Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 593

A Second World War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. G. Adie, Home Guard, late Honourable Artillery Company

British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., (Military), 1st issue (Sgt. Charles G. Adie, H.G.); British War and Victory Medals (625814 Gnr. C. G. Adie, H.A.C. - Art.); Defence Medal 1939-45, the third with officially re-impressed naming, generally good very fine (4)

B.E.M. London Gazette 15 December 1944.

Charles George Adie also served in the Royal Field Artillery in the Great War and was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. During the Second World War he served as a Sergeant in the 11th Middlesex Home Guard and was based at Wealdstone. As such, he undoubtedly witnessed the Blitz, a case in point being the opening night of the Luftwaffe's offensive in 1940, when Wealdstone suffered extensive damage; sold with copied research.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£380