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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 109

A ´Military´ B.E.M. Group of Seven to Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer J.A. Guenigault, Royal Navy a) British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (S.B.C.P.O. John A. Guenigault. C/M. 652), with card box of issue b) 1914-15 Star (M.652, A.J. [sic] Guenigault. S.B.S.2., R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals (M.652 J.A. Guenigault. S.B.S. R.N.) d) Defence and War Medals e) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (M.652 J.A. Guenigault. S.B.P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke), good very fine, with the Admiralty enclosure slip for the Second World War awards, and two cloth insignia (7) Estimate £ 280-320 B.E.M. London Gazette 2.6.1943 Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer John Albert Guenigault, C/M.652 Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer John Albert Guenigault, B.E.M. was, according to family tradition, awarded the British Empire Medal for intervening and stopping some junior ratings who were throwing live grenades into the sea whilst their ship was in port, thus averting a potential disaster.

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