Auction Catalogue

23 June 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 284

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£180

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S-Sgt. A. H. Pitts, I.M.L.; 328 J. N. Sutherland, E.E. Coy. Ar. P.D.V.; 804 Pte. Ali Kinderere, 6-K.A. Rif.) first good very fine; second with bent and loose suspension, some edge bruising, nearly very fine; last fine (3) £35-45

Arthur Henry Pitts was born on 16 June 1879. As a Staff Sergeant on the Indian Miscellaneous List, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 22 February 1919). Commissioned as an Assistant Commissary Lieutenant in 1927 and Captain in 1929, he was later awarded the M.B.E.

J. N. Sutherland served in the Arakan and Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers.