Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer D. J. Wilkinson, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Near East, B & M Clearance Mediterranean (D/J. 949111 D. J. Wilkinson. J. Smn. 1. R.N.) partially officially corrected; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (J. 949111 D. J. Wilkinson. Ldg. Sea. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (J949111J D. J. Wilkinson PO HMS Pembroke) mounted for wear, generally very fine and very rare (3) £1,400-£1,800

Provenance: Buckland, Dix & Wood, December 1994.

Approximately 60 ‘Bomb and Mine Clearance Mediterranean’ clasps issued to men of the Fleet Clearance Diving Team and men of the seaman branch employed in the removal of recovered bombs and mines. The clasp was awarded for six months’ consecutive work in the disposal of bombs and mines during the period of 1 January 1953 - 31 December 1960. The majority of the work centred around Malta and, in particular, the main harbour of Valletta where large quantities of bombs were recovered from a number of merchant vessels that had been sunk by air attack during the Second War, such as the motor vessels Talbot and Pampas.