Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 30 May 2024

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Six medals named or attributed to Captain J. E. Thoresby, Royal Army Medical Corps: 1914 Star

£150 - £200 £113

Six medals named or attributed to Captain J. E. Thoresby, Royal Army Medical Corps: 1914 Star (LIEUT: J. E. THORSESBY R.A.M.C.), un-official but legitimate engraved alteration to name*; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (CAPT. J. E. THORESBY.); 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-45; mounted for wearing, the first near fine, the others very fine [6]; together with a private purchase trench periscope, and a pair of field glasses by Karl Zeiss in a leather case.



(round medals 36mm diameter)

* Records show that this officer was issued with the 1914 Star under the name J.E.T. Jones, which he changed by deed poll in 1919.

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