Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class L. Nadin, Royal Flying Corps

British War and Victory Medals (43760 2 A.M., R.F.C.), extremely fine (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F..

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Leonard Nadin, a native of Sheffield, Yorkshire, enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in December 1915. Subsequently employed as a motor cyclist, he served out in France from July to December 1917, being evacuated home via No. 3 Australian General Hospital in the latter month. Admitted to No. 3 Western General Hospital at Newport in the New Year, he was placed on the R.A.F. Reserve that October, and was awarded the Silver War Badge.