Auction Catalogue

23 March 2022

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£300

Five: Lance Corporal W. ‘Curly’ Wilson, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, later West Yorkshire Regiment and Durham Light Infantry

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22308125. Fus. W. Wilson. R.N.F.) number partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22308125 Fus. W. Wilson. R.N.F.) clasp facing buckled on right hand side; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22308125 Pte. W. Wilson. W. Yorks.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (22308125 L/Cpl. W. Wilson. DLI.) with 2 card boxes of issue, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (5) £280-£320

Sold with a copy of Jungle Conflict, The Durham Light Infantry in Borneo 1965-66 by R. Harrison and J. Heron - in which the recipient is pictured and mentioned for an ambush during Operation Blaydon Races, 20-27 February 1966.