Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1048

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£150

British War and Victory Medal pairs (5) (2 Lieut. C. H. Mason; 54502 Pte. W. H. Cooper, Durh. L.I.; 30871 Pte. J. Kay, E. Lan. R.17495 Pte. D. W. Woods, R.W. Kent R.; 2387 Pte. W. G. Young, Hamps. R.) medals to ‘Kay’ with contact marks, nearly very fine; others good very fine and better (10) £120-160

Medals to ‘Mason’ - two men with this name and rank appear on the C.W.G.C. list: 2nd Lieutenant Charles Harold Mason, 7th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed in action, 6 July 1917, and 2nd Lieutenant Charles Henry Mason, 3rd Battalion London Regiment, died of wounds, 10 September 1918. Medals to ‘Cooper’ with copied m.i.c. showing service in the Durham Light Infantry and Labour Corps; those to ‘Kay’ with copied m.i.c. and a roll extract showing service in the 2/5th and 11th East Lancashire Regiment; those to ‘Young’ with copied m.i.c. showing service in the Hampshire and Wiltshire Regiments.