Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A good Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Mechanic Staff Sergeant R. Daniel, 17th (Armoured Car) Battalion, Tank Corps, formerly Army Service Corps, for the allied advance from Landrecies to Avesnes on 7 November 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (76500 Mech. S. Sjt., 17/Tank C.); 1914 Star (M1-05868 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M1-5868 S. Sjt., A.S.C.) good very fine (4) £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Tank Corps formed by the late Bill Green.

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M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919. The recommendation states ‘During the advance from Landrecies to Avesnes, on 7 November [1918] this N.C.O. displayed gallantry, skill, and devotion to duty, and rendered most valuable services at a critical time in maintaining the mechanical efficiency of, and in salving under fire, armoured cars which had been temporarily put out of action by the enemy. To his resource and technical skill this battalion is indebted for armoured cars which were kept in action at a time when they were most valuable. On many occasions this N.C.O. has carried out repairs to armoured cars under fire.’