Lot Archive

Lot

№ 732

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£200

Four: Private C. P. Marcus, 24th (Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, formerly Army Service Corps, who was killed in action on 13 November 1916

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (86 Condr., A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (3312 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (SPTS-3312 Pte., R. Fus.) first with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine or better (4) £120-140

Christian Paul Marcus was born at Camberwell, lived at Upper Norwood and enlisted in London. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 13 November 1916 whilst serving with the 24th (Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.