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№ 86

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11 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£110

Five: Engineer R. J. Muirhead, Merchant Navy

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (R. J. Muirhead), official but later issues; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, the first two polished, thus good fine, the others good very fine (5) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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Robert John Muirhead was born in Hokitika, New Zealand, in May 1881 and served as a Third Engineer in the Mercantile Marine in the Great War. Nothing further is currently known about his career.