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Minor interruptions evident in the bullion on the Drum Major's Insignia, glue residue present at the junction point on the second chevron from the top, as well as on the reverse of both pieces, near extremely fine.\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126963720469,"sku":"M0014-68","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_13432.jpg?v=1692887402"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-set-of-eleven-royal-air-force-raf-commissioned-ranks-shoulder-boards-m0014-60","title":"United Kingdom. A Set Of Eleven Royal Air Force (Raf) Commissioned Ranks Shoulder Boards","description":"Includes, in ascending order: Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Group Captain, Air Commodore, Air Vice-Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Each board incorporates rank stripes in light blue and black embroidery, with a single sky blue embroidered stripe on the Pilot Officer and Squadron Leader boards, the stripes stitched in place to a grayish-blue wool upper, stiff fibre frame, a brass button bearing the crowned RAF eagle insignia inserted into the button hole and secured in place via a cotter pin on the black patent leather underside, each is stamped in gold-coloured ink with the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom and inscribed \"BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING\" and maker marked \"GIEVES LIMITED\" on the underside, measuring 57 mm (w) x 137 mm (h) each, mothing evident on the shoulder end of the Pilot Officer and Flying Officer boards which exposes the underlying fibre frame, a few with mothing present on the wool in the area above the stripes, near extremely fine. \n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126968242453,"sku":"M0014-60","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_13460.jpg?v=1692887416"},{"product_id":"canada-united-kingdoma-lot-of-104-army-navy-and-air-force-related-items-gb6879","title":"Canada, United Kingdom.a  Lot Of 104 Army, Navy And Air Force Related Items","description":"Includes: fifty-nine Badges: Korean War Commonwealth Division (1), Force Mobile Command (1), Civil Defence Corps (CDC)(1), Industrial Civil Defence Service (ICDS)(1), Canadian Army (17), Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (1), Royal Canadian Air Force (31), Royal Canadian Navy (1), Royal Canadian Logistics Service (2), Parachute Regiment (1), Air Cadet Gliding (1), Physical Training Instructor (1) (fifty-eight in various colours of embroidery, some with silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire, two incorporating a metal insignia, most of wool bases, in a wide range of sizes, the Air Cadet Gliding Badge in blue screen-printed ink on white pebbled vinyl, measuring 77 mm in diameter); twenty-five Shoulder Flashes: 3rd S.A.S. 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A few with glue residue on the reverse from previous board mounting, ranging from fine to extremely fine.\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46127081554197,"sku":"GB6879","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_14316.jpg?v=1692887759"},{"product_id":"australia-canada-united-kingdom-a-lot-of-thirty-one-army-and-air-force-uniform-items-w6440","title":"Australia, Canada, United Kingdom. A Lot Of Thirty-One Army And Air Force Uniform Items","description":"Includes: three Ribbon Bars (one each for Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom), a Two-Medal Blank Suspension Bar, eight embroidered Shoulder Flashes, fifteen embroidered Sleeve Patches, a pair of black wool Shoulder Boards with white piping, and a pair of Slip-On Rank Shoulder Boards (each with two embroidered pips). Ranging from fine to extremely fine.\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46128407904533,"sku":"W6440","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_25785.jpg?v=1692891814"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-an-early-collection-of-livery-buttons-c1835-gb6982rl2","title":"United Kingdom. An Early Collection Of Livery Buttons, C.1835","description":"This is an extensive and extremely well-preserved group of 24 livery buttons, including a button depicting an embowed arm, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, marked on the reverse “NUTTING \u0026amp; SON, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depicting an unidentified monogram, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “HAMBURGHER \u0026amp; CO., KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depicting a wolf passant and boar’s head, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 28 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a button depicting a crocodile circumscribed by the motto of Jamaica “INDUS UTERQUE SERVIET UNI” (“THE TWO INDIANS WILL SERVE AS ONE”), ca. 1800, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “FIRMIN \u0026amp; WESTALL, STRAND”, measuring 16 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a lion rampant button, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 16 mm in diameter, in better than very fine condition; an unidentified divisional button, ca. 1825, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING \u0026amp; SON, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 16 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a Warwickshire Fusiliers button, ca. 1810, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “I. MCGOWAN, GERRARD’S, LONDON”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depicting a torch, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; a button depicting a whippet and tree, ca. 1830, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 26 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a Royal Lancashire Militia button, ca. 1812, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “FIRMIN \u0026amp; WESTALL, STRAND”, measuring 22 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; a 2nd Somerset Militia button, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “FIRMIN \u0026amp; WESTALL, STRAND”, measuring 24 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depicting a swan and crown, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 19 mm in diameter, in better than very fine condition; a button with an unidentified monogram, ca. 1838, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 23 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a button depicting a boar’s head, ca. 1830, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a King’s Royal Irish Hussars button, ca. 1840, constructed of gilded bronze, unmarked, measuring 21 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depicting a double-headed eagle, ca. 1835, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING \u0026amp; SON, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 27 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a Bengal Native Infantry button, ca. 1835, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING \u0026amp; SON, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 19 mm in diameter; a button depicting a phoenix, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “WILLIAM \u0026amp; SON, LONDON”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button with the arms of Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; a button with an unidentified coat of arms, ca. 1835, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; a button depicting a raven, ca. 1835, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; a button depitcing a coat of arms with the motto of Clan Halkett, ca. 1835, the reverse marked “NUTTING \u0026amp; SON, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 28 mm in diameter, in very fine condition; a button depicting an eagle and Cross Pattée, ca. 1835, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, 28 mm in diameter; a button depicting a goose, ca. 1830, constructed of gilded bronze, the reverse marked “NUTTING, KING ST., COVENT GARDEN”, measuring 30 mm in diameter, in better than very fine condition; all set in a card stock binder with a faux red leather exterior, measuring 120 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), extremely fine. \n\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46131657343253,"sku":"GB6982.RL2","price":305.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_20749_1_1.jpg?v=1692898428"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-lot-of-buttons-insignia-patches-and-shoulder-boards-gb7971","title":"United Kingdom. 