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29 June 2022

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№ 115

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£900

A scarce Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire and M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant-Major William Coates, Expeditionary Force Canteens, Army Service Corps, for courage and devotion to duty under fire in France

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military) unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (367481 S. Mjr: W. Coates. Exp: F. Cntns:); British War and Victory Medals (A-367481 A.W.O. Cl.1. W. Coates. A.S.C.) mounted as worn, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500

O.B.E. Medal (Military) London Gazette 11 June 1918: ‘For services in connection with the War, in which great courage or self-sacrifice has been displayed:-

Coates, Serjeant-Major William, Expeditionary Force Canteens.
For courage and devotion to duty while carrying on canteen work under shell fire.’


M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘367481 S./M. W. Coates, Exped’y Force Canteens (Streatham Hill). [FRANCE]