Pair: Private W. H. Hunt, Royal Army Medical Corps

British War and Victory Medals (68318 Pte. W. H. Hant, R.A.M.C.) note spelling of surname on medals

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewel, silver and enamel (Presented to Sir Jas Dickinson by the Queen’s Own Lodge No. 82 Dec. 21st 1901) hallmarks for Birmingham 1900; St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Badge, bronze (CDA 40435 Catherine Owens); Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class, good very fine (5) £40-60

William Henry Hunt, a Railway Good’s Checker, living at Poplar, London, attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Stepney on 11 September 1915, aged 37 years. With them he served in Egypt, January-March 1916 and in France from March 1916. On 4 July 1916 he suffered shell shock due to a violent enemy bombardment in his vicinity and was admitted to hospital. Invalided to England and the Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, August-September 1916, he was discharged on 6 October 1916 as being no longer physically fit for war service. Resulting from his discharge he was awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot).

With original certificate stating ‘68318 Pte. William Henry Hunt, Royal Army Medical Corps served with honour and was disabled in the Great War. Honourably discharged on 6th October 1916’ - with plastic protective covering.

Together with copied service and discharge papers.