Miniature Medals

A Second World War D.S.C. and Bar group of nine attributed to Lieutenant-Commander E. G. Heywood-Lonsdale, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1941 and officially dated 1942, additionally inscribed (Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy) with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence & War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Czechoslovakia War Cross 1939-45, mounted for display, good very fine (9) £700-900

D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1942. Serving aboard H.M.S. Wallace.

Bar to D.S.C. London Gazette 14 November 1944: ‘For gallantry, skill, determination and devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy.’ The recommendation states: ‘Shore Base, Gold Beach, Operation Neptune. By superhuman efforts and unswerving devotion to duty has most effectively controlled the numerous and varied types of Ferry craft. He has never spared himself in this duty, which has been made doubly difficult by the inclement weather conditions.

M.I.D. London Gazette 28 April 1942. For skill in action against enemy E Boats in the North Sea on 14 March 1942, while serving in H.M.S. Wallace.

Czech War Cross London Gazette 15 September 1942. For services in the withdrawal of Czechoslovak troops from France in 1940, while serving in H.M.S. Velox.