Auction Catalogue

5 April 2006

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

№ 717

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5 April 2006

Hammer Price:
£80

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 48272 T. W. Purkis, O.A. 2, H.M.S. Talbot) extremely fine £60-80

T. W. Purkis was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1942, while serving in H.M.S. Talbot, the submarine depot ship at Malta and base to the famous “Fighting Tenth” Submarine Flotilla. As such, Talbot regularly attracted the Lufwaffe’s attention, not least at the height of the “George Cross Island’s” defence between 1942-43, when Purvis was based there.