A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups

Three: Private J. Buzzard, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

1914 Star, with clasp (6884 Pte., 2/Suff. R.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals (6884 Pte., Suff. R.) nearly very fine and better (3) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups.

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Private John Buzzard, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914. Attached to the 14th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, in Smith Dorrien’s II Army Corps. The Suffolks suffered badly at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914. Only about 100 managed to escape to St. Quentin. With copied m.i.c. - clasp confirmed.