Auction Catalogue

5 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 657 x

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5 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£190

Six: attributed to Marine A. Walker, Royal Marines and Royal Corps of Signals

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (lot) £80-100

With Commando Service Certificate named to ‘Ex 3821 Mne. A. Walker’, who served in the Commandos, September 1943-19 October 1945; medal forwarding slip; ‘H.M.S.’ cap tally; a pair of cloth ‘Royal Marines’ shoulder titles; cloth badges (3) including that for ‘Combined Operations’; metal badges (5); buttons (4); an additional Defence Medal; Army Prayer Book; Combined Operations Pamphlet No. 8 - Assault Brigade Planning; military photographs (8) of the recipient and others; birthday cards (3); postcards (7); views of Bari booklet; sundry newspaper cuttings re Commando raids; leather wallet inscribed, ‘Salerno Italy 1943’; and a ‘brass cartridge’ lighter bearing the badge of the Royal Corps of Signals.