Reg Saunders' medals for sale are one of two sets

By Everard Himmelreich
Updated July 24 2017 - 4:42pm, first published 4:30pm
Up for auction: The set of eight war medals that the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in the Australian Army, Reg Saunders, born in Purnim, received for his service in the Second World and Korean wars.
Up for auction: The set of eight war medals that the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in the Australian Army, Reg Saunders, born in Purnim, received for his service in the Second World and Korean wars.

The discovery that a set of war medals awarded to prominent locally-born aborigine Reg Saunders could be duplicates has not deterred interest in their auction this week.

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