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8 September 2015

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№ 447 x

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8 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Staff Serjeant T. J. Hunt, 11th Hussars

British War and Victory Medals (9420 S. Sjt., 11-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (534823 S. Sjt., 11-Hrs.) minor contact marks, very fine and better (3) £60-80

Thomas J. Hunt joined the 11th Hussars in 1903 and was posted as a Corporal to the Irish Cavalry Depot, Dublin in November 1912; as such he missed the early part of the regiment’s war service in the Great War. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in 1923. The XI Hussar Journal records that he won many awards for Musketry, including the Colonels Cup twice. With copied research and copied photographs of the recipient.