Lot 5003
Sale 111 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes (40th Anniversary Sale)
Description
Pair to KIA: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1062 Pte. S.W.Johnson 42 Bn. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Extremely fine.
Together with length of medal ribbon, red with thin yellow edges; poppy lapel badge; newspaper cutting marked Saturday Augst 28th 1915, all in box.
Stewart William Johnson, labourer, age 24, born at Mount Morgan, Qld; Enl.02Feb1916 at Rockhampton, Qld; Emb.05Jun1916; KIA 31Jul1917 in the Battle of Warneton on the Ypres sector of Belgium; commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
- Estimate
- $250
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $400