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

№ 835

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£240

Five: Captain J. G. H. Paterson, Gordon Highlanders

1939-45
Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (Capt., Gordons) official correction to rank, good very fine or better (5) £160-180

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945.

John George Huntley Paterson was born in July 1920, being commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in December 1939, with which regiment he served until December 1952, by which time he had attained the rank of Major. He was subsequently seconded to O.T.C. H.Q. Staff, Aberdeen University.