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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (F./O. H. M. B. Collins, R.A.F.), minor contact marks, one or two edge bruises and a little polished, otherwise very fine £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F..

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Herbert Michael Bounevialle Collins was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in April 1929 and served as a pilot in Wapitis of No. 60 Squadron during the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31. Placed on the Reserve of Officers in April 1934, he was recalled on the renewal of hostilities, when he was appointed a Flight Lieutenant in the General Duties Branch, and he served in that capacity until the War’s end, gaining advancement to Squadron Leader in October 1944.