. A. H. Elphick. R.A.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine Three: Gunner W. McGuire, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (35150 Dvr. W. McGuire. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (35150 Gnr. W. McGuire. R.A.) very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Alfred H. Elphick attested into the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914. William McGuire attested into the Royal Field Artillery on 22 August 1904 and served during the Great War with the 44th Brigade on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He was discharged as a consequence of wounds on 28 July 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 175712. The clasp to his 1914 Star is confirmed on his Medal Index Card.
Three: Sapper A. H. Andrews, Royal Engineers 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (9998 Sapr: A. H. Andrews. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (9998 Spr. A. H. Andrews. R.E.) very fine Three: Private H. Day, Army Service Corps 1914 Star (M-27749 Pte. H. Day. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M-27749 Pte. H. Day. A.S.C.) some polishing, good fine (6) £80-£100 --- Alfred Harold Andrews attested into the Royal Engineers and served with the 9th Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. The award of the clasp to his 1914 Star is confirmed on his Medal Index Card. Henry Day, a tractor engine driver from Swindon, Wiltshire, attested into the Army Service Corps on 2 July 1909. He served during the Great War with the 5th Ammunition Park on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 until 21 October 1914, before returning to the U.K. due to a fracture of his left ulna. Afterwards serving at home, he was discharged due to sickness on 28 December 1915 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 233,593.
Five: Trumpet Major W. N. L. Pardoe, Royal Horse Artillery 1914 Star (29878 Tptr: W. N. L. Pardoe. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (29878 Dvr. W. N. L. Pardoe. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (29878 Tptr. W. N. L Pardoe. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1019768 Tptr. W. N. L. Pardoe. R.H.A.) contact marks and wear, nearly very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Wilfred Noel Lloyd Pardoe was born in Weedon, Northamptonshire, on 20 February 1889. Following in the footsteps of his father, he attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Weedon on 23 April 1903, and was appointed Trumpeter on 9 January 1907. Sent initially to India with “T” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, he transferred to “N” Battery at Ambala and witnessed the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Sent to “W” Battery on 30 November 1913, Pardoe returned home to England on 3 September 1914 with Askwith’s Brigade, 2nd Indian Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Later posted to “V” Battery, he disembarked at Marseilles on 7 November 1914 and fought at Bellewaarde and Hooge, the latter involving the enemy use of flame throwers for the first time. Transferred with “V” Battery to Mesopotamia in June 1916, Pardoe was awarded the Army L.S.G.C. Medal in October 1921, and was discharged in the rank of Trumpet Major on 22 February 1929. Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service, which adds: ‘exemplary conduct. Smart, honest, sober, hardworking and in every way reliable and trustworthy. For the past four years has been employed as Trumpet Major in charge of boys, and would make a useful marshal or caretaker in any big school.’
A scarce 'underage Casualty' 1914 Star group of three awarded to Private J. Guthrie, Royal Highlanders, who was shot in the thigh by a concealed sniper as he made his way from a rest area back to front line trenches in the prelude to the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Apparently aged just 16 years at the time of his wound, Guthrie would be one of the youngest soldiers entitled to the 1914 Star and a fine example of a young man who withheld his true age from the military authorities in order to have the opportunity to fight alongside his pals 1914 Star (1846 Pte. J. Guthrie. 1/5 R.Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1846 Pte. J. Guthrie. R. Highrs.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘40051’, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- James Guthrie appears to have been born in Arbroath in the first quarter of 1899, the fifth child of Robert Guthrie of 20 Green Street, Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland. Described in the Arbroath Guide of 3 April 1915 as a 'young student from Arbroath High School', Guthrie attested for the 5th Battalion, The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch) on 9 February 1914, spending two weeks at camp from 18 July 1914 to 2 August 1914. Surviving attestation documents state his declared age as 17 years --- months, but this contrasts markedly with contemporary newspaper reports and the 1901 Census for Scotland which records his year of birth as 'about 1899' - and in 1897, his mother was rather busy giving birth to his elder brother Alexander. Posted to France on 1 November 1914, Guthrie was attached to “F” Company and served 125 days overseas alongside the men from his home town. On 6 March 1915, his war came to a sudden halt when he received a sniper's bullet to the thigh in the run-up to the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. The Arbroath Herald of 12 March 1915 offers a little more detail: 'Mr Robert Guthrie, 20 Green Street, has received a letter from his son, Private James Guthrie, of the 5th Black Watch, stating that he has been wounded in the calf of the leg on the 3rd inst... Private Guthrie is in hospital at Clacton on Sea, and states he is doing well. At the time he was hit he saw two other members of the battalion injured - one in the forearm and the other in the head. The latter, he states, belonged to Montrose, and has died of his wounds. Private Guthrie is only 16 years of age and was one of the first to join the Arbroath High School Section of the Battalion.’ Having seemingly enjoyed a birthday, Guthrie went on to catch the attention of the Arbroath Guide a few weeks later on 3 April 1915: 'Private Guthrie, as we have mentioned before, is only 17 years of age. His friends hope that, having 'done his bit,' and even more than his bit, in the trenches for months, he may have a prolonged furlough.’ It appears that whilst recovering, James Guthrie developed a close friendship with the novelist W. J. Locke. He returned home to Arbroath and was finally discharged no longer fit for war service on 2 November 1915, the bullet wound to the right hip/thigh (the exact placement of the wound being contentious) ending his service. His medical records note one leg slightly longer than the other, a tilted pelvis and a limp. Sold with a small white metal golfing fob, named ‘A. H. S., J. G. 1913’ - likely an award to the recipient from his school.
Four: Surgeon Commander W. N. Blatchford, Royal Navy, who was landed from H.M.S. Sutlej following the Messina Earthquake in December 1908, one of the first surgeons to work ashore as part of the relief operations 1914-15 Star (St. Surg. W. N. Blatchford, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. W. N. Blatchford. R.N.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- William Nichols Blatchford was appointed a Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 21 November 1902. First appointed to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, he joined his first ship H.M.S. Empress of India on 21 July 1903, and subsequently joined H.M.S. Triumph on 21 June 1904 on commissioning. Appointed to Victory Barracks on 17 May 1906, and to H.M.S. Vivid at Devonport on 12 May 1908, he shortly after joined H.M.S. Sutlej and it was from this ship that he was landed ashore to assist with the disaster relief efforts following the Messina Earthquake. Angels in Blue Jackets by J. W. Wilson and R. Perkins gives the following details: ‘Blatchford was one of the first Surgeons to work ashore at Messina and therefore particularly deserving of recognition. Did not receive an Italian Order, possibly because he was sent subsequently on a course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich when H.M.S. Sutlej decommissioned and was therefore overlooked.’ Blatchford was appointed to H.M.S. Donegal on 9 March 1909, and in October the same year came ashore to complete a three-month Hospital course. After further service ashore he was appointed to H.M.S. Argyll on 27 February 1912, and prior to the outbreak of the Great War he was serving at the Royal Marine Depot at Deal. Appointed to H.M.S. Juno on 1 August 1914, the ship was deployed to the Persian Gulf shortly after. His service record is noted on 12 September 1915: ‘The Captain, H.M.S. Juno says Staff Surgeon Blatchford has had a great deal of work to do tending the wounded since arrival, during which time he has shown marked zeal and ability.’ This is almost certainly a reference to the action at Bushire, when the Turks attacked British positions there and a landing party from H.M.S. Juno assisted in fighting off the attack. In October 1916 his Commanding Officer wrote: ‘He does excellent work as Medical Officer with great zeal in most trying times of great heat and has been the means of saving many lives last August, he has been landed on active service under very heavy fire.’ Appointed to H.M.S. Penelope on 9 October 1917, Blatchford came ashore on 18 February 1918 and was promoted Surgeon Commander. He continued to serve until placed on the Retired List on 23 October 1924, and died in Bournemouth in April 1952. Sold with copied research.
