Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 3rd June 2025

Lot 12

A Great War M.M. group of three medals to 2nd Lieutenant F. Armstrong, Royal Artillery: Military

Estimate £150 - £200

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Description

A Great War M.M. group of three medals to 2nd Lieutenant F. Armstrong, Royal Artillery: Military Medal, George V (L-12478 CPL F. ARMSTRONG. A.160/BDE: R.F.A.), nearly extremely fine and toned; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. F. ARMSTRONG.), very fine, [3]; together with a Defence Medal and a War Medal 1939-45 in postage box to Mr C. C. Armstrong (presumably the first officer's son).



(36mm diameter each)

M. M. London Gazette 18/06/1917
M.I.D. London Gazette 18/05/1917

Corporal F. Armstrong's award of the Military Medal was probably for the Battle of Arras, 9th of April to 16th of May 1917. He appears to have been discharged to a commission in May 1918.

Ref. Williamson, Vol 1, P. 407.