Campaign Groups and Pairs

Five: Aircraftman 1st Class C. F. Reed, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, and Sub-Inspector, Metropolitan Special ConstabularyBritish War Medal 1914-20 (F-30036 C. F. Reed. A.C.1. R.N.A.S.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (230036. A.C.1. C. F. Reed. R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long service 1931 (Sub-Inspr. Charles Reed); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with 1 Additional Award Bar (11032. Pte. C. F. Reed. E. London Div. No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1932.); Metropolitan Special Constabulary Long Service Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (5) £140-£180---Charles Frederick Reed was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, on 4 November 1882, and attested for the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 June 1917 for the duration of hostilities. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918, and subsequently served during the Russian Intervention in the Balkans in the modified aircraft carrier H.M.S. Furious from 30 October 1919. He was discharged on 30 April 1920.Sold with copied research which confirms that the recipient’s British War Medal was issued by the Royal Navy (as his then sole entitlement), before he became entitled to a Victory Medal with the R.A.F. for service during the Russian Intervention in October 1919.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk