Auction Catalogue

7 December 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1111

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7 December 2005

Estimate: £140–£180

Three: Private A. W. Greig, Royal Army Service Corps

British War Medal 1914-20 (M2-082643 Pte. A. W. Grieg, A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (M2-082643 Pte. A. W. Greig, R.A.S.C.), note different spelling of surname; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, extremely fine (3) £140-180

M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. ‘.... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders’. ‘M2-082643 Pte. 29th M.T. Coy. A.S.C. (attached H.Q. 29th Divl. Artillery). Flanders 1918 - For continued exemplary service as a driver of the R.A. car. Has shown a high degree of skill and nerve, and persistent devotion to duty. In the most trying circumstances he has never failed in coolness and courage, whilst the care he has bestowed on his car is proved by the fact of the immunity from trouble after more than three years continuous work at the front’.

Croix de Guerre
London Gazette 4 September 1919.