Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant S. W. Hennig, Army Ordnance Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (O.1332 Cpl. S. W. Hennig, A.O.C.); 1914-15 Star (O.1332 L. Sjt. W. Hennig, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (O.1332 A. Sjt. S. W. Hennig, A.O.C.), minor contact wear, very fine and better (4) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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Just 83 M.Ms were awarded to the Army Ordnance Corps in the Great War.

M.M. London Gazette 1 October 1917.

Sydney W. Hennig, a native of Isleworth, first entered the French theatre of war in early January 1915. He was discharged to the Reserve in July 1919.