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№ 653

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18 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£300

The mounted group of eight dress miniature medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel D. S. Lister, M.C., The Buffs, who went on to command No. 4 Commando in the Lofoten raid in 1940

Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Danish Order of the Dannebrog, breast badge, Christian X issue, silver-gilt and enamel; Norway, King Haakon VII’s Liberty Cross 1945, gilt and enamel, mounted as worn, in Spink & Son leather case, very fine and better (8) £180-220

See Lot 1356 for his full-size awards and biographical footnote.