1592970601000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141592 1747245965675 1711380520000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141592 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141592 a672a518-c42b-3cfe-a83e-44ff9bf0e4b1 7 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals The Distinguished Service Order was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1886, to reward individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war, usually under fire--resentment among front-line troops over awards to staff officers during the Great War led this to be made official policy in 1917. Until 1943 only those mentioned in despatches were eligible. The medal is still awarded for outstanding military command or leadership. This medal is unnamed, but belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the Royal Air Force, with whose other medals Lester Watson acquired it. As the bulk of these decorations were earnt in service in the 1919-1920 campaigns in South Russia, it is likely that Mitchell's DSO was earned there too, perhaps for the same exploit for which he was awarded membership of the Russian Order of Saint George. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers this medal part of its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928. CM.1495-2009 1 accession number CM.1495-2009 141592 priref 141592 Watson Catalogue 88 ordering M-0381 previous object number LW.0365a uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141592 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141592 Laurel wreath around royal monogram, all enamelled green gilt & red, arms of cross enamelled white obverse GvR design Laurel wreath around crown, all enamelled green gilt and red, arms of cross enamelled white reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1916 1916 1916 1916 1935 1 1935 1935 1935 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London ruler reference agent-167510 adlib-agent-167510 8ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33 George V (1910-36) state reference agent-175024 adlib-agent-175024 97ae86c3-4328-3e0c-ba67-182b06de37bc Britain with the title of ruler reference agent-174961 adlib-agent-174961 1ddc2b8b-6b14-370e-afe6-6d89d55d8cb3 GvR gilt reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 41.3 Weight g 32.09 reference media-116735 adlib-media-116735 62263c1c-c20d-3000-bac9-81ad2b2f57a0 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589851794 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589851794 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589851794 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589851794 1 image 0 media image reference media-116736 adlib-media-116736 c053a462-1984-3ade-8ba2-e7e418f44815 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 158 1742589795606 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 158 1742589795606 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 158 1742589795606 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0365a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 158 1742589795606 1 image 1 media image reference term-122810 adlib-term-122810 54f7a53b-ece1-3f69-9ef2-5447a619c182 Distinguished Service Order denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122743 adlib-term-122743 49dbb948-df9d-38dd-9c5d-1d971e22fead Royal Air Force subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 27 reference publication-5895 adlib-publication-5895 0203db2c-278b-39ec-a933-7f85feae70f1 Medal Yearbook 2001 reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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