Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal A. E. King, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, later Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), who was wounded at the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (9912 Pte. A. King. 2/ R. Sc: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9912 Cpl. A. E. King. R. S. Fus.) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Albert Edward King served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914 and was admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station with gun-shot wounds to his left leg and hand on 29 October 1914, during the First Battle of Ypres. He was subsequently advanced Corporal and transferred to the Scottish Rifles.