Auction Catalogue

4 July 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Miniature Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 560

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£140

British War Medals (4), comprising: (2. Lieut. C. S. Cravos); (2. Lieut. F. C. Salmon, R.A.F.); (211213 F. Sgt. H. W. Smith, R.A.F.); (580 Pte. C. E. Butchers, R.F.C.) last with loose suspension claw, generally very fine or better (4) £60-80

Cyril Stephen Cravos served with No. 5 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was presumed killed in action on 2 March 1917 when his plane failed to return from an artillery patrol.

Frederick Charles Salmon was killed in an aeroplane accident on 1 May 1919.

H. W. Smith was
Mentioned in Despatches on 14 June 1920.

Cyril Ernest Butchers was killed in a motorcycle accident on 13 May 1916. Sold with copy of a detailed newspaper report of the incident.