Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War Western Front M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. McDonald, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards

Military Medal, G.V.R. (4386 Sjt. J. McDonald. 1/Ir: Gds:); 1914 Star, with clasp (4386 Pte. J. McDonald. Ir: Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (4386 Sjt. J. McDonald. Ir. Gds.) B.W.M. officially re-impressed, good very fine (4) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 17 August 1917.

James McDonald was born at Stradbally, Queen’s County and enlisted into the Irish Guards on 28 October 1907. Serving in the 1st Battalion, he landed with the B.E.F. on 13 August 1914. He returned Home from 27 October 1914 to 29 March 1917, before returning to the Western Front.