Orders, Decorations and Medals

The First Gulf War, U.N. and N.A.T.O. campaign service group of five awarded to Private M. Thompson, Royal Army Medical Corps: having served in 24 (Airmobile) Field Hospital in the Gulf, he served in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of 1 Armoured Field Ambulance

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan. to 28 Feb. 1991 (24710599 Pte. M. Thompson, R.A.M.C.); U.N. Medal, U.N.P.R.O.F.O.R. ribbon with ‘2’ fitment; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait Medal; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait Medal, 4th grade, the first with edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine (5) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Ron Penhall Collection.

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Sold with a quantity of related badges and uniform insignia, including Medics’ armband attached to khaki slide-on sleeve for attachment to shoulder; I.F.O.R. and U.N. (2) uniform patches; a gilt and enamelled U.N. cap badge; the recipient’s metalled identity tags (2); R.A.M.C. belt with two-piece chrome clasp; a wooden unit plaque of the ‘1st Armoured Field Ambulance 1996-97, Operation Resolute, Operation Lode Star, Bosnia and Herzegovinia’; together with assorted documentation, including the recipient’s I.F.O.R. theatre allowances card, issued in September 1996; two N.A.T.O “Operation Resolute” ‘Guidance on Use of Force’ cards; I.F.O.R. ‘Mines / U.X.O. Memoire’ card (‘Action in mined area? Don’t panic!’); I.F.O.R. map, restricted as at 26 February 1996, detailing international borders, ceasefire lines, security matrix, etc.