Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Airwoman G. L. Meier, South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, both officially inscribed ‘F. 267910 G. L. Meier’, good very fine (2) £40-60

Gertrude Lily Meier enlisted in the S.A.W.A.A.F. at East London in May 1942 and was posted to No. 42 Air School at Port Elizabeth, where she attended a searchlight training course. Subsequently posted to No. 43 Air School at Port Alfred, where she was employed on parachute-packing duties, Meier was discharged on medical grounds in June 1943; sold with an original portrait photograph.