Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 28th November 2023
Lot 40
The Great War medals and associated items to Lieutenant Colonel George Francis Whyte, T.D.,
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £756
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
The Great War medals and associated items to Lieutenant Colonel George Francis Whyte, T.D., R.A.M.C.: Territorial Decoration, George V, silver and silver-gilt, ribbon complete with brooch bar; 1914 Star, with clasp* (MAJOR: G. F. WHYTE. R.A.M.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (LT: COL: G. F. WHYTE.); Victory Medal**, with oak leaf emblem (LT. COL. G. F. WHYTE.); France: Croix de Guerre, with bronze star; all but the first and last mounted for wearing, all very fine, [5]; accompanied by the receipient's mounted group of corresponding miniature medals; together with a quantity of ephemera, including:the certificate for the receipient's Mention in Despatches; his wife's (Mabel H. Whyte) certificate recording her inclusion in the British Red Cross Society's Roll of Honourable Service; and numerous photographs, loose and in albums, including trench scenes, uniformed portraits, group portraits of Field Ambulance staff, and other items. [qty]
Application for clasp recorded on Medal Index Card. Victory Medal returned to the authorities and re-issued, September 1919.