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1940 Battle of Britain’ D.F.M. group Blenheim fighter wireless operator/air gunner , 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew with and shared in the victories of his pilot – Squadron Leader R. J. Peacock, whose victories all achieved in 1940 ‘made him Coastal Command’s pilot to ever achieve ‘ace’ status in a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV Fighter’

£10,950.00
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Distinguished Flying Medal group with Log Book, (57 ops.) a fine immediate award, Sgt. (WO/Air Gunner) 462 Squadron (previously 58 & 405 Sqdns.) awarded during a raid on Palermo Harbour bracing his foot against an igniting flare chute. The resulting explosion rather than the probable destruction of the aircraft was restricted to severely injuring the recipients foot along with and damage only to the rear blowing out the rear bulkhead door, twisting the ammunition tracks and distorting many frame members. Despite his injuries continued to carry out his duties . Had previously participated in the destruction of two enemy fighters. Later commissioned Pilot Officer.

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Fine 1940 DFM 40 Squadron (Blenheims) shot down and wounded, made ashore by dinghy where taken prisoner of war. Following six months in hospital was held in a series of camps until 1945 with photographic images of the recipient, a letter written whilst PoW

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DSO, DFC and Bar, AFC, MID with 3 clasp GSM Pilot’s group of eight Wing Commander 2 tours with 61 Squadron (Hampdens & Lancasters), mostly on heavily defended German targets. Awarded a Bar to his DFC for the sinking of U751 by a low level attack with his Lancaster in so providing the first irrefutable photographic evidence of his ‘kill ‘ and a remarkable instance of the sinking by a front line bomber squadron. A detachment of 61 Sqdn (Lancaster) ‘loaned’ to Coastal Command. along with a complete set of Log Books

£15,000.00
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Military General Service , clasp , Pyrenees, 95th Foot Rifles, a Bridge of Vera casualty 31 August 1813 , discharged in consequence of ‘An amputation of shoulder on account of a wound received at Vera Bridge, 31 August, 1813. The epic action in which 80 of the Rifles under Captain Cadoux whilst very greatly outnumbered, held the important bridge against repeated French assaults until low on ammunition were forced to give. Severe casualties were inflicted on the attackers though Cadoux felled killed by a shot. In addition all the officers, sergeants and well over half of the Riflemen. were killed or wounded

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Military General Service, 11 clasps, 95th Rifles, a Waterloo man where he was wounded, his records state four times wounded during his service. Musters record a prisoner of war for a month from 10 October, 1810, the lines at Torres Vedras , joined from PoW November 1810. A unique clasp combination to the British Army

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Crimea 3 clasps with Balaklava, 4th Light Dragoons, officially impressed, a ‘Charger’ mortally wounded in the charge at Balaklava, 25/11/1854 and died in the Regimental Camp on 9 December 1854.

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Agood DSM group for 1940 for the Grimsby Trawler ‘Rinovia’ converted to a minesweeper for the shooting down of an enemy aircraft when attacked in the Western Channel. July 1940

£1,350.00
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Sierra Leone 1898-99 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel, Devonshire Regiment, attached West African Regiment, who was severely wounded with the Devons at the Battle of Colenso and afterwards commanded Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry in Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony and was four times Mentioned in Despatches

£6,300.00
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East & West Africa pair with 1891-2 clasp HMS Racer

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Pair: Surgeon ,East and West Africa clasp, 1897-98 (Surgn. Lagos. Hausa. Force.), Africa General Service clasp, N. Nigeria 1903 (Dr. W.A.M.S.)

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E11R Military Medal group, Chestnut Troop, R.H.A. award for Aden 1966, for his gallantry during a night attack carried out by a force of at least 80 heavily armed dissidents on the Dhala Garrison, 28/29 March 1966. Regularly exposing himself to mortar and small-arms fire, he led his 2 gun section fearlessly during the 8 hour action. One of 11 awards for this theatre 1964-67

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Military General Service single clasp Talavera, 40th. Foot. discharged as a result of wound to the hip

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Excellent Great War submarines D.S.M. group  decorated for his deeds in the E-42 in April 1918, when she attacked and damaged the German battle cruiser Moltke during the last sortie made by the German High Seas Fleet into the North Sea

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China 1842, Lieutenant , 55th with good service details being engaged at various hard fought actions

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Excessively rare 1932 Northern Kurdistan ‘immediate’ D.F.C. with fine recommendation to Wapiti pilot 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his repeated gallantry in supporting a column of troops ambushed by a substantial rebel force, despite coming under heavy fire himself and being holed in both petrol tanks. He later commanded 33 Squadron in Gaza, Palestine, then later Group Captain, with a number of station commands during the Second World War, including Marston Moor and commanding No. 26 O.C.U.

