21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
2198
An Interesting Collection of Royal Flying Corps Memorabilia, including two very legible hand written diaries, one from December 27th 1916 to May 30th 1917 describing the exploits of an air gunner flying over the Front Lines, one line reads "I had another shock when something hit my seat and thought it a machine gun bullet. However, it was only a bent piece of 3 ply which bent up like a spring whenever the machine dropped and my weight was removed", the other diary to 53411 2.A.M. Ralph Burn, 23rd Squadron R.F.C. beginning January 9th 1917 and ending 12th September 1918, together with his Certificates of Discharge, Employment During the War, Protection and Identity, and Demobilization Account; also, part manuscript, photographs and research material collected by Flight Lieutenant D.Winter R.A.F. for a book "Gentlemen in Khaki", including Memorial Scroll, medal citation etc to Lieutenant William Henry Ritter General List and Royal Flying Corps
Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 21st Sep, 2022
The Militaria & Ethnographica offers over 450 lots.
Highlights include a rare 1943 US edition of the French 1939 Michelin Guide used during the D-Day landings, a Second World War RAF, RAAF and ROC Group of Nine Medals to Wing Commander William Anderson Beaumont, who survived four days and nights without food in the jungle and the uniform of POW Major General Philip Thomas Tower including his khaki greatcoat which became his escape outfit. Also included is a pair of 18th Century Percussion Duelling/Target Pistols by Twigg & Bass, London, circa 1780-83, a French 1830 Revolution Model Shako to d'Officer de Chasseur de La Garde Nationale and a Birmingham City Police Rose Top Helmet and an Isle of Man Police Force Ball Top Helmet.
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