Auction Catalogue

5 March 1996

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 582

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5 March 1996

Hammer Price:
£1,250

A very rare M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. E. Truss, Royal Air Force, for gallantry in India 1919
Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut., R.A.F.) mounted as worn on a tatty but original wearing bar and sold with an original portrait photograph, very fine (4)

M.C. London Gazette 19 September, 1920: ‘For bravery against the enemy in the field between Lorali and Quetta 27 July, 1919.’
A unique award to the Royal Air Force and one of only nine M.C.’s awarded to the Royal Air Force between the 1st and 2nd World Wars.