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A Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force

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This collection was sold in 4 parts:

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Lot 833, 10 Dec 14

A rare Great War airship operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. S. Coltson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for a well-executed and convincing attack on a U-Boat in February 1917, while in command of H.M. Airship C-22 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Mid. C. S. Coltson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. S. Coltson, R.A.F.), generally goo...

Lot 833, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £2,700

Lot 834, 10 Dec 14

The Royal Naval College Dartmouth, King’s Medal, G.V.R. (Chief Cadet Captain Charles Sydney Coltson), the reverse dated ‘1913’, gold, 44mm., minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £800-1000

Lot 834, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £1,100

Lot 835, 10 Dec 14

The outstanding Great war fighter ace’s Italy operations D.F.C. group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. F. M. Apps, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Artist’s Rifles, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: carrying out his first offensive patrols in Sopwith Camels of No. 66 Squadron in January 1918, he was to remain similarly employed until being wounded by A.A. fire in his right leg in mid-July - a period encompassing well in excess of...

Lot 835, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £8,000

Lot 836, 10 Dec 14

A rare Great War East Africa operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. R. Johnston, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his services in H.M.S. Manica, the Navy’s first kite balloon ship Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 5523 T. R. Johnston, P.O., R.N.A.S., E. Africa, Mar.-June 1917); British War and Victory Medals (313789 Sgt. T. R. Johnston, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp,...

Lot 836, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £1,650

Lot 837, 10 Dec 14

Four: Private L. C. Eddey, South African Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, late Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (34523 Tpr. L. Eddey, P. of W. Lt. Horse); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. L. C. Eddey, S.A.S.R.F.C.), together with a Johannesburg 1914-19 Peace Medal, bronze, edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £180-220

Lot 837, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £220

Lot 838, 10 Dec 14

Four: Flight Sergeant F. G. Preen, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who went out to France on the strength of No. 3 Squadron in August 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (79 1/A.M. F. G. Preen, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (79 Sgt. F. G. Preen, R.F.C.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (79 F./Sgt. F. G. Preen, R.A.F.), second initial and surname officially corrected on the last, contact marks, generally very fine (4) £400...

Lot 838, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £820

Lot 839, 10 Dec 14

Four: Air Mechanic 1st Class H. R. Gladwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, one of a handful of R.F.C. personnel awarded the Khedive’s Sudan 1910 Medal 1914-15 Star (7650 2 A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (7650 1 A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.A.F.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, no clasp (7650 2/A.M. H. R. Gladwell, R.F.C.), officially impressed naming, service number officially corrected on the last, good very...

Lot 839, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £1,300

Lot 840, 10 Dec 14

The Great War campaign group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant D. C. Rees, Royal Air Force, late South African Infantry and Royal Flying Corps, who died of wounds while serving as a pilot in No. 84 Squadron in September 1918 - having claimed three kite balloons and shared in the destruction of at least one enemy aircraft 1914-15 Star (Pte. D. C. Rees, 8th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. D. C. Rees, R.A.F.), together with t...

Lot 840, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £2,600

Lot 841, 10 Dec 14

Three: Flight Cadet M. N. Clark, Royal Air Force, late South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte. M. N. Clark, 12th Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (F. Cdt. M. N. Clarke, R.A.F.), note surname spelling; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. M. N. Clark), very fine or better (3) £100-120

Lot 841, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £120

Lot 842, 10 Dec 14

Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class H. Barton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (249747 2 A.M. H. Barton, R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £80-100

Lot 842, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £120

Lot 843, 10 Dec 14

Pair: Lieutenant S. H. B. Emus, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally with No. 142 Squadron in Palestine in 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. H. B. Emus, R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £150-200

Lot 843, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £300

Lot 844, 10 Dec 14

Eight: Squadron Leader H. G. Goacher, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for his services in South Russia in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), both with officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (51210 Sgt. H. G. Goac...

Lot 844, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £720

Lot 845, 10 Dec 14

British War Medal 1914-20 (Z. 204 1 A.M. E. C. Sweeney, S.A.R.F.C.), good very fine and scarce £80-100

Lot 845, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £60

Lot 846, 10 Dec 14

A Second World War ‘Southampton Blitz’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain F. J. Phillips, a Deputy Controller and Air Raid Precautions Officer, late Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was credited with two confirmed victories as a Flight Commander in No. 48 Squadron in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (4608 Spr. F....

Lot 846, 10 Dec 14

Sold for £550

Lot 223, 19 Jun 13

The important Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Colonel A. D. Carden, Royal Engineers, attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a pioneer of the air who, in his own words, learned to fly by ‘taking his plane into the sky and putting it down again without killing myself’, an achievement all the more admirable in light of the fact ‘he was probably the only one-armed pilot in the world’: from his part in the maiden flight of...

Lot 223, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £3,700

Lot 224, 19 Jun 13

‘After tea Collett and I went back to town by train and had a talk about many things, for Collett was in the Camel Squadron on the same aerodrome and he used to come back shot to ribbons nearly every time he went out. One day he drove a German machine down to the ground behind the German lines, and then to make quite sure he fired at it on the ground until it burst into flames. Collett was always downing the Hun, whenever and wherever he could...

Lot 224, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £12,000

Lot 225, 19 Jun 13

The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain J. L. Trollope, M.C. and Bar, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, who claimed a record six victories in a single day as a Flight Commander in No. 43 Squadron in March 1918: shortly afterwards shot down by the renowned ace Leutnant Paul Billik and taken prisoner, he suffered terrible wounds that would affect him for the rest of his life - ‘Tall, well built and well liked,...

Lot 225, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £1,500

Lot 226, 19 Jun 13

A rare Great War M.S.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. W. Brown, Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. W. Brown, R.A.F.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1087 Fl. Sjt. C. W. Brown, R.F.C.), together with his Grenadier Guards brass nameplate, impressed ‘13106 C. W. Brown’, generally good very fine (4) £300-400

Lot 226, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £600

Lot 227, 19 Jun 13

A Great War M.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Mechanic H. W. Hartwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (7132 F. Sjt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7132 F. Sgt. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), renamed; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (7132 Ch. Mec. H. W. Hartwell, R.A.F.), generally good very fine (4) £400-450

Lot 227, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £330

Lot 228, 19 Jun 13

A fine Second World War Battle of Britain O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander H. G. P. Ovenden, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late East Surrey Regiment, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in B.E. 2s on the Western Front, prior to witnessing further active service out in India in 1919-21: but his time as Adjutant at R.A.F. Hornchurch throughout the Battle of Britain was probably no less memorable, the a...

Lot 228, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £1,000

Lot 229, 19 Jun 13

Five: Flight Lieutenant M. O. F. England, Royal Air Force, late Royal Marines Divisional Engineers and Royal Naval Air Service, who saw operational service as an Observer in No. 1 Wing at Dunkirk 1914-15 Star (Deal 49-S Spr. M. O. F. England, R.M.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Obs. Lt. M. O. F. England, R.N.A.S.), renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5)...

Lot 229, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £150

Lot 230, 19 Jun 13

Three: Flight Sergeant T. W. Print, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service 1914-15 Star (F. 5636 T. W. Print, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (F. 5636 T. W. Print, C.P.O. 3, R.N.A.S.), very fine or better (3) £150-200

Lot 230, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £220

Lot 231, 19 Jun 13

Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £200-250

Lot 231, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £220

Lot 232, 19 Jun 13

Pair: Temporary Captain H. J. Taplin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an Aero Engine and Aeroplane Designer British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H. J. Taplin, R.F.C.), good very fine (2) £150-200

Lot 232, 19 Jun 13

Sold for £260

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