Seven: Private D. K. E. Steel, Royal Sussex Regiment and Middlesex Regiment
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (6403443 Pte., R.Sussex); Korea 1950-53 (6403443 Pte., Mx.); U.N. Korea, good very fine (7)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals Relating to the Korean War 1950-53.

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Private Steel was taken prisoner in North Africa during the Second World War and interned in Stalag 4F, at Hartmansdorf Chemnitz. The Middlesex Regiment formed part of the 27th Brigade in Korea and were awarded a Presidential Citation of the Republic of Korea for their outstanding action at the battle of Naktong River in 1950. The lot is sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient in Korea, and another small group photograph.