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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 738

The 'Mesopotamia 1918' M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. W. Bracken, Machine Gun Corps, late Border Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (113519 Pte. A. Cpl. J. W. Bracken. M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1936 A. Cpl. J. W. Bracken. Bord. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (113519 A.Cpl. J. W. Bracken, M.G.C.), mounted as worn, slight edge bruise and contact marks, overall very fine (4)

M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1918, (Mesopotamia)

John William Bracken was a native of Sedbergh and enlisted with the Border Regiment before transferring to the 17th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps at the end of the Great War. His award is stated as being for Mesopotamia however this unit did not serve in Mesopotamia during the Great War, only being posted there after hostilities. Bracken clearly saw post war service however he was demobilised on 26 October 1919; sold together with copied London Gazette extract.

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£150