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№ 277

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11 September 2024

Hammer Price:
£80

Three: Private L. Levy, Royal Fusiliers, later Gloucestershire Regiment, who was awarded two Wound Stripes

1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-9655 Pte. L. Levy. 1/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9655 Pte. L. Levy. R. Fus.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

Lewis Levy was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Fusiliers in London in August 1902. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 September 1914, before transferring to the 3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment on 1 September 1916. Awarded two Wound Stripes, he was discharged on 30 November 1918, after having served 7 years and 118 days with the Colours, and 8 years and 362 days with the Reserve, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B.56976.

Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Discharge and Character Certificate; named War Badge enclosure; named War Office letter confirming the award of the 1914 Star and clasp; the recipient’s Wound Stripe; an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin; and an unnamed silver shooting medal.