Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (22802510 Pte. T. Butler. Devon Dorset.) minor edge bruising, lacquered, good very fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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The 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment embarked at Southampton in TT Dilwara on 2 November 1958 and disembarked at Limassol Dock, Cyprus, on 23 November 1958. The battalion served in Cyprus during the EOKA emergency until returning to the UK on 28 October 1959. T. Butler was most likely a National Service enlistment.