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Five: Private T. M. Abel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who died at the Sangro River on 20 Apri...
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Five: Private T. M. Abel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who died at the Sangro River on 20 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘7625863 Pte T M Abel RAOC’, extremely fine Five: J. Schouw, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘M19257 J. Schouw’, some scratches, generally very fine Pair: Miss W. N. Barnett, Entertainment National Service Association 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; together with the recipient’s original ENSA lapel badge, extremely fine, rare to unit One: Attributed to Mr. M. D. Chant, Air Raid Precautions Defence Medal, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. M. D. Chant, 52 Sefton Park Road, Bristol, 7’; together with the recipient’s silver ARP badge, extremely fine 1939-45 Star; copy Air Crew Europe Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (19) £120-£160 --- Thomas Moore Abel, a native of Liverpool, served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and died in Italy on 20 April 1944. He is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Sold with a family member’s Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze, ‘F. M. Abel, Dec 1949’, in fitted case. Miss W. N. Barnett served in Italy with the Entertainment National Service Association during the Second World War. Sold with three original programmes from productions in Italy (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly, and La Traviaata); and an original War Office letter addressed to the recipient at 10 Lausanne Road, Hornsey, London N8, confirming her award of both the 1939-45 Star and Italy Star. A most unusual pair.
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Five: Private T. M. Abel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who died at the Sangro River on 20 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘7625863 Pte T M Abel RAOC’, extremely fine Five: J. Schouw, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘M19257 J. Schouw’, some scratches, generally very fine Pair: Miss W. N. Barnett, Entertainment National Service Association 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; together with the recipient’s original ENSA lapel badge, extremely fine, rare to unit One: Attributed to Mr. M. D. Chant, Air Raid Precautions Defence Medal, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. M. D. Chant, 52 Sefton Park Road, Bristol, 7’; together with the recipient’s silver ARP badge, extremely fine 1939-45 Star; copy Air Crew Europe Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (19) £120-£160 --- Thomas Moore Abel, a native of Liverpool, served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and died in Italy on 20 April 1944. He is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Sold with a family member’s Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze, ‘F. M. Abel, Dec 1949’, in fitted case. Miss W. N. Barnett served in Italy with the Entertainment National Service Association during the Second World War. Sold with three original programmes from productions in Italy (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly, and La Traviaata); and an original War Office letter addressed to the recipient at 10 Lausanne Road, Hornsey, London N8, confirming her award of both the 1939-45 Star and Italy Star. A most unusual pair.
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