Orders, Decorations and Medals

Eight: Colonel H. M. O’Donnell, Royal Engineers

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Lieut., R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (Lt. Col., R.E.); Coronation 1953, mounted loose style as worn; together with corresponding miniatures, good very fine or better (8) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Richard Schweder Collection of Medals for Campaigns in Malaysia.

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Hugh Manus O’Donnell was first commissioned into the Royal Engineers in December 1921 in the rank of Second Lieutenant, rising to the rank of Honorary Colonel by the time of his retirement in July 1954.