Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 22nd November 2017
Lot 56
Two part medal groups to Great War casualties: the first to Private Thomas Emerson
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £220
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Description
Two part medal groups to Great War casualties: the first to Private Thomas Emerson, 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, comprising: British War Medal and Victory Medal (19076 PTE. T. EMERSON. K.O. SCO. BORD.), and Memorial Plaque (THOMAS EMERSON); the second to Sergeant James Jesse Russell, Sussex and Hampshire Regiments, comprising: Queen's South Africa Medal, 2nd reverse, 5 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8352 PTE J. RUSSELL, RL: SUSSEX REGT); British War Medal and Victory Medals (12097 SJT. J.J. RUSSELL. HAMPS. R.); Coronation Medal 1911; offered with much research and copy documents. Medals all about very fine.
Thomas Emerson was killed in action at Gallipoli 28th June 1915. His entitlement included the 1914-15 Star.
James Russell was killed in action 20th January 1918