The Donald G. Mellen Collection

An R.V.M. group of four awarded to Driver F. Eastley, Royal Engineers

Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (56039 Dvr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (56039 Dvr., R.E.) nearly very fine and better (4) £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Donald G. Mellen Collection.

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Driver Frank Eastley, Royal Engineers entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 August 1915. He was awarded the R.V.M. on 9 June 1939 as a Chancery Servant at the British Embassy, Washington, on the occasion of the State Visit to the U.S.A. A ‘Francis’ Eastley who was born on 13 February 1890 is recorded as having died in Washington D.C. in January 1978. With an invitation to the ‘Guard of Honour of British Ex-Servicemen in Honour of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the British Embassy Washington D.C. on Friday, June 9th, 1939’ - to ‘Mr Francis E. Eastley, 5132-8th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.’;
an associated photograph and copied research.