Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

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

Lot

№ 1273

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£250

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private G. Green, 1/22nd London Regiment

Military Medal
, G.V.R. (5338 Pte. G. Green, 1/22 Lond. R.) small test mark at 9 o’clock, polished, about very fine £200-250

M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916.

George Green was almost certainly decorated for his services on the Somme, where the 1/22nd Battalion, London Regiment was heavily engaged at High Wood in September 1916.