Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Attributed to Sergeant O. G. Backshell, Grenadier Guards

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-90

Oscar George Backshell, of Esher, Surrey, was born in 1912 and served during the Second World War with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. He died on 5 February 1943, and is buried in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia.