Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 436

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Three: Private G. Greeves, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, another member of the “Vanished Battalion” who was lost without trace on 12 August 1915

1914-15 Star
(3296 Pte., Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3296 Pte., Norf. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (George Greeves), very fine or better (4) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals From The Collection of Hal Giblin.

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George Greeves is commemorated on the Helles War Memorial; see previous footnote for further details regarding the fate of the 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915.