Auction Catalogue

28 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1110

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28 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£340

Four: Pilot Officer B. G. Knoesen, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No 97 Squadron

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence & War Medals, these all officially named Rhodesian issues (P/O B. G. Knoesen, 97 Sqn.) in named card box of issue with named Rhodesian condolence slip, good very fine (4) £140-180

Pilot Officer Benjamin Gabriel Knoesen, Air Gunner in 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, was killed in action on 30 July 1943. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany.