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

№ 859

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23 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£45

Pair: attributed to Joan Mary Gregory, Auxiliary Territorial Service
Defence and War Medals, unnamed

Pair: attributed to Corporal Violet Walter, Womens Auxiliary Air Force
Defence and War Medals, unnamed
Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine (5) £40-50

Joan Mary Gregory was born in Wolverhampton on 20 June 1913. A Chiropodist by occupation, she enlisted into the A.T.S. at Colchester on 28 June 1940.

Medals to Gregory with repaired Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and the address label from the medal forwarding box, ‘Miss J. Gregory, 41 Central Hill, Upper Norwood, S.E.19’

Medals to Violet Walter with a quantity of papers including: Certificate of Baptism, August 1920; Release Book (fragmentary); address label for medal forwarding box - ‘Miss V. Walter, Lindores, West Flexford, Wanborough, Nr. Guildford, Surrey’; medal forwarding slip; R.A.F. Certifificate of Service and Release (mounted on card); National Health & Pensions Insurance Record Card; Change of Name Certificate, June 1972 - changing her name from ‘Violet Walter’ to Violet Upperton’; photographs (2). Together with her father - John William Walter’s, Certificate of Education, 2nd Class, November 1912; Warrant Document appointing him Warrant Officer Class 2, dated 1 June 1920; her parent’s licence to marry and marriage certificate and sundry other related papers.

W.V.S. Medal attributed to Mrs E. Desvignes of 34 St. Stephens Gardens, East Twickenham, Middlesex. Sold with named W.V.S. Uniform Permit.