Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private M. J. Gilbert, Royal Army Medical Corps

1914 Star, with copy clasp (4781 Pte. M. J. Gilbert. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4781 Pte. M. J. Gilbert. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal; together with a Stratford-upon-Avon Peace Medal 1945, bronze, with top riband bar, all mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £100-£140

Matthew J. Gilbert attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914; his clasp is verified on his Medal Index Card. He was discharged on 11 February 1915, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.