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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 7

The Great War M.C. and Bar Group of Eight to Major C.L. Fox, Royal Engineers; Consul at Falmouth, and High Sheriff of Cornwall
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar
b) British War and Victory Medals (Major C.L. Fox)
c) Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight´s breast Badge, 37mm, gold and enamel
d) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Knight´s breast Badge, 69mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver and enamel, French motto, minor enamel damage to wreath
e) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 64mm including wreath suspension x 44mm, silver and enamel
f) Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Knight First Class breast Badge, 62mm x 41mm, gold and enamel
g) Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Decoration, First Class, gilt and enamel, good very fine, mounted as originally worn, with the recipient´s related miniature awards, these housed in a Gaunt, London, fitted leather case (8)

M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Lt (A /Maj ) Cuthbert Lloyd Fox, R.E.

M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 2.12.1918 Lt. (A./Maj.) Cuthbert Lloyd Fox, M.C., 502nd Wessex Fld. Coy., R.E., T.F.
´For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He made a daylight reconnaissance under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, proceeding forward over 400 yards in advance of the furthest post held by the brigade. He brought back most valuable information, which was urgently required owing to the tactical situation.´

Major Cuthbert Lloyd Fox, M.C., of Glendurgan, Falmouth, Cornwall; born July 1885; Appointed Consul of Belgium at Falmouth, May 1912; served during the Great War with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front from February 1917; married Moyra Sulivan, April 1920; Appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1946; died 1972.

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