Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1276

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£160

Edward VIII Commission, appointing Arthur Donald Frederick White to be 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Army 3.7.1936, facsimile signature of the King, hand written for H Knox, Adjutant General; Three George V commissions all 1916, facsimile signatures, two laid down on card; Certificate of Good Service to Pte WH Eke 25th Middx (Bank of England) VRC showing him to have served in the Corps 1890-1907 (disbandment) returned as efficient 17 times, marksman 5 times, prize winner in 1900. Issued at HQ Somerset House 31.3.1907; certificates of service for Rifleman Dennett 24th Middx RV 1908 and two similar for Sergeant later Band-Master Ezra Stringer 2nd VB York & Lancaster Regt and 5th TF Battalion; HAC admission document for Frederick Wilkin 2.1.1862 (damaged); Royal Naval Reserve, document appointing Loughlin Murphy to be Senior Engineer, 22.2.1894, together with a dinner menuu for 18.1.1905, Compton Hotel Liverpool; Citation of Honor, a brass tribute plaque by the American AFA commemorating the life of Gp Captain Douglas Bader dated 1969,generally good condition (10) £30-50