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The tunic features a lined collar bearing the Royal Medical Corps Insignia. The shoulder straps bearing the insignia on each shoulder strap, the first being the British Army’s Queen’s Crown PIP denoting rank, and anOrder of Bath styled pip with the Latin “Tria Juncta In Uno” (translation: Three joined in one) referencing the unification between England, Scotland and Ireland. The tunic features a medal bar for seven medals, including the Korea Medal; a bullion parachutist wings on the right arm of the jacket; and silver Royal Medical Corps buttons. The jacket measures shoulder to shoulder at 43cm, overall length measuring at 91cm and sleeve length measuring at 60cm. Accompanied by a Royal Medical Corps Cap constructed of black and burgundy wool, and an interior red lining, affixed with the Royal Medical Corps Insignia. It measures at 10.5cm (h) x 30cm (w). Overall in extremely fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47909430264085,"sku":"M0076-115","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/MNC3152.jpg?v=1705598932"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-royal-volunteer-artillery-tunic-colonel-c1890-gb8093","title":"United Kingdom. A Royal Volunteer Artillery Tunic, Colonel, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eA superbly crafted Artillery tunic, constructed of fine dark blue wool. The tunic features a raised collar trimmed with silver bullion wire and embroidered gold bullion grenade collar badges at each edge. Secured to the shoulders with a small silver Royal artillery button are silver cord artillery pattern shoulder cords each carrying two embroidered bullion Royal artillery insignia and one embroidered bullion crown to denote the rank of Colonel. Each cuff is decorated for the rank of Colonel. The front is completed by nine large silver buttons as well as seven at the back waist, made in London. The tunic body and sleeves are lined with a quilted beige twill, the collar and skirt lined with black silk twill. There is a concealed pocket at the left breast. The interior bears no maker’s mark. The jacket measures 46 cm across the shoulders x 80 cm in length. 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The shoulder boards are decorated with a single strip of gilded bullion wire tresse near the shoulders, along with an upper strip of tresse that is looped onto itself with a central hand-embroidered “R” denoting that this tunic belonged to a member of the Royal Navy Reserves. This blouse features dual pockets at breast height that are secured shut with a flap and a single matching fire gilded naval button. Above the left pocket is a medal ribbon bar consisting of a ribbon consisting of three equally wide stripes of dark blue, white, and dark blue, with a thin dark blue stripe down the centre of the white. It is fastened to the tunic via a horizontal pinback and appears original to the uniform. The tunic can be buttoned-up via a series of three larger fire-gilded vertically mounted Royal Navy buttons, measuring 24mm in diameter, mounted onto the right side, and meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the opposing side. At waist-height, mounted horizontally on the right side of the blouse, are a series of three black bakelite buttons, that meet a single reinforced buttonhole on the opposing side for flexible size adjustment. The sleeves are plain and undecorated, featuring a cuff that is secured shut via a single integrated hidden bakelite button. The interior is completely unlined, without pockets, featuring only a strip of fabric sewn to the interior of the collar to act as a loop for hanging, as well as a white fabric label at the base of the back portion, stamped with “Admiralty - Blue Serge Working Dress Blouse Officer’s - Size No. 7” with height, breast, and waist measurements, along with the maker mark “H. Lotery \u0026amp; Co. Limited 4044”. It measures approximately 42 cm across the shoulders (seam to seam), with a sleeve length of 58 cm, and an overall length of 63 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The dress trousers, constructed of matching dark navy blue whipcord woven wool with a 33 cm long vertical slit in the centre of the front, secured shut via a series of four vertically mounted black bakelite buttons mounted on the right side, along with a single black bakelite button mounted on the left side, all meeting a reinforced button-hole on the opposing side. This pair features a single large vertical slit pocket on each side towards the front, lined on the inside with off-white cotton-blended fabric that also forms the partial lining along the waist of these trousers. There is also one equally-lined horizontal-slit pocket on each side of the rear, each secured shut via a single black bakelite button - with the right-side button broken in half but still functioning as it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the exterior along the waist are a total of five small bakelite buttons for the attachment of suspenders. There is a neat dual-sided fold in the pant legs, terminating at the bottom without cuffs. These trousers measure approximately 40 cm across the waist, with a pant length of 111 cm, and an inseam of 76 cm. This dress uniform is extremely well preserved with minimal wear visible, with the exception of a single moth bite directly below the first button on the trousers. The black bakelite button on the right side to the rear of these trousers is partially broken off, but this does not impede the function of the button itself. It is in overall near mint condition, without stains, rips, or tears of any kind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: This tunic is accompanied by a naval message stemming from HMT Fyldea originally found in one of the breast pockets. His Majesty Trowlers Fyldea was launched on February 15th, 1930 and officially completed late 1934 for civilian use. It was requisitioned for war service in 1936, adapted for use as a minesweeping trawler in the Royal Navy, and was again completed on January 30th, 1942. Before her service in the Royal Navy, HMT Fyldea (FY666) took part in the evacuation of allied troops from the Dunkirk area from May 26th to June 4th, 1940, codenamed Operation Dynamo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe message contained in the uniform describes the events that transpired on August 24th, 1942 in great detail, including the sinking of HMS ML103 in the Dover Straits due to sailing into a minefield. HMT Fyldea responded and aided in the rescue of the survivors. Horace David Herbert Osborne (Lieutenant - JX. 24I602) was the only recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal serving on board HMT Fyldea during that time. He was born on June 30th, 1915 to parents William John Osborne and Mother Frances Annie Tunnidge. He married his wife Ethel Kathleen Johnson in 1940 at the age of 25. He is listed in the London Gazette on September 14th, 1943 as the recipient of The Distinguished Service Medal for skill and daring in successful minesweeping operations. He died on September 6th, 1986 in Essex, England. Following the Second World War, HMT Fyldea was sold to The Ocean Steam Trawling Co. Ltd and renamed H160. Ownership changed multiple times and she was sold for demolition on February 8th, 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260140630293,"sku":"GB8045","price":480.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/MNC4177_a37fbd26-abba-4bec-a858-b0b3f34e6d72.jpg?v=1737478708"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-royal-army-medical-corps-mess-dress-jacket-and-vest-with-parachute-qualification-badge-m0076-122","title":"United Kingdom. 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The collar is flanked on both sides with integrated sew-on style burgundy wool collar tabs, both decorated with a single rank pip and Royal Crown pin, and secured in place by a brass Medical Corps button. The left sleeve is decorated with a cloth parachute qualification badge, consisting of a parachute, constructed of silver-tone rolled and twisted embroidery. Both sleeves finish with wide, integrated, burgundy cuffs without decorative buttons of any kind. The interior is lined with matching burgundy silk blended fabric, with the back section plain, while the sides are quilted, along with white liners for the sleeves. It measures 48 mm across the shoulders (seam to seam), with 66 cm long sleeves (seam to cuff), with a total length of approximately 67cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is accompanied by a vest, with a burgundy wool front, featuring one diagonal-slit pocket per side, along with four vertically positioned buttons on the right side, that are met with an equal number of reinforced button-holes on the opposing side. Each button is decorated with a crowned snake and scepter within a laurel wreath and is securely sewn to the vest. The reverse of the vest is constructed of burgundy silk blended material featuring an integrated belt with magnetic metal buckle with two prongs in an “H” formation. The interior of the vest is lined entirely with white silk blended fabric and is free of markings of any kind. It measures 44 cmm across the waist, with a total length of 58 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jacket and vest are accompanied by a flask constructed of a nickel plated metal alloy, with a screw-top and a Royal Army Medical Corps badge attached to the front, consisting of a crowned snake and scepter within a laurel wreath and a banner underneath marked “In Arduis Fidelis”. It is marked “Made in England”, “James Dixon \u0026amp; Sons, Sheffield” along with “45” and “40zs” at the bottom of the flask, marked 80 mm w x 113 mm (l). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine British Royal Army Medical Corps mess dress jacket, complete with vest, and accompanied by a matching flask, extremely well preserved, and in overall near extremely fine condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281271370005,"sku":"M0076-122","price":101.