30th Jun, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 5
 

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A British War Medal, awarded to L-897 SJT.C.E.KEAY. R.A., together with related items including...

A British War Medal, awarded to L-897 SJT.C.E.KEAY. R.A., together with related items including a plaque from an identity bracelet, cap badges, shoulder titles, photographs, a cigarette case, leather wallets, shrapnel etc., also five Francis Drake Felllowship bowling lapel badges for 1958,1959, 1960, 1962 and 1963 Footnote:- Sergeant Keay's life was saved by a pocket bible, which was in his breast pocket and deflected a bullet that was fired at him. He was hospitalised from September 1917 until March 1918, and had over twenty pieces of shrapnel removed from his body

Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 30th Jun, 2021

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