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20 August 2020

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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

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№ 145

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£1,100

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Private A. W Parks, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was also Mentioned in Despatches

Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (43520Pte. - L.Cpl. - A. W. Parks. 1/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (5890 Pte. A. W. Parks. Midd’x R.); Defence Medal good very fine (4) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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M.M. London Gazette 13 November 1918.

M.M. Second Award Bar
London Gazette 23 July 1919.

Alexander Wilfred Parks (surname also spelt Parkes) attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Tottenham, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Field Marshal Haig’s Despatch of 13 November 1916 (London Gazette 4 January 1917), and was awarded the Military Medal and a Second Award Bar.