Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Major W. H. McGowan, Royal Garrison Artillery

1914-15 Star (Capt. W. H. Mc.Gowan. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. H. Mc.Gowan.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 15 August 1917.

Italian Al Valore Militare in silver London Gazette 31 August 1917.

William Hugh McGowan served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War in Mesopotamia from August 1915.

Entitlement to the Delhi Durbar Medal unconfirmed.