Lot Archive

Lot

№ 632

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£170

Three: Corporal R. Kerr, Rifle Brigade

British War and Victory Medals
(201503 Cpl., Rif. Brig.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (201513 Cpl. - A.L. Sjt., 19/Rif. Brig.), very fine or better (3) £160-180

Robert Kerr was granted an immediate award of the M.S.M. ‘in recognition of valuable services rendered in Egypt’ in the 19th (Western) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (London Gazette 3 June 1918 refers), one of just two such awards to the Regiment for this theatre of war. Kerr later transferred to the Labour Corps; sold with copied MIC entry confirming entitlement to only the British War & Victory Medals.