Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1366

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2 April 2003

Hammer Price:
£70

Four: Captain A. J. T. Thrift-Lee, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (4) £60-80

Sold with a fine collection of memorabilia, including the medal card box of issue, addressed to Captain Thrift-Lee at Barry, Glamorgan; the recipient’s pewter hip flask, inscribed, ‘187219 A. Thrift-Lee, 25.12.43’; the recipient’s cap, a R.A. cap badge; newspaper sections; various pamphlets and booklets - mostly military and two Military Government of Germany notices giving notification of the transfer of territory from British to Russian Military control.