Lockdales Auction 172 25-26 January 2020

38 713 Trench Art Bicycle (35mm) £40 - £45 714 Trench Periscope MkIX 1918 R & J Beck Ltd No24756. £60 - £70 715 Turkish Crimea Medal 1855, British Issue "Crimea". Unnamed as issued £60 - £65 716 United States Army group with named Certificates and Citations for each medal, photos, letters of congratulation and appreciation, etc. Awarded to Sergeant Major Verlon W. Miller US Army. Medals - The Legion of Merit (engraved to Verlon W. Miller), Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Bronze Star. Plus US Army Combat Infantry badge (CIB), with a rare to fine FORCOM - Forces Command: General Staff Identification Badge (not permanent issue). Scarce complete lot (Qty) £100 - £150 717 US WW2 1941 dated flag with various stencilling to the lanyard. £50 - £60 718 USA scarce 19th century soldiers handbook to Joseph Farmer, 11th Infantry with all his details in the back served from 1892. Also in the Spanish American war. £60 - £70 719 Various Aircraft instruments, dials and fuel gauges (Qty) £25 - £30 720 Various British medals - inc Egypt Medal 1882 no bar engraved to a native, WW1 medals - BWM to Loveridge RE, Victory Medals to Tilburn W.Yorks Regt, Victory Medal to 70667 Spr R G Thomas RE, Special Constabulary Medal GV to Thomas Bannister, and Imperial Service Medal GV to William Alexander Bragg, etc. (7 items) £80 - £85 721 Various Foreign medals inc French Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, and 1914-1917, Medaille Militaire, St Helena Medal, Italian War Merit Cross (bronze), etc. (7) £70 - £75 722 Various medals - Arnhem Medal by Spink, I.N.F. Treaty Medal, Suez Medal, USA WW2 Victory Medal, Defence & War Medals, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Norfolks silver sweetheart badge, etc. (Qty) £50 - £60 723 Various medals etc - Special Constabulary Medal GV to William D Burlinson, Mercantile Marine Medal to Charles L Fieldgate, Silver War Badge 462629 to William Killoran MGC, WW2 War Medal, and small badge. (5) £40 - £50 724 Victorian gilt Naval buttons, large size (14) small size (13) £40 - £45 725 Victorian leather general purpose belt in excellent condition dated 1900? With various inspectors marks etc. £90 - £100 726 Victory Medal named Lieut C F Smith RAF. With Pilots Flying log Book for 5/8/1916 to 2/9/1919, flew with 66 Sqdn. Notes: shot at 3/5/17, engaging the enemy 4/5/17, 15min air battle 9/5/17 Le Cateau, one kill recorded 26/5/17 £450 - £500 727 Victory Medal named (Major G H Scott, RAF). Major George Herbert "Lucky Breeze" Scott CBE, AFC, RAF (late RNAS) Killed in the R101 Airship Disaster. After serving with the RNAS / RAF in WW1 he went on to Command the airship R34 on its return Atlantic Crossing in 1919 which marked the 1st transatlantic flight by an airship and the 1st east-west transatlantic flight by an aircraft of any kind. He was also on the R100 in 1930 during the an Atlantic crossing. He was killed later that year when the R101 crashed in northern France during a flight to India. Scott also made significant contributions to airship engineering, notably the evolution of the mooring mast. Served Airship Stations Barrow, Anglesey, Howden, Cranwell, Pulham (Chief Experimental Officer) and Crystal Palace. Served as a Camel Pilot Aegean 1918. MID L/G 30/4/1918 as Squadron Commander RNAS Howden while in Command of HM Rigid Airship No9. Air Force Cross L/G 1/1/1919 as Major Act Lieut Colonel RAF. CBE L/G 23/8/1919 Commander of HM Airship R34. Scott retired from the RAF Oct 1919 later joining the technical staff at Cardington in 1920. He was also issued with Airship Pilots Licence No A1 (1st Class) 4/2/1921. Lot includes superb copy photo of Scott, original R101 Memorial Card and Newspaper. Lived Chota Castle Chew Magna, Somerset. Much research. (1) £200 - £250 728 Victory Medal to 9854 Pte William Sweetman, Middlesex Regt, later 28414 8th East Surrey Regt. DOW 02.10.16, Battle of Somme. Buried CWGC Authuile Military Cemetery, Somme. Medal (named to Middx R.). (1) £25 - £30 729 Victory Medal to GS-10945 Cpl R F Abbott Royal Fusiliers. KIA 1st July 1916 (Somme) with the 8th Bn. Born Yarmouth, Suffolk. On the Thiepval Memorial. (1) £80 - £85 730 Victory Medal & India General Service Medal 1908-35 with Malabar 1921-22 bar to 1342 Cpl Arthur Payne, 4th Bn Suffolk Regt. He survived WW1 from 08.11.14, later served with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt. in India. Entitled to 1914 Star & BWM. Lived Castle Street, Woodbridge. (2) £170 - £180