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A very special Mons Star, 1914


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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/medal-awarded-first-british-soldier-24715031

A Mons Star awarded to the very first British Soldier killed in 1914, Private J. Parr, 4th Btl. Middlesex Regiment

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An update of the evening Standard article discloses that the medal was auctioned for 17.000 pounds, it had previously belonged to a historian, and had an estimated value of 2.000 pounds.

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A group of medals won by Lieutenant William Tapsell sold for £10,000 (Dix, Noonan, Webb/PA)

A further group of Lieutenant William Tapsell sold for 10.000 pounds

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