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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 11

A Good Second War ´Immediate´ Spitfire Pilot´s D.F.C. and Post War Balliol Aerobatic Pilot´s A.F.C. Group of Five Attributed to Flight Lieutenant B.L. Garner, Royal Air Force, Who Claimed Two Victories in the Air Over Italy, 1944, And Many More Successes on Ground Targetsa) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1945´b) Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1951´c) 1939-1945 Stard) Italy Stare) War Medal, good very fine, mounted as originally worn, with copies of various press cuttings regarding the recipient; sold with Auction sales invoice from Richardsons Auctioneers, Bourne, Lincolnshire, when the group was sold ´on behalf of his family´, May 1996 (5)

Sold for
£2,900