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Lot 599

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast badge, of convex construction, silver marked ‘800’ to reverse, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

Lot 602

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, one lacking suspension ring; Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatant’s issue with swords, unmarked; together with two Hanovarian Veterans Medals; and a selection of mixed medal riband bars, generally very fine (lot) £70-£90

Lot 571

The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals worn by Deputy Commissioner F. W. Syer, Tripolitinia Police Force, late Nigeria Police and Palestine Police, and Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; British War and Victory Medals; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Colonial Police Forces Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (10) £100-£140 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1954: Frederick William Syer, Esq., Deputy Commissioner, Tripolitania Police Force. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 8 June 1944: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Palestine. C.P.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector General, Palestine Police Force. For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 206.

Lot 301

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (805. Ward Swpr. Anthony Army Hosp. C.) officially impressed naming, edge bruises and suspension a little bent, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £200-£300 --- Sold with copied medal roll for Army Hospital Corps, Madras Command, confirming 805 Ward Sweeper 2nd Grade Anthony, bronze medal only, with clasps for Belfast, Orange Free State, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, and Laing’s Nek crossed through. The full roll (not present) gives a total of 34 silver and 12 bronze medals to this unit and notes ‘no clasps authorised for issue with the silver medals’, most recipients being shown for the same clasps.

Lot 3

A Great War 1918 ‘Mediterranean theatre’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain C. A. G. Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (C. A. G. Roberts.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. A. G. Roberts, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. A. G. Roberts. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911, good very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 17 May 1918: ‘For Service on the Mediterranean Station.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Mediterranean during period ending 31st December 1917 ... Ship Isonzo ... For initiative and resource displayed in the important duties which his ship has been employed’ Cyril Arthur Graeme Roberts was born in Belvedere, Kent on 6 February 1879. His papers show service in the Merchant Navy from 23 April 1895, aboard Zealandia though he may well have joined earlier as he had already joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Midshipman on 5 April of that year. He joined the White Star Line’s Teutonic on 27 July 1896, being promoted Second Mate on 21 September 1897. On 1 October 1897 he was Fourth Officer aboard Mawana, serving aboard Umata from 4 December 1899, and Sirdhana from 31 May 1900, both of which were employed as transport vessels during the Boar War (Transport Medal). Roberts was promoted 1st Mate on 17 May 1900, and was promoted Acting Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, on 6 May 1901. He continued in service with the Merchant Navy for the next 14 years, being promoted Officer Commanding on 3 October 1902. During this time, he continued his service with the Royal Naval Reserve, being promoted Lieutenant on 15 January 1904 and Lieutenant-Commander on 23 January 1912. On the outbreak of the Great War, Roberts was called up for Active Service and appointed to H.M.S. Prince George on 9 August 1914. He served aboard this battleship until 3 April 1916, thereby seeing service during the Dardanelles campaign of 1915, where H.M.S. Prince George provided support for the Gallipoli landings in April 1915. However on 5 May 1915, she was damaged by a shell and had to return to Malta for repairs, though returned in time to provide support during the evacuation of the Peninsula. On 4 April 1916, Roberts was appointed to the Fleet Auxiliary ship H.M.S. Isonzo, a requisitioned Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. passenger and mail ship, originally named Isis. Roberts would see out the rest of the War in Command of H.M.S. Isonzo which served as a despatch ship and fleet messenger, having been promoted Commander on 30 June 1917, and was awarded the D.S.O for his services aboard it. Following the cessation of hostilities Roberts went back to the Merchant Navy, serving on numerous ships, including the Cutty Sark. He was retired from the Royal Naval Reserve on 6 February 1929, with the rank of Captain, but seems to have continued service at sea, even seeking employment at a lower rank during the Second World War.

Lot 544

Regimental Prize Medals (9), Royal Engineers (9), including Balloon School, Royal Engineers 1902 Coronation commemorative Medallion, mostly silver, some enamelling, some missing suspension rings, generally very fine (9) £70-£90

Lot 595

France, Third Republic, Madagascar Medal 1895, silver; Morocco Medal 1909, silver; together with an Imperial German Naval Association Medal, nearly very fine (3) £40-£50

Lot 149

Four: Private G. C. Goodin, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (T.F.) 1914-15 Star (1579 Pte. G. C. Goodin. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1579 Pte. G. C. Goodin. Suff. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240183 Pte. G. C. Goodin. 5-Suff. R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine or better (4) £80-£100 --- George Clifford Goodin served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (T.F.) in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He was subsequently attached to the 163rd Company Machine Gun Corps.

Lot 151

Five: Lance Corporal C. Youngman, Suffolk Yeomanry, later 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2389 Pte. C. Youngman. Suff. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Youngman); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Youngman) mounted as originally worn, very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Charles Youngman enlisted in the Suffolk Yeomanry in February 1915. He advanced to Lance Corporal, and transferred to the 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment (entitled to Silver War Badge).

Lot 390

Pair: Lieutenant G. J. Willdigg, Royal Naval Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Otranto at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. J. Willdigg. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922; together with a small silvered medalet commemorating the visit of H.M.S. Antrim to Antwerp in 1906, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- George James Willdigg was born in Coventry in March 1884 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy Reserve, on 7 August 1914. He served during the Great War in the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Otranto, and was present at the Battle of Coronel off the Chilean Coast on 1 November 1914. Advanced Lieutenant-Commander, he was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ Decoration in 1924 (London Gazette 29 February 1924). Sold with copied research.

