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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 345

A rare Great War Serbian Medal of Zeal group of three awarded to Acting Company Quarter-Master Sergeant E. Phillips, Army Service Corps

British War and Victory Medals (M2-222183 A.C.Q.M. Sjt. E. Phillips, A.S.C.); Serbia, Medal of Zeal, silver, mounted as worn, generally very fine (3)

Ernest Phillips, a native of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, served variously in Salonika, Serbia and Greece, and at No. 82 General Hospital in Constantinople. His award of the Serbian Medal of Zeal, in silver, was announced in the London Gazette of 26 February 1920; accompanying research reveals that he was discharged in consequence of suffering from malaria.

Sold with an original Woolwich letter of notification regarding his Serbian decoration, dated 6 April 1920, and related R.A.S.C. Record Office forwarding letter, dated 22 May 1928.


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Sold for
£320