United Kingdom. A Scarce First War Pair To August Purin, Slavo-British Legion Auction measuring 35 cm (w) x

measuring 35 cm (w) x 43

small tear on the left side

with a tri-colour cockade

still partially wrapped in their period original cellophane wrapper

United Kingdom. A Scarce First War Pair To August Purin, Slavo-British Legion Auction measuring 35 cm (w) xBritish War Medal (2032 A. PURIN. S. B. L.); and Victory Medal (2032 A. PURIN. S. B. L). Naming is officially impressed. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, in reverse order, as worn by the veteran, dark patina on the BWM, spotting on the VM, contact marks on both, very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Medal Rolls from the National Archives Footnote: The Allied powers were worried that Germany, which had recently sent 55,000 men to a