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

№ 1164

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£170

Three: Private S. A. Stone, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R.,
1st issue, Territorial (5384585 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), in card box of issue, all official but recent issues, extremely fine (3) £60-70

Stone was taken P.O.W. with the B.E.F. at Hazebrouck in 1940 and ended the War at Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf; sold with a recording of Major E. Viney’s reminiscences of the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. in that action, and a recent publication on the history of Hazebrouck.