Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant O. S. Martin, Somerset Light Infantry, late 28th Battalion London Regiment

1914 Star, with copy clasp (1666 Pte., 1/28 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £120-160

Private Owen Sidney Martin, 1st/28th Battalion London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles) entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 October 1914. He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry on 13 February 1915. Post-war home address given as 51 Wimpole Street, W.1’. With copied m.i.c. - clasp not confirmed.