Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A well-documented group of three awarded to Captain G. Bradwell, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was seriously wounded on the Western Front on 29 May 1917

1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. Bradwell. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt G. Bradwell.) all in slightly crushed named card boxes of issue; together with the recipient’s two card identity discs, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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George Bradwell was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 11 December 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 September 1915. He was seriously wounded by gun shot to the chest and left thigh on 29 May 1917, and was subsequently granted a disability pension.

Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document, dated 11 December 1914, in named OHMS transmission envelope; telegram informing the recipient’s family that he had been wounded; various War Office and medical letters regarding the recipient’s wounds and prognosis; various letters regarding the recipient’s disability pension; and other official booklets and ephemera.