Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

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

№ 1205

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Major E. P. A. Hewitt, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1939-45 Star; War Medal; Efficiency Decoration, Territorial, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1947’ and additionally inscribed ‘Captain, 7th A. & S.H.) together with Dunkirk Veterans Association Medal, very fine (4) £80-100

Major E. P. A. Hewitt was captured at St Valery on 5 June 1940, and subsequently imprisoned for the duration of the war at Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt, Bavaria. Sold with further research including two original letters from his widow.