The Second World War group of four medals attributed to Henry Alexander Leonard Geary, R.A. and

The Second World War group of four medals attributed to Henry Alexander Leonard Geary, R.A. and R.I.A.S.C.: 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wearing and unnamed as issued; together with an identical mounted group, a group of corresponding dress miniature medals, and a Burma Star Association lapel badge, very fine.

(The following details derive from family tradition): The recipient (son of John Alexander Geary, D.S.O.) was an apprentice to Riley in Coventry before it merged with Morris in the late 1930s. He enlisted at the start of the Second World War, serving initially with the Royal Artillery before being seconded to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. He was captured by the Japanese in Burma and worked on a railway as a P.O.W.