Lot 42
A Great War Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force Pair awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class Leonard David Lion
Military Medals, Decorations and Orders On Land, at Sea, in the Air | E114
Auction: 7 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
A Great War Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force Pair awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class Leonard David Lion, RFC/RAF, comprising 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (55442 2. A.M. L.D. Lion. R.A.F.), toned, fine. (2).
Leonard David Lion was born in 1888 and he was a Buying Clerk from Clapton, London, by the time he enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps on the 23rd of January 1917. His papers state he was a Stores Clerk who served in France with the R.F.C. from the 3rd of February 1917, transferring to the R.A.F. on the 1st of April 1918 and returning to England on the 15th of May 1919. He was discharged from the Royal Air Force on the 30th of April 1920.
Sold with Copy Service Record and Copy Muster Roll.
