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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 445

A Great War 1918 Fighter Ace´s M.C. Group of Ten to Air Commodore R.W. Chappell, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force; Having Achieved 2 Victories in Elephants with 27 (Bomber Squadron), He Served as a Flight Commander with 41 (Fighter) Squadron and ´A Highly Successful Tour Gained him a Further 9 Victories Between 2nd February and 16th May 1918, Including Two ´Doubles´ on Single Days´
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in sans-serif capitals ´RFC Capt. R.W. Chappell. March 1917. France.´
b) 1914-15 Star (Pte. R.W. Chappell. Hartigans Hse.)
c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. R.W. Chappell. R.A.F.), rank officially corrected on VM
d) 1939-1945 Star
e) Pacific Star
f) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf
g) Jubilee 1935
h) Coronation 1937, generally very fine, mounted for display, with the following related items:
- Two photograph albums containing a mixture of service photographs and family photographs, dating from the Great War onwards
- A number of formal named invitations to various ambassadorial and diplomatic functions (lot)

Sold for
£5,800