Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 253

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£170

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer F. L. Pritchard, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20
(M. 24903 B. Art., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M. 24903 E.R.A. 1, H.M.S. Hawkins), the last with officially corrected ship’s name, the earlier awards with contact wear, about very fine, the remainder extremely fine (5) £100-120

Frank Lycett Pritchard was mentioned in despatches for his services as a Chief Engine Roon Artificer in the lend-lease destroyer H.M.S. Charlestown (London Gazette 1 January 1943).