Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Attributed to Private Vera M. Barnes, Auxiliary Territorial Service
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine

Pair: Attributed to Private Sheila M. Greening, Auxiliary Territorial Service
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (4) £60-£80

Vera Mary Barnes was born at Witney, Oxfordshire on 4 April 1905, and enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service at Lyndhurst, Hampshire, on 28 October 1938.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldiers Service and Pay ‘Brown Book’, to W/3840, Vera Mary Barnes; a portrait photograph believed to be of the recipient wearing A.T.S. uniform and a Royal Artillery collar badge above the right breast pocket; and brown plastic wartime economy A.T.S. cap badge.

Sheila Marguerite Greening was born on 19 August 1920, and enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service at Oxford on 10 March 1942. She was issued two service chevrons in April 1944.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldiers Service and Pay ‘Brown Book’, to W/145512 Sheila Marguerite Greening; a Second World War, Eastern Command, printed Bulldog patch; brass A.T.S. cap badge with slider; a pair of all brass A.T.S. Shoulder titles; a Royal Corps of Signals collar badge (used as a breast insignia by the A.T.S.), this with a brazed repair; a small portrait photograph believed to be of the recipient wearing A.T.S. uniform and the badges listed above; and a small group A.T.S. group photograph.