MILITARIA, NAVAL & MARITIME STARTS 21ST JULY 10AM | ENDS 8TH AUGUST 4PM
This auction offers an extensive private collection of predominantly First World War medals bestowed upon individuals from all three branches of the British Armed Forces, alongside numerous cap badges and cloth insignia from the same source. Of the other medals up for sale, the stand out piece is unquestionably a Peninsular War Military General Service medal accompanied by 11 clasps, awarded to Quartermaster Joshua Stubbs of the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment. Elsewhere, the auction includes a number of Royal Naval manuscript documents spanning the 18th and 19th centuries. Furthermore, there is also the dress uniform once worn by Captain McCarthy, esteemed commander of HMS Ajax from 1940 to 1941. |