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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 523

The mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals and original archive of Captain A. A. Martin, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Two Bars, R.D., Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R.; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48; Coronation 1953; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., with Second and Third Award Bars, both E.II.R., mounted as worn, very fine (11)

D.S.O. London Gazette 12 June 1945 (Opening of the Greek Ports).

D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1941.

Second Award Bar to D.S.C. London Gazette 7 December 1943 (Operation Antidote).

Third Award Bar to D.S.C. London Gazette 27 March 1945 (Operation Dragoon).

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 October 1940 (Operation Dynamo - air attack), 31 March 1942 (Nore minefield) & 14 November 1944 (minesweeping).

Alister Angus Martin was born in 1903 at Tynemouth and served in the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War. He served in command of H.M.T. Iverforth during the Dunkirk evacuation and thence commanded Rothesay.

Sold together with the following original archive:

(i) Warrant for the D.S.O, with its postage envelope.

(ii) Two M.I.D. certificates, both in their named postage envelopes.

(iii) C.V. of the recipient, whilst Director of Marine, Federation of Malaya.

(iv) A file of original letters, official notes and certificates, throughout his career, together with newspaper cuttings.

(v) A set of full-size and miniature riband bars, together with lengths of ribands.

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£300