Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22860793 Pte R. G. Lewis. Buffs) in named card box of issue, good very fine

Four: Able Seaman P. G. Lewis, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, all loose, nearly extremely fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (13-025758 Dvr. J. H. Chilton. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (lot) £200-£300

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from an Africa Collection.

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Sold with the following items related to R. G. Lewis: Native Panga, taken as a souvenir by recipient; Enlistment Notice (NS12A) dated 28 February 1953 - when ordered to the Buffs, New Infantry Barracks, Canterbury, Kent, to report on Thursday 19 March 1953; B.O.A.C. Passenger Ticket (London - Nairobi), 8 July 1953; African Information Booklet entitled “Mau Mau”; Advertising Flyer for “The Bristol Bar”, Mombassa; Room Card for the Ledra Palace Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus; Buffs Blazer Badge; a number of photographs of recipient - including of recipient as a new recruit, several of him with various armaments in camp during the Emergency, and one photograph identified as “Solomon”, who in the larger group photograph is holding the Panga included in the lot.

Sold with a quantity of items relating to P. G. Lewis, including: Birth Certificate, dated 21 February 1904; A.R.P. Badge; Air Raid Warden’s Certificate, W. H. Smith & Son, Strand House, W.C. 2; Grade Card, dated 19 August 1941; Certificate of Service (S 459) showing the following ships from September 1941 to November 1945 - the Pembroke, Watchful, Ganges, Sussex; Assegai; Frobisher, Hotspur, Eaglet and Ferret; Gunnery History Sheet (S 1245); Motor Cycling Diary 1941; Collins Naval Diary 1944 and Swan Diary 1944; 4 Ship Passes (for the Sussex, Hotspur and Frobisher; Action Ration Tin (with contents); 2 Photographs of recipient; Cap Tallies for the Pembroke and Watchful; Crossing the Line Certificate, dated 16 March 1943, H.M.S. Sussex, with accompanying booklet; Memorable Order of Tin Hats Certificate, dated 18 July 1943, Durban; Emblem of MOTHS with I.D. Card; Eastern Fleet Embarkation Card, dated 29 June 1943; Supreme Allied H.Q. D-Day Address from General Eisenhower; The Ditty Box, Naval Magazine, dated September 1944; 2 Norwegian Papers - Fremooer and Ofotens Tidende, dated June 1945; 2 Norwegian Banknotes - 1 and 2 Kroner; various employment papers; Bosun’s Whistle; Carved Wooden Peg; Stripes and Keys; Small Parachute; Pair of White Gunnery Gloves; I.D. Bracelet and other ephemera mostly housed in a blackened tin hat box.