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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 444

A Superb Great War Fighter Ace´s ´Battle of Cambrai´ M.C. and Bar, D.F.C. Group of Five to Captain J.A. ´Jimmy´ Slater, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, He Was 64 Squadron´s Top Scoring Pilot For the Great War; Accredited With At Least 24 Victories, ´In 18 Days He Has Engaged in 25 Combats at Close-quarters, Shooting Down 8 Enemy Machines´, He Was Killed in a Flying Accident, 26.11.1925, The Day Before His 29th Birthday
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in sans-serif capitals ´Capt. J.A. Slater. Nov. 1917. Bar: March 1918.´, with Second Award Bar
b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in sans-serif capitals ´Capt. J.A. Slater May. 1918´
c) 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J.A. Slater, R.F.C.)
d) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J.A. Slater. R.A.F.), generally good very fine (5)

Sold for
£34,000

Sale 12004 Notices: Lot 444
A single engraved M.C. and Bar to this man was sold at auction in November 2010