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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 343

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Brigadier H. E. Winthrop, Indian Army, who served in Kurdistan with the 11th Sikhs in 1923, before seeing wide-ranging service on the Staff, ending the Second World War as Commander of the Abbottabad Brigade, which saw him with some 500 Officers and 25,000 Other Ranks under his charge

British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, traces of lacquer, good very fine (8)

For his full-size awards and a biographical note, please see Lot 134.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£50