A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. A. Clark, Royal Engineers

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (123626 G. A. Clark); together with a large silver wood-lined cigar box, 25cm by 16cm, and 8cm deep, hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, outer lid with engraved representation of Royal Engineers cap badge and inscribed around ‘Seni Milites Nil Morti 1914-1918. To G. A. Clark the organiser of Armistice reunions Nov. 11 1927 - Nov. 11 1938, Johannesburg’; and an original photograph of recipient in uniform, the cigar box a little polished and with several dents, medals good very fine or better (4) £400-500

M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer displayed admirable courage and resource during repeated enemy attacks. He went forward voluntarily to a village in front of our line and brought back valuable information as to the position of the enemy and of a machine-gun. Later on, controlling the fireof the engineers and infantry in the trenches, he drove back the enemy and checked the general advance for a time. He showed a complete disregard for his own safety.’