A Great War ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. V. Straker, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (7194 Sjt. H. V. Straker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7194 A. Cpl. H. V. Straker. 1/O. & B. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373063 Sjt H. V. Straker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) suspension claw re-affixed on BWM, last with official corrections, generally very fine or better (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mespotamia).

Henry V. Straker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914 (entitled to 1914-15 Star).