7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1512923 Corporal Joseph Hewith Pratt, RAF, comprising 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medal, together with postal box of issue with medal slips, his New Testament, a hand written "Overseas Diary" from October 18th 1944 to April 17th 1946 describing his time serving in Burma, three enamelled Burma Star Association badges and hand written notes for a talk given to the Burma Star Association, of which he was a member
Footnote:- The diary describes his voyage by Troop Ship to Bombay where he transferred to a lorry which took him to WORLI Camp. He was then posted by rail to 85 ASP at Chittagong in Eastern Bengal but on reaching his destination discovered that 85 ASP had left. He then travelled on by various means to Burma
Sold for £70
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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