Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Driver R. Foley, Royal Field Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (27620 Dvr. R. Foley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27620 Dvr. R. Foley. R.F.A.) very fine (3) £160-£200

M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917.

Richard Foley attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Bolton and served with Headquarters, 41st Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), being awarded the Military Medal.

Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Cards note that the three medals in this lot were re-issued on 4 December 1940; given that the unit on the pair in this lot is ‘R.F.A.’, rather than the usually encountered ‘R.A.’, and that the naming style on the M.M is identical to that found on Second War M.M.s, it is likely that the medals in this lot were those re-issued in 1940.