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Second War ‘1945’ D.F.C. and Second Award Bar, ‘1943’ D.F.M. group to R.A.F. who flew in at least 79 operational sorties, with 106, 83 and 7 Squadrons – of which 68 were with the Path Finder Force, all as a Lancaster Visual Bomb Aimer of a Marker Crew

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A Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel, Imperial Yeomanry, late Derbyshire Regiment,with IGS Burma where severely wounded and East & West Africa

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A fine Second War submariner’s D.S.O. and D.S.C. group Captain , Royal Navy, who won the D.S.C. when in command of H.M. Submarine H.44 for sinking shipping off the coast of Norway in 1940, and the D.S.O. when in command of H.M. Submarine Upright for sinking the Italian cruiser Armando Diaz in February 1941, despite an escort of Italian destroyers which then launched a search and attack for over an hour, Uniquely. He commanded H.M.S. Graph, previously the U.570 which was captured al most intact at sea by an R.A.F. Hudson aircraft. he was afterwards the first Commodore (commanding) Malaysian Navy

£6,800.00
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Double gallantry D.S.O., M.C. Pte. 20 (Public Schools) R. Fus, and Captain, Cheshire Regiment, Particularly good DSO for Jenlain, November, 1918 and the M.C. for Messines June 1917

£3,200.00
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Naval General Service, 1 clasp, Endymion Wh President, unique name on the medal roll

£11,000.00
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, three clasps, 4 Novr. 1805, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Master´s Mate. Later as Master of HMS Carnation at the sanguinary boat action against the American Privateer General Armstrong, 26 September, 1814

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A fine 1914 Wulverghem Distinguished Conduct Medal group with Memorial Plaque, 2/W. Riding Regiment, recommended for the Victoria Cross for great and conspicuous gallantry in leaving his trench and under heavy machine gun fire and rescuing a badly wounded man within 40 yards of the German trenches. Mortally wounded 18 April, 1915 during the Battlion assault on Hill 60 Ypres, dying two days later.

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A particularly good D.C.M. M.M. group 1/5 Gordon Highlanders, DCM awarded for taking command (1st day Third Ypres) when his platoon commander was wounded resulting in the capture of a farmhouse and 60 prisoners. His Military Medal for services whilst a Prisoner of War having been taken prisoner at St. Quentin, first day of the German March Offensive. After the war joined the ‘Black & Tans” early 1921 serving until their disbandment serving in Monaghan

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Distinguished Conduct Medal group , R. Scots. Fusiliers, awarded ‘For conspicuous gallantry in the attack on Pieter’s Hill.’

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Military General Service ,3 clasps, Egypt , Martinique, Guadaloupe, 13th Foot. Served with the regiment in North America , War of 1812A rare combination of clasps

£2,600.00
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South Atlantic group of 5 Parachute Reg. served A Coy. 3 Para later Col. Sgt. and following private security contractor killed by a suicide car bomber in Iraq in 2004 whilst travelling in convoy as protection for overseas workers

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Crimea, 3 (4) clasps, Balaklava, 17th Lancers, officially impressed ‘ Charger’, wounded, taken Prisoner of war, died in Russian hands

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Waterloo Medal, 1st Dragoon Guards, a particularly good Union Brigade Charge casualty, four times wounded. The nature of his wounds indicate present throughout the charge until the final engagement with French Lancers suffering two head wounds and two severe lance wounds

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A remarkable American Boat Service, clasp 14 December 1814, with 1st class Order of Ferdinand of Spain, Lieutenant , Royal Marines. Present In the boats in the attack on the American ships on Lake Borgne. One of the 100 Marine detachment at the battle of New Orleans and wounded in the head by a musket ball during the successful attack and the capture of the American guns on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, 8Jan. 1815. Shipwrecked off Campeachy , Gulf of Mexico, aboard HMS Tay in 1816 and taken prisoner by the Spanish Navy . Commanded a company of the Royal Marine battalion present during the Carlist War in 1836-1837 where the Marines were actively engaged especially at the battle of Hernani and awarded the order of Ferdinand

