Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A very rare Siberia 1919 operations M.S.M. pair awarded to Company Sergeant-Major E. Beasley, Hampshire Regiment

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (355017 C.S. Mjr., 9/Hamps. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (355017 C.S. Mjr., 9/Hamps. R.), the first with a severe edge bruise, otherwise very fine or better (2) £350-400

Ernest Beasley, a native of Basingstoke, was awarded his M.S.M. ‘For valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Siberia’ (London Gazette 22 January 1920 refers). The announcement for his T.F.E.M. appeared in A.O. 23 of 1920 and he was also awarded the Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18.