Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. E. G. Spencer, Australian Army

Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, Vietnam, edge inscribed, ‘Cary Replica’; Vietnam Medal 1964-73 (2789324 J. E. Spencer) edge additionally marked, ‘D’ for ‘Duplicate’; Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951-72, unnamed copy; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960-, reverse inscribed, ‘J. E. Spencer’ and additionally marked ‘D’ for ‘Duplicate’, mounted court style as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100

John Edward George Spencer served as a Corporal in the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Rifles in Vietnam from February to October 1970; sold with copied District Court Martial papers in respect of the recipient’s reduction to the rank of Private for being absent without leave on his return from Vietnam in late 1970. He was discharged in March 1971.