Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Fitter Staff Sergeant J. Mitchell, 242nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (56786Ftr: S. Sjt. J. Mitchell. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (56786. S-Sjt. J. Mitchell, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (56786 S. Sjt. J. Mitchell R.A.) the VM with re-engraved naming, and additionally marked ‘R’ for Replacement, very fine (4) £260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

John Mitchell attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Kirkcaldy, and served as a Fitter Staff Sergeant with the 242nd Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 February 1915. Awarded the Military Medal, just one of 144 Fitters to be awarded the M.M. during the Great War, he was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserved on 23 February 1919.

Sold with a group photograph featuring the recipient and housed in a small glazed frame with R.G.A. title attached.