WW1 DCM gallantry group

[HARRY THE MOLE]

A recent pick up of mine... a very nice O.B.E/D.C.M gallantry group of seven medals. Although they are miniature - and so carry no details of the recipient - they are a superb set of early originals with the D.C.M & B.W.M being on swivel mounts. Retailed by Spink & Sons of London, they were probably remounted after the recipient received the Defence Medal.





The set is made up of the O.B.E (civil) King George V D.C.M... 1914 'Mons' Star & bar... British War Medal... Victory Medal with 'Mentioned in Dispatches' oakleaf motif... WW2 Defence Medal... and the King George V Territorial Decoration (T.D). Click on images twice to enlarge.





The D.C.M was second to the Victoria Cross and was awarded to warrant officers and below for acts of gallantry. The bar to the 1914 star was awarded to all military personnel who served under fire - or had been within range of enemy mobile artillery - between August 5th and November 22nd 1914. The Territorial decoration - not to be confused with the Efficiency Decoration - was awarded to officers who had completed 20 years service with the Territorials. War service counted double, and service within the ranks counted as half. The award of the decoration means that the D.C.M recipient served for some time in the ranks before eventually becoming an officer. The Defence Medal also suggests that the officer may have served in the Home Guard during WW2.

Cheers,
Steve

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Another group of miniatures, this time a WW1 five medal group consisting of the O.B.E... Military Cross, and then the 1914/15 star, War Medal & Victory Medal. The separate bar is not a ribbon bar, but the original medal bar after the medals had been removed and remounted to accept the O.B.E

Cheers,
Steve