23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3034
A Second World War RAF Group of Four Medals, awarded to 183960 Flight Officer Cyril Allingham, 14 Squadron, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star and War Medal, together with medal slips, photographs, ephemera and Pilot's Flying Log Book with entries from May 1941 to March 1946, including operations over Sardinia, Tunisia, Sicily, the Tyrrhenian Sea etc, with an endorsement to the back written in red '23/12/41 Gross Carelessness - Failed to notice that a Spitfire was standing on the runway. Failed to correct drift. Failed to land on centre of runway. Serious damage caused to two Spitfires'
Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 22 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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