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№ 149

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14 September 2022

Hammer Price:
£460

Three: Private C. Cassidy, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was taken prisoner of War during the Great War

1914 Star, with clasp (7255 Pte C. Cassidy. 1/D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7255 Pte C. Cassidy. D. of Corn. L.I.); together with a white metal and enamel Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes medal presented to Bro. C. F. Cassidy, of the Rock of Gibraltar lLodge, on 23 November 1906, contact marks, very fine (4) £100-£140

Charles Cassidy attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and saw service with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1914. His Medal Index Card and roll extract for his 1914 Star both note that he was taken prisoner of war.