Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Air Mechanic 1st Class H. G. Hay, Royal Naval Air Service, onetime Armoured Car Section

British War and Victory Medals (F. 6489 H. G. Hay, A.M. 1, R.N.A.S.), the second with officially re-impressed naming, together with his R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Section badge, bullion and embroidered uniform rank insignia and sporting prize medals for 1913-15 (3), silver, by Searle Hoare & Co., London, all in their cases of issue, and Motor Car Supply Company of Canada watch fob for 50 years service (1912-1962), generally very fine (Lot) £150-200

Humphrey Gilbert Hay was born in Elgin, Scotland, in August 1896, and joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a Mechanic in June 1915. Appointed an Air Mechanic 1st Class in September of the same year, he was attached to the Armoured Car Section and served out in France in that capacity from December 1917 - his service record is endorsed with a ‘Service in Land Operations’ stamp. He was demobilised in April 1919, having latterly held an appointment on the books of President V, home to No. 20 Squadron of the Armoured Car Section, an experimental arm of the Landships Committee; sold with brief research and an original portrait photograph.