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Auction: 4004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 36

An Extremely Rare Suez D.S.M. Group of Seven to Leading Seaman T.Dyer, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st type legend (L.S. T. Dyer, P/JX 163578); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, one clasp, Near East, mounted as worn; together with a replacement group, as listed above except D.S.M. which is 2nd type, extremely fine (14) Estimate £ 6,000-7,000 D.S.M. London Gazette 13.6.1957 Leading Seaman Thomas Dyer, P/JX.163578, H.M.S. Newfoundland Leading Seaman Thomas Dyer M.M. was awarded one of only two M.M.s for the Suez operations in 1956 when H.M.S. Newfoundland sank an Egyptian Frigate on 1.11.1956

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£7,800