Auction Catalogue

4 July 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Miniature Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 104

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£500

A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. Lowrie, Black Watch

Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Medal, G.VI.R. (James Lowrie) the first three mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the 42nd and 73rd Regiments (Black Watch).

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M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his Company Commander had become a casualty, he led his Company forward with great dash and determination under very heavy fire. He showed fine leadership and set a splendid example to his men.”

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a Field Message Book; 153rd Infantry Brigade ‘Attack Notes’; six Exercise Books filled with the recipient’s training notes, one inscribed ‘2.Lt. J. Lowrie, 3rd Black Watch’; a ‘Gas Attack’ information card; Active Service Pocket Book; a pocket volume of ‘Hints to Young Officers’; and a War Office Map for North West Europe.