Description
VG and scarce
Date of Death (as a result of pulmonary tuberculosis)
Toned good VF A low mintage of 94
Class 5a/5b
Uncleaned very fine
WW1 & 2 pair. Summers. Royal Marines. #sherborne VG and scarceBWM correctly impressed PO. 3171 S. A. S. SUMMERS. PTE. R. M. Alfred Shaw Summers enlisted towards the end of the war on 29th June 1918 He served with the Portsmouth division of The R. M. L. I. but saw no active service in a theatre of war, so the BWM is his only entitlement for WW1. Although he was demobilised on 19th Feb 1919 he did not receive his medal until 1940 (for reasons unknown) The Defence Medal indicates that he took part in Civil Defence