Family Group: Three: Driver W. Borthwick, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (83066. Dvr. W. Borthwick. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (83066 Dvr. W. Borthwick. R.A.) extremely fine Three: Sapper J. Borthwick, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (47122 Spr: J. Borthwick. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (47122 Spr. J. Borthwick. R.E.) extremely fine The British War Medal awarded to Gunner P. Borthwick, Canadian Field Artillery, who was killed during an enemy air raid, conducted by Zepplin L14 on Otterpool Camp, Kent, on 15 October 1915 British War Medal 1914-20 (86397 Gnr. P. Borthwick. C.F.A.) extremely fine (7) £120-£160 --- Walter Borthwick, a painter from Hawick, Roxburghshire, attested in to the Royal Field Artillery on 8 January 1915, for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 30 July 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 13 March 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 468611. John Borthwick, brother of the above, a mason from Hawick, Roxburghshire, attested into the Royal Engineers on 3 September 1914, for service during the Great War, stating 14 years’ previous service with the Border Regiment. Pringle Borthwick, brother of the above, attested into the Canadian Field Artillery for service during the Great War and was killed during an enemy air raid, conducted by Zepplin L14 on Otterpool Camp, Kent, on 15 October 1915. He is buried Hawick (Wilton) Cemetery. Sold together with copied research and a copy of the proceedings of a Court of Inquiry presided over by Major A. Ripley, 20th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, which names Pringle Borthwick as one of eight fatalities as a result of an enemy air raid.
Three: Acting Corporal H. Yelland, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (18405 Pte. H. Yelland. R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (18405 A.Cpl. H. Yelland. R.W. Fus.) edge bruise to VM, very fine Three: Private T. Shaipton, Monmouthshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (3443 Pte. T. Shaipton, Monmouth. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3443 Pte. T. Shaipton. Monmouth. R.) good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Herbert Yelland attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 May 1915. He was demobilised on 27 February 1919. Thomas Shaipton attested for the Monmouthshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1915, being awarded a Silver War Badge.
Four: Corporal G. Kirby, Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (16887 L. Cpl. G. Kirby. Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16687 Cpl. G. Kirby. Glouc. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (George Kirby) star gilded, verdigris spots on SCLSM, otherwise very fine Three: Private H. E. Trodd, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (18098 Pte. H. E. Trodd. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (18098 Pte. H. E. Trodd. Hamps. R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (7) £60-£80 --- George Kirby attested into the Gloucestershire Regiment for service during the Great War and served with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front from 20 September 1915. He saw later service with the 2nd Battalion and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 30 July 1919. Harold Eli Trodd attested into the Hampshire Regiment on 31 May 1915 for service during the Great War and served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion from 1 December 1915. He saw later service with the 1st Battalion and was discharged as a consequence of wounds on 12 March 1917 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 145921.
Pair: Private E. Crabbtree, 10th Hussars British War and Victory Medals (68769 Pte. E. Crabbtree. 10-Hrs.) good fine Pair: Private H. Sawkins, Hamphire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (1878 Pte. H. Sawkins. Hamps. Yeo.) very fine Pair: Private E. Dunford, Hampshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (1116 Pte. E. Dunford. Hamps. Yeo.) very fine (6) £90-£120 --- Herbert Sawkins attested into the Hampshire Yeomanry for service during the Great War and saw further service with the Hampshire Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps. He was disembodied on 28 February 1919. Roger Edward Dunford attested into the Hampshire Yeomanry on 14 September 1914 for service during the Great War. He was discharged due to sickness on 10 July 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 222,212.
Pair: Captain C. S. C. Boulter, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. C. Boulter) slight edge bruise to VM, otherwise very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant J. P. Cotton, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. P. Cotton.) very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant J. A. Hill, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. A. Hill.) very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Cyril Stanley Carr Boulter was born in London in 1882. He attested into the Royal Field Artillery for service during the Great War. His Medal Index Card states that he served on the Western Front from October 1915, yet he was not entitled to a 1914-15 Star. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.45763. Joseph Preston Cotton, a bank clerk from Sunderland, attested into the 26th (Banker’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and served on the Western Front from 4 June 1916. He was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry on 26 June 1917 and subsequently received a gunshot wound to the head. He died in Newcastle upon Tyne on 28 November 1959. John Austin Hill, from Hull, Yorkshire, was commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 August 1918.
Pair: Acting Sergeant A. F. Cumming, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in North Russia British War and Victory Medals (300373 A. Sjt. A. F. Cumming. R.A.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, officially numbered 'B75988', good very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Archibald Ferguson Cumming was born at Oban in 1898 and served with the 4th Highland Mountain Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War in North Russia. A typed biography, written by the recipient’s son and included with the lot, states:
‘In 1917, they were part of, what my father called, “Churchill's lost expedition”. On 4 November 1918, Dad was in a forward trench spotting for the Artillery. There was a burst of machine-gun fire, a bullet entered the left side of his face, through his tongue, ricocheted off a partial denture on the right side of his face and out. The original burst of fire had blown off 2 fingers from his left hand which had been holding the field telephone.’ Sold with a photograph of the recipient wearing his medals in later life; and copied research.
Pair: Private F. Crockett, 14th (Swansea) Battalion, Welch Regiment, later Lancashire Fusiliers, who was wounded in action during one of the final large-scale attacks of the Great War British War and Victory Medals (78681 Pte. F. Crockett. Welsh R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Frederick Crockett attested for the 3rd Battalion, Welch Regiment on 30 September 1916. Transferred to the 14th Battalion, he took part in the final major engagement of the Welch Division on 4 November 1918 which aimed to continue the push east and capture vast tracts of enemy-held territory around the French commune of Locquignol. The attack proved a considerable success, the Division capturing 500 prisoners, 35 guns, and securing the last intact bridge across the River Sambre at Berlaimont, but stubborn German resistance and well-placed machine-gun nests caused heavy casualties. Receiving a gunshot wound the following day, Crockett was evacuated to the 59th Casualty Clearing Station at Awoingt, and spent over a month under treatment in hospital. He was awarded a Silver War Badge on 9 May 1919. Discharged on Christmas Eve 1918, Crockett returned home to 16, Cross Cliff, Glosesh, Derbyshire. He later returned to the Colours with the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, from 8 November 1921 to November 1929, and was at some point raised Corporal (No. 3438947). Sold with an attractive approximately A5-sized colour certificate of discharge from the Lancashire Fusiliers, mounted upon card.
A Naval Good Shooting Medal with Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Chief Petty Officer R. Evans, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (181765 R. Evans. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (181765 Richard Evans, P.O., H.M.S. Drake.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (181765 R. Evans, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Formidable. 1904 6 in. B.L.) with Second Award Bar ‘H.M.S. “Hindustan” 1914. 12” B.L.’, mounted as worn together with two related shooting awards, ‘The Whitehead Challenge Cup’, silver and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1906, crossed revolver suspension from enamelled bar inscribed ‘Bisley’, enamelled top suspension bar inscribed ‘Navy’ and silver ribbon bar with enamelled wreath and date ‘1906’; and S.M.R.C. silver shooting medal, hallmarks for Birmingham 1942, reverse inscribed ‘Summer League 1942 12th Div. R. Evans. P.C.R.C.’, very fine and better (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Richard Evans was born in Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, on 2 February 1878, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 16 October 1894. He served in H.M.S. Formidable from 10 October 1901 to 14 August 1904, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 4 January 1903. He was awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Meal in 1910, before joining H.M.S. Hindustan on 17 February 1914, and was advanced Chief Petty Officer on 1 December 1914. He was shore discharged, on reduction of the Fleet, on 19 June 1922
Six: Captain I. W. Beatty, Indian Army India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (2-Lt. I. W. Beatty. 31 Lancers); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (Lieut. I. W. Beatty.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks and a little polished, otherwise very fine or better (lot) £700-£900 --- Ivan Wakefield Beatty was born in Painstown, Co. Meath in November 1895, the son of Surgeon-General T. B. Beatty, late Indian Medical Service, and a younger brother of the future Major-General G. A. H. Beatty, K.C.B., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O and Bar. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in April 1918, Beatty was embarked for India in early 1919 and joined the Indian Cavalry, and was quickly employed in the Third Afghan War as a subaltern in the 31st Lancers. Of his subsequent service during the North-West Persia operations in August-December 1920, he was most probably employed on the lines of communication in the Guides Cavalry, for it was in the latter corps that he served as a Squadron Officer prior to resigning his commission as a Captain in the early 1930s. Re-employed in the 1939-45 War as a Garrison Company Commander, he died in the Seychelles in September 1969. Sold with a large quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s commission warrant for the rank of Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, Indian Army, but the vast majority of the archive appertaining to the life and times of his father, Surgeon-General T. B. Beatty, Indian Medical Service, with numerous vellum medical diplomas and certificates, among them Royal College of Surgeon appointments, commission warrants (4 - from ‘Surgeon in the Service of the East India Company’, dated in November 1851, through to that of Surgeon-Major, dated in May 1871), his official statement of services, numerous letters, etc., together with other family documentation, including further correspondence, birth, death and marriage certificates, typed family tree, wax seals, etc., and a photograph album. A most interesting archive worthy of further research. Sold also with a Second World War group of three comprising 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; and War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, together with the related miniature awards, as awarded to another member of the Beatty family; and a fine quality silver presentation key inscribed, ‘The Sir William Birdwood Ward, Datia, Opened by Major. Genl. G. A. H. Beatty, C.B., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., 1929’, 150mm. overall length. Thomas Berkeley Beatty was born in November 1827, qualified in medicine in 1851, and entered the service of the Honourable East India Company as an Assistant-Surgeon later in the same year. He does not appear to have witnessed any active service, but rose to the rank of Surgeon-General and was placed on the Retired List in March 1885. He died at Monkstown, Ireland in November 1916. Guy Archibald Hastings Beatty was born in Poona in June 1870, where his father was then serving as a Surgeon-Major, and after being educated back home at Charterhouse, was commissioned in the Royal Irish Regiment. In 1892, however, he transferred to the Indian Army, gaining an appointment in the 9th Bengal Lancers, with whom he served on the North West Frontier 1897-98 and in the Boxer Rebellion, but it was for his subsequent services as C.O. of 9th Hodson’s Horse in France 1914-17 that he won his D.S.O. & Bar. Having then commanded the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade in Egypt, he witnessed further active service in Persia and Transcaspia in 1919, and was awarded the C.M.G. and the 1st Class Order of the Golden Star of Bokhara, to which distinctions he added the C.S.I. for services in 75th Brigade in Mesopotamia in 1920-21. Next appointed Colonel Commandant of the 1st Indian Cavalry Brigade, and awarded the C.B. in 1923, Beatty was latterly Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian State Forces 1927-31, and promoted to K.C.B. on his retirement in the latter year. He died in Devon in May 1954.
Five: Sapper W. T. Hawkins, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (1984623 Spr. W. T. Hawkins. R.E.); together with R.A.O.B. Jewels, both silver-gilt and enamel, the first with suspension crudely re-affixed and engraved ‘Br. William T. Hawkins Welsh Border Lodge No.905 , 1st. Deg. 22-2-49, 2nd. Deg. 28-2-51, Exalted 27-10-54’; the second engraved ‘Presented to Bro. W. T. Hawkins C.P., Welsh Border Lodge No.906, for services rendered as Secretary, 27th. Feb. 1953’, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better and scarce to unit (7) £120-£160 --- William T. Hawkins attested for the Royal Monmouthshire Roya Engineers (Militia), and served with them during the Second World War. Captured and taken Prisoner of War, he was held at Stalag 20A at Thorn Podgorz. Sold with four postcard photographs, the majority sent home by the recipient from his Prisoner of War camp.
Family Group: Four: Corporal J. Godfrey, Royal Air Force, who was Mentioned in Despatches on 2 June 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Under-Secretary of State for Air enclosure and named ‘ticker-tape’ section, with 3 R.A.F. lapel badges, campaign awards in named cardboard box of issue, addressed to ‘J. Godfrey Esq. 72 Radbourne Street, Derby’, extremely fine Four: E. C. Godfrey, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card board box of issue, addressed to ‘Ernest Carlton Godfrey, 68 Radbourne Street, Derby. England. R.A.S.C. Army.’, extremely fine One: R. W. Godfrey, Auxiliary Fire Service Defence Medal, with Home Secretary enclosure, A.F.S. lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘68508’, and pair of A.F.S. sterling silver cuff links, campaign awards in named cardboard box of issue, addressed to ‘R. W. Godfrey, 68 Radbourne Street, Derby’, extremely fine (lot) (9) £280-£340 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 2 June 1943.
Four: Signalman J. R. Condie, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when H.M.C.S. Spikenard was torpedoed by U-136 and sank south of Iceland on 10 February 1942 1939-45 Star, this a slightly later issue; Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (J. R. Condie Signalman. R.C.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James Ritchie Condie was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 23 January 1923 and enlisted there for the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in May 1940. He served during the Second World War as a Signalman in the corvette H.M.C.S. Spikenard, but was killed in action when that ship, as part of Convoy SC.67 en route from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Londonderry, was torpedoed by U-136 and sank south of Iceland on 10 February 1942, with the loss of 57 lives. There were only 8 survivors. Condie is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Canada. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient and copied research. Note: The first 5,000 or so Canadian Memorial Crosses issued to Canadian personnel who died during the Second World War were from residual Great War stock, bearing George V’s cypher ‘GRI’; subsequent issues bore George VI’s cypher ‘GviR’.
Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Watts, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with replacement silver clip and ring suspension, small collector’s number ‘1096’ impressed on edge by, naming a little rubbed and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby, April 1880. Joseph Watts was born in the Parish of Inkpen, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 15th Hussars at Abergavenny on 18 March 1800, for unlimited service at the age of seventeen. He was discharged at Ipswich on 19 January 1819, on reduction of the regiment, after 21 years and 30 days’ service, his conduct being described as ‘very good and excellent in every respect.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Waterloo 1815 (Charles Day, 1st. Batt. 52nd. Reg. Foot.) re-engraved naming, fitted with replacement silver clip and small ring suspension, scratch to obverse field, heavy contact marks, fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles Day attested for the 52nd Regiment of Foot and served in Captain Charles Diggle’s Company during the Waterloo campaign of 16-18 June 1815.
Hyderabad 1843 (Asst. Apoty. Peter Cameron 1st. T.H.A.) fitted with original silver clip and straight bar suspension, edge nicks, very fine and rare to rank £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013. Peter Cameron was born in Bombay on 19 January 1817, the son of Duncan Cameron, proprietor of the Bombay Hotel and Tavern. Baptised on 16 February 1817 by the Reverend N. Wade, the absence of his mother’s name in the register indicates she was likely of Indian heritage - a not uncommon oversight at that time. Joining the Army around 1832, it appears that Cameron took advantage of the formal scheme to train apothecaries, largely borne of boys from the Upper and Lower Orphan Schools, designed to raise a staff of Compounders, Dressers, Apothecaries and Sub Surgeons in the Medical Departments of the Presidency. Qualifying Assistant Apothecary on 11 September 1838, Cameron served a short while with the Scinde Frontier Force, before transferring to the 2nd Bombay European Regiment in 1840. Subsequently attached to the 1st Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, he accompanied the Troop during the First Afghan War of 1842 and was present at the Battle of Hyderabad on 24 March 1843 in the Scinde War. Here, crossing the nullahs with sweeping discharges, the Horse Artillery created fearful havoc amongst the dense masses of the Beloochee army. Such was the proximity of the gunners to the enemy that a Beloochee standard was taken by the 1st Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, most gallantly captured by Trumpeter Martin Phelan just as the Battery was coming into action. Promoted Steward on 18 February 1843, Cameron returned to the European Regiment and was raised Apothecary on 2 May 1846 with H.M.s 28th Regiment of Foot. He served in 1850 with the 22nd Regiment of Foot and in 1851 with the 86th Regiment of Foot. In 1853, Cameron was appointed Medical in Charge H.C. (Honourable Company) Agency in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat, Oman. He followed this role with a position tending to the needs of the 83rd Regiment. Retired on 1 May 1857, Cameron outlived both his wife and young child. He is shown on the pension roll as permitted to reside in Poona. Sold with copied research.
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Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Gunner Thomas Lucus [sic] 2d. Troop 3d. Brigade Horse Artillery) with adapted silver hinged ball and straight bar suspension, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Thomas Lucas was born in the Parish of Drumcliff, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, around 1819. A tailor by profession, he enlisted at Limerick for unlimited service with the Army of the Honourable East India Company on 20 June 1839, sailing for India aboard Repulse shortly thereafter. Lucas was present at the Battles of Maharajpoor, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon, the Passage of Chenab and Ramnagar on 3-4 December 1848, Chilianwala and Goojerat - he also further served in the Rohilcund campaign. This included the action at Bugawalla, the capture and destruction of Najibabad, the Battle of Nagina, the relief of Moradabad, and the relief of the garrison at Shahjehanpore. Raised Farrier Sergeant, Lucas was discharged at Woolwich from 4th Division Royal Artillery Depot Brigade on 23 April 1863. In possession of five good conduct badges, the recipient’s Army Service Record notes a pension of 2 shillings per day and his intended place of residence as 5, Bellvue, Grand Canal, Dublin. Sold with copied research.
A most interesting Indian Mutiny medal awarded to William Green, Medical Staff Corps, who nursed Florence Nightingale at Scutari when taken with fever, and latterly was with the Shannon's Naval Brigade at Lucknow where he states he was wounded by a ‘slug’ in the arm Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (1st Class Ordy. Wm. Green, Med. Staff Corps) fitted with contemporary T. B. Bailey Coventry silver ribbon brooch, suspension claw re-affixed, polished overall, otherwise nearly very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- William Green was born at St. Luke, Islington, London, circa 1838, the son of James Green. He attested into the Medical Staff Corps in September 1855 with the service number 316. The Medical Staff Corps was improvised in haste to alleviate the dire medical facilities that existed during the Crimea campaign. In August 1856, Judge Advocate General Charles Pelham Villiers declared the Corps illegal and inadmissible, as the word ‘Corps’ was not in the statutes raised by Parliament, and that all M.S.C. ranks were not recognised. The medical services were revised under a new Royal Warrant and named the Army Hospital Corps, although the M.S.C. continued in various guises until 1860. The Muster Rolls for the Medical Staff Corps [WO 12/19010-19015] confirm that Green sailed on the steam vessel Thames with the second draft of the M.S.C. which left Chatham on 24 October and arrived at Scutari on 12 November 1855. It consisted of 1 steward, 4 assistant stewards, 8 assistant ward-masters and 147 orderlies. On arrival at Scutari, Green served under Florence Nightingale before going to the Balaklava hospital on 27 November where he transported the sick and wounded. He was placed in charge of the Recruit hospital on the front line as a First Class Assistant, before returning to Scutari where he nursed Florence Nightingale when she taken ill with fever, then remaining there for the duration of the war. Green was not entitled to the Crimean medals, arriving too late for qualification. Intriguingly, the Florence Nightingale Museum holds a letter from Florence Nightingale to William Green dated 4 December 1899, although it is neither written nor signed in Florence Nightingale's hand. The Collection's Manager states that in later life Florence Nightingale was bedridden, being afflicted by blindness and depression and relied on several assistants to whom she dictated a response to the many letters she received. The museum confirms the letter to be genuine and is one of those hastily dictated replies, later rewritten by her assistants in a more legible hand, with the original dictated letter filed in their collection. It reads: ‘My poor brave friend, We feel so sorry for you and we grieve with you. But it is giving glory to God, as I know you feel, to suffer as you do for him. He is bearing your burden for you... and blessing you,’ and continues that she plans to send him a book or two which she thinks he will like, ending with ‘Your sincere friend, Full of respect – F. Nightingale’. Green returned to England and served short periods in Ireland and Aldershot before being sent out to India during the first quarter of 1858. He was firstly sent up country with that ‘memorable party of sailors who volunteered for land service under Captain Peel of the Shannon who dragged their guns many a hundred miles by forced marches both day and night.’ His work of mercy then took him to Delhi, and his later experiences with the gallant sailors brought him hard work and dreadful sights at Lucknow. Green also had to do his time in the trenches and once, while dressing wounds in the field before Lucknow, received a ‘slug’ in the arm [not found in casualty lists]. On another occasion the rebel cavalry came near to cutting off the medical staff, but he managed to escape. He speaks with considerable passion of the hardness before Lucknow. On one occasion, three men of the M.S.C. had to deal with 90 casualties described as ‘mostly blown up cases’. The work lasted day and night with no sleep and little food, so little wonder that men fell out with sunstroke, fatigue and ‘shear wear-out’. His medal roll shows him attached to the field hospital at Lucknow as a 1st Class Orderly. An accompanying newspaper cutting under the heading, ‘Her father nursed Lady with lamp’ reads: ‘after the Indian Mutiny Mr Green married a Calcutta hospital matron and returned with his wife to England and made his home in Stafford.’ The Indian archives confirm Green married the widow Charlotte Carter, née Pratt (daughter of Benjamin Pratt), on 17 October 1859 at Colaba, Bombay. William Green left India on 22 June 1860, at which time he was discharged from the service. He became a fish dealer in Stafford and also acquired or managed a thriving public-house. Charlotte died on 18 January 1884 and the couple left no issue. On 9 March 1886, he re-married to 17 year-old Hannah, née Spilsbury. William Green died after a long and painful illness in January 1904. Sold with a notebook entitled The Domestick Medical Table by an Eminent Physician. William Green, his book, No. 316, Medical Staff Corps, Chatham. It lists diseases and cures for 70 ailments, from ague to chilblains, to be treated by unguents, lotions, powders and poultices using morphia, dandelions, tartarised antimony, caraway seeds, and the frequent use of leeches; together with a fine portrait photograph of William Green in later life wearing his mutiny medal; contemporary copies of his obituaries; a small Holy Bible; and several related press cuttings. William Green's story was collated from his obituary in the Lichfield Mercury of February 1904, and his war reminiscences from the Staffordshire Chronicle's ‘Old Stafford Heroes’ of 1892. The Florence Nightingale Museum confirms that they hold a letter from Miss Nightingale to William Green.
A Naval Good Shooting Medal group of five awarded to Leading Seaman J. Horner, Royal Navy, a recipient of the Russian Medal of Zeal for his services in H.M.S. Jupiter in 1915 1914-15 Star (203902 J. Horner, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (203902 J. Horner. L.S., R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (203902 J. Horner, A.B., H.M.S. Cornwall, 1910, 3 Pr. Q.F.); Russia, Empire, Medal of Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver (203902 J. Horner, A.B., H.M.S. Jupiter) officially impressed naming, contact marks and edge bruise to the fourth, otherwise generally very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- James Horner was born in Belfast in October 1883 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1899. Advanced to Able Seaman in May 1903, he was awarded the Naval Good Shooting Medal for his performance as a gunlayer in the 3-pounder quick firing class in H.M.S. Cornwall during the annual competition held in 1910. Having then been advanced to Leading Seaman, he came ashore ‘time expired’ in October 1913, when he was enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve. Quickly recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he joined H.M.S. Jupiter, in which capacity he was to be awarded the Russian Medal of Zeal (London Gazette 19 November 1915, refers). In January 1915 the Admiralty received a request for assistance from the Russian Government, whose icebreaker used to keep open the passage to Archangel in the White Sea had broken down. In response the Royal Navy sent out the Tyne Guard Ship H.M.S. Jupiter, an old Majestic-class battleship. She departed for Archangel in February 1915, freeing en-route a number of vessels stuck in the ice, occasionally by using explosive charges. She, too, sometimes became icebound, but still managed to make a major impression on the problem, improving the safe passage of numerous vessels, many of them laden with highly important war materials, among them the S.S. Thracia. The latter was taken in tow after the use of explosive charges to free her. Throughout these operations it was not unusual for the temperature to fall as low as minus 20 degrees, a hard test indeed on the morale and well being of the Jupiter’s crew. Her mission completed by May 1915, the Tzar expressed his gratitude by the presentation of a variety of Russian Honours and Awards to her crew, Horner among them. His next seagoing appointment was in the cruiser Carnarvon between August 1915 and March 1918, in which period he participated on the search for the enemy raider Moewe in addition to convoy escort work. His final appointment was in the R.F.A. Petroleum from October 1918 until March 1919, when he was demobilised. Sold with copied research, including record of service.
Seven: Petty Officer W. E. Heath, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (198285. W. E. Heath. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (198285. W. E. Heath. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (198285. Dev. A.6509. W. E. Heath. P.O. R.F.R.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued; United States of America, American Legion Paris Convention Medal 1927, bronze and enamel, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style, polished and worn, therefore fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- William Ernest Heath was born at Shorncliffe, Kent, on 2 December 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class, serving in H.M.S. Northampton, from 15 February 1898. He was advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Antelope on 28 November 1901, and Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Vivid on 7 November 1905, and served in H.M.S. Sutlej from 7 May 1908 to 8 March 1909, during which time he participated in the rescue operations after the Messina Earthquake in December 1908, and was one of the men from the Navy who landed from the ships to give assistance. He was advanced Petty Officer in H.M.S. Indefatigable on 1 August 1913, and served during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 December 1920. Sold with copied record of service.
Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver (Sto. Hadley. H.M.S. Duncan Com. 1907-1909) privately engraved naming, very fine £120-£160 --- Frank Hadley was born at Oldbury, Worcestershire, on 4 November 1888, and joined the Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 30 January 1908. After a brief service in Acheron until August 1908, he joined Duncan on 17 August 1908, advancing to Stoker 1st Class in June 1909. Discharged to Pembroke II on 9 August 1910, he was discharged to Shore on 17 August 1910 ‘S.N.L.R.’ (services no longer required). In the remarks column of his record of service it states: ‘Approves discharge “S.N.L.R.” being a constant source of trouble owing to his argumentative temperament and non conformance to discipline.’ Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract confirming Messina Earthquake medal, his sole entitlement.
Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Africa Service Medal (SAP195654 S. D. A. Fourie); India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (WX15196 G. R. W. Carter.); South Africa Medal for War Service; together with a miniature Newfoundland Volunteer War Service Medal, nearly extremely fine (9) £80-£100
A Great War ‘destroyer operations’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Rear-Admiral J. V. Creagh, Royal Navy, who, whilst in command of the destroyer Ariel, rammed and sank the U-12 on 10 March 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, frosted silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Cr. J. V. Greagh, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr. J. V. Creagh. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze Palme on riband, mounted court style as worn, minor chipping to wreaths of the first, otherwise good very fine (8) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006. D.S.O. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘For services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas during the period ending 31 December 1917.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 17 May 1917. James Vandaleur Creagh was born at Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, on 30 August 1883. He passed out of H.M.S. Britannia as a Midshipman on 30 June 1900, and was promoted Sub-Lieutenant on 30 August 1903; Lieutenant on 1 April 1906; Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April 1914; and Commander on 30 June 1916. Creagh was in command of the destroyer Ariel from 9 October 1914 to 29 November 1915, and fought in her at the battle of Dogger Bank. On 10 March 1915, U-12 was sighted on the surface of Fifeness by three Rosyth destroyers of the 1st Flotilla, Acheron, Attack and Ariel. Approaching at high speed the destroyers opened fire and hit the submarine in the conning tower; nevertheless, she dived as Attack passed over her. Within a short time Ariel spotted her periscope 200 yards to starboard and turned to ram. She struck the U-Boat just as it was in the process of surfacing, the earlier damage needing attention. Ariel was considerably damaged from the attack, the whole of her bottom plating was ripped open almost to amidships. The U-Boat sank right away and 10 survivors were subsequently picked up. Creagh received a Letter on Vellum expressing the approbation of the Admiralty. In November 1915 Creagh took command of the destroyer Linnet, and received Their Lordships’ expression of appreciation for his conduct at the time of the mining and sinking of H.M.S. Arethusa, Admiral Tyrwhitt’s flagship, on 11 February 1916. In the destroyer action of 20 March 1916, he fought his ship (Linnet) in a most able manner under fire. Their Lordships expressed appreciation for his conduct in going to the assistance of the S.S. Siberia on 20 November 1916. He was in command of H.M.S. Sylph from 11 January 1917 to 12 August 1919. Commodore Tyrwhitt noted that Creagh served continuously throughout the war and distinguished himself on many occasions with the Harwich Force. Their Lordships expressed appreciation for his services on the capture of German Merchant vessels by the Harwich Force on 16 July 1917, when ‘he showed extraordinary tenacity and ability in bringing his prize safely to Harwich’. Their Lordships expressed appreciation for good services on the occasion of the loss of Surprise, Tornado and Torrent, and for the successful way Valkyrie was towed to base. Their Lordships appreciated the creditable manner in which services were rendered to the S.S. Alfraid in 1919. Vice-Admiral Keyes (DCNS) expressed his appreciation for Creagh’s duties temporarily in charge of Plans Division, 1923. Creagh was invested with his D.S.O. by H.M. the King at Harwich on 26 February 1918. He was promoted to Captain on 30 June 1923, and commanded H.M.S. Shakespeare and the 1st Destroyer Flotilla from 1925 to 1927. He subsequently served on the staff at the Royal Navy War College 1928-30; was Flag Captain H.M.S. Egmont 1931-33; and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King 1935. He was promoted Rear-Admiral on the Retired List in 1935, and died on 14 January 1956. Sold with copied record of service.
A Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea awarded to William King of the S.S. Albatross for saving life on the Isabella Hall, 1888; for this same rescue the Chief Mate of the Albatross was awarded the Albert Medal Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (William King, wreck of the “Isabella Hall” on the 5th November 1888) in case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. The schooner Isabella Hall of Barrow, was wrecked on 4 November 1888 when she struck on Tongue Sands at the entrance to the River Thames. Captain E. P. Dodd and his crew of four were saved by the crew of the steamer Albatross. The schooner had been on passage from London to Cardiff with a cargo of ore. ‘On the 4th November 1888 the schooner Isabella Hall of Barrow stranded on the Tongue Sand, and the crew having lost their boat in a heavy sea were obliged to take to the rigging. Next morning two boats went to their relief but could not get near the wreck owing to heavy seas, and the shipwrecked crew were in danger of loosing their lives, when the Albatross, which was passing up channel, sent a boat manned by John Dinneen and four seamen, who despite warnings rowed close to the wreck and after nearly an hour’s struggle threw a line on board and rescued one of the crew. He had scarcely been lifted into the boat when a heavy sea nearly swamped her and washed Dinneen and three seamen out of her, but they regained the boat, and bailing her out proceeded with their task, finally succeeding in rescuing the rest’ ((The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). For their services, Chief Mate John Dinneen of the Albatross was awarded the Albert Medal. His boat’s crew: William George King, Henry Fedder, Robert Lacey and Arthur Oakley were each awarded the Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea in Silver. The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner’s Society also made an award, presenting an Aneroid Barometer to Captain John Brown Randall of the Albatross, the Society’s Silver Medal to John Dinneen, and the sum of £1 to each of the seamen manning the boat.
A Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea group of three awarded to Divisional Carpenter Alexander Moore, H.M. Coast Guard Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Alexander Moore, Wreck of the “Mary of Doonfeeney” 20th February 1894) in case of issue; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Alex. Moore, Div. Carp., H.M. Coast Guard); Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, V.R., silver (Mr Alexander Moore, Voted 12th April 1894) with ‘double-dolphin’ suspension, very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. ‘The Silver (R.N.L.I.) Medal was also granted to Mr Winspear Foley and to Alexander Moore, Divisional Carpenter, H.M. Coastguard, accompanied in each case by a copy of the Vote inscribed on vellum and framed, and in the latter case by a gratuity of £1, in recognition of their gallantry in putting off in a boat and at considerable risk saving four of the crew of the fishing-boat Mary of Doonfeeney, which had been capsized at Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, in a gale of wind and a heavy sea on the 20th February’. (Ref. Lifeboat, 1 November 1894). A similar citation exists for the Board of Trade Medal (Ref. BT.261.5). Alexander Moore was born in Devonport on 10 October 1854 and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 1 January 1873. He was advanced Divisional Carpenter on 9 November 1887, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 February 1892. Sold with copied research.
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (James Rigden, Wreck of the “Excel”, near Calais on 21st January 1858) good very fine --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011. James Ridgen was an Apprentice serving on the brig Salem, and was awarded the Board of Trade’s Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea ‘for the gallant and heroic conduct in rescuing one of the crew of the British schooner Excel, wrecked on the sands, a short distance from the West Pier-head at Calais, while attempting to make the port. There was a terrific sea on, and some of the crew were at once washed off. To rescue the survivors, a lifeboat was towed out, but was torn to pieces in the breakers; another boat partially fitted as a lifeboat, volunteered and on reaching the wreck was obliged to return for want of oars, nine having been broken. These being procured, the boat again put off, manned by a crew of eight, but although they reached the wreck, they failed in rendering assistance. On the morning following these humane efforts, one man only was visible in the rigging, when the lifeboat again went off, rescued, and brought him ashore, in a dreadful state of exhaustion, consequent upon 25 hours’ exposure, from which he subsequently recovered through the earnest and gratuitous services of Dr Garasse. The exertions of seamen of both nations (British and French) were of a most daring and meritorious character, and two of the French boats were entirely destroyed’. (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). A total of ten Board of Trade Gallantry Medals in silver and seven in bronze; together with one gold (to Dr Garasse) and twenty-one silver Sea Gallantry Medals (Foreign Service) were awarded for this rescue.
