Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 431

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£260

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Lieut. (E) E. M. Barff, R.N.) nearly extremely fine £160-200

Listed in the 1938 and 1939 Navy Lists as serving on the light cruiser, H.M.S. Penelope. Lieutenant Barff died in January 1939 when he fell into a tank of oil.