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Sold on 17 September 1999

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The Langham Collection of Medals to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

David Langham

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№ 823

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£270

Six: Warrant Officer J. G. Foster, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Volunteer Company, Royal West Kent Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1902 (7101 Corpl., Vol. Coy. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (T-312 W.O.Cl.1, A.O.C.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7579110 W.O.Cl.II, R.A.O.C.) together with corresponding set of miniatures, a gilt and enamel medal of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows (for services rendered 1903), and an original postcard photograph taken in Sierra Leone 1916, generally very fine or better (13) £120-140



Foster was still serving in WW2 as Captain (W.S. Major), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.