Offered is a WW1 Military Medal group of 3 to Corporal Lyons, 165. Company Machine Gun Corps. This consists of: Military Medal (King George V) impressed named 5884 P. War and Victory Medal impressed named 58840 CPL. The medals are period swing mounted however the pin is missing on the rear of the bar. Comes with copies of the medal index card, medal roll, War Diary pages for October, London Gazette, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph newspaper article January 16. Corporal George H Lyons. Landed France post 1/1/1916. MM London Gazette 11/1/1918. Award numbers 118,000-119,999 covers October 1917 actions at Ypres. 165th MG Company War Diary is available. The diary entries for September-October- November contain numerous records of actions, any of which could have been the incident for which Pte Lyons was awarded his MM. Was formed in 55th Division, 26 February 1916. Moved into No 55 Bn, MGC 7 March 1918. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. 2/135 Russell St, Morley, WA. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “WW1 PASSCHENDALE MACHINE GUN CORPS MILITARY MEDAL GROUP CPL LYONS BRITISH ARMY” is in sale since Thursday, November 7, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- WW1: Military Medal
- Modified Item: No
- Country: Britain
- Product Type: Medals
- Authenticity: Original
- Era: 1910s