Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Bndmstr. G. Walsh. R.W. Fus.) extremely fine and scarce to rank £120-£160

George Walsh was born at King William’s Town, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, in 1861, and served as Bandmaster with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers under the Regimental Number ‘5276’. Re-engaged to complete a further period of 5 years 26 March 1901, he was awarded an annuity Meritorious Service Medal under Army Order 430 of 1924 (The Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Volume V, Part One 1918-45, refers).

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