Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. R. Ribbands, Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (31701 Sjt. J. R. Ribbands. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (14824. B.Q.M. Sjt. J. R. Ribbands. R.A.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

Jonathan Randall Ribbands was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1889, and attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 31 August 1909. Serving during the Great War, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11 December 1917), and was discharged on 1 March 1931.