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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 21st April 2011 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 19th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm |
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| Auction Lots - Page 4 | |||
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| Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Third Class neck Badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 44mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, 1861 date stamp, assay office mark, and gold mark on suspension ring; maker's mark and court stamp on reverse, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion, otherwise extremely fine £1,200-1,500 |
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| Russia, Imperial, Cross of St. George, Fourth Class, 34mm, silver, reverse officially numbered '155352', fine £40-50 |
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| Russia, Imperial, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, 28mm, silver (132280 O. John Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Jupiter.), very fine £200-250 Footnote: 132280 Chief Stoker Owen John, born Pembroke, Wales, 1866; enlisted Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1885; service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Jupiter (battleship), 29.11.1914-19.5.1915; in 1915 the latter was sent to Archangel as an ice breaker, and became the first ship to arrive there in February of that year. |
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| Russia, Imperial, Commemorative Jetton for the Coronation of Tsar Alexander III, 15th May 1883, 22mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine £150-200 |
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| Russia, Imperial, Commemorative Jetton for the 50th Jubilee of the Reform of the Law 1914, by Osipov, St. Petersburg, 53mm x 27mm, silver (84 zolotniki), 1908-17 kokoshnik mark for St. Petersburg and maker's mark on reverse, with spring suspension, good very fine £200-300 |
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| 156 | |||
| Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 2nd type, Commander's neck Badge, 81mm including crown suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, good very fine £180-220 |
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| Serbia, Kingdom, Soldiers' Order of the Star of Karageorge with Swords, Silver Cross, 61mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silvered-bronze and gilt, reverse dated 1914-16, good fine £80-120 |
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| Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Knight's breast Badge, 62mm including bow suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, good very fine Miniature Award: Nepal, Kingdom, Order of the Star of Nepal, Knight's Badge, silver gilt and enamel, extremely fine (2) £50-70 |
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| An Unusual Group of Four to Sir Oswald Brierly, Marine Painter in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, Who Accompanied Captain Henry Keppel in H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre to the Baltic and Black Seas During the Crimea War 1854-55, And Sketched the English and French Fleets in Action a) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fourth Class breast Badge, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 60mm, silver, gold suspension and applique, and enamel, with rosette on riband b) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 70mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 55mm, silver, gold suspension and applique, and enamel, with rosette on riband c) Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Officer's breast Badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 34mm, gold and enamel d) Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, privately manufactured Officers' type, with ring and ball suspension, extremely fine, mounted in a fitted glazed frame with a portrait photograph of the recipient, and the following related items: - A print of H.M.S. Meander 44 Guns, 'Shortening Sail for Anchoring', Rio, June 9th 1851, by Oswald W. Brierly, slightly damaged - A print of H.M.S. Agamemnon 91 Guns, 'Getting under weigh from Spithead, 1853, by Oswald W. Brierly, slightly damaged - A print of the America 'Winning the Match at Cowes for the Club Cup, August 22nd 1851, from the original sketch taken on the spot by Oswald W. Brierly - Letter from the recipient to Major W.M. Collins, undated, signed 'Oswald W. Brierly' - BASSETT, Marnie, Behind the Picture, H.M.S. Rattlesnake's Australia and New Guinea Cruise, 1846-50, Melbourne 1966, 112pp, including a copy of a sketch made by Oswald Brierly, casebound with dust jacket (4) £600-800 Footnote: Sir Oswald Walters Brierly was born in Chester in May 1817, the son of a doctor and amateur painter. After attending the Academy of Henry Sass in Bloomsbury, he went to Plymouth to study naval architecture and rigging, and his first exhibits accepted by the Royal Academy were of H.M.S. Pique and Gorgon at Plymouth in 1839. In 1841 he sailed for Sydney, New South Wales in the yacht Wanderer, and briefly settled for a time there and also in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1848 the Royal Naval surveyor, Captain O. Stanley, offered to take him in H.M.S. Rattlesnake on a survey of the north and east coasts of Australia and he went on two voyages, keeping a valuable record with his drawings. In 1850 Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel asked him to join him aboard H.M.S. Meander, which cruised in the Pacific and off the west coast of South America, before returning to England via the Magellan Straits in July 1851; the following month whilst still in Portsmouth he watched and sketched the yacht America win the cup which bears her name. In 1854 Keppel was to accompany the Baltic Fleet in H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre, 101 Guns, and again asked Brierly to accompany him. Many of Brierly's watercolours of that first year of the Russian War were lithographed and published as 'The English and French Fleets in the Baltic 1854.' In 1855 he again accompanied Keppel, this time to the Black Sea for the final operations of the Crimean War. On his return Her Majesty the Queen asked him to sketch the Fleet from the royal yacht during the great review on the Fleet's return. In 1874 he was appointed Marine Painter in Ordinary to the Queen, and in 1885 was knighted. He also served as Curator of the Painted Hall and Greenwich Hospital Collections. He died at home in London in December 1894. |
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| Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Commanders neck Badge, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 65mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine £350-400 |
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| Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fifth Class breast Badge, 79mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 63mm, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage, very fine £100-140 |
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| Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Third Class breast Badge, with Scimitars, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 65mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver mark on reverse, nearly extremely fine £400-500 |
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| Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, 73mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 60mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver mark on reverse, minor enamel damage, good very fine £100-140 |
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Vatican, Holy See, 'Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice' Cross, 42mm, silver, extremely fine, together with an unrelated Italian bronze medal, commemorating the 10th International Congress in Rome, 1912 Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Group of Four to a Belgian Roman Catholic Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight's breast Badge, silver and enamel; Belgium, Kingdom, Industry, Agriculture, and Labour Decoration, gold and enamel; Vatican, Holy See, Order of St. Gregory, Officer's breast Badge, gold and enamel; Vatican, Holy See, Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Military Division, Knight's Badge, with trophy of arms suspension, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, mounted as worn 'Continental style' on a double braid gilt chain, with gold fixing pins at either end (6) £60-80HONOURS AND AWARDS BESTOWED UPON SIR PETER MARKHAM SCOTT |
