Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An inter-War Order of St. John group of five awarded to Captain F. H. Sprague, Royal Army Medical Corps

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, 1926-36 issue, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (Capt. F. H. Sprague. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. H. Sprague.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Second Award Bar (2104. Div. Surg. F. H. Sprague. (C. of Gloucester) Div. No. 2 Dist. 1921) minor edge bruise to last, good very fine (5) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Francis Henry Sprague served with the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 March 1915, attached to the 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and was invalided home with Systolic Mitral murmur in July 1916. He was created an Officer of the Order of St. John on 12 June 1926, and died in Gloucester in 1951.