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23 February 2022

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№ 147

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23 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£460

A post-war ‘Far East’ military division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer J. Boyce, Royal Air Force

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (517496 Fl./Sgt. Joseph Boyce. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula (517496 F. Sgt. J. Boyce. R.A.F.) 2nd clasp secured by thread; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (517496 F. Sgt. J. Boyce. R.A.F.) mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (5) £280-£320

B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1950:
‘For excellent services in the Far East.’

Joseph Boyce was born in April 1913, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in January 1946. He served at the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East), Seletar, Singapore. Boyce advanced to Warrant Officer, and was discharged in April 1968.

Sold with recipient’s Royal Air Force Certificate of Service, group photograph, and copied congratulatory paperwork.