Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant P. Gallagher, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards

1914 Star, with copy clasp (3396 Cpl. P. Gallagher. Ir: Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (3396 Sjt. P. Gallacher [sic]. Ir. Gds.); Defence Medal (Sgt. P. Gallagher. Neath Boro’ Police.) privately engraved naming, good fine and better (4) £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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Peter Gallagher enlisted in the Irish Guards on 20 July 1909 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was discharged, sick, on 7 February 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently served with the Neath Borough Police Force during the Second World War.