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Auction: 20002 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Space Exploration
Lot: 621

Five: Sergeant M. Clarke, Royal Anglian, who was a Team Commander on Covert Operations in Northern Ireland

General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Kuwait (24763545 Pte M Clarke R Anglian), copy second clasp; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (24763545 Sgt M Clarke R Anglian); Jubilee 2002; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (24763545 Cpl M Clarke R Anglian); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, ISAF, on ISAF riband, first four mounted court-style as worn, pin removed, good very fine (5)

Michael Clarke was born on 6 October 1968 and enlisted at Kettering on 12 January 1986. He served with the 2nd Battalion as a Team Commander and deployed on Covert Operations (COP) with the Close Observation Platoon from 30 March-1 October 2004. He clearly enjoyed the role as he expressed interest to the Officer Commanding COP to become its Company Quarter-Master Sergeant if the role became available. This was not his first tour during Operation Banner and he also deployed to Kuwait in 1991 - earning a second Clasp to his GSM, a fact confirmed in his Verification Report. Latterly serving in Afghanistan, his unit suffered the tragic loss of comrades as a result of friendly fire, notably in 2007 after an American F-15 jet bombed them; sold together with Verification Report, five Staff Tour Reports, besides a number of photographs which identify the recipient and a copy of Solider, which covered the Afghanistan tour in 2007.

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£320