Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ireland, Free State, General Service Medal 1917-21, non-combatant’s type without Bar, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the President of Ireland to Matthew Ryan for Active Service in East & Mid Limerick Brigades, I.R.A., 1917-21’, lacking integral top riband bar; together with a silver Irish prize medal, the obverse featuring the coats of arms of the four Provinces, with shamrocks around, the reverse with ‘I.A.G.A.’ at top, and shamrock wreath around, unnamed, with top silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £140-£180