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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 53

A fine post-war Commando's group of three awarded to Sergeant M. Agar, Royal Marines, the recipient of a rare 4-clasp Naval General Service Medal

Naval General Service 1915-62, 4 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, Canal Zone (CH/X. 4452 M. Agar, Mne., R.M.), the last clasp in its case of issue; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (CH/X. 4452 M. Agar, Sgt., R.M.); Royal Navy L.S. and G.C. Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (CH/X. 4452 M. Agar, Cpl., R.M.), the first and last mounted as worn, last with official correction to prefix, good very fine (3)

Michael Agar was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire on 18 February 1928 and joined the Royal Marines in November 1945. Having then qualified for his green beret, he was posted to 45 Commando in January 1947, in which he undertook his first tour of duty in post-war Palestine.

Various appointments having ensued back home, he joined 40 Commando in September 1951, in which he served in Malaya and the Canal Zone. Whilst in the period that encompassed active service in the Arabian Peninsula, he served in 4 Raiding Squadron, 42 Commando, and in 45 Commando. And for his final stint of active service during the Borneo confrontation in 1964-65, he returned to his old unit 42 Commando.

Awarded his L.S. and G.C. Medal in April 1961, Agar was discharged at Eastney with the rank of Sergeant in February 1968 and died at the R.N.H. Haslar in February 1981; sold with copied record of service, which confirms his medals and clasps, and copied death certificate.

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£1400