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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 686

(x) Four: Sergeant C. H. Lumley, Coldstream Guards, a recipient of the rare Medal of the Order of South Arabia

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (22817120 Sgt. C. Lumley. Coldm Gds.); U.N. Medal, for Cyprus; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22817120 Sgt. C. H. Lumley. Coldm. Gds); South Arabia, Federation, Medal of the Order of South Arabia, reverse impressed '22817120 Sgt. Lumley', mounted court-style as worn, pin removed, last with suspension repaired, very fine (4)

Christopher Howard Lumley was born on 11 April 1934 and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards on 16 March 1953. His Medal of the Order of South Arabia was awarded during 1968. The Medal was manufactured by Spink & Son and Jim Routledge in the Journal of the Orders & Medals Research Society, (Summer 1991) confirms the existance of another such named award.

Having earned his L.S. & G.C. on 16 August 1973, Lumley was discharged on 29 May 1975; sold together with copied research and an article by Lumley in The Guards Magazine, Autumn 1969, relating his service with the Cadet Training Teams in Yorkshire having returned from Aden.

For his miniature awards, please see Lot 819.

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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£240