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| The C.H., C.B.E., Second War 1943 'Coastal Forces' D.S.C. and Bar Group of Eight to Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Markham Scott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Who Commanded a Flotilla of Steam Gun Boats in the English Channel During the War, was Honoured For His Gallantry at the Actions in the Baie de la Seine, April 1943, and off Cap d'Antifer, September 1943, and was Mentioned in Despatches for the Dieppe Raid, August 1942; A Celebrated Painter, Naturalist, and Olympic Sportsman, He Later Founded the World Wide Fund For Nature and was Knighted For His Services to Conservation a) The Order of the Companion's of Honour, Member's (C.H.) neck Badge, E.II.R., 68mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1978) and enamel, minor enamel damage to motto, in Toye Kenning and Spencer, London, case of issue, with full and miniature width neck ribands b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander's (C.B.E.) neck Badge, 81mm including crown suspension x 64mm, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with full and miniature width neck ribands c) Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1942), reverse officially dated '1943', with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated '1943', in Garrard, London, case of issue d) 1939-1945 Star e) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar f) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, the Second War Campaign Awards all in card box of issue, named to 'Lt Cdr P.M. Scott- MBE. DSC- RN.' and addressed to 'The New Grounds, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire' g) Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Ark, Commander's neck Badge, 71mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks to reverse, in Royal Mint, Utrecht, case of issue, with neck riband and lapel rosette, extremely fine, with the following related documents &c.: - Bestowal Document for the C.H., named to Sir Peter Markham Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C., and dated 13.6.1987, contained in a glazed frame - Copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and List of Members, 1987 - Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., named to Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., and dated 1.6.1953 - Two letters to the recipient on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty regarding the award of the D.S.C., dated 30.6.1943, and the award of the Second Award Bar to the D.S.C., dated 22.11.1943, both contained in glazed frames - Three Mentioned in Despatches certificates, dated 8.7.1941, 2.10.1942, and 28.9.1943, all contained in glazed frames - Letter to the recipient from Admiral Sir Charles Little, G.B.E., K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, dated 1.1.1945, contained in a glazed frame - Bestowal Document for the Order of the Golden Ark, named to Sir Peter Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C., LL.D., and dated 1.1.1976, contained in scroll holder of issue, together with citation, - Copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Ark - the recipient's 'Walley Medal', the reverse named to 'P.M. Scott M.B.E.', together with a handwritten note stating 'This medal was awarded to me by the Howard family on my return from the Dieppe Raid in August 1942' (lot) £5,000-7,000 Footnote: C.H. London Gazette 13.6.1987 Sir Peter Markham Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C. 'For services to conservation.' C.B.E. London Gazette 1.6.1953 Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Director, Severn Wildfowl Trust. M.B.E. London Gazette 11.6.1942 Temporary Lieutenant Peter Markham Scott, R.N.V.R. D.S.C. London Gazette 1.6.1943 Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant-Commander) Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., R.N.V.R. 'For skill and gallantry in action with enemy light forces.' The Recommendation, dated 17.4.1943, states: 'This Officer led a mixed Flotilla of one Steam Gun Boat and two Motor Gun Boats against a more heavily armed force of three trawlers off Le Havre in bright moonlight on the 16th April 1943. The result was two of the enemy severely mauled by gunfire. Lieutenant Commander Scott, M.B.E., has been in five previous Coastal Force actions with the enemy, and the officers of Motor Gun Boats 608 and 615 are full of praise of his leadership and clearly thought out plan and manoeuvring on this occasion.' Remarks of Naval Officer-in-Charge: 'Lieutenant-Commander Scott appears to have shown the determined and offensive spirit against the enemy which would be expected from his general bearing, and to have displayed good leadership and judgement. I concur in the recommendation for the immediate award of a decoration.' D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9.11.1943 Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R. 'For great courage, leadership, and enterprise in action with enemy forces in the Channel while serving in Light Coastal Craft.' The Recommendation, dated 30.9.1943, states: 'For foresight, determination, and efficient leadership in command of a Steam Gun Boat force which torpedoed one trawler and severely damaged two others by gun-fire on the night of the 27th September 1943. This makes a third local recommendation within two months for the award of a decoration to Lieutenant-Commander Scott.' M.I.D. London Gazette 8.7.1941 Temporary Lieutenant Peter Markham Scott, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. Broke 'For good services in rescuing survivors from a burning Vessel.' M.I.D. London Gazette 2.10.1942 Temporary Lieutenant Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., R.N.V.R. 'For gallantry, daring, and skill in the combined attack on Dieppe.' M.I.D. London Gazette 24.9.1943 Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (London) 'For courage, determination, and resource in actions close to the enemy coast while serving in Light Coastal Craft.' Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Markham Scott, C.H., C.B.E., D.S.C., was born in London in September 1909, the only son of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, C.V.O., of Antarctic fame, and the artist and sculptor Kathleen Bruce. Educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge, his early passions were art, wildlife, and a love of sailing. In 1936 he represented Great Britain in the Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the single-handed sailing event. War Time Service At the outbreak of the Second World War, Scott was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Temporary Lieutenant on the 2nd January 1940, serving in H.M.S. Broke. In June 1940 Broke was involved with the evacuation of France, assisting in Operation Cycle, the evacuation and demolition of St Nazaire and the French Biscay ports. The following month she returned to escort duty with 6th Escort Group on both the Gibraltar and South Atlantic, and North Atlantic routes- over the next two and a half years she escorted 30 north-south convoys. Broke was involved in one major convoy battle on this route in March 1941, when she was attacked by U-boats working in conjunction with the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as part of Operation Berlin, and it is probable that the award of the M.B.E. he received in the Birthday Honours' List that year for services in H.M.S. Broke was partly influenced by his conduct during that action. Introduction to Coastal Forces In March 1942 Scott joined the Coastal Forces, a force comprised of Motor Torpedo Boats (M.T.B.s), Motor Gun Boats (M.G.B.s), and Motor Launches (M.L.s). These 'Spitfires of the Seas' operated throughout the War in the English Channel and North Sea, and were often heavily out-gunned; virtually every sortie that they undertook resulted in casualties, with their commanders suffering the highest casualty rate, as the wheelhouse was frequently the main target for enemy guns. Boats would often be riddled with gunfire even after brief encounters with E(nemy)-boats, and many of the encounters took place within range of shore defences. Arriving at Dover on the evening of the 3rd March, he was soon into the action: 'It was already dark when the taxi from the station deposited me on the steps of the Lord Warden Hotel, now H.M.S. Wasp, the Coastal Force Base. I had been told to ask for Hillary Gamble, who was acting as Senior Officer, M.T.B.s, and so I asked the first person I met inside the Hall- an R.N. Lieutenant- who replied that his name was Gamble and how could he help me. I told him that I wanted to go to sea with the boats if they were going, and he said