11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War Italian Campaign Group of Seven Medals, awarded to 7262515 W.O.CL.1 J.(John) DOLAGHAN, R.A.M.C., comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp 1ST ARMY, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal with MID oak leaf, Coronation Medal 1953, and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with REGULAR ARMY suspender bar, the war medals all privately named, swing mounted as worn, together with his Soldier's Service and Pay Book, Record of Service, Medical Examination Report, testimonials and other ephemera.
Footnote :- Warrant Officer 1st Class John Dolaghan saw service in the latter stages of the Second World War, serving with No.1 Field Ambulance, R.A,M.C., 1st Guards Brigade, 6th Armoured Division.
Sold for £110
Estimated at £180 - £250
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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