Auction: 7029 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 374
A Great War 1917 ´Mesopotamia´ D.S.O. Group of Seven to Major T.H. Beckley, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, minor red enamel damage, lacking top riband bar b) 1914 Star (Lieut: T.H. Beckley, R.F.A.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Major T.H. Beckley.) d) Defence and War Medals e) France, Croix de Guerre, avec palmes, reverse dated ´1914-1916´, very fine or better, the Great War awards mounted as originally worn, with the following original documentation: - Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, dated 25.8.1917 - M.I.D. Certificate, dated 10.4.1917 - (3) Congratulatory Telegrams with regard to the award of the recipient´s D.S.O., (1) from General Mackey (lot) Estimate £ 800-1,000 D.S.O. London Gazette 25.8.1917 Major Thomas Henry Beckley, Royal Artillery ´For Distinguished Service in the Field in Mesopotamia, dated 3.6.1917.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 15.8.1917 Major Thomas Henry Beckley, Royal Artillery France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 31.8.1917 Major Thomas Henry Beckley, Royal Artillery Major Thomas Henry Beckley, born 1886; commissioned (from Militia) Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery, 23.5.1906; served with the British Expeditionary Force in France, disembarking 15.10.1914; advanced Captain 30.10.1914; Major 7.1.1917.
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