Auction Catalogue

17 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 918

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£240

The Great War pair awarded posthumously to Second Lieutenant C. C. Eaves, No. 215 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action during the R.A.F.’s ‘Black September’

British War and Victory Medals (
2. Lieut., R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (2) £120-150

Second Lieutenant Clement Clough Eaves was killed in action whilst on night bombing operations, when his aeroplane was reported to have been shot down in flames over Metz. The month of September 1918 was known as Black September due to the large number of Allied planes that were lost. Sold with 4 copied pages of service detail.