A Second War D.S.C. group of five attributed to Sub Lieutenant (A.)

A Second War D.S.C. group of five attributed to Sub Lieutenant (A.) A. W. D. Beale, Fleet Air Arm, who was decorated for his part in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, on which occasion he made a solo attack at 50 feet and 800 yards range - the sea around him ‘lashed with shot and fragments’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1940, the reverse officially dated ‘1941’ and additionally privately engraved ‘A. W. D. Beale, R.N., H.M.S. Ark Royal’, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (5) £1,800-£2,200.

Estimate:£1,800

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