Auction Catalogue

27 June 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 741

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27 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£160

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (H-270499 Far. Q.M. Sjt. G. A. Forster, 1/North’d Yeo.) some attempted erasure to parts of naming but all clearly legible, otherwise good very fine £40-60

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders.’ George Alexander Forster, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was an ex-regular soldier with 31 years of service at the time of this award.