Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private K. Fineburg, Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22426988 Pte. K. Fineburg. R. Leicesters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £100-£140

In October 1951 the 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, embarked at Hong Kong for Korea. On 5 November the Battalion took part in the second Battle of Maryang-san, afterwards known as the Gunpowder Plot Battle. The young and inexperienced troops fought magnificently and continued to show high fighting qualities during the remainder of the year in which the Battalion campaigned in Korea. There the Battalion won the last two Battle Honours of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.