Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant T. J. Crum, South Wales Borderers
Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (5-18281 Cpl. T. J. Crum. 5/S.W. Bord:) ‘S’ of unit officially corrected; 1914-15 Star (18281 L.Sjt. T. J. Crum. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (18281 Sjt. T. J. Crum. S. Wales Bord.) edge bruise to BWM, otherwise about extremely fine

Pair: Private G. Trezise, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (67795 Pte. G. Trezise. Devon. R.) in named card box of issue, with outer envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Jos. Trezise, 20 Fair View, Pengarry, Mons.’, extremely fine (6) £800-£1,200

M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 29 August 1918.

Thomas James Crum was born in 1883 and attested for the South Wales Borderers at Monmouth on 19 October 1914. He served with the 5th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 July 1915, was twice wounded, and was awarded the Military Medal and a Second Award Bar. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 February 1919; his certificate of discharge states:
‘This N.C.O. has done valuable work in charge of Regimental Police and is an experienced Pioneer. He is most capable and reliable, bears an exemplary character, and was awarded the Military Medal and Bar for gallantry in action.’

Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; Certificate of Employment during the War; an Invitation to a Dinner given by the Mayor of Monmouth for discharged and demobilised sailors and soldiers, 18 July 1919, named to ‘Sgt. T. Crum M.M. & Bar’, and a postcard photograph of two Sergeants in uniform, one of whom is believed to be the recipient.


Granville Trezise attested for the Devonshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War, before transferring to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Employment during the War.