Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An unusual Great War M.M. group of nine awarded to Honorary Captain A. J. Stiff, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for services on anti-aircraft searchlight duties in France

Military Medal, G.V.R. (562577 Spr. - A.L. Cpl. A. J. Stiff, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1471 Cpl. A. J. Stiff, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, this last privately inscribed, ‘Capt. A. J. Stiff, R.E.’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., Regular Army (1858830 C.Q.M. Sjt. A. J. Stiff, M.M., R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (1858830 W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Stiff, M.M., R.E.), this last with officially corrected initials, generally good very fine (9)
£400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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M.M. London Gazette 13 November 1918.

Alex John Stiff, a native of Buckland, Dover, was awarded his M.M. in respect of services in 3/Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, R.E. (official records refer).

Granted a Regular Army Emergency Commission as a Lieutenant in his old corps in March 1941, he attained the rank of Honorary Captain in March 1944; sold with brief research.