A VERY GOOD WW1 GROUP OF MEDALS TO AN OFFICER CASUALTY IN THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS). CASED SET FULL SIZE MEDALS WITH ORIGINAL RIBBONS. ALL NAMED IN THE CORRECT IMPRESSED STYLE. GALBRAITH, 8TH INFANTRY (SA STYLE NAMING). 1937 CORONATION MEDAL (UNNAMED AS ISSUED, CONFIRMED ON ROLL). RONALD GRAHAM GALBRAITH WAS A BRITISH SUBJECT BY BIRTH AND SCOTTISH BY NATIONALITY. HIS FATHER A REGULAR OFFICER IN THE BRITISH ARMY MIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA. WENT TO BORDEN HIGH SCHOOL KENT AND THEN DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL, PIETER MARITZBURG COLLEGE , NATAL SOUTH AFRICA. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST BN TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH THROUGHOUT THE GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA CAMPAIGN DURING 1914-15. RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION IN 1915 SO HE COULD TAKE UP A COMMISSION IN EUROPE. HE GAINED HIS COMMISSION WITH THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS. BOTH REGIMENTS LONG ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OTHER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST BN BLACK WATCH IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS FROM NOVEMBER 1917. HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED WITH HORRIFIC LIFE THREATENING WOUNDS WHEN ON 19TH SEPTEMBER 1918 ON THE WESTERN FRONT A BOMB EXPLODED BETWEEN HIS LEGS. AMPUTATION WAS NECESSARY THROUGH THE MIDDLE LEFT THIGH.. THIS HAS HEALED, BUT STUMP IS SOMEWHAT CONITAL AND SCAR ADHERENT TO BONE. THERE WERE SEVERE WOUNDS OF THE RIGHT LEG. NOW HEALED BUT LEAVING CONSIDERABLE DISABILITY OF FOOT. THE SCROTAL WOUNDS HAVE HEALED BUT THE LEFT TESTICLE WAS DESTROYED.. THE 1937 CORONATION MEDAL IS CONFIRMED ON THE 1937 CORONATION MEDAL ROLL WHERE THE RECIPIENT HELD AN APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY CONTINGENT. COMES WITH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND OFFICERS PAPERS. ALL ARE MOUNTED AS WORN IN A FITTED CASE WHICH HAS A GERMAN INFANTRY BUTTON SET INTO THE LID. A GREAT SET OF MEDALS TO A BRAVE MAN. The item “WW1 CASUALTY OFFICERS MEDAL GROUP BLACK WATCH & SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY AMPUTEE” is in sale since Wednesday, November 30, 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
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued