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A Second War 'Italy theatre' O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. W. Richardson,...
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A Second War ‘Italy theatre’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. W. Richardson, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse engraved ‘Lt-Col (A/Col) R. W. Richardson’, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn, lacquered, very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946: Colonel Roy Walter Richardson, E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy (to be dated 29 September 1945)’. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1944. Efficiency Decoration awarded per GO 442 of 1944.
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A Second War ‘Italy theatre’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. W. Richardson, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse engraved ‘Lt-Col (A/Col) R. W. Richardson’, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn, lacquered, very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946: Colonel Roy Walter Richardson, E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy (to be dated 29 September 1945)’. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1944. Efficiency Decoration awarded per GO 442 of 1944.
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