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/MNC9963.jpg?v=1717161069"},{"product_id":"great-britain-kingdom-a-royal-air-force-irvin-flying-jacket-c1941-gb8043","title":"Great Britain, Kingdom. A Royal Air Force Irvin Flying Jacket, c.1941","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rarely enclountered example of an unaltered and all-original Royal Air Force Irvin flying jacket, stemming from Leslie Irvin’s first contract with the R.A.F. The jacket is constructed of multiple panels of thick and hard-wearing sheepskin, with leather welted seams, a honey-coloured woolen fur interior, and tanned chocolate-brown exterior. It features a multi-panel collar that has the ability to be flipped up and closed in the front using a leather throat latch and double-O rings, with the addition of an intact black elastic strap towards the neck that is attached to the jacket via butterfly pins for a skin-tight fit. The front is secured shut via a durable 50 cm long bronze zipper, featuring an interior weather flap for additional protection against high-speed winds. The sleeves feature a 24 cm long slit, each secured shut via a matching bronze sipper with an equally durable zipper consisting of a slider and strong metal teeth. In each armpit is a triangular downward-pointing patch with eight bronze rivets for air ventilation, denoting that this is a first-contract Irvin jacket, since the second contract for Irvin jackets featured nine breather vents. The waist features a broad leather belt, threaded through two belt loops, and secured shut using a standard single-hole belt buckle meeting reinforced holes. The interior is completely fur-lined, without pockets, featuring a chained hanging loop, with a sewn-on patch reading “A.M. No. H539783\/41\/35\/MIJ\/01(d)”, “Size 4”, as well as “Height - 5’6 to 5’9, Chest - 36 to 38, Waist 32 to 34, as well as “Delivery Date - 1941”. It was also named on the bottom section of the label, but illegible. It measures 50 cm across the shoulders, with a sleeve length of 64 cm, and an overall length of 67 cm. A well-loved and worn example, with two small areas of field repairs, the polyacrylate coating worn off completely in the exterior side, in overall better than very fine condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48285387424021,"sku":"GB8043","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/MNC4839_f765751a-6d89-42eb-a634-5beb5c684760.jpg?v=1715705315"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-an-mbe-lieutenant-colonels-royal-army-medical-corps-battledress-blouse-m0076-125","title":"United Kingdom. An MBE Lieutenant Colonel's Royal Army Medical Corps Battledress Blouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eExterior in wool with an olive green tinge to the darker khaki colour, identifying it as the British version, adorned with \"R.A.M.C.\" (Royal Army Medical Corps) embroidered shoulder flashes in maroon with beige text. Both shoulders incorporate button down epaulette straps, each of which bears a crown and pip in maroon wool with beige and brown embroidery, both straps secured in place via a brown plastic button. Just below the shoulder flash on the right sleeve is a Parachutist Badge in light blue and white embroidery on an olive green wool base. Both collars bear Royal Army Medical Corps silvered and gilt collar badges that bear the Queen's crown, each of which is secured in place by a pin fed through two lugs on the underside, the badges complemented by a greenish-brown plastic button on the underside of the right collar facing a reinforced button hole on the left collar. The front has two pockets, one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with brownish-green finished plastic buttons at the top. Above the left breast pocket is a two-level ribbon bar (level one: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division or British Empire Medal, 1939-1945 Star; level two: France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, General Service Medal 1918-1962). The front has a vertical row of five brownish-green finished plastic buttons on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, covered by a full-length flap and remain invisible to the eye, the waistline at the front with a strap on the left side, and when fed through the metal belt loop on the right side, ensures a snug fit at the waist. Both sleeves have button down cuffs with brownish-green finished plastic buttons on both sides. Inside, the waistline is reinforced with a 65 mm wide cotton band, with two reinforced button holes at the rear, the aforementioned pockets with a beige cotton lining, the left pocket stamped in black ink with a large \"11\", along with a label sewn in place inscribed \"BATTLEDRESS \/ BLOUSE 1940 PATTERN \/ Height 5'9\" 5'10\" \/ Breast 38 \" 39\" \/ Waist 33\" 34\" \/ R.O.F. Chorley 1953\" and bears the British Broad Arrow Production mark, along with a strap in the collar that is designed to hang the blouse from a hook. The blouse measures 500 mm across the shoulders and 530 mm in length overall, with one hole evident in the fabric on the left side near the opening, otherwise it is free of flaws and is very clean. As worn. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466215108885,"sku":"M0076-125","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_1477.jpg?v=1723059132"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-the-tunic-of-george-medal-recipient-major-general-patrick-ian-crawford-royal-army-medical-corps-m0076-126","title":"United Kingdom. The Tunic of George Medal Recipient, Major-General Patrick Ian Crawford, Royal Army Medical Corps","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Tropical Dress Tunic: exterior in khaki cotton, both shoulders incorporating button down epaulette straps, each of which bears a Queen's crown in silvered metal, both straps secured in place via a silvered button bearing the Royal Army Medical Corps insignia. Fed through the epaulette on the right side is a maroon aiguillette cord and terminates in a knot behind the button on the right breast pocket. Both collars bear Royal Army Medical Corps small silvered and gilt collar badges that bear the Queen's crown, each of which is secured in place by a pin fed through two lugs on the underside. The front has four pockets, smaller ones on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look, along with fold-over flaps secured in place by large silvered Royal Army Medical Corps buttons. Above the left breast pocket is a ribbon bar sewn in place representing the George Medal and the General Service Medal 1962-2007 with rosette. There are two larger and deeper pockets at the waist, with fold-over flaps secured in place by small silvered Royal Army Medical Corps buttons. The front has a vertical row of four large silvered Royal Army Medical Corps buttons on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side. Inside, there are two straps placed just below the armpits, each with two reinforced holes. The lining on the left side has a label sewn in place inscribed \"UNIFORM MAN'S \/ No. 4 Dress Army Officers \/ CP 8405-99-130-7269 \/ SIZE 176\/100\/84 \/ COOP \u0026amp; COMPANY \/ BL638\/2571\", along with a strap in the collar that is designed to hang the blouse from a hook. The jacket measures 450 mm across the shoulders and 850 mm in length overall, is free of flaws and is very clean. As worn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Second Ribbon Bar: representing the George Medal and the General Service Medal 1962-2007 with rosette, on a frame with pinback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Gurkha Kukri: magnetic steel blade, with a very sharp edge (dhaar) and a very sharp tip (tuppa), designed with a bevelled edge (patti) that runs from the tip to the notch (kaudi) and incorporates a wide spine (bitheu\/beet). The blade is designed with a flat chest (ang) and without fullers (chairra), with  (chirra), with a single groove (khol) running from the peak (juro) through the belly (ghanti) to the bolster (kanzo), the ricasso (ghari) unmarked on both sides, the blade embedded into a blackened wooden handle that embodies two pairs of rings (dora), along with a raised ridge (harhari), is designed without rivets (khil) and is finished with a flare (chata), the butt with a brass and metal cap, the kukri measuring approximately 350 in length. The accompanying scabbard has a black-finished nicely-textured leather wrap around a wooden core, with two large pieces forming the holster to hold the kukri, along with two tube-like pieces housing two smaller knives in a separate compartment, both of which have magnetic steel blades and synthetic handles with black-finished wooden handles and their butts finished with a brass and metal cap, the knives designed to appear as miniature kukris. The exterior is covered in a black-finished, nicely-textured leather, the obverse bearing the 7th Gurkha Rifles insignia in silvered metal, the reverse exhibiting a heavy-stitched seam, the reverse with two large straps for belt attachment, the tip of the scabbard incorporating a brass point, the scabbard measuring approximately 290 mm in length. