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Auction archive: Lot number 412

A CASED GV MILITARY CROSS Awarded to Lt

Auction 01.11.2012
1 Nov 2012
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$638 - US$797
Price realised:
£560
ca. US$893
Auction archive: Lot number 412

A CASED GV MILITARY CROSS Awarded to Lt

Auction 01.11.2012
1 Nov 2012
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$638 - US$797
Price realised:
£560
ca. US$893
Beschreibung:

A CASED GV MILITARY CROSS Awarded to Lt D A S Fitzroy Cole of the 3rd Dragoon Guards attached Tank Corps. Military Cross awarded for the Battle of Amiens, with two original copies of the London Gazette dated 5th November 1918 also a Times with his MC award. Unamed as issued with miniature set mounted for wear of the MC, Bwm & Victory medal. The MC case is damaged. Lt D A S Fitzroy Cole Dgn Gds att Tank Corps. For Conspicuous gallantry and initiative. He commanded his section with great ability and dash, and his initiative during a patrol enabled him to locate and silence an enemy battery. He set a fine example to his men. Lt Derek Arthur Stephen Fitzroy Cole was descended from William Duke of Normandy, later King of England.

Auction archive: Lot number 412
Auction:
Datum:
1 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Lawrences Auctioneers
South Street
The Linen Yard
Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB
United Kingdom
enquiries@lawrences.co.uk
+44 (0)1 46073041
+44 (0)1460 279969
Beschreibung:

A CASED GV MILITARY CROSS Awarded to Lt D A S Fitzroy Cole of the 3rd Dragoon Guards attached Tank Corps. Military Cross awarded for the Battle of Amiens, with two original copies of the London Gazette dated 5th November 1918 also a Times with his MC award. Unamed as issued with miniature set mounted for wear of the MC, Bwm & Victory medal. The MC case is damaged. Lt D A S Fitzroy Cole Dgn Gds att Tank Corps. For Conspicuous gallantry and initiative. He commanded his section with great ability and dash, and his initiative during a patrol enabled him to locate and silence an enemy battery. He set a fine example to his men. Lt Derek Arthur Stephen Fitzroy Cole was descended from William Duke of Normandy, later King of England.

Auction archive: Lot number 412
Auction:
Datum:
1 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Lawrences Auctioneers
South Street
The Linen Yard
Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB
United Kingdom
enquiries@lawrences.co.uk
+44 (0)1 46073041
+44 (0)1460 279969
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