Auction Catalogue

23 September 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 848

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23 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£100

Five: Flight Lieutenant S. G. V. Saker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Long Service, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. S. G. V. Saker, R.A.F.V.R. (T.)), mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £100-120

Stephen George Valentine Saker served in the Royal Air Force from September 1941 until September 1946, when he was released in the rank of Corporal. Subsequently commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Pilot Officer in June 1962, he attained the rank of Flight Lieutenant prior to his retirement.

Sold with a good quantity of original documentation, including British Red Cross Society/St. John Ambulance certificates in the recipient’s name, dated in the period 1940-41, the B.R.C.S. example for an Anti-Gas Course; his R.A.F. Service and Release Book and commission warrant for the rank of Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, dated 5 June 1962; and other family photographs and documentation, including what would appear to be memorabilia relating to his wife, Margaret (nee Longden), a Driver in the A.T.S.