A First War Victory Medal To Private Hood; First Day Of The Battle Of The Somme Casualty Auction Archive on a forest green wool

on a forest green wool base

maker marked "WERNSTEIN JENA" and marked "D

condolence letters

Officer (dated September 12

71 mm x 93 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

A First War Victory Medal To Private Hood; First Day Of The Battle Of The Somme Casualty Auction Archive on a forest green wool(23924 PTE. A. HOOD. W. YORK. R.). Naming is officially impressed. Contact marks, surface wear, near very fine. Footnote: 23924 Private Alfred Hood was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, the son of Mrs. Margaret Ann Hood of 11, Powell St., Harrogate. Hood served with the 10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) in France & Flanders and was Killed in Action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916, at the age of 21.