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[khaki]

How does one determine whether a Great War pair started life as a pair or is actually a trio missing the star??

Thanks

khaki

[Sandie]

You need to find the appropriate Medal Index Card  that will tell you what the soldier was awarded.
I'm not sure there is any other way of telling.

Sandie

[rkirb5]

Apart from having their service records which would state them

regards

Robert

[old owl]

khaki, on 14 August 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

How does one determine whether a Great War pair started life as a pair or is actually a trio missing the star??

Thanks

khaki

If you post his details here, then I am sure that someone will assist you to find the relevent MIC

Robert

[khaki]

Thanks for the replies, I don't have any names/medals that need researching, but my thoughts came from seeing medals sold being described as 'missing the star', I had thought that maybe there was a special technique, eg., service numbers, prefixes or regiments or maybe a combination of all three. Something like a regular army 'low' four digit service number which would suggest that the recipient would likely have been
entitled to a star medal and make a "pair" possibly a broken trio.

Is there any logic to my theory, or am I 'way off target'??

thanks

khaki

[DavidB]

Khahi,
  A low service number wouldn't necessarily entitle a man to a medal, he would have to be in a war zone for that. Could have been sick and missed a draft

or any other number of reasons. Either the MIC, medal rolls or service documents are the only sure way of determining what medals he has been awarded.

[QSAMIKE]

With a low number he may have been a veteran of India or the Boer War and he may have been held back as an instructor in a training roll......

Mike