Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Black, Wiltshire Regiment

1914 Star, with clasp (3-15 Pte. W. Black. 2/Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-15 Pte. W. Black. Wilts. R.) suspension loose on BWM, heavy pitting and contact marks, fine (3) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards.

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William Black, a native of Easton Rolls, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, attested for the Wiltshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914. He is recorded as being in hospital at Boulogne on 4 December 1914 suffering from frost bite. He was also later received a gunshot wound to the foot and, having also had his finger amputated, he was discharged no longer physically fit for active service on 29 September 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 1102839.