that they had already gone. However, it appeared that one of the boats was in trouble. Two boats were just off this very minute to the rescue, and if I would like to go with them I would have to run. Ten minutes later, and not twenty minutes since my train had pulled into Dover station, I was steaming out of the harbour entrance on the bridge of a "C" Class M.G.B. (322) under the command of Lieutenant J.H. Hodder, R.N.V.R.' (The Battle of the Narrow Seas, by Peter Scott refers). Such was Scott's baptism in the coastal forces. Dieppe Raid In August 1942 Coastal Forces took possession of nine Steam Gun Boats (S.G.B.s), which were slightly larger and more powerful than the existing M.G.B.s. Scott was given command of S.G.B. 9, and she made her debut in the Dieppe Raid on the 19th August. S.G.B. 9 was to support the landings at two beaches on the extreme right flank, Orange I and II, carried out by the 4th Commando Force. Having acted as an escort for the Commando Raid, and assisted further by rescuing from the sea five of the crew of H.M.S. Calpe, Scott was preparing to return home as instructed, when he decided to have one last look towards the French coast: 'I saw a landing craft far away inshore of us. At first I took it for one of two derelicts, but through the glasses I saw three Canadian Commandos, one of who was semaphoring "S.O.S." With a sinking feeling I turned once more towards Dieppe at 25 knots. We closed on the craft and, after turning, we passed them a rope, which they managed to secure. Then, miraculously still unshot at, although we were no more than a mile of so offshore, we increased the revs to 20 knots and set course for the now distant convoy and its cloud of protecting fighters. Five minutes later, at 15:00 hours, I spotted two dots upon the eastern horizon. Two boats were approaching at high speed with bow waves easily visible at their range of six miles. E-boats! Here was something right up our street. With an effort the immediate objective- to regain our fighter protection with the minimum of delay- was cast aside, as the gunners on the fo'c'sle cleared their mountings for low-angle fire. The E-boats were closing on us. Now was our time. We slipped the tow, turned towards, and increased our speed to 35 knots. It was just where we would have expected the enemy coastal forces to come in and harass the retirement, and here they were, and we were going to have a battle with them. Spirits were very high as we sped eastwards. But suddenly they were dashed as we received a signal "Vessels are friendly." They were air/sea-rescue launches. Bitterly disappointed, we turned once again for the landing craft. Just then a Dornier appeared out of the clouds. It came from right astern and dived down as we increased speed. We and a M.L. were the only unprotected targets- money for jam. All guns opened fire and I watched the bombs come out. At once I saw that they were travelling in the same direction as us, but a little faster, and would fall just ahead. I yelled to the coxswain, "Full astern, both". The result was most striking. We pulled up dead in our tracks, and the bombs went on to fall about 60 yards ahead with four great spouting splashes. Meanwhile the guns had been doing well. The Dornier, which was about 2,000 feet up, was hit by a burst from the 3-inch gun under its starboard engine. This caught fire and a stream of smoke came from it as the aircraft plunged almost vertically downward. There was great excitement on the bridge. "We've got him! We've got him!" But when he was a couple of hundred feet up he flattened out and, still burning, disappeared into the haze over Dieppe.' (ibid). Scott and his crew returned to Portsmouth at 00:45, just over 28 hours after they had left, carrying with them 11 casualties, the 5 survivors from H.M.S. Calpe, and two Luftwaffe Prisoners of War they had rescued from the sea. Action in the Baie de la Seine Having been promoted temporary Lieutenant-Commander in January 1943, Scott was given overall command of the 1st S.G.B. Flotilla, comprising the six surviving original S.G.B.s. As they were being re-fitted it was discovered that the S.G.B.s came just within the limiting length which entitled them to names instead of numbers, and so Scott named them after a series of animals beginning with the word Grey; Grey Wolf, Grey Seal, Grey Fox, Grey Shark, Grey Owl, and, his own boat, Grey Goose, named after the first boat that he had owned as a child. The six 'Greys' did not all complete their re-fits simultaneously, and one of them, Grey Shark, was ready much earlier than the others. As a result, a number of operations were therefore carried out in early 1943 in which she led a force of mixed coastal craft. On the 16th April Scott, in command of a small force comprising the Grey Shark and two M.G.B.s, was out on patrol in the Baie de la Seine, when he spotted by the full moon three enemy trawlers. Guessing that the trawlers were heading for Le Havre, he gave chase: 'After various detours in order to regain the advantage of the moon we suddenly sighted them right ahead about three and a half miles away making terrific bow waves, obviously legging it at speed. I must own to a sinking feeling on sighting. The moon was so bloody bright. While there was a doubt about finding them, the cowardly subconscious was saying hopefully "Perhaps you won't"; although the conscious went on working out every possibility to make sure that we did find them. In the battle that followed, the leading trawler was silenced and stopped. Boarding was considered, but by now dawn was not far off and we had a long way to go. There did not seem to be time. So we ranged up opposite the silenced enemy and about 150 yards away slowed down, and raked her from end to end with gunfire, in an attempt to sink her, but unfortunately our 3-inch gun was irreparably jammed. Under a hail of machine-gun bullets the enemy brought one of his 20mm cannons into action, and the first burst came into the bridge, knocking us all down. By now the approaching dawn forced us to start for home. And so the battle was once more indecisive, although we had undoubtedly given more than we received. Damage to our force was slight- the S.G.B. had one killed and two wounded, and the M.G.B.s had no casualties at all.' (ibid). For leading this attack against the odds, and for disabling two of the enemy trawlers without serious loss to his own force, Scott was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Action off Cap d'Antifer By August 1943 all six 'Greys' had completed their re-fits, and were engaged night after night on operations. On the night of the 27th September Scott was in command of a force of four S.G.B.s: 'It was a night of brilliant phosphorescence and heavy storms, with lightning but no thunder. The four of us had been down to Le Havre and drawn blank, and we swept northward again towards Cap d'Antifer. Just before 2:00am we found the enemy and stalked him for about an hour. I wondered if he would sight us in the lightning flashes, but I finally came to the conclusion that, unless someone happened to be looking directly as us at the moment of the flash, he wouldn't. There was a very black storm approaching from the nor'-nor'-east, and we decided that there was a good chance of an unobserved attack if we could time it to coincide with the arrival of the storm. Gradually we worked our way round until the black cloud of it was behind us, and then we turned in to close the enemy as the storm broke. The hail pattered down on our tin helmets and the night was inky black. We came down the wind so that it was at our backs; all sight of the enemy ships was blotted out, and it was useless to try to use glasses because of the rain. Lieutenant Peter Mason, the Commanding Officer of the boat (Grey Fox), was at the torpedo sight and I stood just behind him. Rather impatiently I kept asking, "For Heaven's sake, can't you see them yet", for I knew we must be getting close. Suddenly he saw them and said very calmly, "Yes, I can see them now- port ten." The range was less than 600 yards when he fired both torpedoes. The enemy had been unable to keep a lookout upwind into the driving hail, and he seemed to be taken completely by surprise. We disengaged to starboard and fired a spread of starshells. By their light we saw two trawlers quite close together. The First Lieutenant, John Erskine Hill, put the guns onto the second one and opened fire at once. From that time on the illumination was continuous, partly supplied by our second in line and partly by the Germans. Although the rain restricted the area of starshell illumination, the scene directly below the bright white light seemed to be quite as bright as day. The two trawlers were so unready that they did not reply at all