Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Staff Sergeant I. E. S. Humble, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, later Royal Canadian Air Force

Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SG 9497 I. E. S. Humble; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SG 9497 I. E. S. Humble); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Sgt. I. E. S. Humble) contact marks, good very fine or better (6) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004.

Irvine Eldon Spencer Humble enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on 11 October 1943 and served with them at home during the Second World War, before transferring to the Reserve on 27 September 1946. He subsequently re-enlisted in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in June 1949, and served with 25 Infantry Brigade in Korea. He was advanced Staff Sergeant in April 1959, and was awarded his Canadian Forces Decoration in August 1965.

Sold with copied records of service (these heavily redacted).