A scarce Great War Honorary D.C.M. group of five awarded to Maréchal-des-Logis A. G. Fockeday, 19e Escadron du Train

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as awarded to foreign nationals; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, with silver star and bronze palm on ribbon; Croix du Combatant; War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-18, these all unnamed as issued, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600

D.C.M. War Office List No. 2, Distinguished Conduct Medal Awarded to the French Army, 30 October, 1916: ‘Fockeday, Maréchal des Logis No 5373 Alphonse Gustave, 19e escadron du train, attached Army Brigade Signals.’

Sold with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, together with the following original documents: ‘Ordre General No.7’ from the Grand Quartier General des Armées du Nord et du Nord-Est, dated 1 March 1917, confirming the award of the British D.C.M. and French Croix de Guerre to Maréchal-des-Logis Alphonse Gustave Fockaday, of the 19e Escadron du Train; identification card with photograph confirming Fockaday as an interpreter; a telegram to Fockaday at 12 Rue Lauriston, Paris, from the Queen’s Private Secretary, thanking him for his kind message of sympathy.