and all our guns ripped into the second one, which was about 300 yards away. A small fire appeared to start at once, just forward of the bridge. Suddenly I saw a third trawler right ahead, and as we turned to starboard it came down the port side at very close range. Just as Erskine Hill, without a moment's delay, made all his guns change target to this trawler, there was an explosion on the after end of the leading trawler as our torpedo hit. A vivid flame of cherry red, with streaks of blue and green in it, shot out of her- not vertically, but sloping to the right, and after it had gone there was a white column of either smoke or spray, which must have been at least 100 feet high. At the same time all guns engaged the third trawler, now no more than 60 yards away. I think that one small machine gun was firing back at us, but that was all, and everything we had was going into her. The gunners couldn't miss. There was a roar of escaping steam, and suddenly a white cloud came out of the ship's stern. Whether this was steam or white smoke, I don't know. At the same time she altered course to port around our stern. Bits were flying off the upper works as every gun hit. At that range and with bright starshell illumination, it was quite impossible to miss. As soon as we had passed this third trawler, two more ships began firing at us out of the rain. The fire was not very accurate, although we were hit twice by 20mm shells in the port torpedo tube. The torpedo had already gone, and so these two hits did practically no damage, although a splinter scratched the midshipman's ear. We increased speed an disengaged. We were 3,000 yards from the cliffs of Etretat, we had achieved complete surprise and fired our torpedoes, we had emptied our Ready Use ammunition lockers into the third trawler, but the Hun was now fully roused. The starshells burst continuously overhead and the shore batteries joined in with a vengeance. I collected the flotilla together, and found that two of them had not yet fired their torpedoes. It was after 4:00am, the wind had freshened to about Force 5 from the north, and the sea was rising. I thought the time and weather were not very promising for another attack, and so we set off for home. The Germans kept firing their starshells for another half-hour, by which time we were well on our way to Newhaven. We all four entered the harbour in company at 7:20am. The only damage suffered by the whole force was the two 20mm holes in the port torpedo tube and the only casualty was Peter Platt, the midshipman, with a scratch on his ear. He was most annoyed when I insisted he should go to the sick bay to have the blood washed off it before he came into breakfast.' (ibid). It was to be a quick breakfast for Scott though, for as soon as it was over he caught the train to London, and thence to Buckingham Palace, where he was invested with both his M.B.E. from two years previously, as well as his Distinguished Service Cross. And within hours of the King pinning the D.S.C. on him, Scott's Commanding Officer was recommending that a Second Award Bar should be added to it, for his 'foresight, determination, and efficient leadership' the previous night. Later Life After the War Scott stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for North Wembley in the 1945 General Election, before founding the Severn Wildfowl Trust (now the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) in 1948, an organisation that he was closely involved with for the rest of his life. In 1961 he was one of the co-founders of the World Wildlife Fund (now the World Wide Fund for Nature), and designed the WWF's well-known Panda logo. As well as all this he maintained his earlier passions for painting, in which field he was the founder President of the Society of Wildlife Artists and President of the Nature in Art Trust, and for sailing, skippering the yacht Sovereign in the 1964 America's Cup whilst President of the International Sailing Federation. He also developed a keen interest in gliding, and became British gliding champion in 1963, later taking up the post of Chairman of the British Gliding Association. Having been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953, to mark the Queen's Coronation, twenty years later he was knighted for his services to conservation, received the honour of Knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on the 27th February 1973 (London Gazette 6.3.1973). Between 1955 and 1981 he regularly appeared on the television, presenting the BBC Natural History series Look. A long time Vice President of the British Naturalists' Association, he was honoured by Conservation and Zoological Societies both at home and abroad. In 1976 he was appointed a Commander (the highest class) of the Dutch Order of the Golden Ark, an Order of Knighthood founded in 1971 to honour outstanding wildlife conservationists; and in 1987 was created a Companion of Honour, 'for services to conservation' and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Having achieved remarkable success in many fields, Sir Peter Scott died in Bristol on the 29th August 1989, two weeks prior to his 80th birthday. |
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| Miniature Awards: The C.B.E., D.S.C. and Bar Group of Nine worn by Sir Peter Scott Knight Bachelor's Badge; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander's (C.B.E.) badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar; 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf; United States of America, European, African, and Middle Eastern Campaign Medal 1941-45; Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Ark, Commander's badge, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, mounted court style as worn (9) £200-300 Footnote: Note: The insignia of the C.H. is never represented in miniature. |
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| Royal Geographical Society Founders Gold Medal, by W. Wyon, 55mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1982), bust of William IV on obverse; Britannia on reverse; edge engraved 'Sir Peter Scott 1983', (BHM 1467; Eimer 1229), extremely fine, in Royal Mint, case of issue £400-500 Footnote: Awarded annually since 1839 for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science an discovery. Since 1975 the gold medal has been struck in silver-gilt. |
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| Royal Society of Arts Albert Gold Medal, by L.C. Wyon, 56mm, gold (9Ct., 81.0g, Hallmarks for London 1970), bust of Prince Albert on obverse; Art, Industry, and Commerce on reverse; edge engraved '1970. Awarded to Peter Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C., For His Work in the Conservation of Wild Life', (BHM 2786; Eimer 1566), extremely fine, in John Pinches, London, case of issue £1,000-1,400 Footnote: Established in 1864 and awarded annually in gold for outstanding contributions to the promotion of arts, manufactures, and commerce. |
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| World Wildlife Fund Gold Medal, 51mm, gold (18Ct., 107.0g), Giant Panda within wreath on obverse, the reverse engraved 'Sir Peter Scott 1986', extremely fine, together with the Bestowal Document appointing Peter Markham Scott as Vice-President and Founder Chairman of the British National Appeal of the World Wildlife Fund, dated 6.1.1977 £1,500-2,000 |
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| The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Gold Medal, 38mm, gold (9Ct., 25.9g, Hallmarks for Birmingham 1975), bird within reeds on obverse, the reverse engraved 'Sir Peter Scott For Services to Bird Protection 1985', extremely fine, in box of issue £100-150 |
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| The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Gold Medal, 39mm, gold (14Ct., 20.8g), mythical beast on obverse, the reverse engraved 'Award for Distinction in Natural History Art Sir Peter Scott 1982', extremely fine, in Franklin Mint case of issue National Zoological Park Medal, 93mm, silvered, the obverse embossed 'For Outstanding Services to Zoological Sciences and Conservation Awarded to Sir Peter Scott', extremely fine, in box of issue (2) £180-220 Footnote: Sir Peter Scott was awarded the Medal of the National Zoological Park, Washington D.C., in 1989. |
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| New York Zoological Society Gold Medal, by Tiffany, New York, 42mm, gold (14Ct., 40.7g), long-horned ram and American Eagle on obverse, the reverse engraved 'Sir Peter Scott For Contributions to the Cause of Wildlife the World Over', extremely fine, in case of issue, together with Certificate electing Sir Peter Scott a Scientific Fellow of the New York Zoological Society, dated 2.12.1987 £400-500 Footnote: Sir Peter Scott was awarded the New York Zoological Society's Gold Medal in 1975. In 1993 the Society changed its name to the Wildlife Conservation Society. |
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The Zoological Society of San Diego Gold Medal for Conservation, 57mm, gilt, Walrus on obverse, the reverse engraved 'In Appreciation Peter Markham Scott October 5, 1966', extremely fine £150-200ARCTIC AND POLAR MEDALS |
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| Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine £350-400 |
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| Arctic Medal 1875-76 (W.R. Edwards. Ship's Stewd. Pandora.), good very fine, scarce £600-800 Footnote: William Henry Edwards served as Ship's Steward aboard the yacht Pandora during the Arctic Exploration, 3.6-2.11.1876. Two duplicate medals are listed as having been supplied, on 18.1.1893 and 19.11.1904. 33 Officers and Men from the Pandora received the Medal. |
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| Polar Medal 1904, E.VII.R., bronze, no clasp (J.A. Chester "Morning" 1902-4), good very fine £2,400-2,800 Footnote: James Arthur Chester, born Hull, 1876; served as an Able Seaman on the relief ship Morning during Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1902-04. 24 bronze no clasp Polar Medals awarded to the crew of the Morning for her part in the relief expedition. |
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| Polar Medal 1904, E.VII.R., bronze, no clasp (W. Clark "Terra Nova" 1903-4), good very fine £2,400-2,800 Footnote: William Clark, a native of Dundee, Scotland, served as Assistant Cook on the relief ship Terra Nova during Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1902-04. 31 bronze no clasp Polar medals awarded to the crew of the Terra Nova for her part in the relief expedition. |
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| The Important Polar Medal to Chief Petty Officer F.V. Browning, Royal Navy, A Member of the 'Northern Party' During Scott's Last Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 1st type, silver, one clasp, Antarctic 1910-13 (206545 F.V. Browning, P.O. 2Cl. Terra Nova), contact marks, nearly very fine £4,000-6,000 Footnote: Frank Vernon Browning born Stockland, Devon, 1882; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, June 1900; advanced Petty Officer 2nd Class, November 1905; whilst serving in H.M.S. Talbot he was recruited for service in the Terra Nova as part of Scott's ill-fated Antarctic Expedition 1910-13; was present during the Terra Nova's stormy passage south, before serving in the "Northern Party" - a six-man team under Commander Victor Campbell, R.N., January 1911-January 1913; Campbell's party arrived at Cape Adare, 18.2.1911, established a base and settled down for the winter; between July-October short journeys of exploration were made and extensive scientific observations taken; between 4th-20th October an exhaustive return journey across the bay over the pack ice was carried out; on the 6th January 1912 Campbell and his team were embarked in the Terra Nova to Evans Cove to carry out a six week expedition; two days later the Terra Nova sailed away with an agreed return date for collection of the 18th February; Campbell took six weeks' rations for the party, with the intention of sledging across Wood Bay; the party were unable to carry out the proposed journey but did however carry out considerable surveying before returning to a depot they had established at Evans Cove, to await the arrival of the Terra Nova; however, the ice was against them, and the Terra Nova was unable to come and pick them up thus leaving the men stranded, with the prospect of surviving the imminent Polar winter with scant rations and the wrong survival equipment; nine months of extreme hardship and privation ensued during which both courage and great endurance were shown by the 6 men; equipped with summer clothing, light tents and no hut they constructed an igloo and only left the limited warmth of it to hunt for seals or penguins; the men's adaptability and ingenuity undoubtedly saved their lives against some of the harshest climatic conditions on the planet - due to the regular collapse of the entrance to the igloo, and as such the constant threat of asphyxiation, Browning and Petty Officer G.P. Abbott managed to design and construct a secure entrance made out of ski-sticks and ice blocks; to counter-act the prospect of long months in darkness, Browning and Seaman Dickason constructed a lamp made out of a strand of rope suspended from a "bridge" across the top of an Oxo-tin filled with melted blubber; with the arrival of more temperate weather in August, the weakened men set off on their sledges for Cape Evans, 30.9.1912; enroute they fortunately stumbled across the contents of an old depot left by Shackleton's 1907-09 expedition; they arrived at Cape Roberts four weeks later, returning to Hut Point on the 6th November, here only to learn of the tragic fate of Scott and his party; Browning returned to the Royal Navy as Petty Officer 1st Class, and was serving in the cruiser Carnarvon at the outbreak of the Great War; served in the latter at the Battle of the Falklands, 8.12.1914, when she supported the Inflexible and the Invincible in their action against the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau; advanced Chief Petty Officer and served with Carnarvon until November 1917; subsequent service included at H.M.S. Defiant (Torpedo Establishment) and in the Titania (submarine depot ship); served in H.M.S. Warspite from January 1920, off Ireland during the Sinn Fein troubles; retired June 1922. Browning's diary of the expedition is in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and his diary for 1912 is in a New Zealand Museum. |
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| Pair: Able Seaman M. MacNeil, Royal Navy Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 1st type, bronze, no clasp (M. MacNeil, Able Seaman, "Aurora" 1917.); Coronation 1953, nearly extremely fine, last with named enclosure slip (2) £2,200-2,600 Footnote: Malcolm MacNeil served as an Able Seaman in the Aurora for the relief of the Ross Sea Party, 1917, during Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 21 bronze no clasp Polar Medals were awarded to the Aurora for her part in the relief expedition. |
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| Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 2nd type, bronze, one clasp, Antarctic 1930-31 (Frank Best), polished, very fine £1,600-2,000 Footnote: Frank Best, born East Hartlepool, 1890; served as a Fireman in Discovery during the second voyage of the British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1930-31. 18 bronze medals with this clasp were awarded for the expedition (London Gazette 1.5.1934 refers). |
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| Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, one clasp, Antarctic 1929-33 (Edward William Saddler), extremely fine £2,500-3,000 Footnote: Edward William Saddler served as Second Steward in Discovery II for five seasons, including winter voyages, in the Antarctic, 1929-33. 5 Polar Medals with 'Antarctic 1929-33' clasps were issued (London Gazette 7.10.1941), from a total of 82 G.VI.R. Bronze Polar Medals and four clasps. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION MEDALS |
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| Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left, with 'second award' silver boat (Mr. Richard Eddy, Voted 19 March 1834), engraved in upright serif capitals, the medal officially fitted with a thin silver frame carrying the naming details and the silver boat pendent below from two short silver chains, extremely fine and very rare, with eyelet suspension and riband ring, in contemporary fitted red leather case £1,500-2,000 Footnote: Richard Eddy, Pilot, citation reads, '23 November 1824: A violent storm caused at least 22 vessels to be wrecked off Plymouth, Devon. Mr. Eddy launched his skiff to try to save as many people as possible. The Coromandel had been upset off the Eddystone Reef and had drifted for some hours before striking the break-water off Plymouth, two of her crew being washed overboard and drowned. With his crew, Mr. Eddy saved four survivors from the ship, which had been in passage from Faro to the Downs.' Richard Eddy, Pilot, citation reads, '13-14 January 1843: The ship Konigsberg, enroute from Memel, Prussia to Lisbon, Portugal, was driven on to rocks near Plymouth, Devon during the night, and Mr. Eddy, with others, reached her with two large boats at 1am then tacked about until daylight when they anchored. Their two small boats were hoisted out and, in six trips each, the whole crew of the Master, Mate and ten men were brought off, one of the boats being upset on the third trip. This service seems to have been a family affair as included among Mr. Eddy's crew were three sons and two sons-in-law.' Richard Eddy had previously received a silver medal for the rescue in November 1824. The above R.N.I.P.L.S. Medal is 1 of 6 Silver Medals awarded with 'Boats'. |
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| Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Lieut. John Sargeant R.N. Voted. 5 Jan: 1831.), engraved in upright serif capitals, good very fine, pierced at top, as issued, with silver ring suspension £550-650 Footnote: John Sargeant, Lieutenant, R.N., H.M. Coastguard, Budleigh Salterton, citation reads, '6 December 1830: The brig Unity was driven ashore near Exmouth, Devon, during a violent storm. The Manby rocket apparatus failed because the line broke. Lieutenant Sargeant went into the surf with a rope and with the assistance of two of his crew and several inhabitants succeeded in saving the whole crew of seven.' |
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| Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Lieut. Sydenham Wylde. R.N. Voted 21 March 1838), engraved in upright serif capitals, letter 'E' of surname officially corrected, light pitting to obverse, very fine, with integral band, eyelet suspension and riband ring £500-600 Footnote: Sydenham Wylde, Lieutenant, R.N., H.M. Coastguard, Caister, citation reads, '25 February 1838: With two Coastguardmen Wylde saved the crew of the Shields schooner Lapwing when she went aground in a storm at Caister, Norfolk. He got a rope on board the schooner, enabling a hawser to be hauled ashore, by which the Master and eight men were saved at one time. Lieutenant Wylde narrowly escaped drowning.' Lieutenant Sydenham Wylde, R.N., joined the Royal Navy as Volunteer 1st Class, 1816; served in H.M.S. Minden at Algiers, and in H.M.S. Eden in operations against pirates in the Persian Gulf; as Mate of H.M.S. Boadicea he commanded her cutter in the attack on Melloone during the Burmese War and was promoted Lieutenant for his services in December 1826; served with the Coastguard from 1836, until his death in 1845. |
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| Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Mr. Robt. Parrott Voted 6 March 1856.), engraved in upright serif capitals, partially officially corrected, very fine, with a replacement silver swivel ring suspension, mounted for wear £340-380 Footnote: Robert Parrott, Chief Boatman, H.M. Coastguard, Tenby, citation reads, 'For long service covering 21 years in which the main services were to vessel The Teignmouth (1835), vessel Joseph and Ann (1840), brig Ellen (1850), vessel Queen of the West (1854) and schooners Agenoria and Alexandre (1855).' The schooner Joseph and Ann, 106 tons, was built at Weymouth in 1820 and operated out of Torquay on a regular run to Bristol. |
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| A Scarce and Particularly Fine 'Triple' Service Award R.N.I.P.L.S. Medal Group of Three to Coxswain, Later Chief Officer, R.O. Johns, H.M. Coastguard, Tramore, Ireland Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (R.O. Johns. Chf. Boatn. In Chge. H.M. Coast Guard.); Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left, with clasp for 'Second Service', reverse dated 'Voted 6th February 1868.', clasp for 'Third Service', reverse dated 'Voted 7th Octr. 1869.' (Richard O. Johns. Voted 7 March 1861.), engraved in upright serif capitals, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, in fitted case of issue; France, Ministére de la Marine, Silver medal for lifesaving, reverse named to recipient and dated 1867 in relief, generally very fine (3) £2,000-2,500 Footnote: Richard O. Johns, Coxswain, Tramore Lifeboat, in joint citation, with three others all of whom received silver awards, reads, '17 February 1861: At daybreak the Greek brig San Spiridione from Galaxidhi on the Gulf of the Corinth, laden with coal, was seen ashore in Tramore Bay, Co. Waterford, Ireland, where she had been driven during the night in a southerly gale. The Tramore lifeboat was launched through very high surf, but she had to return to shore with her crew exhausted. Replaced on her carriage, she was drawn to a better position and, manned by another volunteer crew, succeeded in almost closing with the wreck, but the brig's crew refused to leave her. The lifeboat was upset by a heavy wave, her crew was thrown in to the water - three of them regained the boat and the other five reached the shore. After a while, the brig started to break up and her crew was thrown in to the surf by the falling masts; the lifeboat was launched for a third time and saved two of them. Two others were saved by Mr. Budd and Mr. Stephens going into the surf, the former on his horse from which he was washed off twice. Mr. Reade was in the lifeboat when she upset and Mr. Johns went out in charge on all three occasions.' Second Service, in joint citation with Martin Norris, Crew Member, Tramore Lifeboat (also received a silver award), reads, '12-13 1868: Late in the evening of the 12th with a strong south-easterly gale blowing, the large iron ship Oasis of Liverpool was seen driving into Brown's Bay where she struck west of the Metal Man, Newtown Head, near Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland. The Tramore self-righting lifeboat Tom Egan launched within half an hour but had great difficulty with the breakers. After prolonged exertions, she managed to reach the wreck at midnight. The Captain and two men had already been washed overboard from the casualty and drowned. Using an anchor, the lifeboat veered down and was able to take 20 survivors off the jib boom. The following day, they put out again after another man had been seen in the rigging. Mr. Norris boarded the wreck with difficulty and recovered the exhausted man; seven others had made the shore in the ship's longboat.' Third Service, citation reads, 'For long and gallant services in acting as Coxswain to save the lives of a number of shipwrecked men.' The medal was given when he left the station on promotion. Services in this period included those to the brig San Spiridione (1863), the schooner Sarah (1864), the brig Steffania (1865), the schooner Anemone and the barque Wild Horse (1867) and the ship Oasis (1868). The only vessel for which details are available is the Oasis. A full rigged iron ship built by Jones, Quiggin & Co. in Liverpool, 1861, she was registered at 1,117 tons and measured 213 feet in length with a 34 and half foot beam. Costing £16,533 and owned by Fletcher's, she traded out of Liverpool to India and was under the command of Captain H. Parsall at the time of her loss. 1 of only 10 'Triple' Service Silver, G.IV.R., R.N.L.I.P.S. Medals awarded. |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left, with clasp for 'Second Service', reverse dated 'Voted 7th. Jany. 1869.' (Mr. Thomas Carbis. Voted 1st Feby. 1866.), engraved in mixed styles, suspension slack, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £800-1,200 Footnote: Thomas Carbis, Coxswain, Penzance Lifeboat, citation reads, '11 January 1866: The new screw-collier Bessie of Hayle went ashore on Hayle Bar in the estuary of the River Hayle, Cornwall, and became firmly embedded in the sand. Her nine man crew took to the foretop, and the St. Ives lifeboat Moses was taken to the spot together with rocket apparatus. In the mountainous seas, the range was too great for the rockets and the lifeboat had insufficient power to reach her, and a telegram was sent to Penzance seeking help from the self-righting class lifeboat Richard Lewis, which was despatched at once. After a journey of 50 miles around Land's End, Coxswain Carbis brought his boat into St. Ives and both lifeboats set off. The Moses was the first to reach the casualty and picked up one of her crew who had fallen overboard, then, after a long struggle, both boats returned to the shore with the Master and eight members of the crew.' Second Service, in joint citation with four others, all of whom received silver awards, reads, '6 December 1868: The Southampton barque North Britain, inward bound from Quebec with a 950 ton cargo of timber, mistook her position in the mist at daybreak, entered Mount's Bay and found herself embayed in the northern corner. She dropped anchor off St. Michael's Mount but the cable parted three times and, by noon, the barque was in the surf being driven ashore between the Mount and Longrock by a ferocious gale. The Penzance self-righting lifeboat Richard Lewis reached her in just over an hour, but seven lives had already been lost in an attempt by the barque's boat to reach safety; another four men had been saved by rocket apparatus when they neared the shore. A great sea struck the lifeboat as she was pulling under the barque's stern and capsized her nearly killing Coxswain Carbis who was trapped but was recovered in a disabled condition. Mr. Higgans, although barely able to stand, took control and, with Captain Cay's help, took the lifeboat back to shore. Afresh crew was put on board with Mr. Blackmore as Coxswain and Mr. Higgs in the crew. Through tremendous wind and sea to reach the wreck and took off the remaining eight men shortly before the masts went and the vessel broke up.' |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. John Marshall, Junr., Voted Decr. 3rd, 1874), engraved in mixed styles, virtually mint state, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, silver riband buckle and in fitted case of issue; with an open-faced silver pocket-watch, with silver dial and gold numerals, by R. Richardson, Seaham, the inner dome engraved 'John Marshall, 1876', in good condition and in working order, with key (lot) £700-1,000 Footnote: John Marshall, Junior, Second Coxswain, Seaham Lifeboat, citation reads, '29 November 1874: The Wells schooner Lady Ann was driven by heavy seas against Seaham North Pier, Co. Durham, and wrecked. Three of her crew were saved by lines thrown on board from the Seaham lifeboat Sisters Carter of Harrogate, but her Master, entangled in the rigging, was too enfeebled to save himself. Mr. Marshall went on board, but, before he could reach him, the Master was washed overboard and lost.' |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. Thomas Bate. Voted 7th April. 1881.), engraved in mixed styles, suspension claw slack, light contact marks, therefore very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £450-550 Footnote: Thomas Bate, Coxswain, Bude Lifeboat, citation reads, '31 December 1880: The Bude ketch Stucley, on passage from Mumbles to Bude with coal, was wrecked in squally weather on Bude breakwater, Cornwall. Mr. Bate and his crew saved her crew of three men by means of lifelines and a hawser.' |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left, with clasp for 'Second Service', reverse dated '14th Decr. 1893' (Mr. James Woodgate Voted 10th December 1891.), engraved in mixed styles, good very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £700-900 Footnote: James Woodgate, Coxswain, Dover Lifeboat, citation reads, 'In consideration of his valuable services during the twenty-one years he has occupied that position (Coxswain). During that period Coxswain Woodgate had been out in the boat sixteen times on service and assisted to save twenty-four lives.' Prominent among the services were those to the sloop Edith (1876), the barque Chin Chin (1881), the ship Macduff (1886) and the Government Dredger No. 18 (1891). Second Service, citation reads, 20-21 November 1893: The Norwegian barque Johanne Marie went aground on a sandbank in the early morning of the 20th, half a mile offshore at Lade, north of Dungeness, Kent. The morning was spent in efforts by the Littlestone and Dungeness lifeboats to try to reach her but, at 2pm, a telegram asking to help was received at Dover. The self-righting lifeboat Lewis Morice was launched and taken to the scene under tow by the steam tug Lady Vita. She arrived at 5.30pm. No attempt was possible that night, due to the intense darkness, torrential rain and a violent easterly gale. The lifeboat remained in the area all that wet and bitterly cold night until it sighted the wreck at 7am. Mr. Woodgate went alongside and snatched seven survivors from the rigging (four others had drowned), and passed them to the tug which towed the lifeboat back to Dover. This service lasted 28 hours.' The barque Chin Chin, 342 tons, was built at Sunderland in 1868, owned by W.T. Pugsley and traded out of London. The iron full-rigged sailing ship MacDuff, 1,235 tons, was built and owned by McMillan's of Dumbarton in 1877 and registered in Glasgow. The wooden barque Johanne Marie, 633 tons, was built at Bremerhaven in 1862 and owned by Westergaard & Co. of Christiania (the former name of the Norwegian capital Oslo). |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Lieut. H.T. Gartside Tipping. R.N. Voted 12th May 1892), engraved in mixed styles, nearly extremely fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £700-900 Footnote: Henry Thomas Gartside-Tipping, Lieutenant, R.N., District Inspector of Lifeboats, citation reads, Awarded 'in high appreciation of his zealous and efficient services... in acknowledgement of the risk of life he frequently incurred in the Life-boat service.' Lieutenant Gartside-Tipping had filled the post of Inspector of the Irish District for 13 years and had resigned in consequence of private affairs. He invented the Tipping's plates, named after him, which enabled a heavy lifeboat to be transported on her carriage over deep and soft sand. Lieutenant-Commander H.T. Gartside-Tipping joined the Royal Navy as Cadet, 1860; Sub-Lieutenant 1867; promoted Lieutenant, 1870, after a tour in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert, and left the service in 1874; held the post of Inspector of Lifeboats (Irish District), 1879-1892; with the outbreak of the Great War, despite his age, re-engaged for service as Lieutenant-Commander, 1914; he was assigned to the famous Dover Patrol and given command of the steam yacht Sanda which had been hired by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel and armed with two 6 pdrs; on the evening of 24th September 1915, a large flotilla sailed from Dover to bombard Zeebrugge and Ostend in response to a request from the Army to create a diversion whilst they carried out a key offensive on the Western Front; the Sanda was part of the Ostend force and, arriving there the next morning, the bombardment commenced at 7am; two hours later the enemy heavy batteries opened fire and at 9.15am the Sanda received a direct hit below the bridge; all of her executive officers, including Gartside-Tipping, were killed instantly; only 13 of her complement of 26 survived her sinking; as if this was not tragic enough, Gartside-Tipping, having by then become something of a celebrity as the oldest naval officer serving afloat, had been presented to King George V only two days previously during the King's inspection of the Dover Patrol; the incident, and the Ostend operation, are both recalled in Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon's memoirs' The (Concise) Story of the Dover Patrol, the author also offers his own obituary for Gartside-Tipping when he writes: "This gallant officer returned to the Navy on the outbreak of war at an age when most men are beyond active service, being over seventy years of age, and undertook the duties of Captain of a yacht in the Dover Command in spite of the arduous work and exposure which the performance of his duties entailed." |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (William Crawford Esq. Voted 9th November 1893), engraved in mixed styles, good very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £400-500 Footnote: William Crawford, Honorary Secretary, Margate R.N.L.I., citation reads, 'Awarded on his retirement from the post of Honorary Secretary having held that office for many years and, previously, a member of the local committee. He had been out in the lifeboat on many occasions to the assistance of the crews of vessels in distress.' |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. William Hooke. Voted 10th Decr. 1896.), engraved in mixed styles, edge bruise, very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £400-500 Footnote: William Hooke, Coxswain, Blakeney Lifeboat, citation reads, 'Awarded on Mr. Hooke's retirement from the post of Coxswain during which period services were given to the barque Amana (1865), a Pilot coble (1866). the sloop Emma (1867), the schooner Gypsy (1869), the brigs John and Mary and Ravensworth (1870) and H.M.S. Beaver (1885).' Despite the above statement, there was no H.M.S. Beaver in commission in the Royal Navy in 1885; this is probably a simple error in transcription. |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. H. Trewhella Voted 11th March 1897.), engraved in mixed styles, minor official correction to 'h' of surname, extremely fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, in damaged fitted case of issue £500-600 Footnote: H. Trewhella, Coxswain, Penzance Lifeboat, citation reads, On his retirement 'in acknowledgement of his long and gallant services in saving life from shipwreck'. For the last six years, Mr. Trewhella served in the post of Coxswain, during which period services were given to the schooner Joseph Nicholson (1891), the schooner Express (1892), a man who fell from the quay (1892) and the barque Lady Gladys (4th March 1897). The wooden barque Lady Gladys, 1,384 tons, was built by Putnam at Maitland, Nova Scotia, in 1874; by 1897 she was in Norwegian ownership and registered at Tönsberg (Norway). |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. William Todd. Voted 14th July. 1898.), engraved in mixed styles, good very fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension £400-500 Footnote: William Todd, Coxswain, Gorelston No. 2 Lifeboat, citation reads, 'Awarded on Mr. Todd's resignation from the post of Coxswain. Services were rendered to the smack Sir John Astley (1885), the dandy Morning Star (1888), the trawler Favourite and the dandy Belinda (1890), the yawl Kate (1891), the dandy Hiram (1893), the dandy Fraternité (1894), the dandy Coquette (1895) and the smack Follow (1897)'. |
