Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Corporal J. A. Thrower, 7th (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards

1914 Star, with copy clasp (3878 Pte. J. A. Thrower 7/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-3878 Pte. J. A. Thrower. 7-D.Gds.) very fine or better (3) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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James A Thrower served with the 7th Dragoons during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 October 1914. The regiment, which had been serving in Secunderabad in India at the start of the war, had recently landed at Marseille as part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division.