Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 103706 G. Thompson, A./P.O., H.M.S. Egret), good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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The sloop H.M.S. Egret won Battle Honours for Atlantic 1939-42, North Africa 1942-43 and Biscay 1943, but was sunk by a glider bomb off the N.W. coast of Spain August of the latter year, with a loss of six officers and 188 ratings.