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Auction: 20002 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Space Exploration
Lot: 437

Three: Private D. G. A. MacRae, Highland Light Infantry

France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, with original Soldier's Service and Pay Book to No. 14765645 Private D. G. A. MacRae, and compliment slip, very fine (3)

Donald George Adam MacRae was born on 17 August 1923, the son of Mrs S. MacRae of 12 Moray Terrace, Brora, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. An oxy-acetylene welder by trade, he attested for the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 18 May 1944. A later note which accompanies the group states that he landed in Normandy on D+1, witnessing combat at Bourguebus Ridge, Falaise and on the Rhine, making reference to being wounded in action on 18 January 1945.

Sold with original cap badge and a photograph of the recipient atop an armoured vehicle.

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Sold for
£50

Starting price
£30