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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 20

Family Group:
The Great War 1915 'Ypres' D.C.M., 'Tower of London' R.V.M. Group of Eight to Battery Sergeant Major G. Trott, Royal Artillery, Later Curator of the Jewel House, Tower of London
a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19497 Sjt: G. Trott. 108/Hvy: Bty: R.G.A.)
b) 1914 Star, with later slide Bar (19497 Sjt. G. Trott. R.G.A.)
c) British War and Victory Medals (19497 W.O. Cl.2. G. Trott. R.A.)
d) Jubilee 1935
e) Coronation 1937
f) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (19497 By: S.Mjr: G. Trott. R.G.A.)
g) Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., silver, unnamed as issued, the mounted group polished and worn, therefore nearly fine, the RVM extremely fine, the first seven awards mounted as worn, with the following related documents &c.:
- Bestowal Document for the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver), named to Battery Sergeant Major George Trott, D.C.M., Royal Artillery (retired), and dated 7.6.1951
- Named Buckingham Palace enclosure document for the Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
- Named Buckingham Palace enclosure document for the Coronation Medal 1937
- Royal Mint case of issue for the R.V.M.
- Warrant Appointing Mr. George Trott, D.C.M., Curator of the Jewel House, Tower of London, for the Reign of King Edward VIII, dated 21.7.1936
- Warrant Appointing Mr. George Trott, D.C.M., Curator of the Jewel House, Tower of London, for the Reign of King George VI, dated 1.3.1937
- The recipient's Army Discharge Certificate
- The recipient's vellum Battery Rough Rider Certificate, dated Rawalpindi, 15.5.1907
- Various individual and group photographs of the recipient from his time at the Tower of London
- Souvenir Album of the Tower of London

Four: Warrant Officer G.D. Trott, Royal Air Force
1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'G.D. Trott, Esq., 131A Purewell, Christchurch, Hants', with Air Council enclosure and award entitlement slip, together with a Loyal Service Badge

Pair: Mrs. A.E. Trott
Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mrs. A.E. Trott, 131A Purewell, Christchurch, Hants', with Air Council enclosure (lot)

D.C.M. London Gazette 5.8.1915 19497 Serjeant G. Trott, 108th Hy. By., R.G.A.
'For gallant conduct at Regensburg Camp, Ypres, on 11th May, 1915, when he assisted in the rescue of a mortally wounded Officer under heavy shell fire. He has rendered excellent service throughout the Campaign.'

19497 Battery Sergeant Major George Trott, D.C.M., R.V.M., born 1879; enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, April 1897; served with the Regiment in India and during the Great War on the Western Front; awarded L.S.&G.C., 1917 (Army Order 125); discharged, 27.12.1919; after the War served as Curator of the Jewel House, Tower of London, and awarded the Royal Victorian Medal on retirement in 1951.

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