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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 427

A Rare Great War 1918 Western Front M.M. to Corporal W. Bell, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, Late Royal Horse Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (5346 Cpl. W. Bell. 3/Gds: M.G. Regt:). contact marks, therefore nearly extremely fine and scarce, together with ´Machine Gun Guards´ cloth shoulder title Estimate £ 340-380 M.M. London Gazette 23.7.1919 5346 Cpl. Bell, W., 3rd Bn., Guards Machine Gun Regiment (Gateshead) 5346 Corporal Walter Bell, M.M., born Stratford, Essex, January 1893; enlisted as 2046 Private, Royal Horse Guards, 7.9.1914; transferred 3rd Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment on its formation, 10.3.1918. One of only 9 M.M.s to this unit.

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