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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 74

A Scarce Great War ´Italian Theatre´ D.S.O., 1915 M.C. Group of Five to Captain R.M. Burmann, East Lancashire Regiment, Late Border Regiment and London Regiment, Four Times Mentioned in Despatches, and Killed in Action on the Western Front, 27.10.1918 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, reverse central medallion loose, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue c) 1914 Star (Lieut: R.M. Burmann. 28/Lond: R.) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Capt. R.M. Burmann.), extremely fine, with the following related items: - Silver Capstans Inkwell, by Omar Ramsden & Co, the lid embossed with the crest of the Artists Rifles, the base inscribed ´To Lieut: Robert M Burmann his Marriage from "H" Company Sep 9th 1914´, Hallmarks for London 1913, 153mm x 70mm - Silver Cigarette Case, by Omar Ramsden & Co, the lid embossed with a galleon and polychrome enamels, inscribed ´To Lieut: Robert M Burmann Sep 9th 1914 From his Brother Officers.´, Hallmarks for London 1914, 153mm x 90mm x 47mm - Silver Photograph Frame, containing a portrait photograph of the recipient, Hallmarks for Chester 1915, 240mm x 125mm (5) Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Capt. Robert Moyle Burmann, M.C., E. Lanc. R. ´´For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Italy.´´ M.C. London Gazette 14.1.1916 Second Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant) Robert Moyle Burmann, Border Regiment ´´For distinguished service in the field.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916 Burmann, Second Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant) R.M. (Adjutant). ´´For gallant and distinguished service in the field.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 4.1.1917 Burmann, Lt. (temp. Capt.) R.M., M.C., Bord. R., Staff ´´For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 15.5.1917 Burmann, Lt. (temp. Capt.) R.M., M.C., Bord. R. ´´For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 30.5.1918 Burmann, Capt. R.M., M.C., E. Lan. R., Staff ´´For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.´´ Captain Robert Moyle Burmann, D.S.O., M.C., born Brighton, Sussex, April 1887; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles), Territorial Force, 5.8.1914, the day the Great War began; married Elma Kate Southey, 9.9.1914; Lieutenant, 7.9.1914; transferred as Second Lieutenant, Border Regiment, 14.5.1915; Appointed Adjutant and temporary Lieutenant, 4.6.1915; Lieutenant, 14.9.1915; Staff Captain, 8.5.1916; Captain, East Lancashire Regiment, attached HQ, 7th Infantry Brigade, 17.1.1918; he was killed in action, 27.10.1918, and is buried in Pommereuil British Cemetery, France.

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