Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (352361 Pte. -A.L.Cpl.- W. Davies. 9/Manch: R.); together with a small prize medal, the obverse engraved ‘C.Q.M.S. W. Davies’, the reverse engraved ‘Cricket Competition, Huy, Beggium [sic] 1919’, extremely fine £120-160

M.S.M. London Gazette 16 October 1919: ‘352361 Pte. (A./L./C.) Davies, W., 9th Bn., Manchester Regiment (Birkenhead):
‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’

Approximately 6 M.S.M.s awarded to the 9th Battalion (Ashton Territorials), Manchester Regiment during the Great War.