Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: The Hon. Faith Dawnay, French Red Cross Society, daughter of the 8th Viscount Downe

British War Medal 1914-20 (Hon. F. Dawnay); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918; Medal of Gratitude, bronze; Association of French Ladies, Red Cross Medal 1914-18, bronze, all unnamed except where stated, good very fine (5) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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Faith Dawnay was born on 25 December 1877, a daughter of the 8th Viscount Downe. During the Great War she served as a Canteener with the French Red Cross, and first entered France in January 1917. With copied m.i.c. French medals not confirmed.