Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private R. E. Parker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was discharged due to wounds in January 1916

1914 Star, with copy clasp (9814 Pte. R. E. Parker. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9814 Pte. R. E. Parker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge. the reverse officially numbered ‘83876’, very fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Robert Edward Parker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 14 January 1913, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 30 January 1916, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 83876.