Fritz Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 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. A further group of Lieutenant William Tapsell sold for 10.000 pounds 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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