Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 287

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£260

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (WR-503871 Spr. T. Simons, R.E.) good very fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Engineers.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Northern Russia (Archangel)’.

Thomas Simons, who was from Swansea, was awarded the M.S.M. for his services with the Inland Water Transport, R.E.; Ian McInnes specifies that it was an award for gallantry.