Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Captain N. M. Price, C.B.E., Welsh Regiment, later Glamorgan Home Guard

1914-15 Star (1610 L. Sjt., Welsh R.); Victory Medal (1610 A. Cpl., Welsh R.); Defence Medal, very fine or better (3) £40-50

Captain Nelson Morris Price served in the ranks of the Welsh Regiment in the Dardanelles and Egypt 1915-1918. After the war he became a prominent figure within the British Legion, being a founder member of this organisation in Wales. He was responsible in 1936 in securing the patronage of King Edward VIII, who gave a speech to the unemployed remnants of the 1/5th Welsh Regiment. This visit by King Edward VIII to Merthyr, was his last public appearance in Britain as King. During the Second War Price served as a Captain in the Glamorgan Home Guard. (Awarded M.B.E. in 1939, promoted O.B.E., 1946, and C.B.E., 1960). Sold with comprehensive copied research detail, including a photograph.