Lot 98

Cambodia, French Colonial, Order of Cambodia, Officer’s breast badge, 74mm including crown suspension x 53mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on Cambodian Government-issue riband, crown lacking surmounted cross, otherwise extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 623

Portugal, Republic, Order of Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 82mm including wreath suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark to retaining pin, with full sash riband and related miniature award, in Frederico Costa, Lisbon, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £240-£280

Lot 651

Gordon Highlanders Officer’s Silver Plaid Brooch. A very fine example HM Edinburgh 1947 retailed by JK Ebbutt, standard format, the quoit overlaid with single battle honours and unit title scroll over the voided centre an officers glengarry/bonnet badge but of larger format, stout pin to the reverse, very good condition £300-£400

Lot 1

A fine Colonial Military Secretary's C.M.G., Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Hon. Colonel O. H. C. Balfour, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was twice severely wounded during the Great War, on the first occasion at the battle of the Aisne in September 1914, when he walked five miles to the nearest Casualty Clearing Station after a bullet hit his jaw and exited out of the back of his neck The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, with neck riband; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut. O. H. C. Balfour, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. O. H. C. Balfour); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1923: ‘For services as Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944. Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour was born at Whittingehame, East Lothian on 25 September 1894, the son of Colonel Eustace Balfour and Lady Frances Balfour, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Argyll. His uncle, Arthur Balfour, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Educated at Westminster School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in February 1914 and served during the Great War with ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion from August 1914. He was severely wounded at the battle of the Aisne on 14 September, when a bullet hit his jaw and exited from the back of his neck; notwithstanding the nature of his wound, he remained in duty with a field dressing for 24 hours, prior to walking five miles to a Casualty Clearing Station. Invalided home, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914). Balfour returned to France in April 1915, when he joined 'C' Company of the 3rd Battalion. His appointment proved short-lived: at Hooge on the night of the 25 May, as member of a raiding party, he took a bullet in the chest. Admitted to 3rd General Hospital at Le Treport, he was embarked for Newhaven in a hospital ship in mid-June. Having recovered, Balfour next embarked for Egypt, where he was attached to the Australian and New Zealand Overseas Depot in Alexandria, and managed to arrange for a tour of duty with the 3rd Battalion in Salonika in April 1916. Admitted to 83rd Field Ambulance with malaria in late August, he was evacuated to Malta. In October 1916, and having been advanced to Captain, Balfour returned to the 3rd Battalion in Salonika, and remained actively employed in that theatre of war until March 1917. Thereafter, he served on the General Staff of 26th Infantry Division. In 1920, and having served a tour of duty with the 18th Battalion, K.R.R.C. on the Rhine, Balfour was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Devonshire, the Governor-General of Canada. He later he served as the Duke's Military Secretary and continued in that office under his successor, Viscount Byng of Vimy, in 1921-23. For his services as Military Secretary he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; a rare distinction for someone who was still only a Captain. Returning home in early 1923, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Balfour was recalled to the Colours and was posted to the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, prior to taking up an appointment as a Staff Captain in M.S. 1 (B.) at the War Office in August 1940. In the following year he commenced a spate of training appointments and, having served with distinction as G.S.O. 1 (Home Guard Training) G.H.Q., Home Forces, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1944 New Year’s Honours’ List in January 1944. He finally relinquished his commission in August 1947 and was granted the rank of Honorary Colonel. He died on 16 October 1953, aged 59 years, his regimental obituary noting that he was ‘a cheery and convivial companion’ and ‘a very keen shot.’ Sold with a copy of the recipient's mother's autobiography Ne Obliviscaris; a photographic image of the recipient; and an extensive file of copied research.

Lot 525

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Henry Martin Wreck of the “Nordkap” on the 13th. March 1891.) in damaged embossed case of issue, extremely fine £200-£240 --- ‘The schooner Nordkap, of Fowey, in distress in Atlantic Ocean on 1[3] March 1891. Mosser put out a boat which was stove in. Then put out the starboard boat, which rescued the crew at great risk, and was stove in also by the side of the Mosser.’ (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). Henry Martin and four others were each awarded the Board of Trade Bronze Medal for Gallantry and £2; the Chief Mate, in charge of the boat was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry; and the Captain of the Mosser was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Humanity.

Lot 269

A rare Boer War R.R.C. group of three awarded to Matron Miss Ada M. M. W. Whiteman Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, mounted on bow; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister A. M. Whiteman.) officially re-impressed naming; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, very fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- R.R.C. awarded 26 June 1902: ‘In recognition of services in South Africa.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 June 1902: ‘Miss Ada Whiteman, Matron, College Hospital, Maritzburg, and Leper Hospital near Pretoria.’ Ada Maria Motum Wynn Whiteman, daughter of Francis William John Wyn Whiteman and Ada Maria Motum Hill. She was born at Bath, England, and educated in England. She was the matron of the Pretoria Leper Institution, retiring after 29 years’ service, providing useful work for the Leper Institution. In January 1896 she came from England to assume duties at the General Hospital, Johannesburg, but left there to take over as matron of the Van Ryn Mine Hospital until the outbreak of the Boer War. During the Boer War she was superintendent sister at Fort Napier Military Hospital, and then occupied a similar position at College Hospital, Maritzburg, until it closed. Whiteman was later called by Lord Roberts to come and work at the Leper Asylum in Pretoria. At the 2nd meeting of the Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa (Pretoria, August, 1901), she joined as a member, and later became a foundation member of the Pretoria Women’s Club and Pretoria Country Club. Member of the I.N.A. in England; her name is mentioned in the list published by Burdett. A keen social worker, Whiteman also belonged to the Civic Society, Pretoria; St Dunstan’s and Civilian Blind Societies; Home for Friendless Women; and a number of others. She is a holder of the South African War Medal and the Royal Red Cross for work during the Boer War. In 1926 she was made an honorary serving sister of the venerable order of St John of Jerusalem, and became a recipient of the King’s Medal. Whiteman was honoured by the friendship of the Royal Family, and her favourite recreations included: literature, music and singing, and in her youth was a keen sportswoman. She died in 1938. Sold with copied research, including medal rolls for Q.S.A. and Kings Jubilee medal.

