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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...
Sold for £2,700
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
Sold for £1,100
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...
Sold for £8,000
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,...
Sold for £1,650
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
Sold for £220
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...
Sold for £820
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...
Sold for £1,300
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...
Sold for £2,600
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
Sold for £120
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
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
Sold for £300
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...
Sold for £720
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
Sold for £60
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....
Sold for £550
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...
Sold for £3,700
‘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...
Sold for £12,000
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,...
Sold for £1,500
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
Sold for £600
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
Sold for £330
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...
Sold for £1,000
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)...
Sold for £150
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
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
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
Sold for £260
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