Special Collections

Sold on 19 March 2008

1 part

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A Collection of Medals to Members of the Special and Airborne Forces

Lot

№ 913

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£170

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24851003 Pte. V. N. Carroll, Para.) good very fine £150-200

Sold with three press photographs and a newspaper cutting regarding the discovery of suspected U.V.F. arms dumps in Belfast, and a linked-property in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, together with a ‘U.V.F. 2 South Belfast’ armband and a copy of the recipient’s temporary certificate of discharge from 2 Para, dated 30 April 1995 - Carroll is believed to have been responsible for the discovery of the Belfast site.