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№ 389

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17 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£440

Three: Lance-Corporal M. A. Lake, Welsh Guards

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24676521 Gdsm M A Lake WG); U.N. Medal, on UNAVEM ribbon; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24676521 LCpl M A Lake WG) court mounted as worn, some edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (3) £180-£220

In May 1995 a force of 642 British personnel deployed to Angola for 3 months, as the British contribution to the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM). The British deployment was codenamed Operation Chantress and its purpose was to establish an enduring logistics infrastructure to support the later deployment of a 7,200-strong UN force.

Sold with several copied pages from the regimental magazine with mention of Lance-Corporal Lake.