Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

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

№ 1399

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£190

Ribbons representing medals awarded to the actor Captain Douglas E. Fairbanks, K.B.E., D.S.C., K.St.J., U.S.N.R.: U.S.A., Silver Star; Legion of Merit, with ‘V’ emblem; Naval Reserve Medal, with one silver and two bronze stars; America Defence Medal, with ‘A’ emblem; American Campaign Medal, with one bronze star; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, with one silver and one bronze star; Distinguished Pistol Shot (Navy); G.B., Order of the British Empire; Distinguished Service Cross; Order of St. John, Associate, with silver emblem; France, Legion of Honour; Croix de Guerre, with bronze palm; Italy, Al Valore Militare, with bronze star; Order of Merit; Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, with gilt star; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nasssu, 3rd Class (22 ribbons in total, not all identified), mounted on paper with card frame, handwritten: ‘To Charles W. Tozer - With many thanks for his flattering thought and with the best of good wishes, I am Sincerely Douglas Fairbanks’, very good condition £60-80