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

№ 872

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£680

Six: Major J. B. Kitto, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (Capt., Bedfs. & Herts.) mounted court style as worn; together with a mounted set of six miniature dress medals, good very fine (12) £220-260

J. B. Kitto was born on 9 December 1918. First commissioned on 26 January 1939. Captain, Beds. & Herts., July 1946; Major, November 1952; Major, 3rd East Anglian Regiment, 1959; retired July 1960.

The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment did not serve in Malaya as a unit.