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

№ 966

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£300

Five: Sergeant A. G. Hinkson, Royal Fusiliers and Barbados Volunteer Force

1914-15 Star (1187 Cpl., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1187 Cpl., R. Fus.); Coronation 1911(Sergt.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Ex. Sergt.), mounted as worn, in Mappin & Webb, London case, good very fine and very rare (5) £300-350

Arthur Garth Hinkson served in the Royal Fusiliers and Labour Corps, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 July 1915. He was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal as a member of the Barbados Volunteer Force in October 1923. Only 15 such medals awarded to this colony.