Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Flanders Offensive’ M.M., Belgian Croix de Guerre group of four awarded to Sergeant F. W. C. Douglas, 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd Leeds), Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Military Medal, G.V.R. (54077 Sjt. F. W. C. Douglas. 17/ W. York. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (54077 Sjt. F. W. C. Douglas. W. York. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (54077 Pte. F. W. C. Douglas. W. York. R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, very fine (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919.

Frederick William Charles Douglas was born in 1899 at St. Pancras, London and served during the Great War on the Western Front initially with the 17th (Service) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, and then from 7 December 1917 with the amalgamated 15/17th Battalion. He was awarded the M.M. and Belgian Croix de Guerre for gallantry in Flanders, late August to early October 1918. Discharged to the Class Z Reserve on 1 July 1919, he died at Southend on Sea in 1981.

Sold with the recipient’s Croix de Guerre certificate, measuring 50cm x 41cm, in scroll tube, which states that the award - ‘for courage and dedication during the Flanders Offensive’ - was presented on 13 December 1918.