Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. Birt, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (18121. Pte. R. Birt. R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (18121 Pte. R. Birt. R.D. Fus.) light contact marks, better than very fine (3) £70-£90

Richard Birt was born in Howe Bridge, Lancashire, on 6 September 1888, and attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 6 January 1915. He served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 14 March to 10 September 1915, then on the Western Front from 28 March to 9 September 1916. He was discharged, ‘no longer physically fit for War service’, on 15 November 191, having been ‘wounded in his Country’s defence’, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold with the recipient’s original Discharge Certificate; Character Certificate; and card identity disc.