Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

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№ 329

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Syson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Capt. J. F. Syson. R.A.O.C.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband, mounted court style as worn, contact marks and small area of erasure at 3 o’clock on first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £70-90

J. F. Syson was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 29 January 1953. He was promoted Lieutenant on 29 January 1955, and Captain on 29 January 1959, and served with the Corps in Cyprus. Promoted Major on 29 January 1966, and advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 June 1979, he retired on 29 April 1983.