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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 771

Pair: John Donlon, Irish Republican Army
General Service Medal 1917-21, combatant's version with Comrac Bar, reverse privately engraved 'John F. Donlon', with integral top riband bar; 1921-71 Truce Anniversary Commemorative Medal, reverse privately engraved 'John F. Donlon', with integral top riband bar, trace of verdigris to latter, very fine or better, with the recipient's Longford Brigade I.R.A. 1916-1923 lapel pin (2)

John F. Donlon served with the Longford Brigade, Irish Republican Army. The dates on his lapel pin suggest that he was part of the Anti-Treaty I.R.A. during the Civil War.


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