Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. J. Phillips, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1914 Star, with copy clasp (7763 Pte. W. J. Phillips. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7763 Pte. W. J. Phillips. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7763 Pte. W. J. Phillips. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) the VM erased and crudely re-named, very fine (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Walter Joseph Phillips attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was discharged in September 1916, no longer fit for active service.