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| Three: Chief Officer Frank Kent, H.M. Coastguard, Sandwich Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (F. Kent. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Beagle.); Board of Trade, large Silver medal for lifesaving, 58mm. (Wreck of the Eclipse on the 19th November 1893), in fitted case of issue; Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. Frank Kent, Voted 14th Dcr. 1898.), engraved in mixed styles, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, generally good very fine or better, original certificate mounted on card (lot) £1,200-1,400 Footnote: Frank Kent, Chief Officer, H.M. Coastguard, Sandwich, citation reads, '18 November 1893: With four other men, Chief Officer Kent put off in the Coastguard gig in an attempt to help the Ramsgate ketch Eclipse, which had stranded at night in Minnis Bay, off Broadstairs, Kent, in a whole northerly gale and a heavy sea. Unable to reach the ketch because of the conditions, they lost sight of her, and returned to shore. They put off again at daylight, made contact with the casualty and rescued the only man aboard.' |
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| An Extremely Rare 'E.VII.R.' R.N.L.I. Lifesaving Pair to J.D. Armstrong, Colliery Bank Keeper, Northumberland Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (John Armstrong); Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 3 1903-12, obverse: bust of King Edward VII in ermine cape facing left (Mr. John Dawson Armstrong, Voted 12th May 1910), engraved in mixed styles, suspension slack on last, otherwise extremely fine, last with double-sided 'dolphin' suspension, both in fitted cases of issue (2) £1,200-1,600 Footnote: John Dawson Armstrong, Colliery Bank Keeper, citation reads, '18 April 1910: The Newbiggin coble Sunbeam was seen to capsize in a southerly gale in Druridge Bay, near Hauxley, Northumberland. Sending one their number to alert Hauxley lifeboat, Mr. Armstrong and four others put off in a small coble and succeeded in picking up the three men clinging to the casualty. With eight men on board, the rescue craft was seriously over loaded and, on the timely arrival of the lifeboat Mary Andrew, they transferred to her and were landed at Hauxley with despatch.' Only 3 Gold and 75 Silver medals were issued during the period 1903-11 and bear the effigy of King Edward VII, although 8 silver clasps were also granted for additional service. |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 4 1912-37, obverse: head of King George V facing left, with clasp for 'Second Service', reverse dated 'Voted 17th Feb. 1922.', this with minor official correction (George Cromarty. Voted 8th Dec. 1916.), engraved in upright serif capitals, extremely fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, with riband brooch and in fitted case of issue £1,400-1,800 Footnote: George Cromarty, Coxswain, Holy Island No. 2 Lifeboat, citation reads, '19-20 November 1916: The Gothenburg barque Jolani was seen to be drifting dangerously near to Emmanuel Head on Holy Island but succeeded in weathering it, and it became apparent that she would drive ashore in the neighbourhood of Goswick, Northumberland. The self-righting lifeboat Edward and Eliza was called at 2.40pm. Men and horses went to the boathouse two and a half miles away and transported the lifeboat on her carriage six miles over sands churned up by the waves. For four and a half miles of the journey, they were forced to wade through water two and a half feet deep. When they drew nearer the wreck they saw her crew of 14 men gathered on her stern - the only part not submerged. Although repeatedly thrown back by the violence of the waves, the lifeboat was finally launched successfully. The wreck was drifting northwards in a raging east-south-east hurricane with seas breaking over her. After unsuccessful attempts, Coxswain Cromarty eventually managed to get a line aboard and all the 14 men were brought off, the lifeboat being beached at Cheswick, three miles further north. After being given rest and refreshment at the Goswick Golf Club House, the lifeboat crew went home by cart and returned in the afternoon to collect the boat.' Second Service, in joint citation with William Wilson and Thomas A. Bowman (both of the Holy Island Lifeboat and both received Bronze awards) reads, '15-16 January 1922: At 8pm in a strong south-easterly gale, heavy sea and a snow storm, the trawler James B. Graham went ashore on the rocks off False Emmanuel Head on the north side of Holy Island, off the Northumberland coast. The whole village turned out in the dark and snow to launch the lifeboat - it needed 60 helpers, and women waded out waist deep into the sea to help. When the self right lifeboat Lizzie Porter arrived at the sight of the wreck, the trawler was found lying in a perilous position by rocks and iron remnants of an old wreck. An unsuccessful attempt having been made, Coxswain Cromarty lay off for two hours for the tide to rise, but the next attempt also failed. After another hour, he veered his boat carefully down, took off the nine men and returned to station at 2am.' The wooden barque Jolani, 881 tons, was built by J. Ahlers at Elsfleth in 1876 and was in Swedish ownership and registry for her entire life. |
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| Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, bronze, type 5 1937-to date, obverse: head of Sir William Hillary Bart., the founder, facing left (John Watters, Voted 15th May, 1947.), engraved in upright serif capitals, extremely fine, with uniface 'dolphin' suspension, in fitted case of issue, with original illuminated vellum certificate from the R.N.L.I. voting the medal and a photograph of the recipient (lot) £600-800 Footnote: John Watters, Coxswain, Fowey Lifeboat, citation reads, '23 March 1947: With Coxswain Watters in charge, the Watson class reserve lifeboat The Brothers launched at 4.40am, in a whole gale, a dark night and heavy seas. The auxiliary m.v. Empire Contamar had run on to Callyvardor Rock, Par Bay, Cornwall, but the Coxswain had to search the bay before he found her, fast on the rock with only her bow and poop visible. The seven man crew was waist deep in water on the poop. In a difficult operation a line was got on board, the men were taken off and all landed at Fowey, 50 minutes after the lifeboat had reached the wreck.' Watters was awarded the bronze medal, a copy of the vote of the medal inscribed on vellum and a reward of £2 in addition to the ordinary scale reward of £1. Each member of the crew was rewarded with £2 in addition to the ordinary scale reward of £1. CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS |
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| Pair: Private A. Holmes, 42nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Toulouse (Arthur Holmes, 42nd. Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Arthur Holmes, 42nd or R.H.Reg. Infantry.), with contemporary silver ring and loop suspension, latter partially officially corrected, minor edge bruise, very fine, both with top silver riband buckles (2) £3,500-4,000 Footnote: Private Arthur Holmes, born Rosskeen, Ross-shire; enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, 42nd Foot, February 1807; served with the Regiment during the Peninsula War; transferred 1st Battalion, 42nd Foot, May 1812; served with the Regiment during the Waterloo Campaign as part of Captain Daniel McIntosh's Company, 16-18.6.1815, and was wounded in the head and neck at Waterloo; discharged, June 1824, after 19 years and 146 days with the Colours. |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 21st April 2011 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 19th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm |
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