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17 July 2024

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£420

A Great War ‘1918 German Spring Offensive’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant W. E. Frost, Royal Engineers, who was wounded in June 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (85050 Cpl. W. E. Frost. 34/D.S. Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (85020 A. Sjt. W. E. Frost. R.E.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, mounted court-style for display, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 22 November 1918.

Walter Edward Frost attested for the Royal Engineers in Norwich and served with the 34th Divisional Signal Company during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded both the Military Medal and the French Croix de Guerre, he was additionally wounded in June 1918 (War Office weekly casualty list of 18 June 1918 refers).

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