Auction Catalogue

11 October 2023

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 530

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11 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£200

Four: Chief Technician P. I. P. Hills, Royal Air Force

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Malay Peninsula (U0572457 Ch. Tech. P. I. P. Hills. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (572457 Sgt. P. I. P. Hills. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, scratches and traces of lacquer to reverse of third medal, edge bruise to last, otherwise very fine (4) £280-£340

Patrick Ivor Phillip Hills was born in 1921. He attested into the Royal Air Force in 1937, serving at RAF Halton and Cosford, and he saw further service at home and in Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, Egypt and Sudan, Libya, Germany, Singapore, and Aden. Retiring in 1969 after 31 years’ service, he died in 1973.

Sold with the recipient’s Flying Log Book covering the period 1944-48; and framed commendation by the Air Officer Commanding No. 224 Group, Far East Air Force, dated 1 January 1963.