Orders, Decorations and Medals

Defence Medal (7) six unnamed, one impressed (2278 B. Crumpsty, A.B., R.N.) this with contact marks and slight edge bruising; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, very fine and better (9) £40-60

Defence Medal, unnamed, with Ministry of Food Ration Book bearing the name and address, ‘S. Abrahams, Flat 233C Clayhall Ave., Ilford, Essex’, together with two Clothing Coupon booklets.

Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs Florence A. Bell, 39 Temple Road, Croydon, Surrey’, together with a named identity card of the Salop County Council Public Assistance Committee.

Defence Medal, unnamed, and ‘A.R.P. Badge’ with Borough of Camberwell Civil Defence Services Certificate of Appreciation named to ‘Mr W. J. Bilby’.

Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Miss M. A. Chantler, 48 St. Dunstans Street, Canterbury, Kent’, with forwarding slip.

Defence Medal, unnamed, attributed to Herbert Harry George Pawley, a Private in the Home Guard serving, 23 October 1942-31 December 1944.

Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Mr W. H. Riches, 26 Lingfield Crescent, Eltham, London S.E.9’, with forwarding slip.

War Medal, unnamed, in card box stamped ‘Deceased’ and with the label ‘Staff Sjt. G. A. Paish, E.A.A.S.C.’, together with a registered envelope addressed to ‘Mr Paish G. A., c/o Mrs A. Paish, Gloster Villa, Cirencester, Glos, U.K.’ and an associated slip. Staff Serjeant George Alfred Paish, a Mechanic with the East African Army Service Corps, died on 2 August 1940, aged 39 years. He was buried in the Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery, Zambia and was the son of Alfred and Emma Paish of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.