WW1. British War Medal. Merredy. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. KIA #sherborne otherwise a nice flat and

otherwise a nice flat and evenly struck coin

Spink 3481

Lettering: TR P XXXIII IMP X COS III P P

BRITANNIA in exergue

including a light 'tiger stripe' to the penny from resting undisturbed against its corrugated card insert

WW1. British War Medal. Merredy. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. KIA #sherborne otherwise a nice flat andThe British War Medal awarded to Private 8216 S. R. Merredy, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, who was Killed in Action in France on 9 August 1915. Samuel Richard Merredy was born circa 1888 and resided in Birmingham, where he worked as a dipper. Less than a year before the outbreak of the Great War he was married to Sarah Ann Shaw at the Immanuel Parish Church, and together the couple resided at 66 William Street in Edgbaston. The newlyweds were