Lot 4476

Description

Pair: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 3066 Pte W.T.V.King. 3 Pnr. Bn. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Display mounted, toned, a few dark spots on last medal, otherwise very fine.

Together with Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League badge (large 2 figure type), reverse numbered 'W.A./8229', with 1921 overlay on crown; Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Imperial League badge, small 3 figure type, reverse numbered 2728, with 74 overlay on crown; plastic badge 'Fortes qui Redeunt/Salutamus' (We Salute the Brave who Return), issued by Goldfields Soldiers Institute, Kalgoorlie; Centenary of Western Australia, 1929, medal in bronze (38mm); Inauguration of The Indian Pacific Passenger Service, issued by The Western Australian Government Railways Commission, 1970, in white metal (30mm).^^William Thomas Vincent King, labourer, age 28, born at Stanthorpe, Qld; Enl.01Oct1916 at Kalgoorlie, WA, in 6/3 Pioneer Bn; Emb.29Dec1916; training camps in England; to France 02Nov1917; TOS 3 Pioneer Bn 08Nov1917; to military hospital in England with pneumonia 02May1918; returned to France 30Oct1918; RTA 23Jul1919; Disch.05Nov1919.^^With basic research.