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Auction archive: Lot number 1112

A particularly fine Second World War

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$997 - US$1,329
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$3,988
Auction archive: Lot number 1112

A particularly fine Second World War

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$997 - US$1,329
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$3,988
Beschreibung:

A particularly fine Second World War mine laying operations O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Captain H. L. Payne, Royal Naval Reserve, who was later mentioned in despatches for his command of the assault ship Maid of Orleans, in which latter capacity he landed Commandos on D-Day: a sea dog to his fingertips, he afterwards became Commodore of the British Railways Cross-Channel Fleet The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (2158A H. L. Payne, 2 Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.S.A. 2198 H. L. Payne, Skr., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver-gilt, silver; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (2198 W.S.A. H. L. Payne, Skr., R.N.R.); France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; France Order of Maritime Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn and contained in an old Gieves, London blue leather case, first initial on the third and fourth officially corrected, arm point and enamel damage to both French pieces, otherwise generally good very fine (11) £600-800 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. Herbert Leonard Payne first went to sea aged 14 years, and joined the Royal Naval Reserve three years later. During the Great War he served in minesweepers and patrol trawlers in the North Sea and Atlantic, in addition to minesweeping from a whaler off the African coast in the closing months of the conflict - he took his Master’s ticket in 1915 and was appointed a Skipper R.N.R. in the same year. In 1919 Payne joined the old South Eastern & Chatham Railway steamers as a Second Officer and inaugurated the train ferry service between Dover and Dunkirk, and later commanded the vessels on the Folkestone and Boulogne route. He also remained on the strength of the Royal Naval Reserve, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and adding the R.N.R. Decoration to his earlier award of the L.S. & G.C. Medal. With the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Payne was appointed to the command of the Hampton Ferry - renamed H.M.S. Hampton - and, having overseen the laying of some 6,000 mines in the Channel, was awarded the O.B.E. His next command was the assault ship Maid of Orleans, in which capacity he oversaw the landing of elements of No. 4 Commando, under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dawson and a brace of Free French Commando Troops on D-Day - eight L.C.As departing his command for “Sword” beach, from whence their objective was the enemy battery at Ouistreham. Payne was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 28 November 1944 refers), and later awarded the French Order of Maritime Merit (London Gazette 9 February 1951 refers): no official reference to him being awarded the Legion of Honour has been located, but an accompanying newspaper obituary credits him with said distinction. In September 1944, Payne commenced to prepare for the re-opening of the port of Dover for troops and ammunition, and was actively concerned in this vital function of the port. Appointed a Commodore of the British Railways Cross-Channel Fleet after the War, he went on to gain a brace of unique distinctions, for the Admiralty granted him a warrant to fly the Blue Ensign, the first home trade vessel Master to be so honoured. And shortly before his death he received honorary membership of the National Union of Seamen, thus becoming the first Master Mariner to be so honoured. Sold with Admiralty forwarding document for the recipient’s Atlantic Star and clasp, several portrait photographs in uniform, and a newspaper obituary.

Auction archive: Lot number 1112
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2014 - 26 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

A particularly fine Second World War mine laying operations O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Captain H. L. Payne, Royal Naval Reserve, who was later mentioned in despatches for his command of the assault ship Maid of Orleans, in which latter capacity he landed Commandos on D-Day: a sea dog to his fingertips, he afterwards became Commodore of the British Railways Cross-Channel Fleet The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (2158A H. L. Payne, 2 Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.S.A. 2198 H. L. Payne, Skr., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver-gilt, silver; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (2198 W.S.A. H. L. Payne, Skr., R.N.R.); France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; France Order of Maritime Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn and contained in an old Gieves, London blue leather case, first initial on the third and fourth officially corrected, arm point and enamel damage to both French pieces, otherwise generally good very fine (11) £600-800 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. Herbert Leonard Payne first went to sea aged 14 years, and joined the Royal Naval Reserve three years later. During the Great War he served in minesweepers and patrol trawlers in the North Sea and Atlantic, in addition to minesweeping from a whaler off the African coast in the closing months of the conflict - he took his Master’s ticket in 1915 and was appointed a Skipper R.N.R. in the same year. In 1919 Payne joined the old South Eastern & Chatham Railway steamers as a Second Officer and inaugurated the train ferry service between Dover and Dunkirk, and later commanded the vessels on the Folkestone and Boulogne route. He also remained on the strength of the Royal Naval Reserve, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and adding the R.N.R. Decoration to his earlier award of the L.S. & G.C. Medal. With the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Payne was appointed to the command of the Hampton Ferry - renamed H.M.S. Hampton - and, having overseen the laying of some 6,000 mines in the Channel, was awarded the O.B.E. His next command was the assault ship Maid of Orleans, in which capacity he oversaw the landing of elements of No. 4 Commando, under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dawson and a brace of Free French Commando Troops on D-Day - eight L.C.As departing his command for “Sword” beach, from whence their objective was the enemy battery at Ouistreham. Payne was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 28 November 1944 refers), and later awarded the French Order of Maritime Merit (London Gazette 9 February 1951 refers): no official reference to him being awarded the Legion of Honour has been located, but an accompanying newspaper obituary credits him with said distinction. In September 1944, Payne commenced to prepare for the re-opening of the port of Dover for troops and ammunition, and was actively concerned in this vital function of the port. Appointed a Commodore of the British Railways Cross-Channel Fleet after the War, he went on to gain a brace of unique distinctions, for the Admiralty granted him a warrant to fly the Blue Ensign, the first home trade vessel Master to be so honoured. And shortly before his death he received honorary membership of the National Union of Seamen, thus becoming the first Master Mariner to be so honoured. Sold with Admiralty forwarding document for the recipient’s Atlantic Star and clasp, several portrait photographs in uniform, and a newspaper obituary.

Auction archive: Lot number 1112
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2014 - 26 Mar 2014
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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