The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards

Three: Acting Corporal R. Brett, Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)

1914 Star, with copy clasp (10433 Pte. R. Brett. 2/Sco: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (10443 A.Cpl. R. Brett. Sco. Rif.) mounted as worn, unofficial correction to initial on the first, heavy contact marks, polished and worn, therefore fair to fine (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards.

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Robert Brett was born in 1892 and attested for the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians), serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. He received a gun shot wound to the scalp and left forearm in October 1916 and was discharged on 13 June 1919.

Note: There are two medal index cards for this man, one showing the issue of the 1914 Star with the incorrect initial ‘J’, which has been unofficially corrected on the 1914 Star.