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Article: Interesting award of a British War Medal for service during WW1.

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Over the years there has been considerable debate by medal enthusiasts as to whether there was any entitlement to a BWM for home service during WW1. Some years ago I purchased the following interesting medal group:

Queen Victoria Jubilee 1897 (bronze) eng. COPL J.B.RYAN Q.M.I. TOOWOOMBA QSA bars Cape Colony; Driefontein; Johannesburg; Diamond Hill; imp. 66 SEJ MAJOR J.B.RYAN QNSLND: M.R. BWM imp. WO1 J.B.RYAN INS. ST. 1MD LS&GCM (EV11) eng. W.O. J.B.RYAN STAFF REGTL SERGT MAJOR 1ST M.D. 5-7-17 MSM (GV) eng. W.O.1 J.B.RYAN INSTL STAFF 1ST M.D. 1.4.20

James Bernard Ryan was born at Toowoomba on 4 March 1870. He enlisted in the Queensland Defence Force on ...

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