Lot 497
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A Great War C.B., Boer War M.V.O. and K. St. J. Group of Nine to Colonel D.J. Mackintosh, a Senior Member of Many Medical Councils and Committees, Late Army Medical Service and Scottish Ambulance, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's (C.B.), Military Division, breast Badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, Member's (M.V.O.) Fourth Class breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered '134'; The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of Grace's set of insignia, comprising neck Badge and breast Star, silver and enamel, in case of issue, together with an Officer's Badge, plain silver, 1926-36 pattern; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, with two Bars (Col. D.J. Mackintosh), generally good very fine and better, mounted as worn where appropriate, together with related Dress Miniatures and a St. Andrew's Ambulanc
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A Great War C.B., Boer War M.V.O. and K. St. J. Group of Nine to Colonel D.J. Mackintosh, a Senior Member of Many Medical Councils and Committees, Late Army Medical Service and Scottish Ambulance, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's (C.B.), Military Division, breast Badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, Member's (M.V.O.) Fourth Class breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered '134'; The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of Grace's set of insignia, comprising neck Badge and breast Star, silver and enamel, in case of issue, together with an Officer's Badge, plain silver, 1926-36 pattern; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, with two Bars (Col. D.J. Mackintosh), generally good very fine and better, mounted as worn where appropriate, together with related Dress Miniatures and a St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps Jubilee Medal 1954, silver

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A Great War C.B., Boer War M.V.O. and K. St. J. Group of Nine to Colonel D.J. Mackintosh, a Senior Member of Many Medical Councils and Committees, Late Army Medical Service and Scottish Ambulance, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's (C.B.), Military Division, breast Badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, Member's (M.V.O.) Fourth Class breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered '134'; The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of Grace's set of insignia, comprising neck Badge and breast Star, silver and enamel, in case of issue, together with an Officer's Badge, plain silver, 1926-36 pattern; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, with two Bars (Col. D.J. Mackintosh), generally good very fine and better, mounted as worn where appropriate, together with related Dress Miniatures and a St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps Jubilee Medal 1954, silver
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Lot Essay

C.B. London Gazette 24.1.1917 'For services in connection with the War'.

M.V.O. 9.11.1902 'For services as a Medical Officer, Scottish Ambulance in the South African War'.

Colonel Donald James Mackintosh, C.B., M.V.O., K.St.J., was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire in January 1862 and completed his education at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University. Qualifying in medicine in 1884, he went on to hold senior posts at a number of Glasgow hospitals, in addition to acting as a Council and Committee Member for a large number of Scottish medical institutions. Awarded the M.V.O. for his services as an M.O., Scottish Hospital in the Boer War, when he also acted as Chairman of the Medical and Executive Committee of the Scottish National Red Cross Hospitals sent to South Africa, Mackintosh went on to win his C.B. for services in the Great War. In May 1915, while serving as Assistant Director of Medical Services in the Lowland Divisonal area, he was appointed to supervise the administration and organisation of all Military, War and Territorial General Hospitals in the Glasgow area, and in 1917 he inspected Military and War Hospitals in the Eastern Command for the Economics Committee of the War Office. Mackintosh, who was a Member of Council of the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association from 1899, and Chairman from 1911, died in June 1947.