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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 52

The Scarce Great War 1918 ´Battle of Dukhovskaya´ D.S.M. to Petty Officer 1st Class G. Rowe, Royal Navy, for Service with the Naval Armoured Train in Siberia Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (212126. G. Rowe, P.O. 1Cl. "Usuri" 23, Aug. 1918), nearly extremely fine, scarce Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 D.S.M. London Gazette 15.2.1919 P.O., 1st Cl., George Rowe, O.N. 212126 (Dev.). Petty Officer 1st Class George Rowe, D.S.M., awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for services with the Naval Armoured Train in Siberia in August 1918, and in particular for the Battle of Dukhovskaya on 23 August 1918, when Naval and Royal Marine Light Infantry personnel were landed from H.M.S. Suffolk during the Ussuri River operations and assisted the infantry in the actions against the Bolshevik troops. Provenance: Captain K.J. Douglas-Morris, R.N., Collection, 16.10.1996

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