A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Bridges, 14th (King’s) Hussars, formerly Imperial Yeomanry

Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., Imp. Yeo.) top two clasps contemporary tailors copies; 1914-15 Star (Capt., 14/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) generally good very fine or better (5) £600-800

M.C. London Gazette 25 August 1917 ‘...distinguished service in the field in Mesopotamia.’

Despatches four times London Gazette 15 August 1917, 27 August 1918, 21 February 1919 and 5 June 1919. All for services with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.