Otherwise known as the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, each was issued to thousands of soldiers after World War One. Some remain proudly displayed on descendants' walls ...

Merton’s professionally mounted medals in the auction are the British War and Victory Medals named ... he went to the Balkans to serve in the WWI Salonika campaign, and by 1918, had risen ...

The medals returned to Colin are the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star Medal. Sidney fought at the battle of Delville Wood in 1916, part of the wider Somme engagement ...

‘The most common medals at auction are the standard campaign medals given for the Great War, in particular the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. More than six million of each of these ...