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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 21

A Great War 1918 ´Battle of the Selle´ M.M. Group of Three to Guardsman T.W. Davis, Grenadier Guards a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (28294 Pte. T.W. Davis. 2/G.Gds:), Battalion number officially corrected b) British War and Victory Medals (28294 Pte. T. Davis. G.Gds.), extremely fine, all housed in a fitted leather case, with a newspaper cutting detailing the award and containing a photograph of the recipient; and a fragment of the recipient´s discharge papers (3) Estimate £ 200-250 M.M. London Gazette 17.6.1919 28294 Pte. Davis, T. W., 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards (Birmingham). 28294 Guardsman Thomas Walter Davis, M.M., a native of Stockland Green, Birmingham; born 1898; served with the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War; awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field on 19.10.1918 (The Birmingham Mail, 31.12.1918 refers), on which date the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards were in action during the Battle of the Selle; transferred to the Army Reserve, 16.10.1919.

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