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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 243

The British War Medal awarded to Lieutenant J. E. G. Mosby, D.S.O., Royal Flying Corps, who earned himself an immediate decoration in a stunning aerial combat

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. E. G. Mosby. R.A.F.), mounted court-style for display together with a riband of the D.S.O. and an unofficially re-engraved Victory Medal, very fine

[D.S.O.] London Gazette 27 July 1918:

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst on an artillery patrol. He was attacked by the enemy machines, two from the front and one from the rear. He engaged and drove off the latter but was hit in the abdomen, and when he turned to engage the others his Pilot was hit and instantly killed. Although his machine fell out of control from 3,000ft to 1,000ft he continued to engage them, and was again hit in the abdomen. But he succeeded in driving them off, and though his machine again became out of control he righted it and safely landed it at his aerodrome. He showed indomitable pluck, both during an unequal content and in determining to land his machine without injury, although nearly unconscious from loss of blood.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1918.

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