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17 March 2021

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№ 41

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17 March 2021

Hammer Price:
£700

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M awarded to Lance-Corporal R. Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Military Medal, G.V.R. (240915 Pte. -L.Cpl.- R. Thomas. 24/R.W. Fus:); 1914-15 Star (2819 Pte. R. Thomas, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2819 Pte. R. Thomas. R.W. Fus.); together with the recipient’s Order of St. John Prior of Wales badge, the reverse engraved ‘Robert Thomas WA.21058.’, light contact marks, very fine (5) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919.

Robert Thomas attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Colwyn Bay and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 8 August 1915, and subsequently with the 24th Battalion on the Western Front. Awarded the Military Medal, he was disembodied on 9 March 1919.