Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Great War M.M. group of four attributed to Jan Ulc, a Czechoslovakian Legionnaire

Czechoslovakia, War Cross 1918; Revolutionary Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1918; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued to foreign recipients, one or two edge bruises, very fine or better (4) £700-900

Jan Ulc was born in Nebilovy, in the district of Pilsen, in February 1881, and was called up for service in the Austro-Hungarian Army shortly after the outbreak of hostilities. Ordered to the Eastern Front in July 1915, he was wounded and taken P.O.W. by the Russians on 4 August 1916. Applying for the Czechoslovakian Legions in March 1918, he was posted to the 9th Shooting Regiment and participated in a number of engagements in the Povolzska Line - Volha River sector, including those at Simbirsk, Nikolajevsk, Volsk and Buguruslan, in addition to the defence of the Magistral railroad at Kungur-Sumicha-Kansk. Awarded the M.M. by the British Military Contingent at Vladivostok, he returned to Czechoslovakia via Japan, Ceylon and Italy in August 1920, when he joined the Active Army Reserve and Czechoslovakian Legionnaires Veterans Association. He was discharged from the former in December 1931.

Sold with a quantity of original documents, comprising Czech Legion certificate of service, dated 30 August 1920, a military card of October 1921, his discharge certificate from the Active Army Reserve, dated 31 December 1931 and a portrait photograph in postcard format.