A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class awarded to Boy Scout D. Edwards, for his gallantry during the London Blitz

Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 2nd issue, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Denis Edwards 28-5-41’, with integral top riband bar, extremely fine £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Crosses.

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Dix Noonan Webb, December 2003.

Denis Edwards was a Second in the 8th Holborn (Lady Peak’s Own) Group and was also a member of the Imperial Headquarters Staff. He was awarded his Cross on 28 May 1941, the citation reading:
‘For carrying out his Civil Defence duties with great gallantry and resource and a total disregard of his own safety during severe air raids on London.’