Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Acting Company Sergeant Major A. H. Bradford, Army Service Corps

1914 Star, with clasp (M-31778 L. Cpl. A. H. Bradford. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M-31778 A.W.O. Cl. 2. A. H. Bradford. A.S.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (M-14709 S. Sjt. A. H. Bradford. R.A.S.C.) Belgium, Kingdom, Cross for the Veterans of King Albert I, gilt, the first five mounted for wear, the last with a pin for wearing, light contact marks, slightly polished, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £100-£140

Arthur Henry Bradford, a Railway Cleaner from Hereford, served with the Herefordshire Regiment (Territorial Force) before enlisting into the Army Service Corps on 3 May 1909. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 to 8 July 1918 and was advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major. He continued to serve post war including service in India from 1924 to 1928, before being discharged at Home on 14 August 1928. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant for service at Home during the Second War, with the Herefordshire Home Guard,

Sold with a corresponding mounted miniature medal group for the first five medals; the recipient’s ‘Red Book’ certificate of service; an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin; a Bronze Herefordshire Regiment Cap Badge, the reverse with two blade fixings; a cloth Home Guard Shoulder Title with two cloth Badges, and a family photograph album including numerous original photographs of the recipient in uniform.