Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private D. Forbes, Royal Army Medical Corps

1914-15 Star (39718 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (39718 Pte., R.A.M.C.); King’s Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue, very fine and better, an unusual combination (4) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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Sold with two letters to Mr David Forbes of 101 Central Street, Foxborough, Massachusetts, one from the British Embassy, Washington, dated 18 November 1948, accompanying the King’s Medal; the other, a letter of congratulations for the award from The Speaker’s Rooms, House of Representatives, Washington, dated 3 December 1948.