WW1 Medal Group including Victory, War & Imperial Service Medals & original ribbons. Named to Henry Charles Blake, Sapper, 195008 Royal Engineers. Condition is Used, please see the photos as they form part of the description.
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Original WW2 medals Royal Air Force- Group of Five with issue Box & Slip. Age related wear please study pictures. The address has been removed.
For sale is a Post WW2 Royal Observer Corps Medal To Observer R. This medal includes its original ribbon which is attached to a badge ready to wear by the recipient, this also comes with the original box and rice paper packet. The Royal Observer Corps Medal was instituted in 1950 by King George VI for long service by members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in the United Kingdom. It was awarded until December 1995, when the ROC was stood down. This is in excellent condition.
(V) – 67295V KENNETH CLAUDE CLARKE. (COPY SERVICE PAPERS & MISCELANIOUS CORRESPONDENCE).
An Original Full Size Military WWII Trio To 1423032 SGT H. A WW2 Pair, Defence And War Medal (Unnamed As Issued) A Royal Air Force Long Service Good Conduct Medal With Oak Leaf Named 1423032 Sgt H. All Mounted For Wear. Condition: In good used condition As Per Photo.
WW2 ROYAL NAVY PALESTINE 1936-39 FULL SIZE GENUINE GROUP OF MEDALS TO P A D SMITH FROM NORTHAMPTON WITH LOTS OF COPY PAPERWORK AND RESEARCH. PALESTINE MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED SSX. WW2 MEDALS AND STARS NOT NAMED AS ISSUED. ALL NICELY MOUNTED FOR DISPLAY. TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF COPY PAPERWORK AND RESEARCH. PETER ARTHUR DOUGLAS SMITH WAS BORN IN NORTHAMPTON ON 31/3/1920 AND PASSED AWAY ON 5/1/1982 AT HOME IN RHYL, CLWYD. This item is a fixed price listing so no offers will be accepted. Please keep checking back in the coming months to see new items listed every week. Please use the images on this listing to show a reflection of the condition of this item both using the standard image and the enlarge function to view item close up. We are conscious to continue making strides forward in using packaging products that are recycled or of high recyclable content.
For sale is a Rare WW2 Royal Navy Minesweeper Operation Nestegg Medals & Document Grouping. This grouping belongs to I. Edwards who served with the Royal Navy reserve in command of HMT Bilsdean. Before joining the Royal Navy Edwards lived at 21 Sydney Grove, Hendon, London, N. All of the belongings mentioned below belonged to lieutenant I. Edwards, and his contribution to operation Nestegg, and the surrender of the German navy in Millbay. This medal group includes the following. The personnel book of MMS-class minesweeper 254 (RMT Bilsdean). All of these questions are answered for each of the 46 servicemen under his control onboard MMS254. This handwritten book holds excellent research potential into many serviceman’s history. Original Orders of German navy surrender at Millbay on the 17/5/1945 a full write up of this can be seen below. This can also be seen in image number 8. Originals orders, that run inside operation Nestegg, titled; “Secret on no account to be allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy to be destroyed by fire when complied with”. This document can be seen in image number 4. These orders are for minesweeping of the covid route and anchorage’s to be carried out during the 2 days prior to the arrival of the force and subsequently the establishment of the swept channels inter island and between the islands and the mainland of France. These are original orders, with most likely no other surviving copies, seeing as all other copies would have been burnt on completion. Following the previous item is a scam/ copy of the at the time top secret operation Nestegg. This is titled Operation Nestegg, Joint Outland plan, part iii Naval plan. Part 7v of this plan is underlined and this is the section of the plan that we have the original orders for above. WW2 Royal Navy Admiralty Pattern Split Second Stop Watch, marked Patt 3 22771. A set of 6 ww2 Royal Navy uniform buttons. Pair of Ww2 Lieutenant Royal Navy Epaulettes. For fleet purposes only, the Channel Islands, atlas of tidal streams. Restricted: HOURLY HEIGHTS OF TIDE. AT CHERBOURG & LE HAVRE TIDE TABLES FOR ROAD OF MORLAIX, LE HAVRE and ROUEN From 1st to 31st MAY, 1945 inclusive. Section of a map marked on back; S. 325 