Auction Catalogue

19–21 June 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 823

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19 June 2013

Hammer Price:
£450

A Great War ‘Salonika’ M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant P. N. Roberts, Royal Field Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (14092 Sjt., R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (14092 A. Bmbr. (A. Cpl.) R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (14092 Sjt., R.A.) note: surname spelt ‘Robers’ on B.W.M., good very fine and better (4)
£280-320

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

Acting Bombardier Phillip N. Roberts, R.F.A., entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 July 1915. As a Sergeant he latterly served with D/130 Battery R.F.A. in Salonika. For his services in that theatre of war he was awarded the M.M. Immediately after the war he lived at 38 Harcourt Street, Ashfield.

With original Short Service Notice Form; Certificate of Employment during the War; typed letter of thanks from the G.O.C. 2nd Echelon, 28th Division, Macedonia, March 1919; handwritten letter of reference given by Major E. H. Coad, D/130 Battery R.F.A., Salonika Forces, dated 21 March 1919; two postcard photographs of the recipient; telegram; card to accompany the Victory Medal (original papers worn and damaged), and copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts.