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

Seven: Chief Shipwright G. F. Grant, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 47536 Ch. Shpt., H.M.S. Formidable), very fine and better (7) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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The aircraft carrier H.M.S. Formidable won no less than eight Battle Honours in the 1939-45 War, ranging from “Matapan 1941” to “Japan 1945”, with five Mediterranean honours in between.