Lot 552

Regimental Prize Medals (11), West Yorkshire Regiment (6), East Yorkshire Regiment (5), all silver, some enamelling, some missing suspender rings, very fine (11) £80-£100

Lot 591

China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, Fifth Class breast badge, 93mm including wreath suspension x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamel, two stars above the centre, with Chinese stamp marks on reverse, with remains of original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in fitted lacquer case of issue, good very fine £500-£700 --- Sold with a riband bar comprising the ribands of a 1914 Star with clasp trio and the Order of the Striped Tiger.

Lot 539

Regimental Prize Medals (15), Royal Artillery (15), all silver, one with solder marks on reverse and remains of pin mount, some missing suspension rings, generally very fine (15) £100-£140

Lot 550

Regimental Prize Medals (9), Royal Warwickshire Regiment (9), mostly silver, one with yellow metal centre mount, some enamelling, some missing suspender rings, very fine (9) £70-£90

Lot 584

Austria, Empire, Bravery Medal ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph, small silver medal, with replacement ring suspension; Commemorative Medal 1898 ‘Signum Memoriae’, bronze; Commemorative Cross 1848-1908, bronze, generally very fine (3) £40-£50

Lot 615

The Honours and Awards bestowed upon The Nawab Mir Nawaz Jung Bahadur Mauritania, Republic, National Order of Merit, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, comprising breast badge, 56mm including star and crescent suspension x 44mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 82mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, silver mark to retaining pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; together with an additional breast badge with rosette and two gold ‘flashes’ on riband; Senegal, Republic, National Order of the Lion, Grand Officer's set of insignia, comprising breast badge, 55mm including leaves suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 80mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, silver mark to retaining pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; Tunisia, Republic, Order of the Republic, Grand Cordon set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 65mm, silver and enamel, unmarked; Star, 85mm, silver and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, silver mark to retaining pin, with full sash riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; Hyderabad, Princely State, Medal of the Asafiah, Second Class, silver; War Medal 1945, silver; Silver Jubilee Medal 1936, Civil issue, silver; together with the recipient’s Sir George Casson Walker Medal, the reverse inscribed ‘C.S. Class First Prize 1927’, the edge engraved ‘M. Mir Khan’, the last four mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the Sir George Casson Medal similarly dated and named, the miniature group also including a Grand Officer’s badge of the French Legion of Honour and a Republic of Somalia Independence Medal 1960, these all mounted as worn, generally nearly extremely fine (lot) £700-£900 --- The Nawab Mir Nawaz Jung Bahadur served as minister of finance to the Nizam of Hyderabad, and prior to Partition was the Nizam’s Envoy to London. He later held senior ambassadorial posts with the Pakistani Government.

Lot 548

Regimental Prize Medals (11), King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (2), King’s (Liverpool) Regiment (5), Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2), Inniskilling Fusiliers, Onslow Hockey Cup Winners 1924, all silver, some enamelling, one with edge bruise, otherwise very fine (11) £80-£100

Lot 367

Four: Company Quartermaster Sergeant D. J. Vaughan, Liverpool Regiment, who was wounded by gun shot on the Western Front 1914-15 Star (205. Sjt. D. J. Vaughan. L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (205 Sjt. D. J. Vaughan. L’pool R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (205 Cpl. D. J. Vaughan. 5/L’pool Regt.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Daniel Joseph Vaughan was born in Cork on attested for the 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment (Territorial Force) on 1 April 1908, having previously served for 9 years and 293 days in the Volunteer Force. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 205 of 1 July 1912, and having been promoted Sergeant on 5 September 1914 served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 February 1915. Appointed Acting Quartermaster Sergeant, on 22 February 1916, he was discharged suffering from the effects of a gun shot wound to the buttocks on 31 August 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Lot 100

Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, 75mm including bow suspension x 50mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Ahmad Il ibn Ali (1929-42) to centre, unmarked, with rosette on riband, minor enamel damage to top ray, otherwise good very fine £80-£100

Lot 70

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, within a gilt-metal rim with loop for suspension and additional gold swivel-ring straight bar suspension as for C.B., very fine £1,400-£1,800

