Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant O. J. Butler, Norfok Regiment, late Cambridgeshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 October 1918

1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. O. J. Butler.); Memorial Plaque (Owen James Butler); Memorial Scroll ‘2/Lieut. Owen James Butler, Norfolk Regiment’, with a portrait photograph of the recipient, all mounted in a glazed display frame, about extremely fine (4) £300-£400

Owen James Butler, of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, attested for the Cambridgeshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 September 1915. Commissioned second lieutenant in the Norfolk Regiment on 30 July 1918, he served with the 7th Battalion, and was killed in action on 16 October 1918. He is buried in Auby Communal Cemetery, France.

Note: Owing to the fact that the medals are held in a glazed display frame the reverse of the 1914-15 Star has not been seen. Consequently this lot is sold as viewed and not subject to return.

Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement.