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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 635

The mounted group of five miniature dress medals worn by Captain T. H. Cullen, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Royal Engineers and Northern Nigeria Regiment

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1900; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted as worn, good very fine (5)

Thomas Henry Cullen served initially in the Northern Nigeria Regiment before transferring to the Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers during the Boer War. Having earned his L.S. & G.C., he was commissioned and served in France as a Lieutenant with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from January 1916, earning a 'mention' before war's end (London Gazette 25 May 1918, refers); sold together with copied research including medal rolls, MIC and a group photograph including the recipient.

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£50