Bidspirit auction | A modern group of seven

A modern group of seven medals to a Regular officer of the Royal Corps of Signals for service during the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency, consisting of: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (second type, Military Division), 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal 1918 (EIIR second type) with clasp Malaya and Federation of Malaya Active Service Medal (Pingat Khidmat Berbakti). The GSM 1918 named to: Major D A Bond R Sigs. David Augustine Bond was born on 31 January 1922 and joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1940. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 15/11/1941 and posted to India in 1942. He later served in Burma in the rank of Captain with both the 19th and 25th Indian Divisional Signals during the campaign to liberate Burma from the Japanese occupation. After the end of WW2 he served in Nigeria and on secondment to the Federation of Malaya Signal Corps from 1958 to 1961. During this latter period he was appointed MBE (London Gazette 10/06/1961) and received the Pingat Khidmat Berbakti from the Government of the Federation of Malaya. After serving with the 7th Armoured Brigade in Germany, he commanded the Electronic Warfare Group at the School of Signals. Following his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in 1966, he was serving as Chief Instructor of the Signal Wing at the Royal School of Military Engineering when he died on 10/12/1968 at the early age of 46. The Pingat Khidmat Berbakti was awarded to UK Army personnel who were engaged in the operations in Malaya between 31/08/1957 and 31/07/1960, while seconded to the Federation of Malaya Armed Forces. Colonel Bond would also have been entitled to The Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM), or Malaysian Service Medal, awarded by the Malaysian government in 2004 to British and Commonwealth forces who served in Malaysia during the Malayan Emergency. Permission to wear it in uniform was granted by the UK government in 2011. The group mounted for wear by the recipient. Some light contact marks, but generally Good Very Fine (GVF) condition.