Special Collections

Sold on 7 March 2007

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The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F.

Roy Bartlett

Lot

№ 239

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7 March 2007

Hammer Price:
£65

Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class L. Nadin, Royal Flying Corps

British War and Victory Medals
(43760 2 A.M., R.F.C.), extremely fine (2) £80-100

Leonard Nadin, a native of Sheffield, Yorkshire, enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in December 1915. Subsequently employed as a motor cyclist, he served out in France from July to December 1917, being evacuated home via No. 3 Australian General Hospital in the latter month. Admitted to No. 3 Western General Hospital at Newport in the New Year, he was placed on the R.A.F. Reserve that October, and was awarded the Silver War Badge.