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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 72

A Fine Campaign Combination Great War ´Mesopotamia Theatre´ C.I.E. Group of Nine to Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Gee, Indian Medical Service, Mentioned in Despatches For Services During the Somaliland Campaign, 1902-04, He Commanded No. 9 Hospital Basra, Iraq, During the Great War a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion´s (C.I.E.) breast Badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 36mm, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued c) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, clasp facings altered to enable mounting in this order (Surgn.Captn. F.W. Gee I.M.S.) d) China 1900, no clasp (Major F.W. Gee. I.M.S.) e) Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Maj: F.W. Gee. I.M.S.) f) 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. F.W. Gee, I.M.S.) g) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. F.W. Gee) h) United States of America, Military Order of the Dragon, China 1900 (Frederick William Gee. 5th. Bengal Lancers No. 189.), with original riband and top bronze ´pagoda´ suspension brooch, extremely fine, the first four medals mounted court style in this order and housed in a Spink, London, leather fitted case, with four related miniature awards, and a University College London Fellowes Prize Medal (F.W. Gee. First Prize. Winter Session 1884-85. Junior Class.), 38mm, silver, in case of issue (9) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 C.I.E. London Gazette 26.8.1918 Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Gee, I.M.S. ´´In recognition of meritorious services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 2.9.1904 Major F.W. Gee, I.M.S. ´´For services during the Campaign [in Somaliland].´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 15.8.1917 Lt. Col. F.W. Gee, Indian Medical Service Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Gee, C.I.E., (1863-1930), educated at Sherborne School and University College, London, where he read Medicine, and was the Fellowes Medallist in Clinical Medicine, 1884-85; Entered the Indian Medical Service, March 1888, and saw active service in the Relief of Chitral, 1895; on the North West Frontier with the Tochi Field Force, 1897; in the China Expeditionary Force, 1900; and in the Somaliland Expedition, 1902, where he was Mentioned in Despatches; Major, 31.3.1900; Lieutenant-Colonel, 31.3.1908; served throughout the Great War in Mesopotamia, as Assistant Director of Medical Services in Command of No. 9 Hospital in Basra, for which work he was Mentioned in Despatches, and was made C.I.E.; resigned his Commission due to ill-health, 5.8.1920.

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