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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	Medals	Lot 764	Prize medal, awarded to Sgt. J. Knight. 58th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Tug-Of-War, Royal Artillery badge on the reverse, 32mm diameter not hallmarked, with suspension loop at the top, Good Fine with an edge bruise, comes with handwritten researched note stating 'Flight Seargent (sic) J. Knights L.L.625-C 514 Squadron based at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, killed 24th March 1944 on return from raid on Berlin. Mission consisted of 577 Lancasters, 216 Halifaxes and 18 Mosquitos. 44 Lancasters were lost in the raid. One of the crew members, Ron McAllister survived as a prisoner of war. More medals like this	£20
04/12/2022 Auction 179	Medals	Lot 923	Prisoner of War Camp, Douglas 1915 45mm diameter in White Metal, Obverse, WELTKRIEG 1914-1915 ERINNIRUNG AN DIE KRIEGSHAFT DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN, within a wreath, divided by a central band,. Reverse: An encampment of tents and huts, a castle and lighthouse beyond, above: a Triskeles on an escutcheon, all within a border of barbed wire, Integral slot at the top for suspension, Eimer 1945, EF with some thin scratches, scarce and unusual More medals like this	£60
03/12/2018 Auction 163	Medals	Lot 105	Captain Oliver Gordon MVO RN First World War trio (as Lieutenant, Star to Sub-Lieutenant) and Member of the Victoria Order, World War II (4) War Medal, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star and 1939-45 star, in box of issue with original ribbons, also military epaulettes, Captain Oliver Gordon was Captain of HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser, during World War II during which she was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea March 1 1942. The lot includes the Book `Fight It Out` written by Captain Gordon in 1957 describing the epic encounter against overwhelming odds during the battle in 1942. He was taken Prisoner of War along with the survivors by the Japanese after the ship was sunk in the battle. The lot also includes many Christmas Greetings received by Captain Gordon during his time as a POW. Between the two World Wars he served on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and the lot includes photographs of Captain Gordon, some with King George V and Queen Alexandra, also letters from Buckingham Palace one signed by King George VI, a restricted letter from Mountbatten of Burma, a letter from the Imperial War Museum, photographs of crew and ships, along with a copy of a newspaper cutting reporting Captain Gordon`s death. Also included is the paperwork details and letters relating to the Companion of the Order of the Bath, though this has been retained by Captain Gordon`s family More medals like this	£100
09/09/2017 Auction 158	Medals	Lot 940	GB and a few World (67) in base metal a wide variety includes a few attendance medals, some boxed, in mixed grades to UNC, along with Smugglers box Twopence 1797 Fine, in a suspension ring this with mount, BEF Prisoner of War 50 Cents token Fine, Medal Admiral Vernon 1739 Fine and with three edge cuts More medals like this	£90

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