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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 244

A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Colonel D. C. Faichnie, Army Ordnance Department, late Leicestershire Regiment

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre a little depressed; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, Belfast (Capt. D. C. Faichnie. Leic: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt. D. C. Faichnie. Leic. Rgt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. D. C. Faichnie.), good very fine (5)

C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

Douglas Charles Faichnie was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 7 March 1894 and served with them with great distinction during the Boer War. He returned to action during the Great War and served with the Army Ordnance Department in the Balkans from October 1916, also adding a 'mention' (London Gazette 28 November 1917, refers) to his laurels.

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£900

Starting price
£450