Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Rifleman T. Harrison, Rifle Brigade

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6913380 Rfmn. T. Harrison. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £80-£120

T. Harrison attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 2nd Battalion in pre-War Palestine. The Battalion subsequently served with distinction during the Second World War, their crowning glory being the legendary ‘Snipe’ V.C. action during the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, described by one senior commander as ‘one of the finest actions of the War.’

Sold with copied medal roll extract and other research.