Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (F. 6745 H. J. Nash. L.M. R.N.A.S.) in its named card box of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

Herbert Jack Nash was born in 1893 at Hastings, Sussex. He was an electrician by occupation and joined the Royal Naval Air Service as an Air Mechanic 2nd Grade (Elec) on 21st July 1915, serving in President II, the R.N.A.S. base at Eastchurch. Promoted to Air Mechanic 1st Grade (Elec) on 15 December 1916, Leading Mechanic (Elec) on 1 November 1917, Nash was then appointed Corporal Mechanic in the Royal Air Force at the time of its formation on 1 April 1918. He saw no active overseas service and was transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 4 March 1919 in consequence of demobilisation. He died at Hastings in 1977.

Sold with the following ephemera: a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, 80mm x 135mm; a piece of fabric 70mm x 80mm, described as ‘Piece of Zepp, 1916’, the fabric itself inscribed in pencil ‘Portion of fabric of Zepp. L15’; Issues 2, 3 and 4 of ‘Stunts’, the Journal of the R.N.A.S., dated December 1916, January 1917 and March 1917 respectively, generally good condition; menu card from Eastchurch R.N.A.S. ‘Old Boys’ Association Eighth Annual Dinner, 24 April 1926; the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilisation; two small group photographs of British Army soldiers in tropical uniform, one inscribed to the reverse ‘Transport 249, C7, Loq. Laq. Island Nov 1918’; a short note written by the recipient to his mother; a postcard, dated 24 April 1914 showing mailing dates for R.M.S. Otranto.