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№ 144

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£180

Five: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class E. F. MacLean, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1914-15 Star
(T.4.33 E.R.A., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 33 E.R.A. 1, R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue, with Bar (4/33 E.R.A., R.N.V.R., Tyneside Div.), the second with heavy contact marks and slack suspension carriage, fine, the remainder generally about very fine and scarce (5) £100-120

Edward Fordy MacLean originally entered the Tyneside Division of the “Wavy Navy” in August 1905, was awarded his Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. Medal in August 1919 and a Bar to it in October 1927.