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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 67

The Second War ´Commando´ Group of Six Attributed to Captain G.J. Jones, No. 6 Commando, Late Hampshire Regiment
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 1st Army Bar; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, extremely fine, with the following related items:
- The recipient´s Commando ´Fighting Knife´, by Wilkinson, with scrolled blade inscriptions, ´No. 6 Commando´ and ´Capt. G. Jones´, complete with metal-tipped leather scabbard
- The recipient´s related miniature awards, the Africa Star lacking 1st Army Bar, mounted in a glazed display frame
- The recipient´s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, date 21.4.1944, housed in a glazed display frame
- War Office letter to the recipient on the occasion of his release from active duty, granting him the honorary rank of Captain, dated 16.7.1946
- Letter from the recipient to his sister, dated 28.3.1945, written on German writing paper
- The recipient´s Old Comrades Association of Army Commandos membership booklet
- Group photograph of the recipient (6)

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£1,100