Lot 60

Three: Corporal A. W. Larsen, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam 1964-73 (1410781 A. W. Larsen); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960- (1419781 A. W. Larsen); South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, bronze, with silver star emblem; mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s United States Army Meritorious Unit Commendation and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation riband bar; and related miniature awards (the last without silver star emblem), generally very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star: There is no record of entitlement for this award. There is a letter (translation of which is by a graduate of the RAAF School of Languages at Point Cook) from the Republic of Viet Nam Veteran's League of Queensland stating 'that Mr Alan Larsen has a medal of the Armed Forces of The Republic of Vietnam, namely a Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, which is awarded for meritorious combat service by a divisional Commander. This letter is given by way of explanation of the medal in his possession.' The letter in no way confirms any entitlement to the award. United States Army Meritorious Unit Commendation: By the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Meritorious Unit Commendation is awarded to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Group for exceptionally meritorious achievement in the performance of outstanding service. The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, distinguished itself in the conduct of military operations in the Republic of Vietnam from 5 May 1965 to 16 May 1966 while attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) of the United States Army. As the first ground combat unit in-country, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and its assigned and attached units conducted extensive combat manoeuvres in the Bien Hoa area and in the Viet Cong strongholds of War Zone D and the Iron Triangle during the period 5 May 1965 to 4 May 1967. In every confrontation with the stubborn insurgents, the 173rd Airborne Brigade displayed marked aggressiveness which enabled them to neutralize enemy strongholds and capture thousands of logistical items. In addition to remarkable skill and tenacity in combat, the sky soldiers of the brigade carried on an extensive civic action program characterised by sincere compassion for the suppressed local populace. During each of the brigade's combat operations, the sky soldiers immeasurably aided the allied counterinsurgency effort by winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. The remarkable proficiency and devotion to duty displayed by the members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect distinct credit upon themselves, the Armed Forces of the United States, and the Armed Forces of Australian and New Zealand. Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation: The above medal recipient, Mr Alan Larsen, a former serving member of 1RAR who served in Vietnam lodged an application in 2011 with the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) putting in a claim to have the Citation awarded to 1RAR and its attached units, for service in Vietnam between 5 May 1965 and 31 May 1966. The Tribunal ruled that in awarding the Citation to the 173rd Airborne Brigade and its attached and assigned units, there was intent for the Citation to be awarded to 1RAR and thus it subsequently recommended to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence that the award be accepted. The guidelines established in 1997 governing the acceptance and wearing of foreign awards allows the Governor-General to grant permission for the formal acceptance and wearing of foreign awards by Australians in extraordinary or unusual circumstances and since the Government of the Republic of Vietnam no longer exists, the Parliamentary Secretary considered these circumstances fell within these guidelines. Accordingly he wrote to the Governor-General recommending that he exercise his authority to accept the Citation which he did on 17 April 2015. Alan William Larsen was born at Mount Morgan, Queensland, on 3 February 1944 and enlisted into the Australian Army at Brisbane on 28 November 1962. He served in Vietnam with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from 27 May 1965 to 11 June 1966, and again from 27 March to 9 September 1968. He was discharged on 27 November 1968. Sold with an Infantry Combat badge; General Service cloth badge for Australians in S-E Asia; Marksman's embroidered badge; two Royal Australian Infantry Corps buttons in anodised gilt by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne; a duplicate South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry; a photographic image from the Vietnam War showing the recipient; and copied research.

Lot 607

Germany, Third Reich, N.S.D.A.P 15 Year Long Service Medal, silver and enamel, with good finish remaining, slight loss of finish to the wreath just above the eagle’s head, otherwise extremely fine £460-£550

Lot 204

A most unusual ‘military division’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Wing Commander A. F. P. H. Somerset-Leeke, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served as personal pilot to ‘Father of the Royal Air Force’ Hugh Trenchard in 1916. He was M.I.D. for services in Kurdistan in 1924, and received 2 Greek Awards for service with the British Air Mission to Greece, 1930-32 - a unique combination to the R.A.F. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London ‘1927’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. F. Somerset-Leeke. R.F.C.); Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd issue, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Medal for Military Merit, 3rd Class, bronze, with bronze laurel wreath on riband; with M.I.D. Emblem, all mounted on card for display, generally good very fine or better (5) £800-£1,200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1928. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer is in charge of the technical training at No. 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices) and has shown unflagging energy, determination and devotion to duty at all times. He possesses a considerable knowledge of workshop practice and organisation, and it was largely due to this knowledge that the change from bulk to wing training was effected so smoothly. Squadron Leader Somerset-Leake is confident and cheerful, and deals with the various problems in connection with his work in a most tactful manner. He exercises a great influence over the officers under his command, and the record success of the last passing-out at the School was in a large measure due to his personal efforts.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 14 June 1918 and 11 June 1924 (Kurdistan). Greece, Order of the Redeemer, 4th Class London Gazette 4 November 1932. Alan Fitzroy Plantagenet Henry Somerset-Leeke was born in Gillingham, Kent in January 1891. He appears to have been commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in April 1915 as plain ‘Alan Fitzroy’, dropping his third and fourth forenames (however his M.I.D. quotes all four initials). The forenames and ‘Somerset’ are all family names of the Dukes of Beaufort. Somerset-Leeke advanced to Lieutenant in December 1915, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Temporary Captain in April 1918. He served as a pilot in the French theatre of War with 13, 21, 2 and 16 Squadrons during 1916. At the end of 1916, Somerset-Leeke was declared ‘unfit for flying duties’. It would appear that as aircraft became more advanced and were capable of attaining greater height, he began to suffer from aerial vertigo. Although he later regained his flying category he had limitations placed on the height at which he was allowed to fly. It is interesting that whilst he qualified for a Mention in Despatches for Kurdistan in 1924, he never qualified for the G.S.M. with ‘Kurdistan’ clasp. And again, until the change of rules in 1947 he was not permitted to wear the Oak Leaf on his uniform to signify this recognition. Somerset-Leeke advanced to Squadron Leader in January 1926, and to Acting Wing Commander in September 1932. His two Greek awards were given in recognition of his services with the British Air Mission to Greece, 23 September 1930 - 23 September 1932, when he was employed as a Technical Adviser to the Greek Air Ministry. Somerset-Leeke became an engineering specialist whilst continuing to fly and it was because of his undoubted ability that he was selected for the Greek mission. Somerset-Leeke retired in October 1935, only to re-engage as Acting Wing Commander for service during the Second World War in 1939 (entitled to Defence and War Medals). He was discharged in May 1945, and died in October 1959. A number of lots of documentation relating to Somerset-Leeke appeared at auction with Sotheby King & Chasemore at the Warnham War Museum in April 1980. Included amongst these were his four log books - these were purchased by R.A.F. Hendon. An entry from the one the Log Books dated, 20 May 1916, states ‘transferred to 21 Squadron, St. Andre, Hesdin, as pilot for General Trenchard.’ The same source gives his first flight as personal pilot for Trenchard as 22 May 1916 in BE2c 1702 (photocopies of the relevant catalogue entries included in lot). Sold with copied research.





