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Auction archive: Lot number 91

The Julian Johnson Collection A Great

Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$987 - US$1,234
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$1,851
Auction archive: Lot number 91

The Julian Johnson Collection A Great

Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$987 - US$1,234
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$1,851
Beschreibung:

The Julian Johnson Collection A Great War D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major Alfred Mitchell Scots Guards and Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5628 CS. Mjr: A. Mitchell. 1/S. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5628 L. Sjt: A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (5628 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2688046 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Mitchell. R. War. R.); Belgian Croix de Guerre, mounted for display together with a companion set of eight mounted miniature dress medals, the Great War medals polished, good fine, otherwise very fine (18) £800-1000 Footnote Provenance: Collection of the late Mike Minton, Buckland Dix & Wood, December 1994. D.C.M. London Gazette 5 December 1918: ‘In an attack when the left of his company was in the air and a large party of the enemy trying to work round it in the mist, this warrant officer at once moved up the Lewis Gun to the threatened flank, and, with the corporal in charge of the gun, together wiped out the party, capturing any who survived. On another occasion, though badly gassed and wounded in the head, he continued to carry out a reconnaissance under very heavy shell fire, and didn't desist until he had obtained most valuable information. Throughout the whole of the operation he displayed fine judgement and splendid courage.’ Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. Alfred Mitchell joined the 1st Warwicks as R.S.M. in 1923. He was commissioned Quartermaster in 1930 and served with the battalion in Palestine, Egypt and India. Promoted to Captain and Quartermaster in 1938, Mitchell served briefly in the Lincolnshire Regiment and the Pioneer Corps before retiring in August 1941. Sold with copied research and a photograph of the recipient in uniform taken at Tidworth in 1936.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
1 Mar 2017 - 2 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

The Julian Johnson Collection A Great War D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major Alfred Mitchell Scots Guards and Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5628 CS. Mjr: A. Mitchell. 1/S. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5628 L. Sjt: A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (5628 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Mitchell. S. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2688046 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Mitchell. R. War. R.); Belgian Croix de Guerre, mounted for display together with a companion set of eight mounted miniature dress medals, the Great War medals polished, good fine, otherwise very fine (18) £800-1000 Footnote Provenance: Collection of the late Mike Minton, Buckland Dix & Wood, December 1994. D.C.M. London Gazette 5 December 1918: ‘In an attack when the left of his company was in the air and a large party of the enemy trying to work round it in the mist, this warrant officer at once moved up the Lewis Gun to the threatened flank, and, with the corporal in charge of the gun, together wiped out the party, capturing any who survived. On another occasion, though badly gassed and wounded in the head, he continued to carry out a reconnaissance under very heavy shell fire, and didn't desist until he had obtained most valuable information. Throughout the whole of the operation he displayed fine judgement and splendid courage.’ Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. Alfred Mitchell joined the 1st Warwicks as R.S.M. in 1923. He was commissioned Quartermaster in 1930 and served with the battalion in Palestine, Egypt and India. Promoted to Captain and Quartermaster in 1938, Mitchell served briefly in the Lincolnshire Regiment and the Pioneer Corps before retiring in August 1941. Sold with copied research and a photograph of the recipient in uniform taken at Tidworth in 1936.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
1 Mar 2017 - 2 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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