Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’, with Royal Mint case of issue, mounted on board with 1939-45 Star, copy Air Crew Europe Star, Defence and War Medals, with typed attribution to Flight Lieutenant William Gregson, R.A.F.V.R., Sellotape glue deposits to reverse of medals, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400

D.F.C. London Gazette 11 September 1942:
‘Acting Flight Lieutenant William Gregson (103520) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 124 Squadron.
This officer has participated in a large number of sorties, including 4 executed in the combined operations at Dieppe when he led his flight with skill and courage. He has at all times set a splendid example. Flight Lieutenant Gregson has destroyed 1 and damaged a further 2 enemy aircraft.’