Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment Prize Medal, silver, Coat of Arms of Manchester to the obverse and Fleur de Lys to reverse (No. 4515, Sergeant W. Armstrong) lacking suspension; 1st Manchester Rifle Volunteers Prize Medal, 12 pointed star shaped medal with ‘1st Manchester Rifle Volunteers,’ within outer circlet, trophy of arms to the centre and below ‘From Acorns Spring Oaks’ (2), one in unmarked white metal with plain reverse and crimson ‘bow’ riband with gold embroidered ‘6’; the other in gilt white metal and with an indistinct engraved monogram to reverse; Manchester Regiment Volunteers Prize Medal, an 8-pointed star-shaped medal with Sphinx to centre and below Volr. Battn. Manchester Regiment, plain reverse, unnamed; together with a West Heslerton Tribute medallet, 23mm, silver, the obverse depicting St. George slaying the German dragon, ‘The Great War’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Served in the Great 1914-1918 From the inhabitants of West Heslerton’ (Pte. Ed. Smith. Manchester Regt.) with integral loop and ring for suspension; and three unofficial modern commemorative medals comprising a National Service Medal 1939-60, unnamed; a General Service Cross, hallmarked sterling silver, the reverse engraved ‘23168920 H. G. Gleave. Manchester Regiment.’; and a British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R.) Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal, silver (23168920 Pte. H. G. Gleave. Manchester Regiment) generally nearly very fine and better (8) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Edward Smith served as Private No. 76252 in 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and was killed in action on 19 October 1918, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis en Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais. France. He was the son of George Robert and Amy Smith, of West Heslerton, Malton, Yorkshire, and is one of 11 names on the war memorial at All Saints Church, West Heslerton.