Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Corporal W. A. Zegadlo, Royal Air Force, who served during the Second World War in 307 Polish Night Fighter and 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadrons

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (781539 Cpl. W. A. Zegadlo. R.A.F); Poland, Republic, Air Force Medal, silver; France, Third Republic, Volunteer Combatant’s Cross 1914-18 [sic], bronze, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £100-£140

Wacław Antoni Zegadlo was born on 17 April 1916 in Iłza, Poland and is known to have served during the Second World War as a Mechanic with 307 Polish Night Fighter and 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadrons. He was granted a British Naturalisation certificate by the Secretary of State on 18 May 1951, whilst still serving in the R.A.F. He died in Poland on 24 June 1990.

Note: The French Volunteer Combatant’s Cross is clearly the Great War type, to which the recipient would not be entitled. However, the group appears to be as originally worn.