Medals from the Collection of the late Mike Minton

Pair: Captain H.L. Shaw, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) the Victory with naming erased, together with cap badge and bronze memorial plaque (Henry Lynn Shaw) extremely fine (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Mike Minton.

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Henry Lynn Shaw joined the 1st Birmingham Battalion at the outbreak of war and was transferred to the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 13 June 1915. He was killed in action at the capture of La Boiselle on 3 July 1916. He was a member of the Birmingham City Council and senior partner in the firm of Henry Shaw & Sons, nail manufacturers of Birchall Street, Birmingham.