Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel L. C. Dams, Middlesex Regiment

1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. L. C. Dams. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. L. C. Dams.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Order of the White Lion, Civil Division, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel; together with the recipient’s two National Service League Medals for Merit, silver and gold (the latter 18ct, 12.0g), the first engraved ‘Captain L. C. Dams, June 1910’, the second engraved ‘Major L. C. Dams 1912’, both with top ‘N.S.L. for Merit’ riband bars, generally good very fine (9) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Louis Charles Dams was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 1 March 1900. He served as Commanding Officer of the 2nd/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 31 August 1915.

Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document appointing him a Second Lieutenant in the Volunteer Forces, dated 1 March 1900; Buckingham Palace Licence to Wear Document for the Belgian Order of the Crown, dated 28 May 1920, with Foreign Office enclosure; Bestowal Document for the Czech Order of the White Lion, with accompanying Czechoslovak Legation enclosure, dated 23 July 1935, and Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, dated 23 May 1935; and National Service League letters.