Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 440

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: 2nd Lieutenant A. J. K. Geere, 2/27 Punjabis

British War Medal 1914-20
(2 Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2/Lt., 2/27 Pjbs.), small erasure / edge bruise at 9 o’clock on the last, otherwise good very fine (2) £100-120

Alfred John Kelsall Geere was first commissioned on the Unattached List (I.A.) in August 1918, but joined the 67th Punjabis in the following month. As per his India General Service 1908-35 Medal, however, he obviously transferred to the 2/27th Punjabis shortly thereafter.