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The Great War group of three awarded to Sister Jessie Shepperd, for her services with the...
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The Great War group of three awarded to Sister Jessie Shepperd, for her services with the Auxiliary Hospital Unit at Antwerp in 1914 1914 Star (Sister J. Shepperd, Aux. Hosp. Unit. Antwerp); British War and Victory Medals (J. Shepperd) official correction to the second, extremely fine and rare (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006. A total of just 32 1914 Stars were issued to this unit. Jessie Shepperd served as a Nursing Sister with the French Red Cross at the First British Field Hospital at Antwerp in Belgium from August 1914 to April 1915. Her 1914 Star was issued under Admiralty authority and is named in the usual large ‘Naval Brigade’ style of impressed lettering. The unit was sent to Antwerp in August 1914 and included, in addition to six women medical officers, 12 fully trained nurses, cooks, orderlies, and electricians, in charge of x-ray equipment.
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The Great War group of three awarded to Sister Jessie Shepperd, for her services with the Auxiliary Hospital Unit at Antwerp in 1914 1914 Star (Sister J. Shepperd, Aux. Hosp. Unit. Antwerp); British War and Victory Medals (J. Shepperd) official correction to the second, extremely fine and rare (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006. A total of just 32 1914 Stars were issued to this unit. Jessie Shepperd served as a Nursing Sister with the French Red Cross at the First British Field Hospital at Antwerp in Belgium from August 1914 to April 1915. Her 1914 Star was issued under Admiralty authority and is named in the usual large ‘Naval Brigade’ style of impressed lettering. The unit was sent to Antwerp in August 1914 and included, in addition to six women medical officers, 12 fully trained nurses, cooks, orderlies, and electricians, in charge of x-ray equipment.
Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part 2)
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