British Order ???

[martin guerre]

Hi guys,i find this medal at the flea market this morning but i don't know exactly what it is .Is it a british order from ww1 ?
This one came with a Romanian medal box and some other items.
Thanks for your help.
Martin.

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[Seigfried]

Hi guys,i find this medal at the flea market this morning but i don't know exactly what it is .Is it a british order from ww1 ?

Martin.

Martin,
This is a DSO (Dick Shot Off!) Distinguished Service Order - instituted in 1886 by Queen Victoria. I'd say you got a bargain if this was from a flea market It has a Kings Crown in the middle so will be from 1902-1952.

[rexmundi]

Great find !

[martin guerre]

Thanks Seigfreid and Rexmundi for your help .Can you give me a range of price for this one please .
Martin.

[Seigfried]

Thanks Seigfreid and Rexmundi for your help .Can you give me a range of price for this one please .
Martin.

I'm afraid that all I can tell you is that this was/is next in line to the VC as far as decorations go.

'Officers awarded the DSO...have often just 'missed' the award of the VC'.

British Orders, Decorations & medals by Donald Hall 1973 pp38

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this DSO just a George V example, making it one that would have been issued between 1910 and 1936?

Thanks!

[Seigfried]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this DSO just a George V example, making it one that would have been issued between 1910 and 1936?

Thanks!

It may be - I'm no expert on these but I also (apart from TR) collect RAMC cap badges, and the kings crown on the Edward V11, George V, George V1 badges of 1902-52 are of identical design. If there is a difference then I'm all ears

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

It may be - I'm no expert on these but I also (apart from TR) collect RAMC cap badges, and the kings crown on the Edward V11, George V, George V1 badges of 1902-52 are of identical design. If there is a difference then I'm all ears

G V R

Now we need some real medal experts to put us both right!

[leigh kitchen]

It's King George V - George VI had a slightly different design of lettering & of course "VI" rather than the "V" that this one has.
I wonder if this & the Rumanian medal that came withit were awarded to the same man, along with French medals & decorations?

[DMD]

Thanks Seigfreid and Rexmundi for your help .Can you give me a range of price for this one please .
Martin.

The Dix Noonan Webb site has a database where you can research auction prices realized.

http://www.dnw.co.uk/dnw/medals/MedalsHome.htm

It looks like single DSOs from this time period brought 290 - 650 GBP in auctions between 1994 and 2001.

Dennis

[ROBB]

Mein Gott !!! How much was it ? Rob.