Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander D. A. Mitchell, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Surgn. D. A. Mitchell, M.B., R.N., H.M.S. Alert.); Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with hinged suspension, gilding almost all rubbed on latter, good very fine (2) £200-£240

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady.

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Greek Order of George I, Officer London Gazette 24 May 1919:
‘For distinguished services rendered during the War.’

Douglas Ashley Mitchell was born on 18 December 1886 and having qualified MRCS and LRCP in 1909 entered the Royal Navy as a Surgeon on 6 May 1910, He served in H.M.S. Alert on the East Indies Station from 27 February 1912 to 18 May 1914, and subsequently served during the Great War, initially at the R.N. Hospital Malta, and then in H.M.S. Diamond from 16 December 1916 until the cessation of hostilities. Promoted Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander on 6 May 1918, for his services during the Great War he was appointed an Officer of the Greek Order of George I, and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals. He relinquished his commission on 18 August 1919.

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