Orders, Decorations and Medals

Staff Surgeon William Job Maillard, V.C., Royal Navy
A scrap of Naval Victoria Cross ribbon bearing the bronze V.C. emblem, frayed

Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps
Riband bar created for display, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rose; Military Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross, 2nd type ribbon; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with silver Maple leaf emblem; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Croix de Guerre, W.W.1, with bronze palm, the riband bar on card together with cloth R.A.F. ‘wings’ and a copied photograph of the recipient in uniform; together with another riband bar created for display purposes, bearing addition ribbons

Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, V.C., Royal Air Force
Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. emblem; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Belgium, Order of the Crown; Italy, Order of the Crown; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, mounted on card bearing a photograph of the recipient in uniform

Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, V,C., Royal Air Force
Loose, short lengths (approx. 30mm.) of ribbon: Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; together with a photograph signed by the recipient, ‘Leonard Cheshire’, varied condition, sold as found (lot) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Maillard V.C. London Gazette 1 December 1898. Surgeon Maillard, Royal Navy, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Crete on 6 September 1898. With copied research.

Bishop V.C. London Gazette 11 August 1917. Captain Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, won the V.C. for his gallant action against enemy aircraft near Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. With copied research.

West V.C. London Gazette 8 November 1918. Captain West, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his gallant action N.E. of Roye, France, on 10 August 1918. With copied obituary cuttings and a copied photograph of the recipient in later life.

Cheshire V.C. London Gazette 8 September 1944. Wing Commander Cheshire, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his sustained gallant actions over the period 1940-44. With some copied research.