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Auction: 4020 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 98

A Battle of Cambrai M.C. Group of Three to Captain C.C. Chandler, West Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C.C. Chandler.), extremely fine, with a group of three related miniature awards, these mounted as worn together with --five original maps (including a captured German trench map) of the Havrincourt area, one marked showing the advance of the British Front Line -- 62nd West Riding Division Special Orders of the Day for 24.11.1917 and 6.12.1917 --Fifteen aerial reconnaissance photographs, many of Havrincourt and surrounding area, including nine British photographs of 'No.8 Advanced Section' (Havrincourt) -- sixteen small reproductions of sketches by T.A. Chisholm, subjects include 'Balloon on fire, Havrincourt Wood', 'Tanks, Metz Wood, Cambrai', and 'Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt Wood'. Estimate £ 700-800 M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1918, Captain Claude Cyril Chandler, W. York. R.

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