A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star

Four: Civilian Motor Driver E. H. Secker, Royal Automobile Club, late Imperial Yeomanry, later Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6102 Pte. E. H. Secker, 39th. Coy. 10th. Imp: Yeo:); 1914 Star (Mr. E. H. Secker. Driver R.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. H. Secker.) mounted for wear, edge bruising, polished and lacquered, good very fine, rare to unit (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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One of only 34 1914 Stars awarded to Civilian Motor Drivers, all of whom served with General Headquarters on the Western Front from 5 August 1914.

Edward Howard Secker attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 39th (Berkshire) Company, 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War. He subsequently served as a Civilian Motor Driver during the Great War on the Western Front, before being commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.