Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Colour Sergeant L. Kelly, Royal Munster Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual, with top lugs removed (309 Sergt. L. Kelly 2nd. Bn. R. Mns. Fus.); Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (309 Clr: Sjt: L. Kelly. Rl: Mun: Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (736 W.O. Cl. 2. L. Kelly. R. Ir. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (309 C. Sjt. L. Kelly. R. Mun. Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (C. Sjt. L. Kelly. R. Mun. Fus.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, good very fine and better, the last rare to unit (5) £1,400-£1,800

Laurence Kelly attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 2nd Battalion in Burma, and then on the Permanent Staff of the 5th Battalion guarding Boer Prisoners of War during the Boer War. He saw further service during the Great War with the 10th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (entitled to a British War Medal only). He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1921, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal with Annuity per Army Order 10 of January 1933.

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