Wellington Auctions

23/01/2026

One of just under 500 items available for sale in our auction finishing on 28th January from 1pm

All lots can be viewed at: https://wellingtonauctions.com/january-2026-auction

15/01/2026

28th January Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our August Auction is now online with just under 500 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Thursday 28th January with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. We're aware that a large number of the Great War and Foreign Medal lots still need phot...

06/03/2025

18th March Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our March Auction is now online with just under 700 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Tuesday 18th March with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. There are a wide range of items in this auction including a large selection of Great War Med...

07/11/2024

21st November Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our November 21st Auction is now online with approximately 600 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Thursday 21st November 2024 with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. There are a wide range of items in this auction including a large sele...

15/08/2024

27th August Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our August 27th Auction is now online with approximately 650 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Tuesday 27th August 2024 with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. There are a wide range of items in this auction including a large selection o...

30/05/2024

End of Auction Reminder -

Just a quick reminder that our June Auction ends on Tuesday 4th June with lots finishing at 30 second intervals from 1pm, (Please note that phone and email bids need to be made by 12pm in order to give us time to process them prior to the close of the auction). The website as a whole can be viewed...

22/05/2024

4th June Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our June 4th Auction is now online with approximately 700 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Tuesday 4th June 2024 with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. There are a wide range of items in this auction including a large selection of Grea...

11/02/2024

Lot 16463 in our current auction at www.wellingtonauctions.com

The superb and rare Great War Salonica operations Stretcher Bearers Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mention in Despatches and Serbian Gold Medal of Military Valour group awarded to Private F. Palmer, Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force. Palmer from Kilburn, London, saw service throughout the war with the 84th (1st/2nd London) Field Ambulance as part of the 28th Division. Present out on the Western Front from January 1915 he would have been involved in both the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Loos, before going on to see service in Salonica from November 1915 onwards. Palmer would thrice distinguish himself in Salonica, being awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal, gazetted to him in June 1919, he having shown great fearlessness on all occasions, having tended to wounded under heavy fire, and while working in necessarily exposed dressing stations during the final operations on that front, he gave a splendid example of unselfish devotion to duty. He was additionally awarded a Mention in Despatches in June 1919, and then ultimately received a rare Gold Medal for Valour by the King of Serbia, this award being gazetted in September 1919.

Distinguished Conduct Medal, GVR bust (510131 PTE. F. PALMER. R.A.M.C.) 1914-1915 Star (168 PTE. F. PALMER. R.A.M.C.) British War Medal and Victory Medal with two small-size Mention in Despatches Oakleaf devices attached to ribbon (168 PTE. F. PALMER. R.A.M.C.) Serbia - Kingdom of: Gold Medal for Valour, late war bronze-gilt form (this with gilding now completely faded).
Mounted swing style as worn on old ribbons.

Frank Palmer came from Kilburn, London, and saw service during the Great War as a Private (No.168 later No.510131) with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, and was present out on the Western Front from 15th January 1915, with the 84th (1st/2nd London) Field Ambulance as part of the 28th Division. After service during the Second Battle of Ypres and in the Battle of Loos, in October 1915 he embarked from Marseilles, bound for Egypt, and then from November 1915 saw service with his Division in Salonica, where the 28th Division would remain for the rest of the war. Palmer would thrice distinguish himself in Salonica, being awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in the London Gazette for 3rd June 1919, the citation being published in the London Gazette for 11th March 1920, with the following citation:

As stretcher-bearer he has shown great fearlessness on all occasions. He has tended to wounded under heavy fire, and while working in necessarily exposed dressing stations during recent operations gave a splendid example of unselfish devotion to duty.

His award of a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services would be announced in the London Gazette for 5th June 1919, his name having been originally published in Lieutenant General Sir G.F. Milnes despatch of 9th March 1919 which covered the period from 1st October 1918 to 1st March 1919, and he then went on to be ultimately awarded a rare Gold Medal for Valour by the King of Serbia, the award being published in the London Gazette for 29th September 1919. a bruise / jewellers test mark to first on rim at 4 oclock, last with gilding now rubbed off, overall Very Fine

11/02/2024

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07/02/2024

End of Auction Reminder -

Just a quick reminder that our February Auction ends on Monday 12th February, with lots finishing at 30 second intervals from 1pm, (Please note that phone and email bids need to be made by 12pm in order to give us time to process them prior to the close of the auction). The website as a whole can ...

31/01/2024

12th February Auction Now Online -

Hello , Our February 12th Auction is now online with approximately 600 lots of Medals and Militaria. The Auction begins to close at 1pm on Monday 12th February 2024 with lots finishing at 30 second intervals. I'm aware there are still  number of images to add, and I aim to have ...

11/12/2023

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