A gold-plated half-hunter pocket watch presented to Major J. Hedges, M.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., late Rifle Brigade and Royal Tank Corps, by A. L. D. Dennison, the inner cover engraved, ‘Presented to R.S.M. F Hedges, M.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., by members of Sgts. Mess on Completion of Duty with 2nd Bn. R.T.C., 27-10-26’, the enamel dial-face cracked in places £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Ron Penhall Collection.

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Frank Hedges was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry with the 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade at Ligny on 26 August 1914 (London Gazette 18 February 1915), and the M.C. as a Company Sergeant-Major for gallantry on several occasions in the same unit in the following year (London Gazette 27 July 1916). He was also awarded the M.S.M. as a Regimental Sergeant-Major in the 16th Battalion, Tank Corps (London Gazette 3 June 1919).

His Honours and Awards were sold in these Rooms on 4 December 2002 (Lot 63), when they formed part of the Michael Haines collection.