Lockdales Coins & Collectables 17-18 March 2018

35 770 Sweetheart badge - Hunts Cyclists brass & enamel brooch/badge - Rare. £45 - £55 771 Sweetheart badge - Victorian, The Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles) silver badge. Maker -FN. Marked on the back WET, July 10th, 1888 + box. £70 - £80 772 Sweetheart badges (3) plus one collar badge - Sherwood Foresters and Notts. & Derby (4 items in all). 3 are probably brooched collars. 2 out of the 4 badges are possibly Officer’s. All 4 have a King’s crown. £30 - £40 773 Sweetheart badges (5) Derbyshire/Sherwood Foresters (possibly all early collars which have been brooched); some are silver and officers, all have Queen Victoria crowns. £40 - £50 774 Sweetheart badges (6) - all white faced enamel - includes 1 each of R.E., Queen’s, R.A., Cheshire, plus 2 A.S.C. £30 - £40 775 Sweetheart silver badge, Sherwood Foresters/Derbyshire; hallmarked, MB Birm. 1899, Victorian Crown. £45 - £55 776 Sweetheart silver Torpedo badge - HMPC 66; hallmarked Birm. 1918; rare but dented. £20 - £30 777 S/O F. E. H. Lees flying instructor (263 hours 50) and ferry flight engineer (411 hours 15) *MBE Gallantry ATA collection to S/O F.E.H Lees For displaying exceptional courage and initiative on the 30th July 1944 in assisting in the rescue of a trapped aircrew from a burning aircraft with bombs on board (only one of two ATA members to receive both the MBE for gallantry and the certificate of commendation from the ATA). Boxed MBE in wartime economy outer box. Framed Certificate of Commendation. ATA certificate of service in postal tube. General record of service from January 1942 to March 1946. Service Cap with two piece cap badge. Padded ATA badge. Boxed enamelled ATA sweetheart marked silver and numbered. ATA tie pin hand crafted by jeweller. Large collection of photographs (some with annotations) and ephemera including hand drawn cartoons, postcard, letter from Lettice Curtis whom he taught to fly 4 engined bombers. Signed letters of congratulations from Commodore G. d'Erlanger. Wedding photograph in ATA uniform. Certificate for the MBE. London Gazette 26th June 1945: "A aircraft crashed on landing and burst into flames. Despite the fire and the bombs on board, which subsequently exploded, the crew, five of whom were seriously injured in the crash, were extricated." "Gulson and Lees Entered the blazing aircraft but as the fuselage was full of smoke and they were unable to see anyone they came out again. When told that another member of the crew was still in the aircraft in the rest bay of the fuselage Gulson and Lees immediately entered the machine to search. The missing man was located huddled up against the rear spar and, after a struggle over the front spar and through the flames, Gulson and Lees were able to pull him through the cockpit hatch and lower him to the ground. Lees, Cotter and Gulson showed great courage without thought for their own safety and by their determination saved the lives of two persons." Superb lot (qty) £5000 - £5500