Preview: medal groups of five brothers who served in the Great War, with only two coming home
If anything sums up the sense of slaughter that came from the British experience of the First World War and how that affected so many families, it is a lot coming up in Bonhams’ November 21 Medals, Bonds, Banknotes and Coins auction.
It comprises five medal groups awarded to the Maclear brothers, all of whom served as officers in …