The Donald G. Mellen Collection

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. T. Shelton, 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (8661 Pte., 2/Linc. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8661 Pte., 1/Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8661 Pte., Linc. R.) very fine and better (4) £360-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Donald G. Mellen Collection.

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M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918.

Private John Tom Shelton, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 13 August 1914. Later served in the 2nd Battalion with whom he earned the Military Medal. He came from Peterborough. With copied gazette extracts and m.i.c. - entitled to the clasp to his 1914 Star.