Identity Disk (Major Lloyd Davies J.W., 203rd R.E., C.E.) , silver, with wrist chain, very fine £40-50

Sold with recipient’s riband bar: D.S.O.; M.C.; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa star; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Russia, Order of St. Anne. Also with a letter to the recipient, addressed to Lt. Col. W. Lloyd-Davies, C.R.E. South, Lusaka, N. Rhodesia, handwritten, ‘Dear Lloyd-Davies, Thank you for your letter. It recalled very old memories of the last war and the Bautau (?) Division. Good Luck to you.’ signed ‘B. L. Montgomery’, dated ‘Eighth Army, 29.4.43’. All contained in leather wallet which bears a metal R.E. badge on the flap.

Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd-Davies gained both the D.S.O. and M.C. in the Great War.