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

№ 275

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7 March 2007

Hammer Price:
£180

Three: Squadron Officer M. B. Ker, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R.,
1st issue (Sqn. Off., W.A.A.F.), good very fine or better (3) £120-150

Mary Blanche Ker was born in August 1912, the daughter of Major-General C. A. Ker, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., a Colonel Commandant, R.A., and scion of the Kers of Leintwardine (see Burke’s). Appointed a Company Assistant in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in January 1939, she was advanced to Squadron Officer in January 1944 and was awarded the Air Efficiency Award in April 1947. She relinquished her commission in February 1954.