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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 1034

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel S.J. Loretz, Intelligence Corps, Indian Army, and 13th Frontier Force Rifles India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lt. S.J. Loretz, 4-13 F.F.Rif.), clasps connected by wire; India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Capt. S.J. Loretz, Intel. Dept.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal; India Service Medal, generally very fine or better (6) Estimate £ 280-320 Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Joseph Loretz, born Chiswick, 1900; passed out from Sandhurst and commissioned Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 24.12.1920; Captain Frontier Force Rifles, 24.3.1923; appointed Assistant Director, Intelligence Department (Peshawar), 25.11.1935-15.11.1941; fluent in many local dialects and French, German and Italian he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 1 L.O.C. Section Intelligence Corps (Basra, Iraq), from 16.11.1941; advanced Lieutenant-Colonel 24.12.1946.

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