A 'Hard Fighting' & Desirable South African soldiers 'Full-House' of Second World War campaign medals group of 6, including El Alamein & Monte Cassino service: Private Conrad Harold Freeman, 1st Royal Natal Carbineers

- The 1939-45 Star. No clasp (307. C.H. Freeman)
- The Africa Star. With original clasp '8th Army' (307. C.H. Freeman)
- The Italy Star (307. C.H. Freeman)
- Defence Medal (307. C.H. Freeman)
- War Medal 1939-45 (307. C.H. Freeman)
- Union of South Africa: Africa Service Medal (307. C.H. Freeman)

Important: All of the medals are officially impressed South African 'Pretoria Mint' issues

The recipients unique Army Number is in the block 201-600 allocated to the 1st Royal Natal Carbineers

1st Royal Natal Carbiniers 'East Africa Campaign' 1940-41: On 17 July 1940 the 1st (Royal) Natal Carbineers sailed for Kenya as part of the 1st South African Brigade. Their destination was the Italian colonial empire in East Africa. For the next 10 months the Regiment participated in the South African advance through Italian Somaliland and Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), until Italian resistance was broken at Amba Alagi in May 1941

1st Royal Natal Carbineers 'Western Desert Campaign' 1941-43: Following the fall of Italian East Africa in May 1941, the 1st South African Brigade was dispatched to North Africa to confront the joint Italian-German forces in the see-saw offensives across Egypt and Libya. The Carbineers earned numerous individual battle honours between June 1941 and January 1943 when it sailed home for a well-earned leave.

1st Royal Natal Carbineers 'Italy Campaign' 1944-45: The 1st Royal Natal Carbineers landed at Taranto, Italy, on 20 April 1944, just in time for the latter phases of the battles for Cassino. From there the Regiment fought its way up the Italian boot, through Rome, until final victory in May 1945

Sold together with some soft-copy service index cards, and images of the original medal transmittal package

The group mounted in the swing-style, and as-worn by the recipient The medals suspended from their silk ribands from a white-metal mounting bar, this retaining its long hinged pin and clasp fittings

Condition: GVF

Code: 24076