PRIVATE A. MATTHEWS, 1st BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS. General Service Medal 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, NW Persia, officially impressed (24267 PRIVATE, ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS). Extremely Fine.

PRIVATE A. MATTHEWS, 1st BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS. General Service Medal 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, NW Persia, officially impressed (24267 PRIVATE, ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS). Extremely Fine.

With photocopied Medal Index Card, which confirms service initially during WW1 initally as 24267 Private, Royal Irish Fusiliers and subsequently as 7040741 Private, Royal Irish Fusiliers (entitled BWM and Victory Medals, although there is a note on the MIC to the effect that these were returned, so presumably the GSM offered here is Private Matthews’s sole surviving medal entitlement). Medal Index Card also confirms entitlement to GSM with Iraq and NW Persia clasps. It is not clear from the Medal Index Card why Private Matthews’s earlier service number is impressed on his post-WW1 GSM.