Auction Catalogue

22 July 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 624 x

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22 July 2015

Hammer Price:
£65

Pair: Private J. Helme, 11th Hussars, captured at Busigny, 26 August 1914

British War and Victory Medals (9445 Pte., 11-Hrs.); together with a copy clasp for a 1914 Star, good very fine (2)
£80-100

Private John Helme, 11th Hussars, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914. He was captured at Busigny, 26 August 1914 and held as a prisoner-of-war at the Doeberitz P.O.W. camp. With copied m.i.c. and XI Hussar Journal extracts. Entitled to the 1914 Star.