An Important Collection of Awards to the SAS and Special Forces

The campaign group of five awarded to Sergeant O. H. Ernst, “C” (Rhodesia) Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (S.R.314 Sjt. O. H. Ernst, S. Rhod. Mil. F.) together with original Rhodesian SAS cloth wings, nearly extremely 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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Sergeant O. H. Ernst was a regular soldier who helped raise the Rhodesian SAS Squadron for service in Malaya. He died in Malaya on 13 June 1951, becoming the first casualty suffered by the unit on active service. The lot is sold with a Squadron photograph and related copy news cuttings.