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Distinguished Flying Medal (GV1) an Operation ‘Colossus’ award as Sgt (W/T) in the crew of J.B. ‘Willie’ Tait, DSO & 3 Bars, D.F.C. & Bar. The first parachute operation for the British Army when 35 officers and men of X Troop , 11 S.A.S. were dropped by 6 Whitleys of 51 Sqdn. with hand picked crews on 11 Feb. 1941 to destroy the important aqueduct at Tragino , Southern Italy. Successfully demolished the SAS split into four groups for the 60 mile trek to a submarine pick up. None of the groups made it back but this raid set the marker for future raids. It won Tait his first DSO in his last op with 51 Sqdn. The recipient was lost on air ops some 2 weeks later.

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Naval General Service, clasp Guadaloupe , Midshipman (later Commander) also present in the operations against New Orleans 1815

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Naval General Service, clasp, Nassau 22 March 1808 (31 issued)

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A good Officer’s Naval General Service St. Domingo where he was wounded on board ‘Spencer’ (74) which took the French Alexandre (80) though at heavy cost. Again wounded this time severely in the bay of Sagone, 1811. One of the first officers appointed to the preventative service was Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard Bray (Ireland) and later A. Inspector General Dub lin

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Waterloo, 79th Foot Order of Merit, 1st Class, silver, for 12 Years service, 1st Batt, 79th Reg. Foot, Severely wounded in the neck, and slightly in the thigh and taken prisoner of war on 25 October 1812 (retreat from Burgos), held prisoner until 1814, wounded in the left arm at Waterloo, 18 June

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Volunteer Force (EDV11) Sergeant 5th V.B. Royal Highrs. (Perthshire)

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Royal Flying Corps D.S.O. 28 Cavalry & RFC A superb award illustrated in ‘Deeds That Thrill The Empire’. His Pilot recommended for the VC in 1915 for the same action, but similarly receiving the DSO. Whilst severely wounded and under attack from an enemy aircraft climbed from seat leaning over to stem the blood flow from his grievously wounded pilot

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Distinguished Service medal group (GV1) , excellent Merchant Seaman award for the action between Armed Merchant Cruiser (previously RMMV) Caernarvon Castle and the German Raider ‘Thor’, 5 December 1940. Later served Operation Pedestal , the epic Malta convoy (oil tanker Ohio) where aboard and surviving the sinking of MV Wairangi when torpedoed and sunk by enemy torpedo boats

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An excellent OBE, DSC & Bar, Legion ofHonour group. The DSC for the celebrated Swift & Broke action in April 1917,Lieutenant R.N. Executive Officer and Gunnery Lieutenant of H.M.S. Swift. He displayed great coolness and method in the control of fire which he had very ably organised

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Military Cross group, a fine award for Palestine operations 1939, Highland Light Infantry

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I.G.S 1854 clasp Perak, Naval Chaplain, H.M.S. Modeste

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A scarce Royal Marines single date, Q-Ship Distinguished Service Medal group of 5 decorated for his service during the attack on the Submarine U31

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M.G.S. 6 clasps, Lieutenant 74th Foot, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse

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Naval General Service clasp Endymion wh President present as Private , Royal Marines

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A good 6 clasp MGS to the 40th Foot to include clasps for the storms at Badajoz and Cuidad Rodrigo, also served in the War of 1812 and a Waterloo man

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M.G.S. clasp Nive, Corporal , 4th Foot, who lost his right eye from a gun shot wound received in the disastrous assault at the American lines at New Orleans, 8 January 1815

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Crimea , 3 clasp, Heavy Brigade , 4th Dragoon Guards, engraved, beautiful condition , good provenance

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Waterloo, 1st Regiment Foot Guards , a Light Company man, a Hougoumont defender and wounded, original clip, lovely condition

£3,950.00
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Order of the British Empire ribbon A useful lot, various grades Older Toye Kenning & Spencer ribbon

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I.G.S 1854 clasp Umbeyla , H.M.s 71st. Regt

£175.00