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                    Lot: 531
                
                    
                        A Great War 1918 ´Second Battle of the Somme´ M.M. to Lance-Corporal E. Wright, Gloucestershire Regiment, Who Was One of the Many Thousands Taken Prisoner of War in the German Counter Offensive In March  Military Medal, G.V.R. (15570 Pte. E. Wright. 8/Gouc: R.), edge bruise, otherwise good very fine, with photographic image of recipient as featured in the Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic, 28.12.1918, as ´Cheltenham Prisoners-of-War Returned From Germany´ Estimate £   240-280    M.M. London Gazette 29.8.1918 15570 Pte. (L/Cpl) Edward Wright 8th Bn. Glouc. R.  ´For gallantry on the Somme between March 21st to 28th 1918´ (Regimental War Diary refers).                        
                                            
                
                    
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                        £380