Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (A. M. Leigh), in its original addressed card forwarding box, with related Ministry of Transport letter, scratch to edge at 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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Arthur Morris Leigh, who was born in Wolverhampton in May 1914, entered the Merchant Navy in January 1947. Awarded the Naval General Service Medal for his subsequent services as a Quarter Master aboard the New Australia in the Near East in September- December 1956, he finally came ashore in December 1972; sold with copied records.