Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 183
Three: Captain E. Gibbons, Royal Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Capt. E. Gibbons.); Italy, War Merit Cross, bronze, extremely fine, together with: - Related dress miniature awards - M.I.D. Certificate to the recipient dated 26.10.1918. - Original card packaging and outer packaging addressed ´Capt E. Gibbons, 64 Beaufort Street Chelsea´ (3) Estimate £ 80-100 M.I.D. London Gazette 6.1.1919 Gibbons, T.Lt. (A.Capt.) E., 7th Div. Train, Royal Army Service Corps ´´For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period February 26th, 1918, to midnight September 14th, 1918´´ Italy, War Merit Cross, London Gazette 17.5.1919. Captain Edmund Gibbons, born Wallingford, Berkshire, 1882; commissioned Second Lieutenant 8.5.1916; served during the Great War on the Western Front with Royal Army Service Corps from 5.6.1916; Lieutenant 8.11.1917; Captain 14.11.1918; relinquished commission, retaining the rank of Captain 1.9.1921.
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