Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Able Seaman V. J. Dicker, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (J. 92831 V. J. Dicler. Boy. 1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R, 3rd issue, coinage head (... V. J. Dicker. A.B. H.M.S. Royal Sovereign) heavy contact marks, lacquered, very fine (7) £80-£120

Victor John Dicker was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 5 February 1902 and entered naval service as a Boy 2nd Class on 14 January 1915, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable, in which he remained until May 1918. According to a letter from his niece, which accompanies the lot, he took part in convoys in the North Sea and the Mediterranean during the Second World War and came to Australia in the aircraft carrier Indominable, where he settled in 1951. He died in New South Wales in March 1962 and was buried in Sandridge Cemetery.

Sold with aforementioned letter, several original photographs, and copied record of service for the beginning of his service.