Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1642

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£1,300

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Sinclair, Scots Guards

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24399604 Gdsm SG); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24399604 LCpl., SG) nearly extremely fine (2) £900-1000

The 2nd Battalion Scots Guards led the main attack on Mount Tumbledown. In one of the most bitter hand-to-hand combats of the campaign, the Guards suffered 7 men killed and 21 wounded.