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Auction: 23002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 140

A superb and complete 'Operation Jericho - Amiens Prison Raid' group of nine dress miniatures worn by Flight Lieutenant M. N. Sparks, Royal New Zealand Air Force, the last survivor of the famous raid which brought down the walls of Amiens Prison with pin-point accuracy, freeing hundreds of Resistance fighters and forestalling the destruction of the Organisation Civile et Militaire network

Air Force Cross, E.II.R.; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Arabian Peninsula, with M.I.D. oak leaf denoting Queen's Commendation mounted on blue riband separately; Malaysia, Pingat Jasa Medal, the British awards mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (9)

For his full-size awards and a biographical note, please see Lot 132.

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£160