Orders, Decorations and Medals

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, V.C., 4th Dragoon Guards
Riband bar, khaki cloth-backed, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath, Order of St, Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; Africa General Service 1902-56; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Order of the Crown, with ‘4th Class’ rosette; Poland, Order of Military Virtue; Poland, Cross of Valour 1920; Poland, Cross of Valour 1939; Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, faded but in good condition; together with another riband bar, this created for display purposes and showing additional W.W.2 and later awards, good condition (2) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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V.C. London Gazette 9 September 1916. Lieutenant-Colonel Carton de Wiart, 4th Dragoon Guards, won the V.C. for his gallant action at La Boiselle, France, on 2/3 July 1916.

With a photograph of the General’s medal group and card written by Lady Carton de Wiart, dated 24 April 1981, which accompanied the above (original) riband bar.