Auction Catalogue

11 October 2023

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№ 499

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11 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£300

Five: Private A. H. Bartlett, Royal Artillery, late Hampshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (330900 Pte. A. Bartlett. Hamps. R.) edge bruise to BWM; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (5489508 Gnr. A. H. Bartlett. R.A.) mounted for wear, generally very fine (5) £140-£180

Augustus Henry Bartlett was born in July 1894. He served during the Great War with the Hampshire Regiment, and was wounded in action. Bartlett re-engaged for service during the Second World War with the Coast Artillery, Royal Artillery, and was discharged in 1944 (awarded the Efficiency Medal in August 1940). In later life he resided at Malvern Cottage, Haven Street, Near Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Sold with the following original documents: recipient’s Soldier’s Service Book; Discharge Certificate; enclosure slip for Second War campaign awards; enclosure slip for the Efficiency Medal Clasp, dated 13 March 1947; correspondence between recipient and the R.A. Records Office with regards to entitlement; photograph of recipient in military convalescence clothing, with other ephemera.