Eight: Chief Stoker C. M. Phillipson, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J.83313 Ord, R.N.) attempted erasure of ‘Ord’ on both medals; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K.60653 Ch. Sto., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (K.60653 S.P.O., H.M.S. Hermes) mounted for wear, first two with contact marks, fine and better (8) £180-220

Sold with two certificates for crossing the equator - on H.M.S. Resolution, January 1942 and on H.M.S. Albatross, March 1943. Also with a number of photographs of the recipient - some of the ships on which he served are named - Renown, Gibraltar 1935, Hermes, Grenade.