A DSO and MC medal group, awarded to 4875 Major Joseph Snape...

A DSO and MC medal group, awarded to 4875 Major Joseph Snape MC DSO, together with a folder of research and copied documents relating to his service, his mention in dispatches by Field Marshall J.D.P. French, copies of extracts from his war diary, etc., comprising; a Distinguished Service Order attached to the HAC (Honourable Artillery Company) birthday honours award, a Military Cross, a QSA medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Transvaal, and Wittebergen, A King's South Africa medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, a First World War trio with a 1914 star, and oak leaf for the mention in dispatches attached to the Victory Medal, a Belgium Croix de Guerre, a 9ct gold medal and an Italian rectangular bronze medal awarded to members of 2nd Honourable Artillery Company, crossing River Piave, October 1918, and a silver hallmarked medal awarded to him by the corporation of West Bromwich in recognition of his distinguished service during the war

Estimate:£1,500

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