A pair of medals to a Kut-al-Amara Prisoner-of-War awarded an 'Immediate MSM' for POW services in Turkey: Private George Edward. Gardener, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

- 1914-15 Star (9645 Pte. G. E. Gardener. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.)
- Victory Medal 1914-19 (9645 Pte. G. E. Gardener. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.)

Note the MSM riband is not included in the sale, and is just here shown for reference & provenance purposes

M.S.M. Immediate Award: London Gazette 30 January 1920 - for distinguished services in Turkey while incarcerated as Prisoner-of-War

Medal verification: The recipients entitlement to the Great War medals here offered (and others) is verified per below following cited medal roll references

- 1914-15 Star: Reference WO 329/2744
- British War Medal. Silver issue (Reference WO 329/1364)
- Interallied Victory Medal (Reference WO 329/1364)
- Meritorious Service Medal (Immediate award): Published in London Gazette issue of 30 January 1920

George Edward Gardener attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served in Mesopotamia with the 1st Battalion from 24 February 1915. He was taken prisoner during the siege of Kut-al-Amara and subsequently awarded the M.S.M. ‘in recognition of devotion to duty and valuable services rendered whilst prisoners of war interned’ (London Gazette 30 January 1920, with the award dated 5 May 1919)

An extremely hard earned pair of medals to a 'Survivor' of the Battle of Kut-al-Amara, and years of incarceration as a Prisoner-of-War in Tukey, for which he was awarded a rare 'Immediate' award of the MSM

Worn 'With Pride' by the recipient

Condition: Polished about GF

Code: 22760