cWW1 1914 Star Bar & Deluxe Mons Medal Box Regent Street London

cWWI, 14 Mons sew-on brass bar: '5th Aug - 22nd Nov 1914' for the 1914 Star medal. With a rare private purchase Mons Star leatherette empty box. Velvet flock lined. Maker Regents St London. Both VGC.


The 1914 Star was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in January 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight of 22–23 November 1914. The former date is the day after Britain's declaration of war against the Central Powers, and the closing date marks the end of the First Battle of Ypres.

Altogether 378,000 1914 Stars were awarded


Code: 12f

Code: 1726