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The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

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15 May 2024

Hammer Price:
£140

Six: Warrant Officer Class II R. A. Higgins, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband (3528214 Pte. R. A. Higgins. Manch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3528214 W. O. Cl. 2. R. A. Higgins. R.A.O.C.) mounted court-style for display, official correction to unit on the last, very fine (6) £140-£180

Robert Arthur Higgins was born on 12 July 1918. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne, on 5 September 1935 and was a resident of Rusholme, Manchester. He died at Gateshead on 23 April 1976.