Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Royal Air Force India services M.S.M. group of six awarded to Senior Mechanic Class 2 R. T. Short, Royal Air Force, late Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Flying Corps

1914-15 Star (216 Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (338059 S.M. 2, R.A.F.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (Q.M.S., A.O.C.), privately engraved naming; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (216 S.M. 2); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (338059 S.M. 2, R.A.F.), generally good very fine (6) £350-400

Reginald Thomas Short was awarded his M.S.M. for services in the Royal Air Force in India (London Gazette 3 June 1919 refers). Originally a regular soldier in the Army Ordnance Corps, he was awarded the Delhi Durbar 1911 Medal while serving at H.Q., 6th Brigade.