Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A R.V.M. group of four awarded to Private T. H. Griffiths, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, for services with the King’s Company at the funeral of King Edward VII

Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze (No. 12067 Pte T. Griffiths 1st Gren. Gds) suspension re-affixed; 1914 Star (12067 Pte T. H. Griffiths. 1/G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (12067 Pte. T. H. Griffiths. G. Gds.) first worn, remainder good very fine £300-£400

T. H. Griffiths attested for the Grenadier Guards, and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for services when a Private in the King’s Company, 1st Battalion, at the funeral of King Edward VII. He subsequently served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 October 1914.