Inventarnummer
201308.1.1
Titel
Military Cross
Beschreibung
Military Cross awarded to Lieutenant Alan Coloquhoun Duff. The medal is an ornamental silver cross with straight arms terminating in broad finials decorated with imperial crowns. The royal cypher appears at the centre and the cross is suspended from a plain silver suspension bar. With a ribbon of three equal bars of white, deep purple and white. The reverse of the medal is engraved with the following:
'GAINED OCT 3RD 1916 ON THE STRUMA LIEUT A. C. DUFF. R.E. PRESENTED BY HRH DUKE OF CONNAUGHT MAR 20 1918 AT JERUSALEM'
His award of the Military Cross is recorded in The London Gazette, 25 November 1916 '2nd Lt. Alan Colquhoun Duff, R.E. For conspicuos gallantry and initiative during operations. He showed great enterprise in rallying men of different units in order to erect wire,thereby contributing materially in repelling any firther advance of the enemy.'.
The medal is in a brown box that is hinged at the top edge, there is a gold border and the initials 'A.C.D.' are stamped in gold on the lid. The inside of the box has a blue velvet bottom while the top is lined with silk with 'A&N.C.S. Ltd. Medallists 105 Victoria street Westmister' printed.
Datum
1916-10-03 - 1916-10-03
Entstehungszeitraum
Windsor, 1910-, World War One, 1914-1918
Format
- Height: 50 mm
- Width: 45 mm