Orders, Decorations and Medals

An unusual Great War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain D. R. Meldrum, Special List, Topographical Section, and Maps and Survey Section, Royal Engineers

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamels, reverse of lower suspension bar inscribed ’T./Capt. D. R. Meldrum, S.L. attd. R.E., 24.11.1916’, suspension pin replaced, lacking top bar suspension, and with some extensive enamel damage; 1914-15 Star (Capt.); Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); together with an erased British War Medal, the first good fine, otherwise very fine or better (4) £400-450

D.S.O. London Gazette 23 November 1916 (Special List, Topographical Section).

M.I.D. London Gazette 25 September 1916, Salonika (Maps and Survey Section).

Captain Donald Roy Meldrum first served overseas in Gallipoli with the Royal Engineers, attached from the Survey Department of Egypt, subsequently heading a Maps and Printing Section in Salonika. Sold with additional copied research material.