Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. A. Stringer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Somerset Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (9209 Pte. J. A. Stringer. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9209 Pte. J. Stringer. Som. L.I.) suspension loose on BWM, edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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James A. Stringer served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914 (entitled to 1914-15 Star). He was subsequently attached to the Somerset Light Infantry.