Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. attributed to Second Lieutenant E. D. Lane, Machine Gun Corps

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved and then erased, but with the following inscription still just about legible ‘For Conspicuous Gallantry and Devotion ... 2nd ... rd Dion L ... Gun Co ...’, in case of issue, save for the erasure good very fine £400-£500

M.C. London Gazette 4 February 1918; citation published 5 July 1918: Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Edward Dion Lane, Machine Gun Corps:
‘For conspicuous gallantry ands devotion to duty. He engaged and put out of action two enemy machine guns. He took up a position in advance of the infantry, and succeeded in covering their withdrawal, causing casualties to the enemy, though under heavy fire himself.’