Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 616

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£270

Nine: Chief Engine Room Artificer R. L. Thomas, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East (C/MX.53159 E.R.A.3 R.N.); Korea 1950-53 (A/C.E.R.A. R.N.); U.N. Korea; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (C.E.R.A. L.C.T.(8) 4040) mounted as worn, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (9) £180-220

The eighth group of Landing Craft Tank (LCT [8]) was designed by Thorneycroft for service in the Far East. Two hundred were built between 1945-47 and they were fully ocean-going craft capable of carrying eight 30 ton tanks.