Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 578

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£380

Six: Private W. F. Harrington, Rifle Brigade

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902
, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (7032 Pte., Rifle Brigade), single initial ‘J.’; 1914 Star, with (slide-on) clasp (7032 Pte., 1/Rif. Brig.), single initial ‘W.’; British War and Victory Medals (7032 Pte., Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7032 Pte., Rif. Brig.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7032 Pte., 1/Rif. Brig.), the first with (loose) re-pinned suspension claw, contact marks and polished, thus fine, the remainder nearly very fine or better (6) £300-350

William F. Harrington first entered the French theatre of war in early October 1914 and was subsequently awarded the M.S.M. (London Gazette 3 June 1919 refers).