Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Warrant Officer Class II A. C. Britz, South African Technical Services Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Middle East
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘59072 A. C. Britz.’, good very fine

Four: Attributed to Mr. K. J. Penny
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. K. J. Penny, 18 Offmore Road, Kidderminster, Worcs’, extremely fine

Pair: Attributed to Captain H. T. P. O’Shea, Royal Engineers
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, and other original documentation, extremely fine

Pair: Attributed to Sergeant G. F. Page, Northamptonshire Regiment
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. G. F. Page, 103 Eastern Avenue, Kingsthorpe, Northampton’; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; and an athletic medal, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘Bde. 10 Mile Walk 1945. Sgt. Page’, extremely fine (13) £100-£140

Antoine Christoffal Britz was born on 24 June 1910, and attested into the Union Defence Forces on 21 January 1940. He served with the South African Technical Services Corps during the Second World War, and took part in the conquest of Abyssinia in 1941, before proceeding to the Middle East, arriving at Suez on 19 June 1941. For his services in Egypt, most likely in the preparation and training of the 8th Army, Britz was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for distinguished services in the Middle East during the period July to October 1941’ (London Gazette 30 June 1942). He returned to South Africa in January 1943, and was discharged on 23 October 1945.

Henry Thomas Patrick O’Shea was born on 29 July 1912, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Scarborough, Yorkshire, on 7 January 1943. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 4 March 1944, and served during the Second World War at home and at Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency, India, from September 1944 until returning home in February 1946.

George Frederick Page was born on 20 July 1919 and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Northampton on 15 November 1939. He served with the 9th Holding Battalion during the Second World War, possibly at a local Prisoner of War camp, and was discharged in 1946, his entire service being in the U.K.

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