Lot Archive

Lot

№ 613

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21 September 2007

Estimate: £180–£220

Pair: Captain L. V. Kahn, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service

1914-15 Star (F.4058 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt., R.A.F.); together with an erased Victory Medal, good very fine (3) £180-220

Leslie Victor Kahn was born in Westminster, London. Engaged as a Student, he enlisted into the R.N.A.S. as a Petty Officer Mechanic (E) on 15 April 1915. Based at President II, he served with the Armoured Car Division in the Dardanelles, being discharged to shore on 18 December 1915. Later a Captain in the R.A.F. with 247 Squadron, he was placed on the Unemployed List on 11 February 1919. Sold with copied service papers.