Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Sergeant H. E. Purssord, Rifle Brigade, who was discharged as a result of wounds received with the 4th Battalion in September 1915

1914-15 Star (3398 Sjt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3398 Sjt., Rif. Brig.), these last two with single initial ‘H.’, very fine and better (3) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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Herbert E. Purssord, who enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in February 1909, first entered the French theatre of war with the 4th Battalion in late December 1914, but was discharged in September of the following year as a result of wounds, and awarded the Silver War Badge (his MIC entry refers).