Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

60th Anniversary R.A.F. Cardington, dedicated to the memory of Major G. H. Scott, C.O. of the R. 101, date stamped 30 April 1977, and ‘flown in a balloon at Cardington and then dropped by parachute’, signed by W. W. Ballantyne, who worked on many notable airships, including the R. 34, with related information

70th Anniversary of the Formation of the World’s First Commercial Airline - Deutsche Luftschiffahrts Aktiengesellschaft, date stamped 23 July 1980, and signed by Adolph Fischer, who survived the loss of the Hindenburg in May 1937, with related information

Royal Air Forces Escaping Society, date stamped 15 September 1975, and ‘flown in a Mosquito from Hatfield to Harwarden’, signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., of S.O.E. squadron fame, Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., and W. “Scottie” Brazill, D.F.M., together with related newspaper cutting

25th Anniversary of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society, date stamped 25 April 1970, and flown from R.A.F. Northolt to R.A.F. Wildenrath, Germany’, by Squadron Leader A. A. Wickham of No. 32 Squadron, 3 examples, signed by legendary evasion line personnel Dr. A. Guerisse, G.C. (a.k.a. “Pat O’Leary”), Mary Lindell, O.B.E. and Anne Brusselmans, M.B.E.

25th Anniversary of V.E. Day, date stamped at R.A.F. Benson 8 May 1970, and ‘flown in an R.A.F. Dakota from R.A.F. Northolt to R.A.F. Kemble on 4 April 1970’, 2 examples, one signed by Head of ‘F’ Section, S.O.E., Colonel Maurice Bucklmaster, O.B.E., and the other by his distinguished assistant, Vera Atkins (Lot) £80-100

A collection of signed First Day Covers of Naval, Military and Air Force interest, comprising:

30th Anniversary - Midget Submarine Attack on Tirpitz, date stamped 22 September 1973, and ‘dived in H.M. Submarine Rorqual to a depth of 140 feet on 1st November 1973’, signed by the Vice-Admiral Submarines, J. A. R. Troup, D.S.C., who served under “Tubby” Linton, V.C., in the Turbulent, and by Lieutenant-Commander A. T. Lightoller, C.O. of the submarine Rorqual, together with accompanying signature of Rear-Admiral Sir Godfrey Place, V.C., C.B., C.V.O., D.S.C., of Tirpitz raid fame, this latter on H.M.S. Corunna memorandum and dated 1 November 1957, and a related newspaper cutting

“The Return of The Cockleshell Hero”, date stamped 11 June 1983, and carried in the canoe paddled by Corporal Bill Sparks, D.S.M., on his return to the Gironde, 3 examples, two signed by Sparks and Gerry Lockyer, who assisted Sparks in re-enacting his earlier visit to the Gironde, and the third by “Blondie” Hasler, the leader of the operation, together with related newspaper cuttings and notes.