Auction Catalogue

27 June 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 818

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27 June 2007

Hammer Price:
£1,600

A Second World War ‘N.W. Europe’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain L. S. Cooper, Royal Army Medical Corps

Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1946’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt., M.C., R.A.M.C.), last with corrections to naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine and better (6) £800-1000

M.C. London Gazette 22 January 1946. ‘... in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe’. ‘Captain Leonard Selby Cooper (316328), Royal Army Medical Corps (Manchester)’.

Recommendation reads, ‘Capt. Cooper has served with 9 Brit. Fd. Amb. since Jun 44. He has been employed as Officer i/c CCP in almost every 9 Inf. Bde. engagement. In battle conditions he has done excellently and has always shown great coolness and steadiness under fire. He particularly distinguished himself at the crossing of Escault Canal (19 Sept.) when his section was in support of 2 Lincs. on the R. flank. There were heavy cas., and in the early stages the place in which the CCP was situated was under small arms fire as well as shell fire. Capt. Cooper however dealt most efficiently with all cas., and supervised their evacuation. In the battle around Overloon (14 Oct.) his sec. was again in support of 2 Lincs., and the woods of the LAAG Heide in which the CCP was, came in for heavy harassing mortar and shell fire. About 100 cas. were attended to that day by Capt. Cooper under most difficult conditions. His cheerful courage, whatever the circumstances, and leadership of his section have been marked throughout the campaign and are deserving of the highest praise’. Sold with copied research.