British Medals

Rare DFC group of 7 to Nav. Thomas O’Gorman, 279 Sqn RAF, who won the US DFC saving 10 B-17 crew and also the UK DFC, served Coastal Cmd 42–44 and Far East 45, with log book, service papers, Gazette entries and full history

Group of 3 to Squadron Leader John William Arnold Elias, Air Force Cross: LG 1971, flew Shackleton Aircraft, Queen's Commendation 1959, see citation group, comes complete with service history, plus copies of his photos in service, a good post-war group

Group of 7 to Group Captain Matthew Cormie, RAF, Pilot Officer, Technical Officer, served WWII in Africa then Italy, after the war served in Kenya, scarce to the RAF, retired 8/7/1974 rank of Group Captain, MBE (military) awarded 1/7/1965, with history

Group of 3 with MiD to 570797 Charles Frederick Sloper, Group Captain, School of Technical Training, with full service history

Group of 9 to Battery Sergeant Major Reginald James Paris, RFA, MM: LG 1918, 'B' Battery 161 Brigade R.F.A. (attached 18 Divisional Artillery), W.O. Class 2 - 7/4 Field Brigade, R.A., Captain (Quarter Master) - R.A. 1940-47, full history with group

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to 3577 Driver H. Fuller, Royal Field Artillery, early issue

Normandy Veterans Medal, 1944-94

1914 Star with rosette/ Victory Medal/ British War Medal trio to 1614 Private R. Baker, Army Service Corps, note ribbons mixed up, also the bar is on the victory medal ribbon, with his wound badge broken and cap badge missing the slider

OBE, in original case with king's letter to Walter T. Watts, pipe installation to the military Forces in Northern Burma, see letter Louis Mountbatten, South East Asia Command 23rd January 1944, with a school medal from Whitgift School cross country run

Queen's South Africa Medal, 3 bars: Transvaal, Orange Free State & Cape Colony, to 4848 Private F. Beacham, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders

Canadian DFC group to Flying Officer Ivan Murray Pare, Air Gunner on Halifax Bomber, 138 Squadron, RCAF, 'completed many successful operations... displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty' LG 18/8/1944, includes photos, documents and research

MBE/ WWI pair to 204234 Private Sidney Taylor, 1st Battalion, 1st London Regiment, enlisted 23/5/1916, discharged 15/10/1918, with original discharge certificate, MBE for Clerical Officer, Ministry of Transport, 1/6/1951

Royal Victorian Order, 4th class, number 1857

Group of 3 to 28982 Corporal G. W. Mason, Royal Medical Corps: British War Medal, Victory Medal & India General Service Medal, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 bar

General Service Medal, Cyprus bar, to 2763788 Senior Aircraft Man Antony Joseph Edward, Royal Air Force, with driving licence for British Isles and Overseas plus photo showing him as a racing driver

Imperial Service Medal, George V, 2nd type, in case, with letter for award to John Thompson, His Majesty's Prison Peterhead

Korea pair to TIC/ SSX879965 Able Body Seaman Stanley Saffhill, Royal Navy, served aboard HMS Birmingham, with his navy pay book and ID book

Queen's South Africa Medal, 5 bars: South Africa 1902, South Africa 1901, Transvaal, Orange Free State & Cape Colony, to 34560 Private H. G. Jones, 92 Company, Imperial Yeomanry, with sports medal: Wood Green Football League 1906-07

India Medal, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 bar, & British War Medal pair to Private, later Quarter Master Sergeant C. A. Johnstone, Royal Fusiliers

Afghanistan Medal 1878-80, to 7688 Private J. Elms, 85th Foot

Royal Air Force group of 3 to 4031472 Corporal I. R. Mymill, RAF

Queen's Sudan Medal to 4144 Private E. Stanly, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment, some wear

Punjab Medal, 2 bars: Mooltan & Goojerat, to Robert Mates, 1st European Fusiliers, medal in mint condition

British South Africa Company Medal, Rhodesia 1896 reverse, to civilian Mr. E. Ross Townsend

Military Medal, 1914-18, to Sergeant Percy Winning, 4th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, London Gazette 7th October 1918, some history, he came from Catford, South East London

India Medal, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 bar, to 2025 Private C. Chapman, 3rd Rifle Brigade, some wear

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 1953, in original case, nice tone

Imperial Service Medal to John Male, with small silver medal for Omega Street Football Team, also comes with a slip showing he served in the navy in WWII, entitled to 6 medals

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, WWI period, to 4810 Sergeant S. Bennett, Royal Field Artillery

General Service Medal, Palestine 1945-48 bar, to 676 B. Constable J. R. G. Travers, Palestine Police

Distinguished Flying Medal group to Sergeant Roderick Johnson, RAF, Flight Engineer, 578 Squadron, flying Handley Page Halifax Bombers, 36 sorties including targets in Berlin, Essen, Frankfurt and Homburg, an efficient engineer, see citation, LG 8/12/1944

Royal Red Cross, 1914-1918 period, second class, in original case

Victorian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to 773 Private J. Palfrey, 1-7 Foot

Commander of the British Emprie (CBE), 2nd type, civil, in case, by Toye, Kenning and Spencer Ltd., London

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, 1952-2012, in original case

War Medal 1939-45/ General Service Medal, Palestine 1945-48 bar pair, to 4400 B.Const. R. Robertson, Palestine Police

Royal Air Force Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to 338170 Sergeant F. W. Whyte, RAF, with a pre-war account of his trip from Baghdad to Cairo, an interesting lot

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal, 1952-2022, in original case

Coronation Medal, Charles III, 2023, in original case of issue

OBE, 2nd type, 1937-52, civil, in original case

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal to 1621 Private C. Chadwick, 14th Middlesex Rifles 1908-1927 Inns of Court

Group of 3 to 9758 Corporal C. Paulson, Liverpool Regiment, WWI pair, Indian General Service Medal, Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919 bar

Territorial Decoration with Canada bar in box, unnamed

Group of 6 miniatures, Queen's South Africa (4 bars), 1914 Star with bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal Edward VII & Meritorious Service Medal George VI

Territorial Decoration/ Cadet Forces Long Service Medal pair to Major A. S. Jenkins, C.C.F.

DCM group to Lieut. David Suttie, Black Watch 1886-93, then Boer War, then Great War, A Company, 7 South African Infantry in German East Africa 1915-17, DCM for Actions in German East Africa, scarce for a South African as only 800 awarded WWI, see history

Knight of the British Empire, first type, 1917-36, a good set with no damage to enamel

Northern Ireland/ First Gulf War pair to 24744000 Guardsman S. J. Gray, Scots Guards