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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 159

An Extremely Rare ´Crowned Head´ Inter-War A.F.M. Group of Seven to Flying Officer W.R. McCleery, Royal Air Force Air Force Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ´Crowned Head´ type (973. F/Sgt. W.R. Mc.Cleery. R.A.F.); British War and Victory Medals (973 Sgt. W.R. Mc Cleery. R.A.F.); General Service Medal 1918-62, one clasp, Kurdistan (973. Sgt. W.R. Mc.Cleery. R.A.F.); Jubilee Medal 1935; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (973. F/Sgt. W.R. Mc.Cleery. R.A.F.); France, Croix de Guerre, 1914 1918 on reverse, good very fine or better, mounted as worn, with seven related miniature awards, Air Force Medal G.V.R., 1st ´Coinage Head´ type; France, Croix de Guerre with oak leaf (14) Estimate £ 5,500-6,000A.F.M. London Gazette 4.6.1934. Flying Officer William Robert McCleery, A.F.M., entered the Royal Flying Corps 1.12.1913. Awarded Royal Aero Club Aviator´s Certificate No. 4971, 12.7.1917, as 1st Class Air Mechanic; promoted Sergeant 15.8.1917; wounded February 1918; awarded French Croix de Guerre 17.8.1918. Commissioned Flying Officer 8.1.1937. One of only Twenty G.V.R. ´Crowned Head´ type Air Force Medals awarded.

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