Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Flight Lieutenant F. J. Christie, Royal Air Force

Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., M.I.D. oak leaf (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.), minor contact marks and a little edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (4) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C. and R.A.F. formed by Wing Commander Bill Traynor.

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Born in January 1921, Christie was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in December 1944, and was mentioned in despatches ‘For distinguished service in Malaya’ in the London Gazette of 26 April 1949. Advanced to substantive Flight Lieutenant in April 1955, he resigned his commission in July 1968.