FEATURED MEDALS FOR SALE
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EXTREMELY SCARCE // A VICTORIA CROSS ACTION FOR MAIWAND // CLASSIC ACTION/ SECOND AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN AFGHANISTAN MEDAL NAMED TO: 3493. GUNNER F.J. NAYLOR. E. BATTERY B. BRIGADE, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. Clasp: KANDAHAR. Condition: VF.
Lieutenant General Sir Brian
Horrocks wrote, "The RHA can justifiably claim to have
Gunner Francis J.
Naylor was one of the last surviving veteran's of "E" Battery, "B" Brigade,
Royal Horse Artillery, at Maiwand, where he was wounded.
Gunner Francis J. Naylor was the Limber
Gunner of No. 2 gun in the battery's left division commanded by Lieutenant
Hector Maclaine (qv). In the attempt to save Maclaine's gun teams, the guns
themselves having been irrevocably lost after a desperate hand to hand
encounter on the gun position, the Driver's of the No. 1 gun were dragged
from t Refs: London Gazette 31, Dec., 1880. WO100/54; E/B R.H.A. at Maiwand , R.A. Journal, Vol. LV, No3 (Latham): My God Maiwand, Operations of the South Afghanistan Field Force 1878080 (Maxwell). |
$8,550.00 |
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6002
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SCARCE PIPER'S GROUP // WWI // BLACK WATCH WORLD WAR I PIPER'S TRIO named to: 1051. PTE. J. BEGG. 1/5 BLACK WATCH on STAR (clasp: 5th AUG. & 22nd NOV. 1914). ROYAL HIGHLANDERS ON OTHER TWO MEDALS. TERRITORIAL MEDAL named to: 240114. PTE. J. BEGG. 5-BLACK WATCH Condition: GVF. Comes with copy of Index Card confirming the Trio, the Territorial Medal and that he was a PIPER. |
$1,950.00
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A RARE & SCARCE GROUPING // IGS medal named to: CAPTAIN W.B. TURNBULL. INDIA MEDICAL SERVICE. Clasps: PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 & WAZIRISTAN 1901-2. Silver Gyantse, Tibet 1901-1904 medal named to: CAPTAIN W.B. TURNBULL. INDIA MEDICAL SERVICE. Medical Medallion 1892-93 named to; E.B. TURNBULL. Bronze Condition: GVF. Tibet Expedition 1903-1904 Battle of Gyantse (5/6 July 1904) Following the battle of Tsechen a Tibetan peace negotiation arrived at Gyantsé to meet with Younghusband and MacDonald. However when the Tibetan delegation withdrew from the talks the British decided to attack the fort of Gyantsé as a demonstration of strength. Directed in person by MacDonald the storming party had sneaked into place during the early hours of 5 July to the base of the cliff on which the fort stood. The approach however was guarded by a line of houses fortified and manned by Tibetan Troops . On hearing the approach of the storming party the Tibetans manning the houses opened fire and a ferocious battle ensued throughout the hours of darkness with Tibetan artillery from the fort joining in. British artillery returning fire with a counter barrage. The Tibetans fought well but were hampered by their weapons which unlike the British did not use smokeless powder so every time they fired they gave away their positions. Slowly the Tibetan troops were driven back house by house, until by mid-day the houses guarding the front of the fort had been cleared. However, the main gates of the fort could not be stormed due to the volume of fire put down by Tibetan defenders on the fort walls. As the afternoon wore on the Royal Artillery ten pounder guns which had been engaging the fort managed to set its powder magazine on fire and caused a breach in the wall close to the right of the main gate. Immediately on seeing this Lieutenant Grant of the 1/8th Ghurka's with a handful of his men scaled the heights under heavy fire and with the utmost bravery led a charge into the breach and held it open long enough for the storming party to enter and drive the Tibetans out raising the Union Flag over the Citadel. Tibetan losses were very heavy and included several high ranking Officers and Lamas. British losses amounted to 1 officer and 3 men killed, and 7 officers and 30 men wounded. The Tibetan force, pursued by flying columns sent by MacDonald abandoned hundreds of their wounded in their rush to escape. These were cared for in the British Field Hospital alongside British and Indian casualties. Lieutenant Grant, who had earlier been wounded in the Campaign and newly rejoined his unit was awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry for his capture of the breach. Tibet Expedition 1903-1904Original Force October 1903
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6007
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EDWARD VII LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT medal named to: C.S. MAJOR. INSTRUCTOR. J. PALMER. GYM. St.
