Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Subaltern M. Humfrey, Auxiliary Territorial Service

France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Sub., A.T.S.), together with set of related miniature dress medals, extremely fine and rare (8) £180-220

An unusual case of the France and Germany Star being awarded without prior entitlement to the 1939-45 Star for six months’ service in a specified operational command overseas, and all the rarer to a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Miss Humfrey was originally commissioned into the A.T.S. as a 2nd Subaltern in March 1943.

Sold with a pair of official issue “Territorial” binoculars, in leather case, and an old wooden box with numerous metalled or embroidered rank “pips”.