Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1586

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£45

Pair: Gunner G. Alty, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals
(681122 Gnr., R.A.), good very fine

Pair: Gunner C. W. Lake, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (143027 Gnr., R.A.), good very fine (4) £40-60

According to an accompanying note written by George Alty’s daughter, he was posted missing on the Somme on 3 July 1916, but later brought in by a stretcher party with wounds to his legs, arms and chest - certainly he was awarded the Silver War Badge (his MIC entry refers).