Auction Catalogue

13 & 14 September 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 959

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14 September 2012

Hammer Price:
£380

Four: Captain J. D. H. Bell, 2nd Buffs, killed in action at Tobruk on 15 December 1941

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut., The Buffs); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, the first officially re-impressed, good very fine (4) £180-220

Ex R. F. Brett Collection, D.N.W. 17 September 1999.

Captain John Denison Henry Bell was killed in action near Tobruk on 15 December 1941, aged 26 years. He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. He was the son of Roland Stanley Bell and Margaret Stavert Denison Bell.