Auction Catalogue

1 & 2 March 2017

Starting at 11:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 352

.

1 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£4,200

The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp group of three awarded to Warrant Officer 2nd Class D. C. Robson, Adjutant General’s Corps, late Royal Army Pay Corps, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who, together with his wife, was taken hostage following the invasion and held as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield”

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24610570 Sgt., RAPC); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24610570 SSgt., AGC (SPS)), mounted court style as worn; together with a mounted set of three miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine and rare (6) £5000-6000

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Demetrius C. Robson completed his 22 years service in February 2005, his last posting being with the M.O.D. Hospital Unit in Northallerton.

In 1990 Sergeant Robson, R.A.P.C., was part of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait. With the Iraqi invasion on 2 August 1990, Robson and his wife retreated to their flat in Kuwait City where they were trapped. They disabled the lifts and “only survived because their Kuwaiti neighbours kept them supplied with food and water”. After a month they were discovered and arrested. Separated, Mrs Robson was taken to Baghdad and Sergeant Robson was taken firstly to a dam as a ‘human shield’, being subsequently moved several times during his period of captivity. Following the visit of the Rev. Jessie Jackson, and Iraqi filmed propaganda, Mrs. Robson, together with other women and children held hostage, were released on 10 December 1990, with Sergeant Robson himself being released on New Years Eve, 1990. Sold with a named group photograph of the British Liaison Team Kuwait, taken on 6 February 1990, which includes Sergeant Robson, copied typed notes derived from Robson’s experiences in Iraq and some copies of various press surrounding the event.