A VERY SCARCE FULL SIZE1914 15 TRIO OF MEDALS CORRECTLY NAMED TO 22828 PTE. WITH TWO VERY NICE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH POST CARDS OF THE RECIPIENT. THEY HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL MOUNT WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE BARS SOLDERED TO THE BACK OF THE SUSPENSION BAR TO PREVENT THE MEDALS FROM SWINGING TYPICAL OF THE GUARDS. THIS HAS NOT DAMAGED THE MEDALS IN ANY WAY WHICH ARE ALL FREE MOVING. THEY ARE ON THEIR ORIGINAL RIBBONS. WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT JACK SHOESMITH JOINED THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN 1915 AND THEN WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE SCARCE GUARDS MACHINE GUN REGIMENT WHICH IS CONFIRMED ON HIS MEDAL INDEX CARD AND HIS PENSION PAPERS WHICH ARE ON ANCESTRY. MEDAL INDEX CARD CONFIRM CHANGE OF ARMY NUMBER WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO GMGR. A VERY SCARCE SET OF MEDALS 100% GENUINE. The item “WW1 MEDAL GROUP GRENADIER GUARDS MACHINE GUN REGIMENT CORPS SCARCE UNIT & PHOTOS” is in sale since Monday, September 05, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “oldcontemptible1418″ and is located in St. Neots. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued