Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 558

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£170

1914 Star, with copy clasp (loose) (11284 Pte. C. O. Waples, 1/L’pool. R.); 1914 Star (2) (3768 Pte. J. D. Waddell, 10/L’pool. R.) first nearly very fine, second nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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Private C. O. Waples (Warples), 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment, entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 12 August 1914. He was later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. Entitled to a silver War Badge.

Private J. D. Waddell, 10th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 1 November 1914. He was later discharged ‘unfit’.