Estimate: | £1,500 - £2,000 |
Hammer price: | £3,200 |
Comprising; The D.S.O George VI issue, dated 1940, with the original Garrard & Co case, The 1939-45 Star, The Atlantic Star, The War Medal, the box of postage with ribbons and named forwarding slip, confirming three awards, also a Royal Navy bullion cap badge, a Royal Navy Officer's belt with sword strap fittings, a bicorn hat with a pair of epaulettes, with his named tin box, the named certificate confirming the award of The D.S.O, a framed portrait photograph, an unframed portrait photograph, both showing him in dress uniform, a named memorial scroll, a named memorial certificate from H.M.S Narwhal and various copied biographical and other paperwork, Ronald James Burch died on 1st August 1940, aged 33, when H.M Submarine Narwhal was sunk by the Germans