Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

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

Lot

№ 1324

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£550

Pair: Quarter-Master Sergeant T. Hill, Royal Marines

British War Medal 1914-20 (R.M.A. 1623 Q.M.S.); Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (R.M.A. 1623 Q.M.S., R.M.A., 1 Mar. 1934), good very fine and extremely rare (2) £300-350

Thomas Hill, who had previously won entitlement to a no clasp Egypt and Sudan 1882-89 Medal for services in H.M.S. Penelope, was awarded his M.S.M. in G.O. 35/34 (London Gazette 20 January 1934), one of 19 G.V.R., coinage bust types ever issued.