WW2 medal bar to an 8th army veteran

[paulscoot]

I was pleased to pick up the other week, this bar of medals to an 8th army Royal signals veteran. It consists of the 1939-45 Star, The Africa star with 8th army clasp, the Defence and war medals and last of all The Territorial Efficiency Medal. This medal is named to Signalman 2575430 A E Ryder , No research as yet but I'm thinking that due to a lack of Italy star he may have been captured ,Wounded & invalided out or (hopefully not) KIA .I've decided (inspired by member Fallschirmjager ) to collect all of the different clasps on different medal bars as I think they'll make a fine display ( might have to wait a bit for the Battle of Britain bar ) Regards, Paul.

[Watchdog]

Nice group Paul and a great idea for a collection.

I have a group of WWI and WWII medals including a DSM and a post war ISM that were my great grandfathers who was RN and RNFR which is pending research.

Good luck with the BOB clasp

Regards

Mark

[Wilko]

Very nice medal bar Paul and with a great clasp for the 8th Army. As mark has already said good luck with collecting the campaign clasps. It is a great idea for a collection and I really look forward to seeing the clasps as you get them.

Ken