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear extremely fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Ian Patrick Crawford was born on October 11, 1933 in London, England, the son of Donald and Florence Crawford. He was educated at Chatham House Grammar School and St Thomas' Hospital, where he qualified as MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons) and as LRCP (Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians). He was a house-surgeon, casualty and orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in 1959-1960 until he began National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He extended his National Service into a regular commission, before seeing service in Malaysia and Borneo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e467289 Ian Patrick Crawford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, effective October 31, 1960, the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 42198 of Friday, November 18, 1960, on Tuesday, November 22, 1960, page 7957. In 1964, Crawford was an expert on preventive medicine and was the Regimental Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion, 7th (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) Gurkha Rifles, which was on active operations in Sarawak during the Confrontation over Borneo between the recently formed British-backed Federation of Malaysia and Indonesia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the afternoon of April 20, 1964, the battalion second-in-command, Major (later Brigadier) E.D. “Birdie” Smith set off from Sibu on the Rajang River by helicopter to visit a forward company position, accompanied by Captain Crawford, who was attached as the Medical Officer to the 1st Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles in Sarawak, when the helicopter the latter was travelling in to visit troops forward in the thick jungle suffered engine failure. The helicopter crashed on a steep hillside and rolled down the hillside with ever increasing damage until tree trunks arrested it, crushing the arm of Army officer Major Smith.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe helicopter was at risk of imminent fire from spilled fuel, and those in it were in grave danger. With no thought for his safety Captain Crawford remained for the next hour attending to Smith's injuries including performing an emergency amputation of Smith's right arm without morphia, and stayed with Smith until they were evacuated by helicopter to Simmanggang. Despite complete exhaustion, he helped with surgery at Simmanggang and at Kuching. Crawford had already assisted six Gurkha soldiers to escape from the wreckage of the helicopter, there was a great danger of the remnants of the helicopter going up in flames, before he found Smith badly injured, trapped in the wreckage, and saved his life. For his efforts that day in saving Major Smith's life, Captain Crawford was awarded the George Medal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTall, tirelessly energetic and inquiring, Patrick Crawford was just the effective and good-humoured doctor a crisis demanded and, for that matter, to address problems from which others tended to shy away. Crawford then began to focus on preventive medicine and Malaria. From 1968 to 1972 he was on the staff of the British Military Hospital in Singapore, was an instructor at the RAMC training centre and a deputy assistant director of Army health in the Ministry of Defence. In 1972, he was offered an exchange assignment with the Australian Army, where he had a visiting lectureship at Queensland University in Brisbane. He returned to England in 1978 where he worked in the Army Medical Directorate before going to Germany as Director of Army Health at 1st British Corps, where he served with many NATO medical officers. During this period he conducted studies into the effects of sleep deprivation, extremes of cold and heat and improving Army uniforms. In 1981, he served as the Parkes Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Royal Army Medical College and he served in the Defence Medical Services directorate from 1984 to 1986, after which he was seconded to the Saudi Arabian National Guard from 1986. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a Major General, Crawford was made a Queen's Honorary Physician in 1991, a Member of the Order of St. John in 1992 and retired from the Army on September 1, 1993, as his tenure had expired, succeeded in his post as Honorary Physician to the Queen by Brigadier Timothy Branston Nugent Oldrey (473615). After his Army career, he wrote on preventive medicine and was a member of many charities including the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner's Royal Benevolent Fund and was a trustee of the Florence Nightingale Museum. He hosted former United States President Jimmy Carter in 1991 at the centenary celebration of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical diseases. He also became a chairman of the Cocking Parish Council. In January 2003, he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and was confined at Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere for the last five years of his life. He was survived by his wife, Juliet James, whom he married in 1956 and had two sons and a daughter. Major General Ian Patrick Crawford, GM died on February 21, 2009, at the age of 75. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466215928085,"sku":"M0076-126","price":166.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_1454-copy.jpg?v=1776694245"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-lot-of-royal-army-medical-corps-major-generals-uniform-items-m0076-127","title":"United Kingdom. A Lot of Royal Army Medical Corps Major General's Uniform Items","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Royal Army Medical Corps Major General's Side Cap: fabricated from a navy blue and maroon brushed wool with fold down flaps on either side, two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels, with the side edges and sloping edges trimmed in fine gold-coloured thatched-look bullion wire piping, with two brass buttons at the front each of which bears a crossed baton and sword within an open-ended wreath design, the left side near the front with a 48 mm (w) x 58.5 mm (h) General's cap badge stitched in place, the badge in rolled and beaded gold-coloured bullion wire, its baton and sword with bands of gold-coloured wire, with touches of red embroidery in the lion's ears and tongue, its eyes in black, the void of the crown in red, with touches of red, green and blue in the base of the crown, detailing of the lion's mouth and the crown in black threading, the cap badge padded and bearing black wool in the voided area behind the baton and sword, the interior of the cap lined in black rayon, with a 23 mm wide sweatband in black felt, measuring 300 mm in width x 110 mm in height, free of mothing, flaws and very clean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Collar Tab Pair: oak leaves and acorns design in gold-coloured bullion wire on the upper, on a maroon wool base, incorporating brass buttons each bearing a crossed baton and sword within an open-ended wreath design representing the rank of Major General, measuring 32 mm (w) x 85 mm (h) each. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. two Slip-On Shoulder Straps: both with a Major General's Pip in bronze gilt with red and green enamels, along with an insignia bearing a crossed baton and sword in bronze gilt, all of which are secured in place to an olive green cotton base via lugs and pins on their reverses, measuring 62 mm (w) x 82 mm (h) each. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. five Royal Army Medical Corps General's Tunic Buttons: in brass, maker marked \"J.R. GAUNT \u0026amp; SON LONDON\" on their reverses, with intact loops, measuring 26 mm in diameter each. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, near extremely fine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466221072661,"sku":"M0076-127","price":201.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_1547.jpg?v=1723059359"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-the-rfc-maternity-tunic-of-second-lieutenant-redner-28th-squadron-gb8137","title":"United Kingdom. The RFC Maternity Tunic of Second Lieutenant Redner, 28th Squadron","description":"\u003cp\u003eExterior in a thick brownish-olive green wool, both shoulders incorporating epaulette straps with snaps, each bearing a two embroidered pips, both collars adored with bronze Royal Flying Corps collar badges, the high-rising collar with a large hook and eye closure, the left breast with a pilot's wings in brown and white embroidery on black wool sewn in place, the waist with two large and deep pockets and incorporating fold over flaps, the front with a vertical row of four plastic buttons on the far right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the underside of the flap on the left side, the right sleeve with two ultramarine blue embroidered downward-facing chevrons, vented at the rear, the exterior finished with large brown waist belt that is attached to a strap that is fed through the epaulette strap on the right shoulder, both straps housing brass fixtures, the interior lined in olive green rayon, the sleeves lined in white cotton with rules, measuring 420 mm across the shoulders x 720 mm in length, exhibiting scattered soiling and holes throughout. Very fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Second Lieutenant Boyd H. Redner had spent time flying with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr. was born on September 21, 1897 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. The copy of the newspaper article that accompanies this jacket appeared in the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971, Section B, page B1, the story written by Art Middleton and describes Redner's visit to Buckingham Palace as a First World War veteran of 28 Squadron in 1971, along with detailing his exploits during the war, the article appearing in its entirety here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the gilt and elegant throne room of Great Britain's Buckingham Palace Boyd H. Redner and his daughter stood among the more than 100 other men and women awaiting the queen's reception.  