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$485.00 |
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1561 |
SCARCE // WOUNDED IN THE FIRST BOER WAR ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 246. GUNNER. A. HALES. 5th. BRIGADE. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Clasp: 1877-8-9 Condition: GVF. Confirmed on the roll. Comes with research. Gunner A. Hales served in "N" Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery during the Zulu War and the 1st Boer War 1880-1881. A detachment of 2 Officers and 70 NCO's and men from the Battery were at Isandhlwana where only 1 Officer and 9 NCO and men survived. The rest of the Battery (c.50 of all ranks), probably including Gunner Hales, was with Chelmsford's column. Four men from the battery were at Rorke's Drift, one of these men, Gunner John Cantwell, was awarded the DCM for his role in the Defence. During the 1st Boer War Gunner Hales was wounded by a gun shot to the left forearm. This wound resulted in him being invalided from the Royal Artillery at the Netley Discharge Depot on the 2nd of May 1881. Gunner Hales served in South Africa with "N" Battery, 5th BDE. for 3 years and 3 months.
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A SCARCE COMBINATION WITH A LONG SERVICE MEDAL // CRIMEA WAR MEDAL GROUP NAMED TO THE SAME MAN AND REGT. // CRIMEA medal named to: E. MILLS. 6th. DRAGOONS (The INNISKILLING's) Clasps: BALAKLAVA, INKERMANN & SEBASTOPOL Original Ribbon LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL named to: 47 TROOP SERJt. MAJOR E.D. MILLER. 6th DRAGOONS. SARDINIA MEDAL named to 47. E. MILLER. 6th DRAGOONS. Condition: VF. This man was a CHARGER with the HEAVY BRIGADE at BALAKLAVA. From my Private Collection
The Inniskilling Dragoons in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at BALAKLAVA
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6008 |
A SCARCE INDIA/PUNJAB MEDAL TO AN OFFICER // INDIA/PUNJAB MEDAL NAMED TO: LIEUT-COL. A. MERCER. COMMANDING (Commanding is on the naming on the medal) 69th BENGAL. NATIVE INFANTRY. Clasps: GOOJERAT & CHILIANWALA. Condition: GVF. Supplement to London Gazette of Tuesday 5th of June (published Thursday, June 7, 1849) "Lieut. Col. A. Mercer, of the 69th Regt. of Bengal Native Infantry. "Extra members of the Military Division of the Third Class , or Companions of the said Order." C.B. June 1849 Comes with research. Size of the armies: 24,000 British, Bengal Army and Bombay Army troops with 96 guns against 60,000 Sikhs with 59 guns.
BATTLE OF GOOJERAT
NATIVE. 19th Bombay Native Infantry. One of the Bombay Army regiments at the battle of Goojerat Following the carnage of the Battle of Chillianwallah, General Gough’s Army of the Punjab camped around the village, while for three days it poured with rain. Shere Singh’s Sikh Army lay at the village of Rasul between Chillianwallah and the River Jhelum. The weather cleared but Gough resolved not to attack the Sikhs until General Whish had captured Multan and rejoined him with his division. Shere Singh tried to lure Gough into a premature battle, but to no avail.
The army of Chattar Singh joined the Sikhs at Rasul, bringing a force of 1,500 Afghan cavalry commanded by the son of Dost Mohammed, the Amir of Afghanistan who had so humiliatingly defeated the British in the First Afghan War. On 25th January 1849 shortage of supply forced Shere Singh to leave Rasul and march for the more fertile country around Goojerat on the Chenab River to the East. Gough dispatched Lieutenant Hodson with a force of cavalry to Wazirabad on the far side of the Chenab to watch for a Sikh incursion across the river. On 15th February 1849 Gough broke camp and moved towards the Chenab in order to meet Whish’s division and put himself in a position to attack the Sikhs. On Gough’s direction Whish sent a small force to reinforce Hodson in Wazirabad. On 16th, 17th and 18th February 1849, Gough approached the Sikh army in Goojerat; on the last day of the march Whish’s division rejoined the army. On 19th and 20th February 1849, Dundas’s Bombay brigade and Markham’s Bengal brigade marched in, giving Gough his decisive force for the final battle with the Sikhs; 24,000 troops and 96 guns. Gough found the Sikh army numbering 60,000 men, drawn up to the South of Goojerat, the mass of the regular Sikh infantry with 59 guns in line in the two mile gap between the dry river Dwara on the right and the flowing Katela river on the left. On each flank the Sikh cavalry continued the line beyond the two river beds with the Afghan cavalry on the right. The Sikhs had fortified a number of villages lying in advance of their line. Gough planned to launch his main attack alongside the Dwara nullah, while the 1st and 2nd cavalry brigades pinned the Sikh left flank and centre. His infantry brigades would be formed for the attack: from the right, Hervey’s, Penny’s and Mountain’s brigades, with Markham’s brigade in support. To the left of Hervey’s would be the heavy guns on the bank of the Dawa: on the left bank of the dry nullah, Carnegy’s, McLeod’s and Dundas’s brigades with