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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 233

British War Medal (S-8492 A.W.O. Cl.2. G. Cave. R. Highrs.), minor edge bruise, very fine, with the recipient's Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered 'B3532'; and Wauchope Medal, silver, the reverse engraved 'Sergt. G. Cave. For Conspicuous Good Service in the Battle Beyond Bagdad, March 14, 1917. Presented by Colonel A.G. Wauchope.' (2)

S-8492 Warrant Officer George Cave, awarded a Wauchope Medal for conspicuous good service at the Battle of Mushaidie, 14.3.1917, in which the 2nd Battalion Royal Highlanders suffered over 40% casualties; medal presented to him at Moascar Camp, Egypt, 21.1.1918.

Approximately 70 Wauchope Medals were awarded to Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Highlanders during the Great War; 60 for gallantry at the Battles of Loos and Mushaidie (the 'Battle Beyond Baghdad'); and 10 to men who had specially distinguished themselves scouting in No Man's Land.

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