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3 December 2020

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£220

Illuminated Addresses presented to Lance-Corporal E. Folkes, D.C.M., M.M., Northumberland Fusiliers.
Two illuminated documents containing the full citations for the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 12 March 1919), and the Military Medal (London Gazette 11 February 1919), awarded to 79118 Lance-Corporal E. Folkes, 36th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, together with a portrait photographic image of the recipient, very good condition

Mention in Despatches Certificate presented to Midshipman E. F. Archdale, R.N., H.M.S. Sabre, dated 16 August 1940, housed in a glazed display frame; together with an Admiralty letter informing him of the award of the D.S.C. ‘for gallantry, skill, and devotion to duty while serving in H.M. Submarine Unbroken in War Patrols in the Mediterranean in the course of which many thousands of tons of Enemy Shipping were destroyed or damaged’, (London Gazette 28 September 1943), this similarly housed in a glazed display frame; and a framed photograph of the recipient’s submarine, good condition

Belgium, Kingdom, Bestowal Document for the Maritime Medal awarded to Edmond Frans Ivens, dated 12 August 1944; together with an example of the Medal, bronze, with crossed anchors emblem on riband, good condition (lot) £80-£120