Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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

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

Lot

№ 1195

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£720

Eight: Private E. A. Bailey, Hampshire Regiment

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5496232 Pte., Hamps. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5496232 Pte., Hamps. R.), officially corrected naming; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5496232 Pte., Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better (8) £280-320

5496232 Private E. A. Bailey left the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment in May 1939 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 August 1939. On 2 September 1939 he was recalled to the colours. On 17 January 1942 he was transferred from the Hampshire Regiment to the Royal Armoured Corps and served with them until returning to the Hampshires on 12 October 1944. Bailey was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 2 February 1946.