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The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

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№ 590

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£160

Six: Corporal D. C. James, Monmouthshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (2010 Pte., Monmouth. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2010 Pte., Monmouth. R.); Defence and War Medals; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (4070574 Cpl., 3-Monmouth. R.), mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (6) £120-160

Douglas C. James, who first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in mid-February 1915, was awarded his T.E.M. in Army Order No. 53 of 1927. His MIC entry further reveals that he was latterly attached to the Royal Engineers in the Great War.