Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

United States of America, United States Air Force Commendation Medal, bronze, with riband bar and miniature enamelled lapel riband bar, in case of issue; together with the Bestowal Document named to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn G. Boyer, United States Air Force, and dated 8 March 1965, extremely fine

United States of America, Allied Victory Medal, bronze, 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Ypres-Lys, very fine

France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, very fine

Miniature Medals: A collection of 28 United States miniature medals, mainly pertaining to the Second World War and Vietnam War, including 1 Silver Star; 4 Bronze Stars; and 2 Purple Hearts; together with various full-size riband bar devices, generally good very fine (lot) £40-£50

Glenn G. Boyer was born in Wisconsin on 5 January 1924, and joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1943. He served in the U.S. Air Force for the next twenty years, and was awarded the Commendation Medal ‘For Meritorious Service between 24 July 1964 and 7 March 1965.’ He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1965, and subsequently became a published author, writing three books and a number of articles about Wyatt Earp and the related figures in the American West. He died in Tuscon, Arizona, on 14 February 2013.