Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2013

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1218

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26 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£490

A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Serjeant R. Gardner, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10281 L. Cpl., 2/Manch. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (1028 Pte., 2/Manch. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1028 Sjt., Manch. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (90025 Cpl., Manch. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (3514059 Sjt., Manch. R.); together with an erased British War Medal, contact marks, very fine (6)
£420-480

M.M. London Gazette 26 May 1917.

Private Robert Gardner, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914. Attaining the rank of Serjeant, he was awarded the M.M. for bravery in the field. He re-enlisted in August 1919 and saw service in Mesopotamia and India. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1926.

With copied research.