Auction Catalogue

16 October 1996

Starting at 11:00 AM

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The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 1)

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 654

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16 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£400

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Ch.18446 Pte. S. Lang, R.M. Bde.) nearly very fine and very scarce

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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D.S.M. London Gazette 1January 1915 “The following awards have been approved for the operations around Antwerp from the 3rd to the 9th October 1914.”

Only 9 Distinguished Service Medals were awarded to the Royal Marines for the Defence of Antwerp.