Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2014

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

№ 1215

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26 June 2014

Hammer Price:
£700

A Great War ‘Italian Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant A. Sayer, West Riding Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10287 Cpl-L. Sjt., A. Sayer, 10/W. Rid. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (10287 Pte. A. Sayer, 2/W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10287 Sjt., A. Sayers, W. Rid. R.) note slight variation in surname, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (4) £400-450

M.M. London Gazette 29 March 1919.

Private A. Sayer, 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment, from Shoreditch, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He later transferred to the 10th Battalion. This battalion was raised in September 1914, landed in France in July 1915 and went to Italy in November 1917. Whilst serving with the 10th Battalion in Italy, Sayer earned the M.M.

With copied research.