Four: Stoker Petty Officer D. Cozens, Royal Navy, who served off North Russia on ice-breaking duties in H.M.S. Jupiter in 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (D. Couzens, Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Pearl); British War Medal 1914-20 (150731 D. Cozens, S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (David Cozens, Ldg. Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Pearl); Russia, Empire, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver (150731 D. Cozens, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Jupiter) officially impressed naming, on modern ‘St. Stanislaus’ ribbon, note variation in spelling of surname, some contact marks, very fine and better (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. David Cozens was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset on 29 July 1867. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 2 August 1889. He was advanced to Stoker in September 1890 when on H.M.S. Himalaya and Leading Stoker in June 1901 when on H.M.S. Britannia. He served on H.M.S. Pearl, December 1901-November 1904, qualifying for the Q.S.A., being promoted to Leading Stoker 1st Class in June 1902 and being awarded the L.S. & G.C. in September 1904. He attained the rank of Stoker Petty Officer in July 1906 when on H.M.S. Blake and was pensioned ashore on 3 August 1911. Cozens joined the R.F.R. in November 1911 and was recalled to the Royal Navy on 2 August 1914. As Stoker Petty Officer he served on the old battleship H.M.S. Jupiter, August 1914-May 1915. In January 1915 the Admiralty received a request for assistance from the Russian Government, whose icebreaker used to keep open the passage to Archangel in the White Sea had broken down. In response the Royal Navy sent out the Tyne Guard Ship H.M.S. Jupiter, an old Majestic-class battleship. She departed for Archangel in February 1915, freeing en-route a number of vessels stuck in the ice, occasionally by using explosive charges. She, too, sometimes became icebound, but still managed to make a major impression on the problem, improving the safe passage of numerous vessels, many of them laden with highly important war materials, among them the S.S. Thracia. The latter was taken in tow after the use of explosive charges to free her. Throughout these operations it was not unusual for the temperature to fall as low as minus 20 degrees, a hard test indeed on the morale and well being of the Jupiter’s crew. Her mission completed by May 1915, the Tzar expressed his gratitude by the presentation of a variety of Russian Honours and Awards to her crew. For his part, Cozens was awarded the Russian Medal for Zeal. Cozens afterwards served in the light cruiser H.M.S. Constance, January-July 1916, in which ship he was present at the battle of Jutland. He was demobilised on 31 December 1918. Also entitled to 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Robert Lincoln, Wreck of the “Zemira” on Newcome [sic] Sand on the 7th October 1858) in slightly damaged fitted case of issue, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2010. Robert Lincoln was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze ‘For rescuing, with much difficulty and great danger, eight persons out of 13, who formed the crew of the Zemira of Leghorn, wrecked on Newcombe Sand’ (ref: Board of Trade Annual Return of Wrecks, 1858). The Tuscan barque Zemira, of Leghorn was carrying coal from Newcastle to Lowestoft. At 11 a.m., on 11 October 1858, the ship with 12 Italians and an English pilot on board, ran aground on the Newcombe Sands near Lowestoft, the wind blowing a hard gale from the S.W. at the time. As soon as they could the Pakefield boatmen made for the spot but by the time they had got there the vessel had broken up and disappeared. Despite the heavy seas breaking across the shoals, the lifeboat’s crew made a determined search and succeeded in picking up eight of the crew who had been holding on to pieces of floating wreckage. It was noted that the last man picked up was some 2 miles from where the ship broke up. The Captain of the Zemira, three of the crew and the English pilot all perished. For their gallant service, the coxswain of the Pakefield Lifeboat was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry; the 22 members of the lifeboat’s crew, including Robert Lincoln, were each awarded the medal in bronze. In addition the National Lifeboat Institution awarded each of the rescuers their highest monetary award - £2 each, and some £60 was raised by visitors to Lowestoft as a testimony to their admiration of the rescue and this too was shared between the men. Sold with copied research.
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Fire Medal, silver ‘Salvage Man Joseph Dean, for having rescued Two women from a house on fire. Dec. 6. 1891’, with integral top riband buckle, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £240-£280 --- Sold with a distressed contemporary newspaper cutting detailing the rescue, which states that it took place in Bispham Street, Marylebone: ‘On arriving, the firemen found that the outbreak was in the cellar of a large house that was let off to various persons. from this cellar the flames were issuing, and when the information was given that three were three women in this part of the premises it seemed almost hopeless to rescue them alive. However, the fact that they were there was sufficient to indue the firemen to try every possible means in their power to save them. Firemen Elliott, of the Police Fire Brigade, and Dean, Reece, and Chief Officer Rolt, of the Salvage Corps, endeavoured to enter the cellar, but were repeatedly driven back owing to the fierceness of the flames and the intense heart. They, however, hearing sounds of moaning from inside, persevered and succeeded in bringing into the street two elderly women, who were wretchedly clad and had been terribly burned about the body. They had been almost suffocated by the smoke, whilst the burns were so extensive and so serious that it was quite clear that they were in a dangerous state. They were removed in the horse ambulance to the Northern Hospital, where they received the most careful treatment.’
A scarce Bristol Humane Society Silver Medal awarded to Boy F. Evans of the Training Ship Formidable, an 11 year old who selflessly jumped into a 'heavy sea' in the Bristol Channel to save an equally young lad from drowning Bristol Humane Society, silver medallion, 48mm, ornately engraved to reverse 'To Frederick Evans, for Saving the Life of Edward Boyd, April 9th. 1877.', solder repair to top suspension loop, contact marks, very fine, scarce £500-£700 --- Frederick Evans was presented with the Silver Medal of the Bristol Humane Society and the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society by the Mayor of Bristol at a ceremony held in the city. The whole episode was described by The Western Daily Press on 24 July 1877: ‘Treat by the Mayor. In accordance with a promise made when distributing the annual prizes in February last, the Mayor (Alderman Edwards) gave a treat to the boys of the Formidable training ship yesterday. The company, numbering 360 boys and 20 officers, left Portishead by the eleven o'clock train, and arrived at the Zoological Gardens about half-past twelve. Here, for about one hour and a half, the lads enjoyed themselves in viewing the various animals, the curious pranks of the monkeys affording especial amusement. At two o'clock, the party sat down to dinner in a large tent, supplied by Messrs Hopkins. There was good substantial fare, and the boys were bountifully supplied, none having, like Oliver Twist, to "ask for more" - at least not with the same result. The repast over, the lads were dismissed, and enjoyed themselves as best they could until five o'clock, when they returned to the tent, and were regaled with buns, lemonade and fruit. Soon after, they marched to the lawn of the Mansion House, where it was intended to have had some singing and playing, but the weather partially interfered with this arrangement. An interesting feature of the day’s proceedings was the presentation to a lad named Evans, who in April last, during a strong tide and heavy sea, jumped overboard to save a companion named Boyd. Evans was but 11 years of age at the time he displayed such bravery. On leaving the lawn for the station, the lads were presented with a quantity of strawberries.’ Despite such a happy affair, the life aboard the Formidable Training Ship remained harsh for the young boys, many of whom were previously homeless and living on the streets of Bristol; a month later, a lad called Kellard fell 95 feet to his death from the upper rigging, repeatedly striking his head on the way down. Furthermore, in October 1877, the ship gained national press attention when 13 runaways lowered a boat and made off down the Bristol Channel. Captured at a farmhouse at Kingston Seymour, the York Herald on 11 October 1877 made plain the consequences: ‘They were taken back to the ship on Sunday night, and will be punished.’
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Alexander Baird) hallmarks for Glasgow 1935, good very fine £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. Alexander Baird, of 64 Guthrie Street, was awarded the Corporation of Glasgow’s Bravery Medal in silver for ‘rescuing a boy from drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal near Lochburn Road on 22 February 1938’.
Miniature Medals: Punjab 1848-49, no clasp, with contemporary top silver riband buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Burma 1930-32, North West Frontier 1935; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Jerok, these all of contemporary manufacture; together with a selection of more modern world miniatures, generally very fine and better (lot) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A Canadian Order of Military Merit group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II A. McMillan Canada, Order of Military Merit, Member’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked, red enamel damage to motto around central medallion; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea, unnamed; Special Service Medal, 1 clasp, NATO+OTAN, unnamed; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, unnamed; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SB 7844 A. McMillan); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, Canadian issue, silver, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with two Additional Award Bars (WO2 A. McMillan); Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Long Service Medal, base metal, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, with traces of adhesive to reverse of medals, good very fine (9) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, poincon mark to base of tassel, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, damage to point of one arm of cross, good very fine £60-£80
A Great War French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre pair awarded to Assistant Sergeant A. J. M.Thienpont, 1st Regiment of Carabiniers France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, ands enamel, with trophy of arms suspension, minor blue enamel damage to reverse; Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband; together with the recipient’s original Citation of the Order of the Day Certificate, this mounted on card, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- The Citation of the Order of the Day states (in French): ‘Assistant Sergeant Antoine Joseph Marie Thienpont, 11th Company, 1st Regiment of Carabiniers, 6th Division of Infantry, 3rd Division of the Army, is a very courageous non-commissioned Officer. He commanded several dangerous reconnaissances. He particularly distinguished himself during a raid carried out on an enemy post on the night of 8-9 April 1918 deign the course of which he remained remarkably calm and composed. Signed, at the Front, on 25 May 1918 by Colonel A. E. M. Bremer, Commanding Officer.’ Sold with a contemporary photograph of 50mm Tank-destroying gun.
Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross (3), First Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Second Class breast badge, silver and enamel; Third Class breast badge, bronze, all with crossed swords suspension, all unmarked, enamel restoration to central medallion on first, otherwise very fine (3) £100-£140
A superb Hohenzollern House Order Star by Godet Germany, Prussia, Hohenzollern House Order, Civil Division, Grand Cross Star, 85mm, silver-gilt, silver and enamel, the retaining pin stamped ‘Godet’, ‘Silber 935’, nearly extremely fine, rare £2,400-£2,800 --- Sold with a copy of a Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office certificate of metal content, confirming that the silver parts of the Star are 92.79% Ag; and the gold parts at 58.46% Au.
An extremely well-documented Second War Luftwaffe Pilot’s group of three awarded to Oberleutnant Konrad Paul Schloßarzyk, an HE 111 bomber pilot of KG1 during ‘The Blitz’, who bombed London at least a dozen times and also took part in Operation Moonlight Serenade, the devastating raid on Coventry in November 1940. Retraining as a fighter pilot, Schloßarzyk flew ME109s with JG3 and JG5 on the Finnish Russian Front in Finland, racking up some 128 combat missions by 12 March 1943, and was killed whilst serving as a flying instructor during the American bombing on Halberstadt Airfield on 30 May 1944, his entire combat history recorded in his original Luftwaffe Flying Log Books included with the lot Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939 (2), First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with screwback suspension, the reverse stamped ‘L/13’ for Paul Meybauer, Berlin; Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; War Merit Cross 1939, Second Class, with swords, bronze; together with the recipient’s Pilot’s Badge, this in relic condition, with the Swastika detached from the Eagle; and the Eagle detached from the wreath; and Wound Badge in black, this also in relic condition lacking retaining pin; the two Iron Crosses and War Merit Cross good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Konrad Paul Schloßarzyk was born in Leipzig on 30 October 1918 and joined the Luftwaffe as an Oberfahnrich in early 1939, making his first training flight (FW44) on 3 April. His first solo flight followed on 8 May - this being his 61st flight (HE72) - and after that he continued training on several aircraft types, with his first flight as pilot of a HE 111 bomber on 23 February 1940. He soon after qualified for his Pilot’s badge on 8 March 1940. He was promoted Leutnant on 1 April 1940, gaining his night flying certificate on 1 June 1940. Continuing his training and familiarisation flights throughout 1940, he crash-landed his HE 111 in France during a flight from Rosières to Gutersloh on 9 August 1940. Service as a Heinkel HE 111 Pilot during the Blitz Schloßarzyk became operational when posted to Stab1/KG1 (Kampfgeschwader “Hindenberg”) based at Montdidier, in France in September 1940. Piloting Heinkel HE 111h series medium bombers during the early stages of the ‘The Blitz’, he was awarded both the Iron Cross Second and First Classes for his service. During the Blitz, he took part in night attacks on London on 29 September 1940 (his 1st combat mission), and subsequently further night attacks on 11, 13, 14, 15, 26, and 28 October, and on 1, 5, 6, 15 and 16 November. He also took part in daylight attacks on London on 7 and 10 November 1940, and night attacks on Coventry on 14 and 19 November, the latter being his 16th combat mission. Service as a Messerschmitt BF 109 Fighter Pilot Schloßarzyk was subsequently posted back to Germany for training on fighter aircraft, taking his first fight in a Messerschmitt BF 109d on 28 January 1941. By October 1941 he had transferred to Luftwaffe Northern (Arctic) detachment and was based at Stavanger, Sola, in Norway, with Luftflotte 5 - probably Luftgaukdo Norwegen Stab 13/JG 77 flying a Messerschmitt BF 109 day fighter. He then moved to Alakurtti, Finland, on the Verman Defence Line, as part of Luftflotte 5, just north of the Arctic Circle. Schloßarzyk took part 60th combat mission on 4 March 1942 (qualifying for his Silver Day Fighter clasp) and was promoted Oberleutnant on 1 April 1942. Posted to Petsamo, a port on the Northern Lapland coast on the Arctic Ocean, and just 40 miles from Russian Murmansk, he then moved between Kirkenes, Norway and Petsamo, Finland, where on the 11 September he made his 100th combat mission. Flying from various airfields in Norway and Finland over the following months, on 23 February 1943 he flew his 110th combat mission (qualifying for his Gold Day Fighter clasp). On 1 March 1943, flying a BF 109F-4 with II/JG-5, he suffered a post-operational landing crash at Alakurtti airfield, but was back flying two days later and on 12 March he completed his 128th and final combat mission. Flying Instructor, and killed at Halberstadt Schloßarzyk was back in Germany by the beginning of May 1943, based at Halberstadt, Sachsen-Anhalt, where he became a flying instructor at the Luftkriegsschule III Oschatz, making a further 477 instructional flights. On 30 May 1944, U.S. 8th Airforce bombed the Junkers Aircraft Plant and Airfield at Halberstadt. During the U.S. bombing, a direct hit on an air-raid shelter killed the complete staff of 2 Inspektion Luftkriegsschule III, comprising five Luftwaffe officers, plus two soldiers and the wife of one of the airfield’s senior officers. Schloßarzyk was one of the officers in the shelter at this time and was killed. At the time of his death, he had recorded 1597 flights. Sold with the following documentary archive: i) The recipient’s two original Luftwaffe Flying Log Books, detailing his entire flying service from training until death ii) Original certificate for the recipient’s Pilots badge, dated 8 March 1940; Iron Cross Second Class, dated 24 October 1940; Iron Cross First Class dated 13 November 1940; Fighter operational flying clasp in Silver, dated 8 March 1942; Fighter operational flying clasp in Gold, dated 1 January 1943; and Ostmedaille, dated 15 November 1942 iii) Commission documents for Leutnant and Oberleutnant iv) Two identity documents with his photographs v) A U.S.A.F. leaflet dropped circa 1944, offering German soldiers safe conduct if they surrender vi) Approximately 30 original photographs, including portraits of Schloßarzyk and his aircraft,including those he crashed and others.
An unattributed German Third Reich NSDAP group of four Faithful Service Medal, Second Class, for 25 years’ service, silver and enamel; NSDAP Faithful Service Decoration, Second Class, for 15 years’ service, silver and enamel; NSDAP Faithful Service Decoration, Third Class, for 10 years’ service, bronze; the Entry into Austria Medal 13 March 1938, 2nd issue, silver, mounted as worn but the riband bar now lacking attachment pin, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700
An unattributed German Third Reich Customs group of three Armed Forces Long Service Medal, Third Class, for 12 years’ service, bronze, with gold Third Reich eagle and swastika device on riband; Armed Forces Long Service Medal, Fourth Class, for 4 years’ service, silvered, with silver Third Reich eagle and swastika device on riband; Customs Service Cross, bronze, with miniature award attached to the riband, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240
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