confidential Ostend to westkape folio no b8 serial no 925. The military re-occupation of the Channel Islands in 1945 was code-named Operation Nestegg. In command was 46-year old Brigadier Alfred Snow. The special detachment – Force 135 – sailed from Plymouth in the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Bulldog and HMS Beagle. But when the task force arrived off Guernsey on 8th May – Victory in Europe Day – no-one was sure if the German garrison, under Vice-Admiral Friedrich Huffmeier, would surrender peacefully. Item number (3) listed above states document in purple typed ink. To: RNS DEV, Paris Commandant RMB KHMP. XDO Capt M/S Ply, CDR, M/S Ply, Cdr A/P Ply, A/S Dev, Garrison CDR, movement, control. From commander in chief Plymouth. 18 buoy and 3 trawled and 1 patrol craft at no 15 buoy. M/s is requested to assume control of the landing and disposal of prisoners of war. (6) as soon as prize. Crews are embarked, the white & is to be hoisted superior to German & and hold down when German crews have been landed. M Devonport as requested to assist in mooring to buoys (8) M. C as requested to send I hospital boat. Alongside each group on arrival at number 15 and 18. Buoy to disembark Royal Navy, guard and prisoners of war at Millbay. (9) Paris is registered to relieve the prize crews with A, C and M party comprising 2P. 0 s plus 8 for each group at 2000 tonight Thursday. (11) the garrison commander as requested to make the necessary arrangements to receive the prisoners of war comprising of 22 officers and 126 ratings at MillBay at approx 2030. This grouping has a good amount of research potential and played a major role in operation Nestegg, and has an incredibly rare set of orders for the German naval surrender. If you would like to see more photos please message me for more details.
For sale is a WW2 Royal Navy Gunner Medal Grouping & 1946 London Victory Celebrations Tickets. This medal grouping belongs to Ronald Herbert Cooper, who was at the rank of able seaman in the Royal Navy. Originally he lived at 1 Sycamore avenue in Kent. Unfortunately there isn’t a huge amount of information in this grouping about Ronald Cooper, however we do know he was discharged on the 16th of January 1946. This medal grouping is a small but incredibly interesting grouping which contains three rare pieces of social & military history! These three items are the “official programme of the victory celebrations 8th June 1946″ followed by one “Victory celebrations Saturday 8th June 1946 stewards pass” that’s issued to R. Followed by a “victory celebrations Saturday 8th June 1946 Carlton house terrace west block, standing 0019″ ticket. This medal grouping includes his. WW2 postal medal box carton. Ww2 British defence medal & ribbon. Ww2 British war medal & ribbon. Ww2 British 1939-45 star and ribbon. 1937 Royal Navy signal card book. 1946 dated order for release from naval service class A men form. Official programme of the victory celebrations 8th June 1946. RARE Ticket for the victory celebrations Saturday 8th June 1946 stewards pass to R. Cooper issued under the authority of the minister of works. RARE Ticket for the Victory celebrations Saturday 8th June 1946 Carlton house terrace, west block, standing 0019, admit one, issued under the authority of the minister of works. With a map of Buckingham palace and surroundings on the back. Victory in Europe May 8th 1945 the Royal Naval barracks Chatham service of Thanksgiving program. 1948 dated disability pension request denied letter. This is an excellent little grouping especially if your a collection of the london victory celebrations memorabilia!
WW2 medals Royal Navy – group of 5 – MR S Hardy Birmingham. Boxed addressed to Mr S Hardy 102 Ward End Road, Birmingham. 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Italy star, War medalwith ribbonsnumber on side of box P/J. I think this set maybe missing a clasp.
For sale are a WW2 British Royal Eletrical Mechanical Engineers Trench Art Jewellery Box Which is in good condition (however there is one pip missing on the right hand side which can be easily replaced). This Jewellery/ cigar box is decorated with ww2 period royal electrical mechanical engineers cap badges, collar badges, royal army ordnance corps beret badge, officers crown pipe and rank pips. This is a nice unusual piece. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. This is a nice unusual pieces of trench art!