Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Defective Medals (5): East and West Africa 1887-1900, no clasp (R. Heath, A.B. H.M.S. Philomel.) planchet only and the obverse brooch mounted; Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (5125 Pte. A. Abbott. 3rd. West Yorks.) renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, no clasp, bronze issue, unnamed, this a cast copy; British War Medal 1914-20 (20894 Pte. H. ... W. York. R.) attempt to obliterate naming; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24670416. L.Cpl. D. L. Robb. RE.) renamed, generally very fine

Riband: A complete roll of 25 metres of Coronation (Police) Medal 1911 riband, good condition (6) £100-140

20894 Private Harry Wiles served with the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War, and was taken Prisoner of War on 16 April 1918. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he was discharged on 26 March 1919, and died on 18 May 1920.