Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘North Russia’, Archangel Force M.C. group of three awarded to Captain J. Peter, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 17th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, for gallantry under heavy fire near Kodish on 7 February 1919

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased, Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. J. Peter.) VM with replacement ring suspension, good very fine (3) £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 27 May 1919:
‘For gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on enemy positions near Kodish on 7 February 1919. Under heavy fire he attended to the wounded and placed them on sleighs. It was largely due to his fine conduct that the wounded were promptly evacuated and many lives saved.’

John Peter served during the Great War in North Russia from 12 October 1918.