Auction Catalogue

8 December 1994

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 359

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8 December 1994

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: Captain C. Brooke-Short, R.M.L.I., Royal Marine Brigade

1914 MONS STAR, the clasp a contemporary copy (Act. Lieut., R.M. Brigade); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt., R.M.L.I.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3)

A member of the Portsmouth battalion, R.M.L.I. Approximately 25 1914 stars to officers of this battalion. Lieutenant Brooke-Short landed with 'B' Company, Portsmouth R.M.L.I., in Gallipoli 25- 29 April 1915, and was wounded on the 30th April at Anzac beach.