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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 31

'They Fell in Battle', A Roll of Honour of The Battle of Britain 10 July - 31 October 1940, published by the Royal Air Force Museum in 1980. Limited edition number 72 of 80

Foreword written and signed by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as Marshal of the Royal Air Force; designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, on Arches Velin mold-made paper; the text printed in Royal Air Force blue on rectos of leaves only, titled in blue and gold, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, folio, 50pp.; 39cm.

slight wear and scuffing, and warping to front cover, otherwise in good condition overall

Commissioned in 1980 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by Dr. John Tanner C.B.E., Founding Director of the Royal Air Force Museum.

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Estimate
£400 to £500