Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Chief Petty Officer E. J. Page, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘E. J. Page C.P.O./S.M. D/KX. 76827 H.M.S. Duke of York’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX. 76827 E. J. Page. S.P.O. H.M.S. Duke of York.) good very fine (6) £80-£120

H.M.S. Duke of York was part of a task force on 26 December 1943 which encountered the German battleship Scarnhorst and played an important role in its successful sinking.