Five: Attributed to Flying Officer J. Hawden, Royal Air Force

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s two card identity tags both impressed ‘174450 J. Hawden RAF CE Offr’, nearly extremely fine (5) £300-£400

Jack Hawden enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served during the Second World War as an Air Gunner. He was commissioned Acting Pilot Officer on 25 May 1944, and continued to serve post-War in the Administrative and Special Duties branch on intelligence duties, being advanced Flying Officer.