Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Italy, Kingdom, Ministry of War Medallion, 59mm., bronze, obverse: a classical scene expressing victory, in exergue, ‘io trivmphe’; reverse: ‘Ministero della Gverra’ and inscribed, ‘Lievt. G. M. Hancock, Genoa, March 31st 1918’, in original fitted case, extremely fine £30-50

George Mortimer Hancock was born in 1878. An architect by profession, he entered the Army Service Corps in 1915 and served in France. Appointed to a temporary commission in September 1917, he served with the A.S.C. in Italy. Sold with a number of copied service papers.