Lot 205

A Second War ‘Air Raid Precautions’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to J. D. Tod, who served with the 19th (Lothians and Berwickshire) Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War, and was later appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Midlothian The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (8488 Pte. J. D. Tod. 19th Coy 6th Impl: Yeo:); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (John D. Tod), mounted for wear alongside a King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1901 (483 Pte. T. Uffendell. Rl: Scots.) to which the recipient was not entitled, half-hearted attempted erasure to KSA, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £260-£300 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946: John Dun Tod, Esq., J.P., D.L., Air Raid Precautions Controller, County of Midlothian. John Dun Tod, an Engineer from Lasswade, Midlothian, was born on 29 January 1877. He attested into the 19th (Lothians and Berwickshire) Imperial Yeomanry, in Edinburgh, on 13 January 1900 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War from 25 February 1900 to 28 February 1901 (and therefore not entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal). He was discharged in Edinburgh on 14 April 1901. Later appointed a Justice of the Peace, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Midlothian, he served as a Special Constable and, during the Second World War, was the Air Raid Precautions Controller for the County of Midlothian. He died, aged 80, in Edinburgh on 23 May 1957. Sold with a corresponding mounted group of five miniatures, the QSA with the clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.

Lot 327

Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Badge 1899-1902, the silver-gilt cross, enamelled in white with a red border, superimposed with a gilt ‘A’, surmounted with the gilt and red enamel coronet of the Princess of Wales, the reverse inscribed ‘Alexandra / Faith, Hope & Charity / 1899 / to / 1902’; together with Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Tin 1902; a commemorative Cadbury Bros. Ltd. chocolate tin for the Coronation 1902; commemorative medal in bronze for the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra in 1863; and two 1902 Coronation commemorative medals, bronze and white metal, both pierced, generally very fine (6) £200-£300

Lot 590

Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of St. Alexander, Knight’s breast badge, 39mm, silver and enamel, without crown or swords, unmarked, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine £60-£80

Lot 574

Miniature Medal: Waterloo 1815, 20mm, silver, of contemporary manufacture struck on a thinner than usual flan, with wide straight bar suspender, good very fine £100-£140

Lot 654

Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Officer’ Silver Pouch Belt Plate. A Fine Officer’s Silver Pouch Belt Plate, HM London 1865 retailed by Robert Garrard, crowned laurel wreaths with crossed rifles, scroll with motto ‘Gwell Anguna Warth’, to the centre a tasselled bugle and ‘36’, two bolts to the rear with Hallmarked securing nuts, very good condition £260-£300

Lot 585

Austria, Empire, Cannon Cross 1815, gilt bronze; Signum Memoriae Medal 1898, bronze, nearly very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Life Saving Medal, Leopold II, silver, the reverse engraved ‘F. Marchand’, very fine Czechoslovakia, People’s Republic, Badge for Devoted Labour, silver and enamel, reverse numbered ‘975’, very fine Germany, China Medal 1900, non-combatant issue, zinc; Nordhausen Labour Merit Medal, silver, nearly very fine Ottoman Empire, Liakat Medal, silver, edge bruising, nearly very fine Romania, Kingdom, Bravery Medal, silver, very fine Russia, Empire, Medal for the Tercentenary of the Romanovs 1913, bronze, very fine South Africa, Police Star of Merit, silver and enamel; together with unrelated Police insignia for Bravery; and various other miscellaneous foreign medals and other ephemera including a modern copy of the Star of the Annamese Order of the Dragon; and a metal matchbox case, with green enamel shamrock to cover, very fine £300-£400

Lot 412

Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811, silver, fitted with a contemporary silver loop suspension, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

Lot 597

Germany, Bavaria, Order of Military Merit, Fourth Class breast badge, 64mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 41mm, silver and enamel, unmarked, good very fine £180-£220

Lot 628

United States of America, Silver Star (Army), Bronze Star, Air Medal, World War II Victory Medal (2), Defence Medal (2), Army American Campaign Medal 1941-45 (2), Navy American Campaign Medal 1941-45, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2), Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45 (2), Army of Occupation Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, Korean Service Medal (boxed), Vietnam Service Medal (2), National Defence Medal (2) one boxed, Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal (2), Army Good Conduct Medal (2), Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Marine Corps Reserve Service Medal, generally very fine (28) £120-£160 --- Sold together with two London Borough of Harrow, Youth Service medallions.

