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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 637

(x) Six: Colour-Sergeant R. G. Braddick, Royal Fusiliers and East Surrey Regiment, who served with the Raiding Support Regiment in 1943

1939-45; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Near East, Arabian Peninsula (14571321 C. Sgt. R. G. Braddick. R.F.), mounted as worn, rod between clasps, contact marks, very fine (6)

Robert George Braddick was born 6 September 1924 in Edmonton, Middlesex. He served with the (R.S.R.) Raiding Support Regiment, a unit described as a precursor to the modern S.A.S. which fought alongside the commandos and the partisans in Yugoslavia. The unit received parachute and mountain warfare training, as well as training in boat and amphibious landings. Braddick was transferred to the East Surrey Regiment on 11 December 1943 and the Royal Fusiliers, 10 June 1945. He married Margarete Steggink at Iserlohn, Germany in 1949. The 'Arabian Peninsula' clasp was only awarded to 35 Royal Fusiliers. Braddick died on 9 February 1983 at Kimberley Close, Dover, Kent.


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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£110