Hoggan’s reserve in support. White’s cavalry brigade would cover the left flank. The British, Bengal and Bombay troops fell in for the battle soon after dawn on 21st February 1849. Gough rode down the line, wearing his white “Fighting Coat”, and was cheered vigorously by his men. On the signal the Army of the Punjab advanced two miles towards the Sikh positions, halting as the Sikh guns opened fire. Gough ordered his gun batteries forward, with a covering of skirmishers, and a heavy duel opened between the opposing artilleries, the Bengal and Bombay artillery outnumbering the Sikh guns nearly two to one. The decisive point came when the two Bengal horse artillery reserve batteries took several Sikh guns in enfilade and destroyed them. After two and half hours bombardment the Sikh fire began to fade. With the slackening gunfire the Sikh cavalry on Gough’s right moved forward towards Hearsay’s cavalry division, leading to extensive manoeuvring between the opposing forces. The main British infantry attack began as Penny’s and Mountain’s brigades, supported by the heavy guns, moved forward towards the centre of the Sikh line and were received with a heavy fire from the surviving guns. The village of Bara Kalra (Great Kalra) lay in advance of the right of the Sikh centre. A party of light troops moved forward to take the apparently empty village, to be met by a storm of shots from the loopholed houses. Gilbert, the divisional commander, dispatched the 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers to attack the Sikh garrison, the regiment pushing through the village in the face of a stubborn resistance. The Sikhs counter-attacked, pushing the 2nd Fusiliers back through Bara Kalra, until they were halted by blasts of grape shot at close range from Fordyce’s troop of Bengal Horse Artillery and the finally cleared from the village. At the same time, Hervey’s brigade attacked the twin village of Chota Kalra (Little Kalra), HM 10th Foot and 8th BNI leading the attack. Again the resistance was fierce and the fire extremely heavy. Sikh cavalry threatened the right flank of the brigade, forcing the third regiment, 52nd BNI, to form to the flank. Markham’s brigade came up and with the supporting fire of Mackenzie’s and Anderson’s batteries of Bengal Horse Artillery, Hervey’s battalions took Chota Kalra. On the left bank of the Dawa Nullah the artillery cleared the row of villages of their Sikh garrisons and Campbells’ three brigades advanced unopposed, enabling the guns to move forward and take the main Sikh line in enfilade across the Dawa, causing numerous casualties and contributing to the general retreat of the Sikh army. On Gough’s left the Sikh cavalry moved forward and round his flank, but were halted by the fire of Duncan’s and Huish’s batteries of Bengal Horse Artillery. This was followed by a charge delivered by the Scinde Horse and a squadron of HM 9th Lancers, which drove the Sikh cavalry back. All along the line the Sikh formations were collapsing and taking to flight, in striking contrast to their measured withdrawal in all the previous battles of the wars, other than Aliwal. Thackwell’s (this officer's medals are in my private collection and can be viewed by clicking on "Private Collection on the home page), cavalry pursued the Sikhs beyond Goojerat for 12 miles towards the River Jhelum, halting only when his artillery horses were exhausted and could go no further. Hearsey with the right flank cavalry brigades joined the rest of the Cavalry Division beyond Goojerat and continued the chase until nightfall. Pickets were placed on the Chenab fords, permitting the Sikh soldiers to cross and return to their farms provided they surrendered their weapons. Comes with research.
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Flt. Lt Archibald E. Ubee, Devon Regiment and Royal Air Force. 1. 1914-15 Star trio named to 12495 Cpl. A.E. Ubee. Devon R. (War medal and the Great War medal are slightly polished.) 2. GSM 1918- 62 named to Cpl. A/Sgt. A.E.Ubee Two clasps: Southern Desert Iraq (A very scarce clasp for the R.A.F.) & Palestine 3. Defence Medal 4.War Medal 1939-45 5. RAF L.S.&G.C. Medal GV named to Flt. Sgt. A. E.Ubee (Rare George version). Condition VF and better. The medals indicate that Ubee transferred or re-enlisted from Devon Regiment to the R.A.F. after service in France/Belgium in WW 1 Serving with the R.A.F. in the Southern Desert Iraq and Palestine as Cpl/A. Sgt. promoted to Flt.Sgt. Further information from London Gazette:- 04 March 1941 Archibald E. Ubee commissioned from Flt. Sgt to Flying Officer on probation No. 45402. Commission granted for duration of hostilities. Further L.G. entries 11th April 1942 Commission confirmed. 3 July 1942 Flying Officer to be Flt. Lt. (temp) in Administration and Special Duties Branch. It is probable that he served only in the U.K. during WW 2 and did not qualify for any other awards, apart from Defence and War Medals. This is a fine and rare group for a man who served in ranks from Pte. to Corporal in Devon Regiment to Cpl/Sgt through to Flying Officer & Flt. Lt. in the RAF.
