Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 December 2017

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1075

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£120

Three: Corporal A. E. Whitcher, Rifle Brigade
1914-15 Star (B-1 Pte. A. E. Whitcher. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (B-1 Cpl. A. E. Whitcher. Rif. Brig.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘250059’, good very fine

Pair:
Private J. J. Merkl, Rifle Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (S-26116 Pte. J. J. Merkl. Rif. Brig.) nearly extremely fine (5) £70-90

Albert Ernest Whitcher was born in Winchester in 1895 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Winchester on 11 August 1914. He served with the Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 1915, and suffered a gun shot wound to the left thigh. He was discharged on account of wounds received in action on 23 March 1918, after 3 years and 225 days with the Colours.

Sold together with the recipient’s Certificates of Service and Discharge; riband bar; and cap badge.