Six: Battery Sergeant-Major F. B. Asher, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (38707 Bmbr. F. B. Asher. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24 (1408529 Sergt. F. B. Asher, R.A.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1408529 W.O. Cl. II. F. B. Asher. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1408529 W.O. Cl. 2. F. B. Asher. R.A.) very fine and better (6) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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M.S.M. awarded under the terms of Army Order 98 of 1953 without annuity.

42 India General Service medals issued to the Artillery with these two clasps; Sergeant Asher is conformed on the roll serving with 10 Mountain Battery.

Frank Bertram Asher enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery at Fort Rowner, Gosport, on 4 March 1913, and served with the B.E.F. in France from 1 March 1918 to 3 April 1919. He served in India from 23 February 1921 until end of March 1927, and then at Home until his discharge at Battery Sergeant-Major on 3 December 1940.

Sold with Regular Army Certificate of Service which confirms all medals and clasps except M.S.M.; warrant as Battery Sergeant-Major, assistant instructor in gunnery (Warrant Officer Class II) dated 30 June 1933; Certificate of Discharge; two School of Artillery Course Certificates; and a quantity of original photographs, including 10 taken during the Moplah rebellion, often including the recipient, some showing Moplah prisoners and armoured cars.