A rare Great War prisoner of war’s M.M. group of four awarded to Private T. MacDonald, The Gordon Highlanders

Military Medal, G.V.R. (9714 Pte. T. MacDonald, 1/Gord. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9714 Pte., 1/Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (9714 Pte., Gordons) contact marks and polished, about very fine or better (4) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson.

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M.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920: ‘In recognition of gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping or trying to escape from captivity, which services have been brought to notice in accordance with terms of Army Order 193 of 1919.’

Thomas MacDonald first entered the French theatre of war in mid-August 1914, while serving in the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders.