Orders, Decorations and Medals - British Groups

Lot 3809    SESSION 13 (2.30pm Thursday 2nd April)    Orders, Decorations and Medals - British Groups

Estimate $10,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $10,500

GROUP OF TEN: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)(first type) (Military); Military Cross (GRI); Air Force Cross (GVR); Queen's South Africa Medal - four clasps - Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal; South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star - clasp - 5th Aug-22 Nov 1914 ('Mons'); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19 with M.I.D.; General Service Medal 1918-30 - clasp - Kurdistan; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45. 6982 Pte J.Butler Rl.Irish Fus on fourth and fifth medals, Captain A.J.Butler R.F.C. on sixth and seventh medals, S/L A.J.Butler R.A.F. on eighth medal. OBE, MC and AFC unnamed, fourth to eighth medals impressed, last two medals unnamed. Very fine.

OBE LG 03Jun1919; MC LG 18Feb1915; AFC LG 21Jan1923; MID LG 17Feb1915 p.1668. Together with some photocopies of medal index card records, three pages of Lists of Officers of the Royal Air Force, newspaper clipping dated January 3 1918 listing J.Butler for Investiture at Buckingham Palace to receive the Military Cross.