Auction Catalogue

15 December 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1081 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£240

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private E. Orrell, 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (13955 Pte., 8/E. York. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £200-240

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

Private Edward Orrell, East Yorkshire Regiment, from Fence Houses near Sunderland, entered the Balkan theatre of war on 9 September 1915. Awarded the M.M. when serving with the 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Later transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve. Awarded the 1914-15 Star trio. With copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts.