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№ 846

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23 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£50

Five: attributed to Warrant Officer Class 2 L. W. Baller, Royal Engineers

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, all unnamed, mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (5) £50-70

Leslie Walter Baller was born on 28 February 1917. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Birmingham on 5 March 1935. With the Royal Engineers he served in Gibraltar, November 1936-May 1941; North West Europe, August 1944-March 1946 and the Middle East, February 1942-January 1955. He was discharged, on the termination of his period of engagement, as a Warrant Officer Class 2 on 18 May 1957.

With Regular Army Certificate of Service which confirms the above medals; original photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research.