RAF Halton, Barrington-Kennett Trophy, silver medal, type 2, by J. Pinches (A/A Cook, N.W.) hallmarked London 1931, extremely fine and toned, original blue and green ribbon and ornate uninscribed clasp; in fitted blue Boucher case £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Medals and Militaria.

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Bt Spink July 1995.

565458 Flight Sgt (Pilot) Norman Wallace Cook, 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron, RAF, from York, was killed in action when his Blenheim was shot down during a strike on the port of Bergen, Norway, on 5 July 1941, aged 27. Cook’s grave is at the Mollendal Church cemetery, Bergen. Further details are sold with the lot.