Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major I. H. Findlow, Western Frontier Regiment, Sultan of Oman’s Forces, late Sherwood Foresters
Oman, Sultanate, Peace Medal; bronze, with crown emblem on riband; 10th Anniversary Medal, silvered; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Great Britain, L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (22539969 W.O. Cl.2 I. H. Findlow. Foresters.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards and various unit insignia, generally good very fine

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Arabian Peninsula (23706591 Fus. G. G. Ryland. RHF) officially re-impressed naming edge nick, good very fine (5) £100-£140

Issac Herbert Findlow was born on 23 June 1928, and attested as a National Serviceman into the Sherwood Foresters on 6 February 1947. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged on 4 March 1949. He re-enlisted on 4 October 1950 served with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in Hong Kong and Korea from 30 October 1951 to 13 October 1953, and subsequently served in Kenya from August 1957 to 1960. He saw further service with the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces - the Omani insignia that accompanies the lot indicates that he served as a Major in the Western Frontier Regiment. He died in November 2001.