Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Leading Sick Berth Attendant N. Draper, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (5462 L.S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.), initial given as ‘L.’, this last in original card forwarding box, together with Royal Naval Association lapel badge, generally extremely fine (9)

Norman Draper, who was born at Adlington in December 1916, but who afterwards settled in Bolton, Lancashire, ended the War aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Black Prince, and no doubt witnessed the events behind her final Battle Honour for “Okinawa 1945”; sold with a small quantity of original documentation and photographs, including his Admiralty campaign medal forwarding certificate, which confirms his entitlement to seven awards, and Admiralty (Bath) forwarding letter for his L.S. & G.C. Medal, dated 4 October 1949.