The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Pair: Acting Regimental Sergeant Major R. E. Loftus, Middlesex Regiment, later Bangalore Rifle Volunteers

Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (L-4864 Sjt. - A.R.S. Mjr. - R. E. Loftus. 3/Midd’x R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Colr Serjt Instr R. E. Loftus Bangalore Rifle Voltrs.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Cross Collection, J. B. Hayward, January 1973.

M.S.M. London Gazette 20 October 1920 (India).

Robert Edgar Loftus served with the 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, attached Indian Unemployed List, during the Great War in India (entitled to a British War Medal only), before transferring to the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers.