Auction Catalogue

22 June 1999

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 787

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22 June 1999

Hammer Price:
£400

A ‘Logeast Wood’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private W. E. Clark, R.M.L.I., 63rd Royal Naval Division

Military Medal, G.V.R. (PLY-2541 (S) Pte. W. E. Clark, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Pte., R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £250-300

M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Confirmed in Royal Marine records as an award for great gallantry in the capture and successful retention of Logeast Wood, 4 miles NW of Bapaume in the Ancre Valley, on 21/22 August, 1918.