Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

Eight: Able Seaman W. C. B. Barwood, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J. 67449 Sig. Boy, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (J. 67449 A.B., H.M.S. Titania), mounted as worn, the first two with contact wear and edge bruising, good fine, the remainder very fine or better (8) £200-250

William Cushway Bruce Barwood was born at Whitechapel, London in December 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1917. Qualifying as a Signalling Boy in August of the same year, he had served aboard the battleship Superb, and the cruisers Cardiff and Ceres, before the War’s end. The renewal of hostilities found him serving ashore as an Able Seaman, but he went on to witness active service in the destroyers Hurricane and Lamberton prior to being discharged in September 1945.

Sold with a good quantity of original documentation, including parchment Certificate of Service; Signal History Sheet; an interesting array of captioned Second World War period photographs with several action scenes appertaining to the recipient’s time in the Hurricane and Lamberton; and a large format diary covering the year 1941, the handwritten entries including commentary on a number of engagements at sea, including the sinking of an Italian submarine.