The important Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.C. group of seven awarded

The important Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. M. Parry, The Essex Regiment, attached 9th Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division, who commanded “A” Company in the attack on the Merville Battery on D-Day, 6 June 1944, being severely wounded in the leg, and again jumped with the Battalion on 24 March 1945, over the Rhine Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945 and additionally engraved ‘A. J. M. Parry The Essex Reg.’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf these last four privately engraved ‘A. J. M. Parry. The Essex Reg.’; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major A. J. M. Parry. Essex.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, good very fine (7) £8,000-£12,000.

Estimate:£8,000

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