Lot 206

A post-War O.B.E., K.P.M. group of ten awarded to Deputy Commissioner F. W. Syer, Tripolitinia Police Force, late Nigeria Police and Palestine Police, and Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Frederick W. Syer, Asst. Inspr. General of Police, Palestine.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. W. Syer. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (Deputy Supt. F. W. Syer. Pal. Police.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these three all privately engraved ‘Frederick W. Syer Asst. Inspr. General of Police Palestine’; Colonial Police Forces Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Asst. Insp. Gen. Frederick W. Syer, Palestine Police Force) edge prepared prior to naming; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (10) £800-£1,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1954: Frederick William Syer, Esq., Deputy Commissioner, Tripolitania Police Force. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 8 June 1944: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Palestine. C.P.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector General, Palestine Police Force. Frederick William Syer was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 20 August 1899 and was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant on probation in the Royal Flying Corps on 20 January 1918. He transferred in this rank to the Royal Air Force as a founder member on 1 April 1918 and served with 76 Squadron, before transferring to the Unemployed List on 15 September 1919. He subsequently joined the Colonial Police Force, and was awarded the 1937 Coronation Medal whilst serving with the Nigeria Police Force. Transferring to the Palestine Police Force on 8 September 1939 he rose through the ranks to the position of Assistant Inspector General, and for his services was awarded the King’s Police and Fire Service Medal. He married Doris Macqueen at St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem, on 18 February 1948, before becoming Deputy Commissioner of the Tripolitania Police Force. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 Birthday Honours’ List, he died in Norfolk on 28 June 1971. Sold with a family photograph album; and copied research. For the recipient’s wife’s M.B.E., see Lot 208. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 571.

Lot 593

France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 54mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Order of Social Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Croix de Guerre (6), reverse dated 1914-1916; reverse dated 1914-1917 (2), one with silver star emblem on riband; reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband; reverse dated 1939; reverse dated 1939-1945, with bronze star emblem on riband, this last in fitted case of issue; Croix de Guerre, Theatres d’Operations Exterieurs; Croix du Combattant, bronze, generally very fine and better (10) £100-£140

Lot 605

Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker marked ‘L11’ (Deumer of Ludenscheid), mounted as worn on pin-back dress riband, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 247

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, contact marks, very fine £100-£140

Lot 375

Nine: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations 1919-20 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1229 Gnr. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (P./O. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.) surname officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, 23/2/32’, with integral top riband bar; mounted for display together with a Royal Artillery Officer’s cap badge; a Major’s rank crown; a R.A.F. cloth Pilot’s Wings; a R.A.F. Officer’s cap badge; and the recipient’s riband bar; minor contact marks and the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Samuel Gerald Hollingsworth, who was born in September 1897 and educated at Westminster City School, and onetime a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorials), was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a pilot that June. Subsequently posted to 31st Wing in Mesopotamia, he joined 63 Squadron in February 1919, and 30 Squadron in March 1920, and participated in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations. He returned to the U.K. in May 1920, and was placed on the Unemployed List. Returning to civilian life, but retaining his interest in the Territorial Army, Hollingsworth was awarded his Efficiency Decoration while serving as a Major in 103rd (Suffolk) Field Brigade, R.A. (London Gazette 24 May 1932), and was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1942.

Lot 575

Miniature Medal: Sutlej 1845-46, reverse exergue blank, 1 engraved clasp, Sobraon, with contemporary Hunt & Roskell top silver riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £40-£50

Lot 650

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Officer’s Silver Plaid Brooch. A very fine example HM Birmingham 1919 retailed by Bent & Parker, standard format with outer circle of continuous thistle sprays enclosing battle honours, to the centre Sphinx with ‘Egypt’, stout pin to the reverse, very good condition £300-£400

Lot 537

Royal Fusiliers Sportsman’s Battalion Medal, 26mm, silver, the obverse with twin coat-of-arms and numbered ‘236’, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘from Emma Cunliffe-Owen, Oct. 1914, ‘God guard you’, with small ring suspension, fine, scarce £60-£80 --- Mrs Emma Cunliffe-Owen was born in Kensington in 1863, of mixed English and German heritage. Her father, Sir Francis Phillip Cunliffe-Owen, was the director of the South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum. Her maternal grandfather was a German Baron who had served as an aide-de-camp to Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia. At the outbreak of war, it is reputed that, whilst walking down Bond Street, she met two big-game hunters of her acquaintance. Half-jokingly, she asked them why they had not signed up, and half-jokingly they challenged her to raise a battalion of her own. A keen sportswoman in her youth, in response, she telegraphed Lord Kitchener in September 1914, who accepted her offer to raise a battalion of physically fit men, able to shoot and ride. With her husband Edward, she set up a recruiting office in the Hotel Cecil, on the Strand, and placed an advert in The Times, seeking ‘Sportsmen, aged 19 to 45, upper and middle class only. Wanted at once.’ Despite the restrictions stated in the advert, men from all walks of life joined up in response. Such was the success in her efforts, that the War Office asked her to raise a second battalion of 1600 men. And so were formed the 23rd and 24th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment, otherwise known as the ‘1st and 2nd Sportsmans Battalions’. Mrs Cunliffe-Owen presented all ranks of her battalions with a silver medallion, engraved with the recipient’s regimental number, bearing her signature and the message, ‘God guard you.’

Lot 276

Three: Acting Matron M. R. Makepeace, Army Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace.) officially impressed naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (A. Matron. M. R. Makepeace.) toned, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Mary Ridley Makepeace was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 January 1860. She trained at the London Hospital 1890-92, and was Staff Nurse at the Throat Hospital and at Croydon General Hospital 1893-94. She first enlisted into the Army Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister on 15 October 1894, and was renamed Sister when the A.N.S. became Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service in 1902. She was formally appointed to Q.A.I.M.N.S. as a Sister on 17 February 1903. She served at Netley 1894-97, and at Shorncliffe 1897-99. The entry in the Army List for 1921 under “War Services” states: ‘Makepeace, Miss M. R. (Sister) S. African War, 1899-1902 - Served on Hosp. Ship “Spartan” Oct 1899 to Jan 00 and “Avoca” Feb 00 to Oct 01. Operations in the Orange River Colony, Nov 01 to 31 May 02. Queen’s Medal.’ Nurse Makepeace is identified in a group photograph on board the Spartan published in the Black and White Budget of Jan. 6, 1900. Sold with copied research including medal rolls for both Boer War medals and Great War Medal Index Card which shows entitlement to British War and Victory Medals and to Silver War Badge.

