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№ 507

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15 March 2023

Hammer Price:
£260

Family Group:

Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (2) (Chief Observer D M Allen; Observer D R Allen) both in card boxes of issue; together with a related miniature award; riband bar; cloth arm badge; and a R.O.C. lapel badge, extremely fine (2) £260-£300

Diane Mary Allen joined the Royal Observer Corps as a Women Observer in December 1966, and transferred to 29 Group in July 1975. She was appointed Chief Women Observer in January 1978, and was awarded her Royal Observer Corps Medal in December 1978.

David R. Allen, the husband of the above, joined the Royal Observer Corps on 1 November 1963 and served initially as an Observer with 7 Group, before transferring to 29 Group on 1 February 1975. He was awarded his Royal Observer Corps Medal in October 1975, and was appointed Observer Officer on 7 June 1976.

Sold with a photograph of Diane Allen being presented with her medal, in which her husband David Allen also features; and other ephemera.