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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 228

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Four: Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Rae, Royal Field Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J. E. Rae); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. J. E. Rae, R.A.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915, the reverse privately engraved, 'Lt. Col. J. E. Rae, 320th Brigade R.F.A., 18-7-17', mounted as worn, the whole contained in an attractive leather case by A. & J. Smith, Aberdeen, the lid gilt inscribed, 'Lt. Col. J. E. Rae, 320th Brigade R.F.A., 1914-1919', very fine or better (4)

John Everard Rae, a solicitor by profession, was a member of the 1st City of Aberdeen Battery, 1st Highland Brigade in the period leading up to the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently witnessed active service on the Western Front, from October 1917, and ended the war as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 320th Brigade, R.F.A.; Territorial Decoration (London Gazette 7 June 1917, refers).

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£400

Starting price
£170