Lot 10

An outstanding Inter-War ‘Loe-Agra Operations’ I.D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Naik Farman Ali, 2nd Punjab Regiment, for his gallant conduct during an epic defence of Kila Hari Post, 5-6 April 1935, when a small detachment of his unit was besieged by an unexpected and well organised tribal lashkar of 1,000 Shamozais tribesmen, which threatened to overwhelm the defenders in a series of fiercely contested hand-to-hand attacks that involved revolvers, bayonets, stones and knives over a prolonged and sustained ten hour period Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (L-Nk. Farman Ali, 3-2 Punjab R.) with integral top silver ribbon bar; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaves (7466 L-Nk. Farman Ali, 3-2 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46, unnamed as issued to Indian personnel, good very fine and scarce (7) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2017. I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 480 of 1935. Approximately 98 I.D.S.Ms of this type are believed to have been awarded. M.I.D. G.G.O. 166 of 1936: ‘for gallant and distinguished services during the Loe-Agra Operations between 23 February to 13 April 1935.’ Farman Ali served with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment during the operations against the Upper Mohmands during 1933, and was also present during the Loe-Agra Operations in the North-West Frontier Province, which lasted from 23 February to 13 April 1935, services for which he was awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal, one of five such awards given for this campaign. The action in which Farman Ali was decorated has been described as ‘one of the most ferocious and sustained attacks that was ever inflicted by tribesmen in the history of the North-West Frontier. The night defence of Kila Hari post in the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade in April 1935 by a party of the 72nd Punjabis is an epic. A small detachment was attacked by an unexpectedly well-led tribal lashkar of 1,000 Shamozais. They were almost overwhelmed in the hand-to-hand fighting which involved revolvers, bayonets, stones and knives and lasted an incredible ten hours. No significant opposition had been met during the advance to Loe-Agra, and there was no evidence of any substantial lashkars in the area. Nevertheless it was determined that a strong picquet should be left on the heights dominating Loe-Agra known as Kila Hari. This piquet consisted of one rifle company and a machine gun platoon drawn from the 3/2nd Punjabis. An intelligence report was received during the afternoon of 5 April that a large enemy lashkar had been sighted and was intending to launch an attack on Kila Hari Post from the east. This report was considered unreliable and not given credence. The unexpected attack began about 7:30 p.m., when Shamozai swordsmen attempted to rush the machine-gun post. This resulted in severe hand to hand fighting, but the tribesmen’s attack, although pressed home with considerable ferocity was beaten back. The enemy made further assaults at about 15 minute intervals until midnight, but all were repulsed. At about 9:30 p.m. the lower post on the ridge was heavily attacked, followed by other attacks against other posts which were also beaten off. The tribesmen surrounded the position and kept it under constant fire until just before dawn, when they withdrew. It was then confirmed that during this night attack 28 tribesmen had been killed, and almost certainly a far larger number wounded.

Lot 598

Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Order of the Griffin, Commander’s neck badge, 61mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes, nearly extremely fine £400-£500

Lot 518

Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, complete with integral top brooch bar, very fine £70-£90

Lot 258

Nine: Colonel L. C. Sherer, Leicestershire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimb: L. C. Sherer E.A. Tpt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Major L. C. Sherer. Leic: Regt.) official correction to rank; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. L. C. Sherer. Leic. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Col: L. C. Sherer.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. L. C. Sherer.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast abdge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, unnamed as issued, some chips to enamel on the Medjidie and some light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (9) £1,400-£1,800 --- Lionel Copley Sherer, son of John W. Sherer, C.S.I., was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 11 August 1880; Lieutenant, 1 July 1881; Captain, 5 September 1888; Major, 14 August 1901; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 10 September 1908. He served as a Special Service Officer with the Dongola Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896, including the engagement at Firket and the operations at Hafir (mentioned in despatches, Khedive’s Medal with 2 Clasps, English Medal). He then served in the South African war with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, in command of a Mounted Infantry Battalion, from 9 October to 7 December 1900, and in command 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, from 15 December 1900 to 29 April 1901. Sherer took part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including actions at Talana and Lombard’s Kop, and at the Defence of Ladysmith; and was in Natal, from March to June 1900, including action at Laing's Nek, 6 to 9 June, as well as in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900, including actions at Belfast and Lydenberg. He was once more in the Transvaal from November 1900 to September 1901, and from October 1901 to 31 May 1902. Sherer was also involved in the operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natal in September and October 1901 (despatches London Gazette 8 February 1901; Queen’s Medal with 4 Clasps, King’s Medal with 2 Clasps). He served during the Great War as Colonel on the Reserve of Officers and was in France from 10 August 1914, as A.A.Q.M.G. Headquarters No. 3 Base.

