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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar awarded to Lance Sergeant J. B. Calvert, 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (15365 Cpl - L. Sjt J. B. Calvert. 4/C.Gds.) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kenneth Petrie Collection.

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44 M.M.’s were awarded to the Battalion for the Great War, with Calvert’s M.M. and Second Award Bar being one of only two awarded to the Battalion.

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 23 July 1919.

John B. Calvert was a native of Whickham, County Durham. He served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards (Pioneers) in the French theatre of war from 2 November 1915.

Calvert was one of two men of the 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards, to be awarded the M.M. and Bar (the other recipient being Private H. Hardwick); consequently this award is not unique to the Battalion.