Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 730

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£95

Great War Tribute Medal, obv. crossed oil can and spanner, ;718’ ‘Somme Arras Ypres 1916-1919’, rev. ‘France Belgium Germany’, and inscribed, ‘T. H. Pickett’, 22mm., 5.60g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, nearly very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Great War Tribute Medals.

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Private Thomas H. Pickett, Royal Army Service Corps, attached M.T. 1st Indian Army G.H.Q., died on 24 January 1919. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery.