Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 68
Five: Marine W. Marshall, Royal Marines British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 14777 Gr. W. Marshall); Defence and War Medals; Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd ´coinage head´ type (PO 214777 W. Marshall. Mne. R.M.), good very fine, together with the following related documents &c.: - The Recipient´s two Certificates of Service - Royal Marines Certificate of Qualification as Handyman, dated 7.5.1937 - Recipient´s Certificate of Discharge - Letter of reference, dated 6.11.1927 - Admiralty Letter to the recipient on his discharge, dated 24.7.1945 - Eleven photographs of the recipient (5) Estimate £ 100-140 PO 214777 Marine Wilfred Marshall, born Castleford, Yorkshire, May 1898; enlisted in the Royal Marines, 1.11.1915; served during the Great War as a Gunner in H.M.S. Princess Royal, 15.8.1916- 31.5.1919; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 28.6.1931; discharged, 8.5.1937; re-enlisted, 25.8.1939; discharged, 18.9.1945.
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