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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 706

(x) A 1918 M.M. group of three awarded to Gunner F. Willman, Canadian Field Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (345808 Gnr: F. Willman. 43/By: Can: F.A.), official correction to unit; British War and Victory Medals (345808 Gnr. F. Willman. C.F.A.), mounted as worn, ribands frayed and the last detached, very fine (3)

M.M. London Gazette 22 February 1918.

Francis Willman was born on 29 September 1898 at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and was farming in Canada at the time he enlisted at Hamilton, Ontario in June 1916. Willman served in France and besides earning his M.M. was admitted to hospital on several occasions suffering with impetigo. He was discharged in July 1919 and intended to return to Warwickshire.

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Sold for
£290

Starting price
£170