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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 551

Pair: Sapper R. J. Ball, 59 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, N. Iraq & S. Turkey (24877957 Spr R J Ball RE); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, nearly extremely fine (2)

The recipient was likely a member of the Explosive Ordnance Detatchment, 59 Independant Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, which served alongside American, French and Italian Engineers in support of the U.S Marines forming the Engineer Support Platoon which found itself '...always near the tip of the spear' during the operations in northern Iraq and south Turkey (Humanitarian Operations in Northern Iraq, 1991 with Marines in Operation Provide Comfort, Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Brown, U.S. Marine Corps, refers).

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Estimate
£300 to £400

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