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

№ 1226

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Lieutenant J. G. Henry, Devonshire Regiment and Royal Air Force

Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2 Lt., Devon R.) extremely fine (3) £140-160

Sold with a certificate reading, ‘To John Garcia Henry, Lieut. 327781 R.A.F. & Devon Regt. The Mayor, Councillors and Burgess of the Borough of Lewes desire to perpetuate, through the medium of this Scroll, their great appreciation of the services rendered by you in the Armed Forces of the Crown during the Great War of 1939-1945, to convey to you their congatulations on a safe return home, and to express the hope that you may be spared for many years to enjoy the blessings of peace’. Sold with metal Devonshire Regiment badge and four cloth badges.