Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant E. F. Kennett, Machine Gun Corps, late Rifle Brigade

1914-15 Star (2686 Pte. E. F. Kennett. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut E. F. Kennett) the Star a somewhat later issue, good very fine (3) £80-£120

Ernest Frederick Kennett attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 December 1914, being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps on 19 December 1917. He subsequently served during the Second World War in the Royal Air Force from 18 April 1941.

Sold with various items of insignia including a hallmarked M.G.C. cap and collar badge, R.A.F. officer’s cap badge; Metropolitan Special Constabulary badge; and a number of M.G.C. buttons, all contained within a Princess Mary’s Christmas gift tin.