Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Private T. J. Stanton, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (Po.14846. Pte. T. J. Stanton. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Po.14846. Pte. T. J. Stanton. R.M.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Upper Silesia Medal 1920-22, bronze, mounted for wear and housed in a Spink, London, leather case, contact marks to the Great War awards, these fine, the rest good very fine (8) £200-£240

The French Commemorative Medal for Upper Silesia was given to those who participated in the Inter-Allied Government Commission following the Upper Silesian Plebiscite of March 1921 and the ceding of the eastern part of Upper Silesia to Poland in 1922.