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Originally Posted by oc14
If you had bothered to carry out basic research on this medal group you would realise that it is not "a common medal group" by any stretch of the imagination.
Private Grundy was a member of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and was wounded in action on the 13th July 1943 during the attack on Primasole Bridge in Sicily. There are unlikely to be more than a handful of medal groups to soldiers wounded in this action where there is a named medal (providing the provenance) included in the group. In my opinion whilst the combination of medals may not be unusual, with medals, it is the recipients story that makes the difference between common or not. In this case it is not common and the price achieved reflects that (and no I didn't buy them)
PL
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Yet again the power of research shines through - there is a lot to our hobby, and great enrichment by adding stories to the items where you can. In deed, a great item for any airborne collector/researcher