Lot 268

A rare and extremely well-documented post-War M.B.E., Boer War ‘Siege of Ladysmith’ R.R.C. and Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Nursing Sister Miss Jessie P. Stow, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, late Natal Volunteer Medical Corps, later Rhodesian Railways Nursing Service, who was awarded the R.R.C. for her services at the Intombi Camp Hospital during the Siege of Ladysmith; was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War; and received her final honour in 1951, after a nursing career spanning over half a century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with Second Award Bar, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. P. Stow.) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. P. Stow.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister J. P. Stow.) nearly extremely fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1951. R.R.C. London Gazette 31 October 1902. R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919. Miss Jessie Philipson Stow was born in South Africa in 1877 and was educated at the Diocesan School at Grahamstown. She did her nursing training at St. Bartholemew’s Hospital in London from 1895 to 1899, before returning to South Africa. She served with the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps during the Boer War, and was present throughout the Siege of Ladysmith at the Intombi Camp Hospital, and for her services was awarded the Royal Red Cross, First Class. Miss Stow was Matron of Livingstone Hospital from 1908 to 1914, before joining Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, whom she served with during the Great War in Malta, Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia. For her services in Mesopotamia she was Mentioned in Despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Marshall, and was awarded a Second Award Bar to her Royal Red Cross. Post-War, Miss Stow served as Matron of the Government Hospital at Der-es-Salam, before taking up an appointment with the Rhodesian Railways Nursing Service in 1932. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1951 New Year’s Honours’ List, and finally retired in 1952. She died in Luansha, Northern Rhodesia, in 1962. Sold with an extensive file of original documents, including the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, dated 7 February 1919; various telegrams and letters regarding both the award of the R.R.C.; the Second Award Bar; and the M.B.E.; a large quantity of original letters, newspaper cuttings, and photographs; other ephemera, including the recipient’s napkin ring, this damaged, engraved ‘J.P.S. Malta Xmas 1915’; and copied research, including medal roll extracts.

Lot 336

Pair: Clerk of Stores John J. Mc Bean, Field Train, Royal Foot Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (J. J. McBean, Clerk of Stores, Field Train.); Waterloo 1815 (John J. Mc. Bean, Cl. of Stor. Royal Foot Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, official correction to ‘J. Mc.’ on the second, minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise good very fine and rare to unit (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- Dalton’s Waterloo Roll Call lists just two officers of the Field Train Department of the Ordnance. However the Royal Mint Waterloo medal roll confirms five Clerks of Stores and six Conductors of Stores in the Field Train Department as being present at Waterloo.

Lot 541

Regimental Prize Medals (10), Royal Artillery (10), all silver with enamelling, one missing suspension ring, sold together with a miscellaneous silver and enamelled fob with a Staffordshire knot, generally very fine (11) £70-£90

Lot 613

An unattributed Greek group of three Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of George I, Civil Division, Knight’s breast bade, silver and enamel; Medal of Military Merit, Fourth Class, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-18, bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine Greece, Kingdom, Cross of the Bavarian Volunteer Corps, bronze, very fine An unattributed group of nine Greek miniature dress medals Royal Order of George I, Military Division, gilt and enamel; Royal Order of George I, Civil Division, gilt and enamel; Order of the Phoenix, Civil Division, gilt and enamel; Order of the Phoenix, Military Division, silvered and enamel; Air Force Flying Cross, bronze; War Cross, bronze; Distinguished Conduct Medal, bronze; War Medal 1940-41, uniface, bronze; War Star 1940-41, uniface, bronze, mounted, mounted court-style as worn; together with three loose and separate United States of America miniature medals, including the Bronze Star, good very fine and better (16) £60-£80

Lot 554

Regimental Prize Medals (7), East Surrey Regiment (7), all silver, one with traces of gilding, very fine (7) £50-£70

Lot 576

An unattributed C.B.E. group of seven miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine A mounted M.B.E. group of six miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, extremely fine An unattributed M.B.E. pair of miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s badge, silver; Defence Medal, mounted as worn, the MBE on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine An unattributed group of four miniature dress medals France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine A mounted group of four miniature dress medals Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012, mounted court-style, good very fine (23) £70-£90 --- Note in relation to the second group of miniatures that it was not possible to be awarded both the Pacific Star and the Burma Star.

Lot 374

Four: Squadron Sergeant Major F. Battson, Glamorgan Yeomanry and 14th Hussars, who was awarded a scarce M.S.M. for Egypt and received the 14th Hussars Regimental Medal British War and Victory Medals (3254 W.O. Cl.2. F. Battson. Glam. Yeo.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3254 Sq. S. Mjr: F. Battson. 14/Hrs.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (H-47818 Sq: S. Mjr. F. Battson. 14/Hrs.) mounted court-style; together with the recipient’s 14th Hussars Regimental Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘To No. 3254 S.S.M. Frederick Battson 14th. (King’s) Hussars in recognition of the valuable services to the regiment Mhow 10th. Dec. 1912.’, nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Egypt.’ One of only two M.S.M.s awarded to the Hussars for Egypt (the other being to the 8th Hussars). Frederick Battson was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1911, and received the 14th Hussars Regimental Medal the following year. The 14th Hussars Regimental Medal was instituted by Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, V.C., in 1909; available to all ranks, it was awarded to those who ‘contributed in some conspicuous manner to the military efficiency or the military honour of the Regiment’. A total of 70 awards (68 medals and two Second Award bars) were made between 1909 and 1949. Sold with copied research.

Lot 99

Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Third Class neck badge, by Lattes, Cairo, 92mm x 63mm, silver, gold, and enamel, maker’s mark and silver marks to reverse with full and miniature-width neck ribands, in slightly damaged fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Lot 621

Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, silver and enamel, reverse stamped ‘B.B. & Co.’, with retaining pin, good very fine £100-£140

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