Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 June 2009

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 477

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25 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£200

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies) (2), G.V.R. (Col. Serjt. W. J. Strike, Kolar Gold Fields R. Vols.) engraved naming, official correction to ‘Fields’; another, G.V.R. (Voltr. W. J. Smith, Kolar Gold F.R. Voltrs.) engraved naming, second with some edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £90-110

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Colour Serjeant W. J. Strike, Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, notified in I.A.O. 116 of February 1916.

Volunteer W. J. Smith, Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, notified in I.A.O. 290 of June 1914. With some copied research.