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Four: Orderly W. G. Parker, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of...
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Four: Orderly W. G. Parker, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1914-15 Star (W. G. Parker, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (W. G. Parker, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Medal, First Class with swords, silver-gilt, 1 clasp, 1914-1915, good very fine, the last scarce to a British recipient (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. William G. Parker served as an Orderly with the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the Great War on the Western Front from on 2 November 1915. Sold with an original letter informing Mr Parker that he had been awarded the Belgian Civic Medal in recognition of his valuable and devoted work during the war; and other research. Note: Only four Civic Medals, First Class, were Gazetted to British personnel for service during the Great War (three to the Royal Army Service Corps and one to the Royal Army Medical Corps, all London Gazette 18 August 1920); the vast majority of awards were not gazetted.
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Four: Orderly W. G. Parker, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1914-15 Star (W. G. Parker, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (W. G. Parker, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Medal, First Class with swords, silver-gilt, 1 clasp, 1914-1915, good very fine, the last scarce to a British recipient (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. William G. Parker served as an Orderly with the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the Great War on the Western Front from on 2 November 1915. Sold with an original letter informing Mr Parker that he had been awarded the Belgian Civic Medal in recognition of his valuable and devoted work during the war; and other research. Note: Only four Civic Medals, First Class, were Gazetted to British personnel for service during the Great War (three to the Royal Army Service Corps and one to the Royal Army Medical Corps, all London Gazette 18 August 1920); the vast majority of awards were not gazetted.
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