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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 490

Five: Major G.G.E. Matthews, 16th Airborne Division, Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. G.G.E. Matthews. R.A.S.C.); Coronation 1953, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, last with card box of issue, with the following related items: - A solid silver (Hallmarks for London 1954) presentation figure of a fully equipped paratrooper, on a wooden plinth, 140mm, with silver plaque engraved ´Presented to Major G.G.E. Matthews by Officers 16 A.B. Div. Coln´ - The recipient´s identity tags, Royal Berkshire cap badge, enamelled parachute Badge, and whistle - Various cloth unit and rank insignia (5) Estimate £ 350-400 Major Graham George Emil Matthews, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army, 4.12.1943; promoted Lieutenant, 4.6.1944; Captain, 18.1.1949; Major, 10.3.1950; transferred to the Reserve, 16.8.1954. Major Matthews served with the 16th Airborne Division. Commanded by Major-General R.E. Urquhart, of Market Garden fame, the Division was raised in 1947 and had three Parachute Brigades each with three Territorial Battalions of the Parachute Regiment.

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£900