Auction Catalogue

11 & 12 December 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

№ 1381

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12 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£320

Six: Orderly William George Elcombe, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem

1914 Star (W. G. Elcombe, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (W. G. Elcombe, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Civic Medal, 2nd Class with swords, silver base metal, with clasp ‘1914-1918’ on ribbon; British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, for Red Cross First Aid (10521 W. Elcombe); British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine (6) £240-280

Served as Stores Orderly in Salonika, November 1915-June 1916. Awarded the Belgian Civic Medal 2nd Class on 29 July 1919 for his devotion to duty in caring for Belgian military personnel who had contracted contagious diseases.

With copied research confirming Belgian award.