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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 776

General Service Medal 1917-21, non-combatant's version without Bar, reverse privately engraved 'Liam Valentine 11 Glengariff Parade N.C. Road 1916-1921 To God and Ireland True', with integral top riband bar, good very fine, in original box of issue, with compliments slip and undress riband

Liam Valentine lived at 11 Glengariff Parade, North Circular Road. This is next to Mountjoy Gaol, and it is possible that he provided some form of assistance or support to prisoners or attempted rescuers during the Anglo-Irish War.

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