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Sold on 25 March 1997

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An Important Collection of Awards to the SAS and Special Forces

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№ 580

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25 March 1997

Hammer Price:
£80

A campaign group of five awarded to Sergeant J. A. McIntosh, ‘L’ Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, privately inscribed on the reverse (Sgt. J. A. McIntosh, L Detach S.A.S. 1941-43); Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, very fine (5)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Important Collection of Awards to the SAS and Special Forces.

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Sold with correspondence which indicates that Sgt. McIntosh subsequently served with the Special Raiding Squadron in Sicily in 1943, and was possibly captured and escaped from Termoli.