Special Collections

Sold between 4 December & 25 September 2008

2 parts

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The Richard Schweder Collection of Medals for Campaigns in Malaysia

Richard Schweder

Lot

№ 808

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£280

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23120151 Cfn. R. Brown, R.E.M.E.) extremely fine £140-180

‘23120151 Cfn. R. Brown, REME. Died 29 Dec. 56, Malaya. Gunshot wound’. (ref. REME Magazine, March 1957). An accompanying letter from the M.O.D. states that, ‘Cfn. Brown died from gun shot wounds in a terrorist incident on 31 December 1956’. Sold with above REME Magazine and letter.