Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 3rd June 2025

Lot 41

A group of eight medals named or attributed to Alfred William Archibald Penfold, Royal Marines:

Estimate £150 - £250

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Description

A group of eight medals named or attributed to Alfred William Archibald Penfold, Royal Marines: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (R.M.A. 14919 GR. A.W.A. PENFOLD.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee Medal 1935; Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (PO. 2 14919 A,W.A. PENFOLD, MNE. R.M.); mounted for wearing, all about very fine, [8]; together with an Admiralty medal slip 1939-45 endorsed for 4 awards, a Royal Yacht fabric shoulder title, a loose War Medal 1939-45, and other items.



The recipient was born in Frimley on the 19th of November 1897. He worked as a postman before enlisting in the Royal Navy on the 4th of April 1916, serving in the Royal Marine Artillery and later in the Super-Dreadnought H.M.S. Canada. He re-engaged in October 1927 and his Long Service and Good Conduct medal was issued in 1931. He twice served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert in the inter-war years. During WWII he was assigned to the administrative establishment H.M.S. President III, indicating probable service as a gunner in a Defensively Armed Merchant Ship (DAMS).