Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Squadron Leader R. D. Phillips, Royal Air Force

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type Officer’s (O.B.E.), Military Division; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn

A mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Squadron Leader C. W. B. Massey, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Rhodesia Medal 1980, all modern ‘bright’ miniatures, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (12) £20-40

Phillips: O.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1949. With copied gazette extracts listing promotions etc.

Massey: Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air London Gazette 7 September 1945.

Squadron Leader Charles William Bowes Massey, R.A.F.V.R. is believed to have been onboard the plane carrying General Wladyslaw Sikorski when it crashed at Gibraltar on 4 July 1943. Official reports of the time stated that only the pilot survived the crash. Sold with original commendation certificate and a quantity of copied research.