Auction Catalogue

8 December 1994

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 423

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8 December 1994

Hammer Price:
£580

A scarce Great War cavalry D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R.C. Moyse, 11th Hussars

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (5658 Cpl., 11/Hrs.); 1914 MONS STAR (Pte., 11/Hrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Sjt., 11- Hrs.) together with a regimental cap badge, very fine (5)

D.C.M., London Gazette, 11 March, 1916. 'For conspicuous gallantry; he carried a message under heavy shell fire from the front line trenches to the third line, and the following day he went out on two occasions to repair a telephone wire and test the instrument.