Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The British War Medal awarded to Flight Commander W. M. Tait, Royal Naval Air Service, who was awarded the A.F.C. for distinguished services during the Great War

British War Medal 1914-20 (Flt. Cr. W. M. Tait. R.N.A.S.) edge bruises, contact marks, good fine £100-£140

A.F.C. London Gazette, 3 June 1919.

William Mousell Tait, an Engineer living in Durban, Natal South Africa, was born on 4 November 1889. He served during the Bambatha rebellion and was awarded the Natal 1906 medal, and also appears to have been in receipt of a Life Saving Medal, in his service records. He was later commissioned into the South African Defence Force and served as a Captain during the German South West Africa campaign of 1914-15, before transferring into the Royal Naval Air Service, for which he was awarded the Air Force Cross in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the war.

Sold with copy service papers.