General Service Medal 1918-62. GVI 1st issue with 2 x clasps 'S.E. Asia 1945-46' & 'Malaya' (Capt. H. W. Ashby, 5 G.R.)

Upper clasp attached by official rivets, the medal having been issued with both of the clasps in 1955

Captain Ashby earned his first clasp serving with 3rd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) of the British Indian Army, and the second clasp while serving with 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles of the British Army

Medal Verification: British Army Campaig...  read more

Code: 24486

Imperial Service Medal. GV 'Coinage Head' issue (Jessie Reid)

The naming is officially engraved

The medal complete with its original silk riband and attached white metal mounting bar with hinged pin and clasp fittings, is sold together with:

- Leatherette plush silk lined case of issue

Medal Verification: Reference on-line Post Office Pension Records 1860-1970, accessible at the 'Ancestry' genealogical website,...  read more

Code: 24480

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Sergt. T. N. Sturrock, 1/(Cossipore) Bde., Mobile Arty., I.D.F.)

Medal verification: Sergeant Thomas Nicoll Sturrock 1st (Cossipore) Brigade Mobile Artillery, Indian Defence Force, is confirmed having been awarded his VLSM in 1914, the medal published in Indian Army Order 693 of 1919, with award date of, 9 September 1919

Medals issued: Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) an estimated total of only 38 ...  read more

Code: 24476

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Gnr. J. Philip, IV Bde., R.A., A.F.I.)

Medal verification: Gunner Philip, 4th (Cossipore) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, A.F.I., the medal published in Indian Army Order 272 of 1927, with award date of, 21 April 1927

Medals issued: Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) an estimated total of only 28 x VLSM's were awarded named to the unit under its designation IV (Cossipore) Br...  read more

Code: 24475

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Sgt. P. T. N. Lonorgan. 11 Bde. R.A. (A.F.I.))

Medal verification: Sergeant Patrick Terence Noel Lonorgan, 11th (Madras) Field Brigade, 'The Duke's Own', Royal Artillery, A.F.I., is confirmed having been awarded his VLSM in 1926, the medal published in Indian Army Order 299 of 1926, with award date of, 6 May 1926

Medals issued: Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) an estimated total o...  read more

Code: 24474

Efficiency Medal GVI 1st issue with 'India' bar (B.Q.M.S. G. Mayers. 10 Bty., A.F.I.)

The recipient was holding holding the senior non-commissioned-officer rank of Battery Quarter Master Sergeant while serving with No 10 (Bombay) Battery an Artillery unit of the Auxiliary Force India

The medal was awarded sometime between 1937-1941

No 10 (Bombay) Battery, RA. AFI: The unit could trace its origins to the raising of the Bombay Volunteer Artillery, tha...  read more

Code: 24473

Efficiency Medal. GVI 1st issue with 'Territorial' bar (2066586. Sjt. C. C. Garner R.A.)

The recipient had first enlisted into the Royal Engineers of the British Army, and later transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

The recipient's unique Army Number is from the block 1842001-2303000 that was allocated to the Royal Engineers in 1920, and awarded sequentially to recruits to that regiment through to circa 1941

Sergeant Charles Cyril Garner took ...  read more

Code: 24472

Efficiency Medal GVI 2nd issue with 'Territorial' bar (4917415 Gnr. R. L. Eyre. R.A.)

The recipient had first enlisted into the South Staffordshire Regiment of the British Army, and later transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

The recipient's unique Army Number is from the block 4904001-496000 that was allocated to the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1920, and awarded sequentially to recruits to that regiment through to circa 1941

Condition:...  read more

Code: 24471

Efficiency Medal. GVI 2nd issue with 'Territorial' bar (6194114. W.O.Cl.2. E. H. Ormes. R.A.)

Letter 'E' forename initial has been corrected / over-stamped - and fairly typical with these particular medal issues

The recipient had first enlisted into the South Staffordshire Regiment of the British Army, and later transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

The recipient's unique Army Number is from the block 6188001-6278000 that was allocated to the Midd...  read more

Code: 24470

Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. EIIR issue (Const. George H. Marshall)

Constable George Harrison Marshall, was a member of the Glasgow Police, which force was morphed into the Strathclyde Police Force from 1975

George Harrison Marshall son of William McClair Marshall (a Coal Miner) and Annie Richmond Marshall (nee Shaw) was a native of Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 23 October 1921. George married Janet Hannah McAlonie a...  read more

Code: 24469