Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Major O. A. Robertson, Queen’s Own Highlanders, late Seaforth Highlanders

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Major O. A. Robertson, Seaforth); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Major O. A. Robertson, Q.O. Hldrs.), this last in its named card box of issue, the remainder mounted as worn, together with a pair of full-dress gilt Major’s ‘pips’, a set of tunic ribands, a small swathe of McKenzie tartan and one of the recipient’s calling cards, generally good very fine (Lot) £400-500

Ossian Alexander Robertson was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders on 12 April 1941 and was gazetted to be Captain from 1st December 1947, with seniority dated from 1 April 1944.

Neither the Seaforth Highlanders, or the Queen's Own Highlanders served or were entitled as a regiment to either of the clasps represented on his General Service Medals, and thus the group constitutes an extremely rare combination of Medals and clasps to the respective regiments; likely a unique combination to an officer who served continuously on both sides of the amalgamation watershed of the Seaforth Highlanders and Queen's Own Highlanders.