Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Fusilier C. Carey, Royal Irish Fusiliers

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6978295 Fsr. C. Carey. R. Ir. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, edge bruising and contact marks to first, this very fine, the Second War awards better (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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C. Carey served during the Second World War with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Although his Second War awards are accompanied by a named Army Council condolence enclosure, he is not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and the circumstances behind his death are unknown.