Auction Catalogue

29 June 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1148

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£160

A Great War M.M. to Lance-Corporal A. Spinks, Machine Gun Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (71584 L. Cpl., 199/Coy. M.G.C.), replacement straight bar suspension, some scratches to obv., nearly very fine £120-160

M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918.

Alfred Spinks came from Islington. Serving in the 6th Battalion London Regimentt, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 27 October 1915. Later as a Corporal with the Machine Gun Corps he was awarded the M.M. for bravery. Sold with copied research.