Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 731

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22 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£620

Pair: Petty Officer N. Borritt, Royal Navy

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (PO(M) D062476W HMS Sheffield); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (PO(M) D062476W HMS Dryad) good very fine (2) £350-400

Served in the Falklands aboard H.M.S. Sheffield, a Type 42 Destroyer sunk by an Exocet missile in retaliation for the sinking of the Belgrano, with the loss of 20 men.