Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

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Lot

№ 854

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£350

A Great War M.M., Second World War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. G. Strong, Kent Home Guard, late Scottish Rifles

Military Medal
, G.V.R. (19970 Pte. W. G. Strong, 9/Sco. Rif.); British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sgt. William G. Strong, H.G.); 1914-15 Star (19770 Pte., Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (19770 L. Cpl., M.M., Sco. Rif.), together with related Silver War Badge, the second, fourth and fifth official but much later replacement issues, the third a copy with engraved naming, good very fine and better (6) £180-220

M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917.

B.E.M.
London Gazette 8 June 1944. The recommendation states:

‘Sergeant Strong has been a member of the Home Guard [15th (Cogham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard] from the beginning, and for three years has been Platoon Sergeant of No. 2 (Shorne) Platoon. He has already received a C.-in-C’s Certificate of Merit for his work. His energy and keenness are inexhaustible and have been an inspiration to his Platoon. He is largely responsible for its present high state of efficiency.’

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including photographic-postcard with the recipient in uniform, two or three letters from the Ministry of Pensions, one of them detailing a 40% disability pension as a result of gun-shot wounds in both arms and a buttock, and B.E.M. investiture ticket.