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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 449

A Scarce Great War 1918 D.F.C., 1919 A.F.C. Group of Four to Handley Page Bomber Pilot, Major T.A. Batchelor, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, For His Gallantry in Leading an Low-Level Night Attack on the Zeebrugge Lock Gates, 3.5.1918. A Noted Inventor, He Was Killed in a Flying Accident, 22.4.1918, Whilst Undertaking Experimental Night Flights
a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued
b) Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued
c) British War and Victory Medals (Major T.A. Batchelor. R.A.F), campaign awards lacquered, generally very fine or better, with the following related items:
-The recipient´s parchment Conduct Certificates, 1903-1917, bound in a book
- Congratulatory letter dated 13.5.1918
- A portrait photograph of recipient in uniform (lot)

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£4,800