Spink 18001 Medals COVER.qxp_Layout 1 05/04/2018 15:31 Page 1 £25 ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 25-26 APRIL 2018 STAMPS COINS BANKNOTES MEDALS BONDS & SHARES AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS LONDON WINE & SPIRITS HANDBAGS COLLECTIONS ADVISORY SERVICES SPECIAL COMMISSIONS 25-26 APRIL 2018 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET LONDON www.spink.com © Copyright 2018 Spink 18001 Medals COVER.qxp_Layout 1 05/04/2018 15:31 Page 2 Spink 18001 Medals pages 1-96.qxp_Layout 1 06/04/2018 09:57 Page 1 ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET tel +44 (0)20 7563 4000 fax +44 (0)20 7563 4066 Vat No: GB 791627108 Sale Details | Wednesday 25 April 2018 at 10.00 a.m. (Lots 1-373) Wednesday 25 April 2018 at 2.30 p.m. (Lots 374-595) Thursday 26 April 2018 at 10.30 a.m. (Lots 596-804) Thursday 26 April 2018 at 1.30 p.m. (Lots 805-1033) In sending commission bids or making enquiries, this sale should be referred to as SCRAMBLE - 18001 Viewing of Lots | At Spink London Monday 23 April 2018 at 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday 24 April 2018 at 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Special evening viewing for the RAF section lots Tuesday 24 April 2018 at 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Private viewing by appointment only Live platform | and/or (3% fee on hammer price) Your Specialists for this Sale Bids Payment Enquiries Dora Szigeti Veronica Morris [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0)20 7563 4005 +44 (0)20 7563 4018 fax +44 (0)20 7563 4037 VAT Enquiries Internet Bidding John Winchcombe David Erskine-Hill Marcus Budgen [email protected] [email protected] Michael Lewis [email protected] +44 (0)20 7563 4064 +44 (0)20 7563 4061 [email protected] +44 (0)20 7563 4101 +44 (0)20 7563 4090 (Our thanks to Iain Goodman and Jack West-Sherring) +44 (0)20 7563 4089 The Spink Environment Commitment: Paper from Sustainable Forests and Clean Ink Spink has a long history of preserving not only collectables but our planet, too. 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In terms of lots on offer, it was a relatively short affair, but in terms of the history of gallant aviators, it was a landmark sale. From an auctioneer’s perspective it was an equally memorable occasion for, on entering the rostrum, I did so in the knowledge that I had just two or three bids ‘on the book’. To be honest, I was rather worried. To quote a phrase coined by a distinguished fighter pilot – who had me spellbound by his account of a particularly challenging combat – the auction had the potential of becoming a ‘brown-trouser, bicycle-clip sort of affair’. As it transpired, my pessimism was ill-founded. Record after record price was set and it was a complete sell-out. Such is the appeal of owning a piece of R.A.F. history. The current offering may not even begin to approach the wonders of the ‘Aviation Collection’ but it does contain some notable ‘stars’. I refer to some of them in the ensuing notes. The assistance of my colleagues in compiling this current record of gallant aviators has been invaluable. Without them, it would never have appeared in print. It was special effort on all fronts, so thank you Marcus; thank you Iain and Jack. Full marks. Now to those whom we truly owe a huge debt. Those who won us our freedom. David Erskine-Hill THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ‘To be alone, to have your life in your own hands, to use your own skill, single-handed, against the enemy. It was like the lists of the Middle Ages, the only sphere in modern warfare where a man saw his adversary and faced him in mortal combat, the only sphere where there was still chivalry and honour. If you won, it was your own bravery and skill; if you lost, it was because you had met a better man.’ Cecil Lewis, M.C. (1898-1997), neatly sums up the realities of Great War air-to-air combat in Sagittarius Rising. The early achievements of the newly established Royal Air Force were made possible by the experienced hands of the old Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. That is why we are pleased to commence this special section of the sale with some notable awards to just such experienced hands. Top of the list of gallantry awards on offer must surely be the fighter ace’s Military Medal (M.M.) awarded to Flight Sergeant ‘GPO’ Olley, who amassed a total of 10 ‘kills’ in No. 1 Squadron in the second half of 1917 (Lot 14). He once mixed-in with six aircraft of Jasta 11, led by the ‘Red Baron’, and sent one of them down out of control; he nonetheless had a tricky landing because most of his under-carriage had been shot away.