Five: Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Ettrick Havelock Horn, General Service List, late 1st Battalion 3rd Madras Regiment

- IGS 1908. GV 'Waziristan 1921-24' (Lt. R. E. Horn, 1-3 Madras R.)
- The 1939-45 Star
- The Africa Star No clasp
- The Italy Star
- War Medal. With 'Oak leaf' emblem for 'Mention-in-Despatches'

Sold together with flattened card box of issue for the Second World War medals, this addressed to the recipient at:

55 Harrow Road,
Carshalton
Surrey

Mention-in-Despatches: Lieutenant-Colonel Horn, Royal Army Service Corps, had the award of the MID published in the London Gazette issue of 23 May 1946, which preamble to the award states:

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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre

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Reginald Ettrick Havelock orn served with the 1st Battalion Madras Regiment during the Waziristan campaign of 1921-24. After leaving the Indian Army, he saw further service during the Second World War with both 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and the Royal Army Service Corps in North Africa, Italy and Greece, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches, as a Lieutenant-Colonel (London Gazette 23 May 1946).

The medals mounted in the court-style. The reverse of the mounting bar retaining its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

All IGS 1908 medals named British Officers of the 3rd Madras Regiment, are rare, as only 1st Battalion of the Madras Regiment, deployed on active campaign service to the North West Frontier of India in period 1920-24.

Rare to 3rd Madras Regiment

Condition: GVF

Code: 22010