Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Sergeant A. L. Mason, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), who was discharged due to wounds on 15 March 1917

1914 Star (9418 Pte. A. L. Mason. 2/ W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9418 A-Sjt. A. L. Mason W. York. R.) dark toned, naming worn in places, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

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

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Arthur Leslie Mason was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1892 and attested for the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) at York on 16 July 1910. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914 and was repatriated from France on 4 September 1916 with gun-shot wounds to his left elbow and hand. He was discharged from the army, no longer physically fit due to wounds, on 15 March 1917 and was awarded a Silver War Badge.