Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Egypt’ M.S.M. for Gallantry to Acting Serjeant T. Mitchell, 1st Battalion Royal Scots

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (10139 A. Sjt., 1/R. Scots) good fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Meritorious Service Medals.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 12 March 1917. ‘... for gallantry in the performance of military duty’.

In ‘Sainsbury’, the citation is given as - ‘During live grenade throwing instruction one of the class dropped his grenade after igniting the fuse. Sergeant Mitchell at once attempted to pick up the grenade but the man who had dropped it collided with him in his endeavours to get away and knocked the grenade from his hand. Sergeant Mitchell made a further attempt to pick up the grenade but it exploded before he could reach it, wounding him in the head’. [30 March 1916.]

Only 3 Gallantry M.S.M’s. to the Royal Scots.