Auction Catalogue

13 September 2023

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№ 267

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13 September 2023

Hammer Price:
£280

Eight: Sergeant S. Claydon, Royal Munster Fusiliers, later Gloucestershire Regiment

1914-15 Star (9579. Pte. S. Claydon. R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9579 Pte. S. Claydon. R. Muns. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (315274. Sjt. S. Claydon Glouc. R.) surname officially corrected on last, mounted court-style as worn, the Great War trio all official replacements and marked as such, nearly extremely fine (8) £80-£100

Samuel Claydon attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 16 March 1915. His Medal Index Card notes that replacement medals were issued in April 1956.