At one end of the long room were the high-backed thrones on a slightly raised dais. Redner looked around. The faces were familiar only from a few weeks earlier when Redner and his daughter, Mrs. Joyce Robinson of Chatham, M.I., boarded a plane in Toronto that was carrying Redner and some 100 other World War I flyers in what would be probably the last large reunion. All had flown with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service under British command during the Great War. There was but one familiar face from long ago; that of a fellow pilot from the 28th RFC Squadron with which they had both flown. The old friend's sight had dimmed, a cane aided him to walk. Redner, himself 74, looked again at the faces of the men about him. It was hard to recall that these were the daring young men who flew and fought in the skies over Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot many young men tried harder to get into World War I nor, impatiently, waited longer to see action. Boyd Redner was a 19-year-old sophomore animal husbandry student at Michigan Agricultural College (predecessor to Michigan State University) when the U.S. entered the war in April 1917. He applied for enlistment in the embryonic U.S. Air Service. Except for a vigorous desire to fly, a spirit of adventure and college ROTC training, Redner's practical or educational background was not such that the Air Service rushed to embrace him. As months passed without word about his application, Redner began to feel that the pointing finger of Uncle Sam on the recruiting posters proclaiming, \"Uncle Sam wants you!\" was not aimed at him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain's Royal Flying Corps was recruiting Americans in New York City and Redner headed East. He was turned down because he had not completed the RFC requirement of two years of college. \"I knew that each afternoon, the officers gathered in an inner office for tea. I barged in one afternoon and was confronted by the officer in charge. He was an English lord, about 6-foot-6 and I never saw so many medals on one chest,\" Redner recollects. The officer's ensuing verbal lashing inflicted splotches of red on the impertinent youth's cheeks, wrung perspiration from the body and scarred his ego. Then the officer gave Redner a chance to state his case. Redner acknowledged that he had not quite finished the RFC academic requirement of two years in college but stressed the military training he received as an ROTC cadet and training at Culner Military Academy. Perhaps, the officer recognized in Redner's unorthodox maneuver the type of daring  needed for the daredevil brotherhood of combat flyers. He didn;t say. He did, however, accept Redner for enlistment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn New Year's Day 1918 he was on his way to a training camp in Canada, hard by Lake Ontario. Next came engine and flight theory school in Toronto and then flight training school back in the U.S.A., in Taliaferro, Texas, where Canadians and a handful of Americans in the RFC received instruction. Seated in the front cockpit of a Curtis Jenny, instructor behind him, Redner was finally airborne. In June he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, and was soon on a troopship for England. At a field near Southampton, he practiced cross-country flying, learned combat aerobatics and dove on targets for gunnery practice. He flew a British Sopwith Camel, the type of plane he would fly in combat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pudney in his book \"The Camel Fighter\" wrote \"The Sopwith Camel was the most deadly aeroplane fielded by Britain and her allies. It must be admitted that no other type scared and killed so many pilots or was so loved and venerated by those who mastered it.\" The chubby (less than 29 feet long) humpy (from which it derived the \"Camel\" sobriquet) was a wood, wire and fabric single seater biplane. Redner was sent to Italy where ground troops and air squadrons had been shifted to halt a German-Austria drive crushing the Italian front. He was assigned to the 28th Squadron. October, in 1918, was nearing an end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrammed in the wicker-seat open cockpit, twin Vickers machine guns nestled in cowling before him, Redner began his combat mission flying. The landing field was a dirt motorcycle track outside of the town of Vicenza. Many years later a company in Vicenza wrote Battle Creek Packaging Machines, Inc., inquiring about some equipment. In the correspondence that followed, Redner asked if the motorcycle field was still there. It was. Usually flying in pairs, three missions were normally flown daily. With a fuel capacity of only 37 gallons, two hours was about maximum time for a flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing days of the war, enemy planes were few and were avoiding flights. Machine gun ammunition usually was expended on ground targets. Occasionally, there were bombing missions, dropping the four 25-pound bombs affixed to the underside of the fuselage above the solid rubber-tired disc wheels. The high mountain terrain of Italy, placed enemy antiaircraft guns not much below the British planes with their maximum altitude of 16,000 feet. The antiaircraft guns and small arms fire were more frightening than any dogfight with an enemy plane, Pudney related in his book. On October 27th, flying at 15,000 feet, between breaks of heavy cloud cover, Redner spotted what appeared to be an enemy plane. He had lost his wingmate in the clouds, Redner nosed his ship into a dive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other plane had disappeared but on the plain below was a concentration of enemy troops and wagons. Redner swooped in a few hundred feet above the ground. Vickers gun stitching through the area. A tight turn and back again. Winking flashes from the ground showed the enemy returning the fire. Ammunition expended, the Sopwith headed for home. It was then that Redner noted the air shield in front of him. In addition to the egg-shaped hole through which the guns were sighted, there was another smaller hole to the right where an enemy bullet had crashed through from the rear. Side-slipping in for a landing at the lombardy-tree encircled track, the landing was unexpectedly hard. Redner had been unaware that the V-shaped wooden spars with attached wheels were dangling, shot away by the ground fire. The Sopwith skidded on its belly to an uneventful halt. A bullet had gouged a trench on the right side of Redner's helmet. Also in need of patching was a leg of his flying suit where a bullet had entered and exited. Redner, along with the other 22 members of 228 Squadron, flew the last sortie November 2nd. On November 4th the war was over on the Italian front. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalace members began directing the veterans and their guests toward a door along one wall of the throne room. Bedner, followed by his daughter as per protocol, entered a room some 200 feet long by nearly 100 feet wide. Paintings large and small, many by the masters, graced the walls. Several feet away stood a smiling Queen Elizabeth II, in calf-length afternoon frock, and, at her side, Prince Philip. As Redner approached, an aide read his lapel tag and announced his name. She shook hands with Redner as did the prince just as they did with all who preceded and followed. The group was soon arranged about the four sides of the room. The queen then moved in one direction along the line, the prince in the other. Another handshake and this time each paused to chat with the guests. \"Where did you fly?\", Queen Elizabeth asked Redner. He told her briefly of being in Italy. Prince Philip paused to ask him what type of plane he flew. \"Quite a plane\", the prince replied, Redner said it had been a Sopwith Camel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each guest had been greeted the second time the queen and prince departed, ending for the guests more than an hour's stay in the place. Redner and his daughter walked down the broad staircase that had brought them up to the throne room, and out, again, into the palace courtyard where when they had arrived, a band was playing for the changing of the guard. The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie. There was a dinner at the RAF Club where the colors and histories of all the Commonwealth's flying squadrons could be seen, including those of the 28th. Four years earlier, a ceremony was held in London, the \"Laying down the colors\", when the 28th was disbanded.  Redner was one of only a few Americans at the reunion and only one of two there from the dwindling survivors of the 28th.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Redner married Frances Fay Eaton Redner (1901-1969) in 1922, the couple having two children: Joyce Eaton Redner Robinson-Talbot (1927-1990) and Boyd Hamilton Redner Jr. (1933-2007). The Sopwith Camel pilot, Second Lieutenant Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr., Royal Flying Corps died on May 21, 1986, at the age of 88, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan and is buried in that town's Oak Hill Cemetery, Section Y, Lot 54, Rt 10. