Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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

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

Lot

№ 587

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£120

British North Borneo General Service Medal 1937 (2), silver unnamed specimen, with rev. laurel branch extant; another, a bronze unnamed specimen, with rev. laurel branch officially defaced, both with minor die flaws to obverse, first with ribbon for ‘long and meritorious service’, extremely fine (2) £60-80

43 of these rare medals in silver were awarded, 42 for ‘long and meritorious service’, one for ‘gallantry’.