Miniature Medals x810
The M.V.O., Great War D.S.C. and Bar group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Commander D. P. J. Enright, Royal Navy
The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class badge, silver and enamel; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (7)
£200-£240
Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1994 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full sized medals). M.V.O. London Gazette 11 July 1922. D.S.C. London Gazette 20 September 1918:
‘For services on the Mediterranean Station between 1 January and 30 June 1918.’
The original recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous good services during four years in command of H.M. T.B. No. 91, especially on the occasions of attacks on enemy submarines in August 1915 and October 1916, and in the salvage of the French transport Abda, when he took off 800 troops in bad weather.’
D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 22 January 1920: ‘For services in Russia, 1919.’
The original recommendation states: ‘He has been Chief Gunner of the Flotilla and has displayed marked qualities of enterprise and resource, notably on 10 August 1919, when he repeatedly brought up ammunition while the ships were engaged and their firing was of such vital importance that they could not go back themselves to replenish. Subsequently, he took charge of the Naval Demolition Parties which blew up the bridges in the wake of the rear-guard’s covering the evacuation.’
Daniel Patrick Joseph Enright served as Chief Gunner and C.O. of torpedo boat No. 91 from the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 through until October 1918, the whole as a member of the Local Defence Flotilla at Gibraltar. As cited above, too, it was a period of command that witnessed him carrying out at least two attacks on U-Boats, namely in August 1915 and in October 1916. He was awarded the D.S.C.
Having then served briefly in the Sorbita at the War’s end, he removed to the cruiser Fox in March 1919, in which ship he was embarked for the White Sea, further active service ensuing as Chief Gunner in the Archangel River Flotilla, and in particular in the action on the North Dvina in August of that year. Later in the same month, he was in a small party sent from Seltzo to Puchega to lay mines to hinder the Bolshevik advance, an operation in which he took personal charge in the preparation of the minelaying boats; see G. R. Singleton-Gates’ Bolos & Barishynas for further details.
Awarded his M.V.O. for services in the battleship Renown during the Prince of Wales’ visit to India and Japan 1921-22, Enright was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Recalled in the 1939-45 War, he served at the training establishment St. George on the Isle of Man.
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The M.B.E. group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Warrant Officer E. E. Lane, Royal Australian Air Force
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type badge, silver on 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s full sized riband bar and Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria 50 Years Service Jewel, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. E. E. Lane 1922-1972’, good very fine (9)
£60-£80 M.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1938.
Edward Ernest Lane served with the 1st Australian Imperial Force in the Great War and was Mentioned in Despatches as a Sergeant in the Australian Army Pay Corps (London Gazette 11 July 1919). Transferring to the Royal Australian Air Force, he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire as a Warrant Officer, and saw further service during the Second World War.
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The Great War M.C. group of ten miniature dress medals worn by Colonel H. J. D. Smythe, Royal Army Medical Corps
Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine and better (10)
£100-£140
Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1987. M.C. London Gazette 2 April 1919.
Henry James Drew Smythe joined the Gloucestershire Hussars in 1910 as a Trooper. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) on 18 July 1914, and served with the 3rd South Midland Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 March 1915 (entitled to the 1914-15 Star, not 1914 Star), being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 30 November 1915). Advanced acting Major, he was awarded the Military Cross for carrying out his medical duties in the face of enemy fire in Italy.
During the inter-War years Smythe served as Medical Officer to 66 Brigade Royal Artillery ,and the South Midland Royal Engineers, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in June 1926. He served during the Second World War in command of a number of general hospitals in India and Burma, and was advanced Colonel on 13 January 1941.
Sold with the recipient’s two original Commission Documents, dated 21 July 1914 and 1 April 1927; original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 30 November 1915; two letters regarding his medal entitlement; and copied research.
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