9th Aug, 2023 10:00

TWO DAY: Military & Collectables Auction

 
Lot 656
 

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A Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) General Service medal

Sold for £25
Estimated at £30 - £50


 
A Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) General Service medal, AF, awarded to Private Frederick Leslie Bissell (4972917), medal stamped '4972917 PTE. F.L.BISSELL. FORESTERS', sold with a small selection of medallions, and a small collection of Wolves Programmes, 1949 and later, Bissell was attached to the 1st Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, seeing action out in the Middle East where he was awarded the Palestine Clasp (missing), being promoted to Corporal, on 19th June 1942 was Killed in Action in Cyrenia, aged 28 (parcel)