Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A quantity of Second World War memorabilia and documentation, comprising: wartime cartoons (8), watercolour, or ink and wash, subject matter including Hitler, Mussolini, the Desert Army and two old ladies ‘gassing’, with extensive letter by the artist to reverse of one; Home Guard Certificate of Service in the name of ‘John Gaffney’, for June 1940 to December 1944; Government Evacuation Scheme Certificate for ‘Children who would be transferred from the dangerous area of the City of Glasgow during the Emergency’, from Captain the Earl of Glasgow, R.N., D.S.O., and in the name of ‘James B. Hannah, Esq.’, Ayr, February 1939; King’s Message to ‘All Boys and Girls at School’, 8 June 1946, in colour; Queen’s Message to Those Who ‘Opened Their Doors to Strangers’, 1939; a Clearance of Lofts Order, for firemen to check on safety in the event of incendiary bombs, in the name of ‘Fireman J. Murphy, Fire Station, Sandgate, Ayr’, and dated 25 January 1941;
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Diploma for Having Been Free from Accidents, in the name of ‘John Halliday, The Post Office Telephones (Scotland West Area)’, dated 31 December 1941; ‘Souvenir of the Eighth Army’ cushion cover, 1943, and a P.O.W’s drawing of the Crucifix on linen, generally in good condition (Lot) £150-200