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A Fine Great War ‘D.H.4 Observer’s’ M.C. Group of
Four to Captain J.M. Brisbane, Royal Flying Corps and
Royal Air Force, Who Was Accredited With Shooting
Down At Least 3 Enemy Aircraft, 2 of Which Were
Scored Whilst Flying With Second Lieutenant A.R.
Atkey - The Highest Scoring British Two-Seater Ace of
the Great War
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued
b) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J.M. Brisbane.
R.A.F.)
c) Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with ‘India’ scroll suspension
(L-Cpl. J.M. Brisbane. N. Beng. M. Rif., A.F.I.), last with
minor official corrections, very fine, with the following
contemporary related items:
- Riband bar for first three awards
- Commission appointing John Miller Brisbane, Second
Lieutenant, Territorial Force, 15.10.1915
- Commission appointing John Miller Brisbane, Lieutenant,
Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918 (lot)
£2,500-3,000
M.C. London Gazette 22.6.1918 Lt. John Miller Brisbane, R. Scots,
attd R.F.C.
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When on a lowflying
and bombing patrol, he engaged four hostile scouts, one of
which he destroyed. Later, on four enemy two-seater planes
attacking his patrol, he shot one of them down completely out of
control. On the following day, when returning from a low bombing
reconnaissance, his machine was attacked by 12 hostile scouts. He
fired several hundred rounds into one of these, and it was seen to
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