Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Staff Sergeant S. L. Salter, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (786333 Sgt. S. L. Salter. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (786333 S/Sjt. S. L. Salter. R.A.) surname officially corrected; mounted court-style for display, very fine (6) £100-£140

Stanley Leslie Salter was born in Carshalton, Surrey, in 1915, and attested for the Royal Artillery as a 14 year old on 1 January 1929. Recorded as an engineer by profession, Salter sailed aboard the Strathaird to Sydney on 18 June 1953, and was discharged to pension just days later on 3 July 1953.