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A Small Collection of Medals to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial Force)

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№ 486

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13 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£120

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (242 Pte. F. Thorp. 5/Essex Regt.); together an Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Bro. F. H. Thorpe [sic]. St Mark’s Lodge 1938, with integral top brooch bar; and a ‘St. Catherine’ brooch bar, toned, very fine £100-£140

Frederick Heniker Thorp was born at Maldon in 1876 and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 75 of 1 April 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He died in Maldon in 1953.