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№ 119

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17 February 2021

Hammer Price:
£360

Seven: Lance-Corporal J. T. Bennison, Coldstream Guards, later Observer, Royal Observer Corps

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4387523. Gdsmn. J. T. Bennison. C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (Observer J. T. Bennison) light contact marks to first, good very fine and better and likely a unique combination of awards (7) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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J. T. Bennison attested for the Coldstream Guards and served with them in pre-War Palestine, and throughout the Second World War. He joined the Royal Observer Corps on 31 March 1948, and served with No. 2 Group at Camberley. He was awarded his Royal Observer Corps Medal on 31 March 1960, and his Second Award Bar on 1 April 1972.

Sold with copied research.