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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 314

Four: Corporal C.H. Matthews, King´s Dragoon Guards 1914 Star (2172 L.Cpl. C.H. Matthews. 1/D.Gds.); British War Medal (2172 Cpl. C.H. Matthews. C. of D. Gds.); Victory Medal (2172 Cpl. C.H. Matthews. 1-D. Gds.); Defence Medal, good very fine, with the following related items &c.: - The recipient´s Great War Spurs, with original leather straps, the rowels in each spur having been replaced with a French 50 Centieme coin (1905 and 1917 respectively) - Pair of Brass Spurs - Trumpet mouthpiece, stamped ´Vincent Bach Corp. 1 1/2 C´ - Bayonet Brooch, marked ´Ypres´ - Great War Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ´B340068´ - Miscellaneous cap badges, lapel badges, an unofficial Jubilee 1935 Medal, and riband bars - An attractively enamelled, brooch mounted George IV shilling, 1826 (S.3812) (lot) Estimate £ 200-300 Following the Liberation of France at the end of the Great War, the French civilian population put coins into the spurs of the Allied Cavalrymen as a token of their appreciation.

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