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48494083899669,"sku":"GB8137","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_2106.jpg?v=1737478076"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-the-khaki-rfc-tunic-of-second-lieutenant-boyd-hamilton-redner-rfc-28th-squadron-gb8136","title":"United Kingdom. The Khaki RFC Tunic of Second Lieutenant Boyd Hamilton Redner, RFC 28th Squadron","description":"\u003cp\u003eExterior in a thick brown cotton, both shoulders incorporating button down epaulette straps, each bearing an enamelled bronze gilt pip and a brass button bearing a crown above the initials \"R.F.C\" (Royal Flying Corps), both collars adored with bronze gilt Royal Flying Corps collar badges, the front has four pockets, one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look, each pocket with a fold over flap with a reinforced buttonhole and secured in place with a brass RFC button, the two other pockets at the waist larger and deeper and incorporating brass RFC buttons, the front with a vertical row of four large brass RFC buttons on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, vented at the rear, the interior lined in olive green nylon, with a pocket on the right breast, the sleeves lined in white nylon, the collar with a 60 mm long olive green nylon strap sewn in place that is designed to hang the blouse upon a hook, measuring 430 mm across the shoulders x 750 mm in length, exhibiting scattered soiling and holes throughout. Better than very fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Second Lieutenant Boyd H. Redner had spent time flying with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr. was born on September 21, 1897 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. The copy of the newspaper article that accompanies this jacket appeared in the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971, Section B, page B1, the story written by Art Middleton and describes Redner's visit to Buckingham Palace as a First World War veteran of 28 Squadron in 1971, along with detailing his exploits during the war, the article appearing in its entirety here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the gilt and elegant throne room of Great Britain's Buckingham Palace Boyd H. Redner and his daughter stood among the more than 100 other men and women awaiting the queen's reception.  At one end of the long room were the high-backed thrones on a slightly raised dais. Redner looked around. The faces were familiar only from a few weeks earlier when Redner and his daughter, Mrs. Joyce Robinson of Chatham, M.I., boarded a plane in Toronto that was carrying Redner and some 100 other World War I flyers in what would be probably the last large reunion. All had flown with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service under British command during the Great War. There was but one familiar face from long ago; that of a fellow pilot from the 28th RFC Squadron with which they had both flown. The old friend's sight had dimmed, a cane aided him to walk. Redner, himself 74, looked again at the faces of the men about him. It was hard to recall that these were the daring young men who flew and fought in the skies over Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot many young men tried harder to get into World War I nor, impatiently, waited longer to see action. Boyd Redner was a 19-year-old sophomore animal husbandry student at Michigan Agricultural College (predecessor to Michigan State University) when the U.S. entered the war in April 1917. He applied for enlistment in the embryonic U.S. Air Service. Except for a vigorous desire to fly, a spirit of adventure and college ROTC training, Redner's practical or educational background was not such that the Air Service rushed to embrace him. As months passed without word about his application, Redner began to feel that the pointing finger of Uncle Sam on the recruiting posters proclaiming, \"Uncle Sam wants you!\" was not aimed at him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain's Royal Flying Corps was recruiting Americans in New York City and Redner headed East. He was turned down because he had not completed the RFC requirement of two years of college. \"I knew that each afternoon, the officers gathered in an inner office for tea. I barged in one afternoon and was confronted by the officer in charge. He was an English lord, about 6-foot-6 and I never saw so many medals on one chest,\" Redner recollects. The officer's ensuing verbal lashing inflicted splotches of red on the impertinent youth's cheeks, wrung perspiration from the body and scarred his ego. Then the officer gave Redner a chance to state his case. Redner acknowledged that he had not quite finished the RFC academic requirement of two years in college but stressed the military training he received as an ROTC cadet and training at Culner Military Academy. Perhaps, the officer recognized in Redner's unorthodox maneuver the type of daring  needed for the daredevil brotherhood of combat flyers. He didn;t say. He did, however, accept Redner for enlistment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn New Year's Day 1918 he was on his way to a training camp in Canada, hard by Lake Ontario. Next came engine and flight theory school in Toronto and then flight training school back in the U.S.A., in Taliaferro, Texas, where Canadians and a handful of Americans in the RFC received instruction. Seated in the front cockpit of a Curtis Jenny, instructor behind him, Redner was finally airborne. In June he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, and was soon on a troopship for England. At a field near Southampton, he practiced cross-country flying, learned combat aerobatics and dove on targets for gunnery practice. He flew a British Sopwith Camel, the type of plane he would fly in combat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pudney in his book \"The Camel Fighter\" wrote \"The Sopwith Camel was the most deadly aeroplane fielded by Britain and her allies. It must be admitted that no other type scared and killed so many pilots or was so loved and venerated by those who mastered it.\" The chubby (less than 29 feet long) humpy (from which it derived the \"Camel\" sobriquet) was a wood, wire and fabric single seater biplane. Redner was sent to Italy where ground troops and air squadrons had been shifted to halt a German-Austria drive crushing the Italian front. He was assigned to the 28th Squadron. October, in 1918, was nearing an end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrammed in the wicker-seat open cockpit, twin Vickers machine guns nestled in cowling before him, Redner began his combat mission flying. The landing field was a dirt motorcycle track outside of the town of Vicenza. Many years later a company in Vicenza wrote Battle Creek Packaging Machines, Inc., inquiring about some equipment. In the correspondence that followed, Redner asked if the motorcycle field was still there. It was. Usually flying in pairs, three missions were normally flown daily. With a fuel capacity of only 37 gallons, two hours was about maximum time for a flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing days of the war, enemy planes were few and were avoiding flights. Machine gun ammunition usually was expended on ground targets. Occasionally, there were bombing missions, dropping the four 25-pound bombs affixed to the underside of the fuselage above the solid rubber-tired disc wheels. The high mountain terrain of Italy, placed enemy antiaircraft guns not much below the British planes with their maximum altitude of 16,000 feet. The antiaircraft guns and small arms fire were more frightening than any dogfight with an enemy plane, Pudney related in his book. On October 27th, flying at 15,000 feet, between breaks of heavy cloud cover, Redner spotted what appeared to be an enemy plane. He had lost his wingmate in the clouds, Redner nosed his ship into a dive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other plane had disappeared but on the plain below was a concentration of enemy troops and wagons. Redner swooped in a few hundred feet above the ground. Vickers gun stitching through the area. A tight turn and back again. Winking flashes from the ground showed the enemy returning the fire. Ammunition expended, the Sopwith headed for home. It was then that Redner noted the air shield in front of him. In addition to the egg-shaped hole through which the guns were sighted, there was another smaller hole to the right where an enemy bullet had crashed through from the rear. Side-slipping in for a landing at the lombardy-tree encircled track, the landing was unexpectedly hard. Redner had been unaware that the V-shaped wooden spars with attached wheels were dangling, shot away by the ground fire. The Sopwith skidded on its belly to an uneventful halt. A bullet had gouged a trench on the right side of Redner's helmet. Also in need of patching was a leg of his flying suit where a bullet had entered and exited. Redner, along with the other 22 members of 228 Squadron, flew the last sortie November 2nd. On November 4th the war was over on the Italian front. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalace members began directing the veterans and their guests toward a door along one wall of the throne room. Bedner, followed by his daughter as per protocol, entered a room some 200 feet long by nearly 100 feet wide. Paintings large and small, many by the masters, graced the walls. Several feet away stood a smiling Queen Elizabeth II, in calf-length afternoon frock, and, at her side, Prince Philip. As Redner approached, an aide read his lapel tag and announced his name. She shook hands with Redner as did the prince just as they did with all who preceded and followed. The group was soon arranged about the four sides of the room. The queen then moved in one direction along the line, the prince in the other. Another handshake and this time each paused to chat with the guests. \"Where did you fly?\", Queen Elizabeth asked Redner. He told her briefly of being in Italy. Prince Philip paused to ask him what type of plane he flew. \"Quite a plane\", the prince replied, Redner said it had been a Sopwith Camel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each guest had been greeted the second time the queen and prince departed, ending for the guests more than an hour's stay in the place. Redner and his daughter walked down the broad staircase that had brought them up to the throne room, and out, again, into the palace courtyard where when they had arrived, a band was playing for the changing of the guard. The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie. There was a dinner at the RAF Club where the colors and histories of all the Commonwealth's flying squadrons could be seen, including those of the 28th. Four years earlier, a ceremony was held in London, the \"Laying down the colors\", when the 28th was disbanded.  Redner was one of only a few Americans at the reunion and only one of two there from the dwindling survivors of the 28th.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Redner married Frances Fay Eaton Redner (1901-1969) in 1922, the couple having two children: Joyce Eaton Redner Robinson-Talbot (1927-1990) and Boyd Hamilton Redner Jr. (1933-2007). The Sopwith Camel pilot, Second Lieutenant Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr., Royal Flying Corps died on May 21, 1986, at the age of 88, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan and is buried in that town's Oak Hill Cemetery, Section Y, Lot 54, Rt 10. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48494107066645,"sku":"GB8136","price":3600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_2094.jpg?v=1746811878"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-the-1918-uniform-of-second-lieutenant-redner-rfc-rnas-raf-gb8138","title":"United Kingdom. The 1918 Uniform of Second Lieutenant Redner, RFC, RNAS, RAF","description":"\u003cp\u003eJacket exterior in brown cotton, the left breast with a pilot's wings in brown and white embroidery on black wool sewn in place, the front with four pockets, one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look, each pocket with a fold over flap with a reinforced buttonhole and secured in place with a brass RAF crown and eagle button, the two other pockets at the waist larger and deeper and incorporating brass RAF buttons, the front with a vertical row of four large brass RAF buttons on the right side, facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side, incorporating a wide brown cotton waist belt with brass buckle, the left sleeve with a two-piece RAF bronze gilt insignia consisting of a crown and eagle secured in place by a screwback, the jacket vented at the rear, the interior lined in dark green rayon, the sleeves lined in white cotton with rules, the collar with a 70 mm long dark green cotton strap sewn in place that is designed to hang the blouse upon a hook, measuring 430 mm across the shoulders x 720 mm in length, the jacket accompanied by a matching pair of pants, with a button-down fly, along with two side-entry pockets on the front and one top-entry pocket with a button on the right rear seat, the pants measuring approximately 350 mm in width x 970 mm in length, with both pieces exhibit light wear and soiling. Very fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Second Lieutenant Boyd H. Redner had spent time flying with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr. was born on September 21, 1897 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. The copy of the newspaper article that accompanies this uniform appeared in the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971, Section B, page B1, the story written by Art Middleton and describes Redner's visit to Buckingham Palace as a First World War veteran of 28 Squadron in 1971, along with detailing his exploits during the war, the article appearing in its entirety here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the gilt and elegant throne room of Great Britain's Buckingham Palace Boyd H. Redner and his daughter stood among the more than 100 other men and women awaiting the queen's reception.  At one end of the long room were the high-backed thrones on a slightly raised dais. Redner looked around. The faces were familiar only from a few weeks earlier when Redner and his daughter, Mrs. Joyce Robinson of Chatham, M.I., boarded a plane in Toronto that was carrying Redner and some 100 other World War I flyers in what would be probably the last large reunion. All had flown with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service under British command during the Great War. There was but one familiar face from long ago; that of a fellow pilot from the 28th RFC Squadron with which they had both flown. The old friend's sight had dimmed, a cane aided him to walk. Redner, himself 74, looked again at the faces of the men about him. It was hard to recall that these were the daring young men who flew and fought in the skies over Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot many young men tried harder to get into World War I nor, impatiently, waited longer to see action. Boyd Redner was a 19-year-old sophomore animal husbandry student at Michigan Agricultural College (predecessor to Michigan State University) when the U.S. entered the war in April 1917. He applied for enlistment in the embryonic U.S. Air Service. Except for a vigorous desire to fly, a spirit of adventure and college ROTC training, Redner's practical or educational background was not such that the Air Service rushed to embrace him. As months passed without word about his application, Redner began to feel that the pointing finger of Uncle Sam on the recruiting posters proclaiming, \"Uncle Sam wants you!\" was not aimed at him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain's Royal Flying Corps was recruiting Americans in New York City and Redner headed East. He was turned down because he had not completed the RFC requirement of two years of college. \"I knew that each afternoon, the officers gathered in an inner office for tea. I barged in one afternoon and was confronted by the officer in charge. He was an English lord, about 6-foot-6 and I never saw so many medals on one chest,\" Redner recollects. The officer's ensuing verbal lashing inflicted splotches of red on the impertinent youth's cheeks, wrung perspiration from the body and scarred his ego. Then the officer gave Redner a chance to state his case. Redner acknowledged that he had not quite finished the RFC academic requirement of two years in college but stressed the military training he received as an ROTC cadet and training at Culner Military Academy. Perhaps, the officer recognized in Redner's unorthodox maneuver the type of daring  needed for the daredevil brotherhood of combat flyers. He didn;t say. He did, however, accept Redner for enlistment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn New Year's Day 1918 he was on his way to a training camp in Canada, hard by Lake Ontario. Next came engine and flight theory school in Toronto and then flight training school back in the U.S.A., in Taliaferro, Texas, where Canadians and a handful of Americans in the RFC received instruction. Seated in the front cockpit of a Curtis Jenny, instructor behind him, Redner was finally airborne. In June he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, and was soon on a troopship for England. At a field near Southampton, he practiced cross-country flying, learned combat aerobatics and dove on targets for gunnery practice. He flew a British Sopwith Camel, the type of plane he would fly in combat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pudney in his book \"The Camel Fighter\" wrote \"The Sopwith Camel was the most deadly aeroplane fielded by Britain and her allies. It must be admitted that no other type scared and killed so many pilots or was so loved and venerated by those who mastered it.