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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 616

A Scarce Great War Mesopotamia Campaign M.S.M. to Sergeant G. Burton, Machine Gun Corps, Late Highland Light Infantry Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ´Field Marshal´s bust´ type (62162 Sjt: G. Burton. 133/Coy. M.G.C.), very fine Estimate £ 130-160 M.S.M. London Gazette 16.8.1917 62162 Sjt. Burton, G., Machine Gun Corps ´´In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.´´ 62162 Sergeant George Burton, enlisted as 9830 Private, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry; transferred 133rd Company, Machine Gun Corps, as part of 3rd (Indian) Division, August 1916, and present at the actions at Hai, the Khudiara Bend, and Jabal Hamrin, Mesopotamia. One of only 34 M.S.M.s to the Machine Gun Corps for Mesopotamia.

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