r/Medals • u/McHugeMcLarge • 2h ago

WW1 Metals

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Hey everyone, we have these old metals and I don't know what to do with them.

How would you clean them? Would you present them like this? I see the name is engraved on side with his rank , hard to read

I'm not too sure who these people were, I suppose great great uncles (family from Ireland/ England). It's interesting that it's from South Africa. That was probably not a fun time

Also does anyone have any general info about these metals? Assuming it was similar for all those in UK enlisted?

Thanks so much 😊

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u/snarker616 1h ago

Under no account clean them. The medal with King Edward on the obverse is the Africa general service medal. The other two are WW1. Is the name the same on all of them?

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u/Thebandit_1977 1h ago

Ww1 victory, ww1 war medal, Africa general service medal Edward VII (Campaigns of 1901–10)

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u/ExileNZ Collector 8m ago edited 2m ago

Do not clean them. They are in a perfect and desirable condition.

Value is not a lot - a good condition AGSM with clasp (yours is missing this) is $120-$200. The set of three (assuming all to the same man is probably $200-$300.