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A SCARCE AND UNIQUE GROUPING // RAF POLICE GSM MEDAL NAMED TO: CPL. W.P. HARRIS. (D8215157) RAF. Clasps: NORTHERN IRELAND & AIR OPERATIONS IRAQ GULF MEDAL NAMED TO: CPL. W.P. HARRIS. (D8215157) RAF. ACCUMULATION CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL NAMED TO: CPL. W.P. HARRIS. (D8215157) RAF. JUBILEE MEDAL AND NATO MEDALS UNNAMED AS ISSUED. MEDALS ARE MOUNTED FOR WEAR. Comes with original box of issue for the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal.
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A SCARCE GROUPING TO A COMMANDING OFFICER// WOUNDED AT EL ALAMEIN //
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL named to: LIEUT. K. MACKESSACK. SEAFORTH. Clasp: NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1930-31. WWII medals issued unnamed. Condition: GVF. Commissioned in the Seaforth Hldrs 1923; served in India, Palestine, Middle East and North Africa. Commanded the 2nd Bn. at El Alamein (wounded at El Alamein; mentioned in despatches 1942. Military Attaché in Washington D.C. 1943-46. Graduate of Sandhurst. Ret. Hon. Lt. Col. Comes with original mini's.
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SCARCE to the S.A.S.
A campaign medal awarded to Warrant Officer P. D. “Gypsy” Smith, Special Air Service Regiment, a noted explosives expert in the Borneo campaign who extended his talents to creating a still for making alcohol from the metal frame of his Bergen rucksack Clasps: BORNEO, RADFAN & SOUTH ARABIA Condition: GVF.
Phillip D. “Gypsy” Smith was born in June
1934 and was called up for National Service in September 1952, signing on
for Regular Engagement in the following month. He subsequently served in
Malaya, Oman and Borneo with the S.A.S., latterly as Squadron Sergeant-Major
of ‘D’ Squadron. According to the author of his obituary published in Mars
and Minerva: Warrant Officer P. D.Smith is extensively mentioned is S.A.S., THE JUNGLE FRONTIER: 22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Boroeo Campaign 1963-66 by Peter Dickens. This is in addition to other published S.A.S. histories; Tony Geraghty's WHO DARES WIN. This is the genuine GSM 1962 with
correct clasp
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Scarce to an Officer // Natal CLASP: 1906. NAMED TO: Captain. F.K. Symons, 2nd. Royston’s Hse. B. King’s William Town, served K.W.T. Vol. Rif. with the B.S.A. Police on expedition of 1890-91 in the occupation of Mashonaland. Captain in C Sqdn. Kaffrarian Rifles during the Boer war and present at the Defense of Wepener. Served in the Natal Rebellion in command of the Cape Colonial Contingent. Condition: VF. Comes with information above and small photo.
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SCARCE // a V.C. ACTION GSM for the FALKLANDS NAMED TO: 24372971. PTE. A. PATTERSON. PARA. Condition: NEF.
GSM NAMED TO: 24372971. PTE. A. PATTERSON. PARA. Clasp: NORTHERN IRELAND. Condition: NEF.
Comes with the following personal items: 1. Regular Army Certificate of Service (Red Book). 2. Soldier Tags worn by the reciient. 3. Photos of the recipient both in Northern Ireland and The Falklands. 4. Corporal stripes and Insignia. Pte. A. Patterson who part in the battle of Mount Longdon; 4 Platoon B. Coy. Nine men in the section on the attack on London. Three left the next morning. Three dead and three wounded. Platoon Sgt. McKay won a V.C. Also served Muscat & Oman and Belize among other stations.
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he lead horses and slaughtered on the ground, and the team galloped
rider-less to the rear. The lead horses of Naylor's No. 2 gun fared no
better and were shot down, whereupon Sergeant P. Mullane, the gun's
Number One, "charged back in rage among the ghazis, who recoiled before his
fury". He managed to grab a wounded Driver, by the name of Pickwell Istead,
from under the knives of the Afghans and to carry him back and put him on
Naylor's Limber. They then "galloped away to rejoin the battery leaving the
ghazis and Kabuli infantry standing proudly around two 9 pounder guns of the
Royal Horse Artillery".
Mullane was duly awarded
the Victoria Cross.
