Victoria Cross interest A hallmarked silver presentation si...

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£550

Victoria Cross interest

A hallmarked silver presentation silver cigarette table box with cedar lined interior, engraved to hinged lid with RAMC crest and 'To Capt E. T. Inkson V.C. from the Officers of the London Companies Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) Aug. 3rd 1904'

Hallmarked Birmingham 1903, A&J Zimmerman, W19cm, gross 35.1 ozt.

Together with a later WWI officers silver dogtag/ID bracelet engraved 'Lt. Col. E.T. Inkson V.C., C of E, RAMC', hallmarked Birmingham 1914, Levi and Solomon

Colonel Edgar Thomas Inkson VC DSO (5 April 1872 – 19 February 1947) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross

Inkson was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 24 February 1900, at Hart's Hill, Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC

On the 24th February, 1900, Lieutenant Inkson carried Second Lieutenant Devenish (who was severely wounded and unable to walk) for three or four hundred yards under a very heavy fire to a place of safety. The ground over which Lieutenant Inkson had to move was much exposed, there being no cover available.

He was promoted to captain while still serving in South Africa. Captain Inkson personally received the decoration by King Edward VII during an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 12 May 1902.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett.