Auction Catalogue

21 June 2023

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 283

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21 June 2023

Hammer Price:
£300

Pair: Private E. Busby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (241361 Pte. E. J. Busby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Busby); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Edward Busby Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.’, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100

Edward J. Busby attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 28 September 1918, and is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Sold together with a ‘Ypres’ sweetheart brooch; and a photograph of the recipient’s original grave.