Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Attributed to Major K. McGowan, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1965, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £80-£100

Kenneth McGowan was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, from the rank of Staff Sergeant, on 13 March 1943, and was advanced Major on 13 March 1956.

Sold with the recipient’s two Commission Documents, the first appointing him a Lieutenant in the Regular Army, dated 1 October 1946, and the second appointing him a Captain in the Territorial Army, dated 13 February 1958; two Army Certificates of Education, Second Class (dated 27 April 1929), and First Class (dated 21 March 1934); and War Office letter on the occasion of the recipient transferring to the R.A.R.O., dated 26 October 1961.