Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Private J. Schlencker, 4th Middlesex Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10913 Pte., M.M. 4/Midd’x R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (10913 Pte., 4/Midd’x R.); 1914-15 Star Trio (G-10913 Pte., Midd’x R.); Defence Medal; St John Service Medal (46214 Cpl., London S.J.A.B. 1951) some contact marks but generally good very fine (7) £1800-2200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late John Cooper.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919: ‘On the 9th/10th/11th September, 1918, in Havrincourt Wood. Under very heavy fire of all descriptions he attended to wounded men and dressed their injuries during these days’ hard fighting, working with a gallantry and self-sacrificing devotion to duty that was a splendid example to all.’

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

Bar to M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918.