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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 2
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Six: Pioneer Sergeant Owen Frewin, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1753 L. Cpl. O. Frewin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1753 Sjt. O. Frewin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200176 Sjt. O. Frewin 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with clasp ‘Long Service, 1949’ (Owen Frewin) nearly very fine or better (6) £180-£220 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British forces in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty as Battalion Pioneer Sergeant during the whole period the Battalion has been abroad.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918. Owen Frewin was a pre-war territorial and went to France with the 1/4th Battalion on 29 March 1915. After the war he joined the Special Constabulary, receiving the Long Service medal in 1939 and a bar in 1949. Sold with ribbon bars, two OBLI collar badges, and two Pioneer Sergeant’s stripes, one in cloth with brass insignia, the other entirely in cloth.
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Six: Pioneer Sergeant Owen Frewin, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1753 L. Cpl. O. Frewin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1753 Sjt. O. Frewin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200176 Sjt. O. Frewin 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with clasp ‘Long Service, 1949’ (Owen Frewin) nearly very fine or better (6) £180-£220 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British forces in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty as Battalion Pioneer Sergeant during the whole period the Battalion has been abroad.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918. Owen Frewin was a pre-war territorial and went to France with the 1/4th Battalion on 29 March 1915. After the war he joined the Special Constabulary, receiving the Long Service medal in 1939 and a bar in 1949. Sold with ribbon bars, two OBLI collar badges, and two Pioneer Sergeant’s stripes, one in cloth with brass insignia, the other entirely in cloth.
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