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18 June 2020

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№ 267

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18 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Private A. Brandi, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (G-23938 Pte. A. Brandi. R. Suss. R.); Memorial Plaque (Andrew Brandi) good very fine (3) £80-£120

Andrew Brandi was born in Southwark, London in 1900, into a family of Italian ice-cream makers, and given the Christian name Andria. He attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 12 September 1918 and is buried in La Laiterie Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient’s grave.