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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
20-Nov-2011
Lot No.
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Description:
Important World War I Dfc, Dcm group of eight awarded to flying ace and Qantas co-founder Lieutenant Paul Joseph McGinness mounted on display bar: - Dfc with correct issue horizontally striped ribbon (replaced) dated to obverse '1918' and privately engraved by recipient 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness A.F.C., A.I.F.' - Dcm engraved to rim '324 Sgt. P.J. McGinness 8/L.H. Regt. Aust. I.F.' - - 1914-15 Star engraved to obverse '324 Pte. P.J. McGinness 8/Lh Rgt. A.I.F.' - British War Medal and Victory Medal engraved to rim 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness Aif' - Pacific Star engraved to obverse and British War Medal and Australian Defence Medal engraved to rim '25138 P.J. McGinness' This group is believed to be unique as no other Australian serviceman is known to have received the Dfc and Dcm during World War I or World War II. and a large archive of photographs and ephemera relating to Paul McGinness' military and civilian life including: - reproduction of a photograph of St Patricks College, Ballarat 2nd Eighteen Football team, 1911, including McGinness - 18 black and white postcard photographs of the Turkish army, circa World War I
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified