Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Bombardier M. D. B. Pearcey, Royal Artillery

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24551722 Gnr M D B Pearcey RA); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24551722 Gnr M D B Pearcey RA); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24551722 Bdr M D B Pearcey RA); together with the recipient’s Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Medals for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine and better (6) £700-£900

Mark David Bernard Pearcey was born in Coventry in 1960 and witnessed extensive overseas service with the Royal Artillery during the South Atlantic campaign and as part of the mission to supervise the cease-fire and maintain a buffer zone on the island of Cyprus. Posted to the Middle East, he took part in the Liberation of Kuwait where artillery proved invaluable in softening up an entrenched Iraqi Army. Pearcey is later recorded as having died at Wolverhampton in 2011.