Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Six: Petty Officer W. L. Wood, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 106005 P.O., H.M.S. Drake); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 106005 (Dev. D. 429) L.S., R.F.R.), contact marks, generally very fine and better and most unusual (6) £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Royal Fleet Reserve men who were re-engaged to complete time for a pension, or as is equally likely in Wood’s case for the duration of hostilities, were eligible for the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal, but were meant to return their Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. Medals at the time of award. Relevant rolls for the period 1939-51 reveal that at least 200 Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. Medals were returned in this manner, yet, inevitably, some were not.