Six: Captain R. W. Armitage, Rifle Brigade

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration, Territorial, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £80-100

E.D. London Gazette 22 June 1944: ‘Lt. (T/Capt.) R. W. Armitage (31797) (T.A.R.O.) The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own).’

Sold with War Office letter releasing him from the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, w.e.f. 5 July 1950, and a St John Ambulance Association ‘first aid to the injured’ qualification certificate, dated December 1924 (Thurnscoe Branch, Rotherham).