Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.S.M. for Gallantry to Private F. Spalding, Machine Gun Corps

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (130352 Pte., M.G.C.) fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Meritorious Service Medals.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. ‘130452 Pte. F. Spalding (Norwich)’. ‘... for gallantry in the performance of Military duty’.

Research would seem to suggest that the act of gallantry took place at the Machine Gun Corps Base Depot at Camiers, near Etaples, France.