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Auction: 4014 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 129

Medals to the Toop Family A Great War Salonika M.M. Group of Five to Corporal J.R. Toop, Gloucestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (9206 Pte. - L. Cpl. J.R. Toop 2/Glouc: R.); 1914-15 Star (Cpl.); British War and Victory Medals; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, 1914-18, with Star; with contemporary document with translation: 'He is particularly distinguished for his bravery and his conduct during the operations which caused Bulgaria to be defeated and Turkey to ask for armistice.' Five: Sergeant P.D. Toop, Corps of Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Late Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service Medal, 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (T/2547439 Sgt. P.D. Toop R.A.S.C.); Regular Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (R.E.M.E.), last four mounted as worn (10) Estimate £ 550-650 M.M. London Gazette 11.2.1919 9206 Pte. (L./C.) Toop, J.R., 2nd Bn. (Salop). (Salonika) Croix de Guerre Citation states 'He is particularly distinguished for his bravery and his conduct during the operations which caused Bulgaria to be defeated and Turkey to ask for armistice' Corporal John Richard Toop, entered the French Theatre of War 19.12.1914

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