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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (LX. 20569 E. A. George, P.O. Std., H.M.S. Exmoor) extremely fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Two destroyers named H.M.S. Exmoor saw service in the 1939-45 War, the first of them being sunk defending an East Coast convoy in February 1941, and the second winning six Battle Honours for actions in the Mediterranean and Aegean, including those for the Sicily and Salerno landings in 1943.