3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 57
 

57

A Second World War Army/RAF Long Service Group of Four Medals, awarded to 529134 F.SGT. R. YATES. R.A.F., comprising Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp PALESTINE 1945-48 and Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with his Flying Log Book which records him as a Parachute Training Instructor and with numerous entries from June 1945 to May 1950, also badges and a brevet, a binder file of research material including photocopied Certificates of Service for the Army (East Lancashire Regiment) and RAF and numerous photographs, including one of him on a 1947 Christmas Card showing his 145th parachute descent which was the last parachute descent of British Forces in Palestine, also included are his Army Certificates of Education and photocopied RAF Certificate of Service etc

Richard Yates enlisted with the East Lancashire Regiment (3381757) on 27th October 1923 and served until 26th October 1930 when he transferred to the Army Reserve until 26th October 1935. After he was discharged from the Army he enlisted with the Royal Air Force where he became a Parachute Training Instructor.

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021

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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