\" The chubby (less than 29 feet long) humpy (from which it derived the \"Camel\" sobriquet) was a wood, wire and fabric single seater biplane. Redner was sent to Italy where ground troops and air squadrons had been shifted to halt a German-Austria drive crushing the Italian front. He was assigned to the 28th Squadron. October, in 1918, was nearing an end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrammed in the wicker-seat open cockpit, twin Vickers machine guns nestled in cowling before him, Redner began his combat mission flying. The landing field was a dirt motorcycle track outside of the town of Vicenza. Many years later a company in Vicenza wrote Battle Creek Packaging Machines, Inc., inquiring about some equipment. In the correspondence that followed, Redner asked if the motorcycle field was still there. It was. Usually flying in pairs, three missions were normally flown daily. With a fuel capacity of only 37 gallons, two hours was about maximum time for a flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing days of the war, enemy planes were few and were avoiding flights. Machine gun ammunition usually was expended on ground targets. Occasionally, there were bombing missions, dropping the four 25-pound bombs affixed to the underside of the fuselage above the solid rubber-tired disc wheels. The high mountain terrain of Italy, placed enemy antiaircraft guns not much below the British planes with their maximum altitude of 16,000 feet. The antiaircraft guns and small arms fire were more frightening than any dogfight with an enemy plane, Pudney related in his book. On October 27th, flying at 15,000 feet, between breaks of heavy cloud cover, Redner spotted what appeared to be an enemy plane. He had lost his wingmate in the clouds, Redner nosed his ship into a dive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other plane had disappeared but on the plain below was a concentration of enemy troops and wagons. Redner swooped in a few hundred feet above the ground. Vickers gun stitching through the area. A tight turn and back again. Winking flashes from the ground showed the enemy returning the fire. Ammunition expended, the Sopwith headed for home. It was then that Redner noted the air shield in front of him. In addition to the egg-shaped hole through which the guns were sighted, there was another smaller hole to the right where an enemy bullet had crashed through from the rear. Side-slipping in for a landing at the lombardy-tree encircled track, the landing was unexpectedly hard. Redner had been unaware that the V-shaped wooden spars with attached wheels were dangling, shot away by the ground fire. The Sopwith skidded on its belly to an uneventful halt. A bullet had gouged a trench on the right side of Redner's helmet. Also in need of patching was a leg of his flying suit where a bullet had entered and exited. Redner, along with the other 22 members of 228 Squadron, flew the last sortie November 2nd. On November 4th the war was over on the Italian front. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalace members began directing the veterans and their guests toward a door along one wall of the throne room. Bedner, followed by his daughter as per protocol, entered a room some 200 feet long by nearly 100 feet wide. Paintings large and small, many by the masters, graced the walls. Several feet away stood a smiling Queen Elizabeth II, in calf-length afternoon frock, and, at her side, Prince Philip. As Redner approached, an aide read his lapel tag and announced his name. She shook hands with Redner as did the prince just as they did with all who preceded and followed. The group was soon arranged about the four sides of the room. The queen then moved in one direction along the line, the prince in the other. Another handshake and this time each paused to chat with the guests. \"Where did you fly?\", Queen Elizabeth asked Redner. He told her briefly of being in Italy. Prince Philip paused to ask him what type of plane he flew. \"Quite a plane\", the prince replied, Redner said it had been a Sopwith Camel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each guest had been greeted the second time the queen and prince departed, ending for the guests more than an hour's stay in the place. Redner and his daughter walked down the broad staircase that had brought them up to the throne room, and out, again, into the palace courtyard where when they had arrived, a band was playing for the changing of the guard. The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie. There was a dinner at the RAF Club where the colors and histories of all the Commonwealth's flying squadrons could be seen, including those of the 28th. Four years earlier, a ceremony was held in London, the \"Laying down the colors\", when the 28th was disbanded.  Redner was one of only a few Americans at the reunion and only one of two there from the dwindling survivors of the 28th.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Redner married Frances Fay Eaton Redner (1901-1969) in 1922, the couple having two children: Joyce Eaton Redner Robinson-Talbot (1927-1990) and Boyd Hamilton Redner Jr. (1933-2007). The Sopwith Camel pilot, Second Lieutenant Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr., Royal Flying Corps died on May 21, 1986, at the age of 88, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan and is buried in that town's Oak Hill Cemetery, Section Y, Lot 54, Rt 10. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48494118240533,"sku":"GB8138","price":3100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_2078---Copy.jpg?v=1758912875"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-1918-pattern-raf-khaki-officers-visor-of-second-lieutenant-redner-rfc-28th-squadron-gb8135","title":"United Kingdom. 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Redner\" in handwritten black ink on the left side, the ends of the sweatband tied together at the rear and bearing a bow-tied brown ribbon, the dome lined in beige cotton, with a diamond-shaped manufacturer's mark that is no longer legible, with a size stamp in green ink nearby, measuring 230 mm (w) x 250 mm (d) x 140 mm (h), with crazing evident on the vulcan fibre visor, along with light soiling overall. Fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Second Lieutenant Boyd H. Redner had spent time flying with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr. was born on September 21, 1897 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. The copy of the newspaper article that accompanies this cap appeared in the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971, Section B, page B1, the story written by Art Middleton and describes Redner's visit to Buckingham Palace as a First World War veteran of 28 Squadron in 1971, along with detailing his exploits during the war, the article appearing in its entirety here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Enquirer and News of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Monday, May 31, 1971: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the gilt and elegant throne room of Great Britain's Buckingham Palace Boyd H. Redner and his daughter stood among the more than 100 other men and women awaiting the queen's reception.  At one end of the long room were the high-backed thrones on a slightly raised dais. Redner looked around. The faces were familiar only from a few weeks earlier when Redner and his daughter, Mrs. Joyce Robinson of Chatham, M.I., boarded a plane in Toronto that was carrying Redner and some 100 other World War I flyers in what would be probably the last large reunion. All had flown with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service under British command during the Great War. There was but one familiar face from long ago; that of a fellow pilot from the 28th RFC Squadron with which they had both flown. The old friend's sight had dimmed, a cane aided him to walk. Redner, himself 74, looked again at the faces of the men about him. It was hard to recall that these were the daring young men who flew and fought in the skies over Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot many young men tried harder to get into World War I nor, impatiently, waited longer to see action. Boyd Redner was a 19-year-old sophomore animal husbandry student at Michigan Agricultural College (predecessor to Michigan State University) when the U.S. entered the war in April 1917. He applied for enlistment in the embryonic U.S. Air Service. Except for a vigorous desire to fly, a spirit of adventure and college ROTC training, Redner's practical or educational background was not such that the Air Service rushed to embrace him. As months passed without word about his application, Redner began to feel that the pointing finger of Uncle Sam on the recruiting posters proclaiming, \"Uncle Sam wants you!\" was not aimed at him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain's Royal Flying Corps was recruiting Americans in New York City and Redner headed East. He was turned down because he had not completed the RFC requirement of two years of college. \"I knew that each afternoon, the officers gathered in an inner office for tea. I barged in one afternoon and was confronted by the officer in charge. He was an English lord, about 6-foot-6 and I never saw so many medals on one chest,\" Redner recollects. The officer's ensuing verbal lashing inflicted splotches of red on the impertinent youth's cheeks, wrung perspiration from the body and scarred his ego. Then the officer gave Redner a chance to state his case. Redner acknowledged that he had not quite finished the RFC academic requirement of two years in college but stressed the military training he received as an ROTC cadet and training at Culner Military Academy. Perhaps, the officer recognized in Redner's unorthodox maneuver the type of daring  needed for the daredevil brotherhood of combat flyers. He didn;t say. He did, however, accept Redner for enlistment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn New Year's Day 1918 he was on his way to a training camp in Canada, hard by Lake Ontario. Next came engine and flight theory school in Toronto and then flight training school back in the U.S.A., in Taliaferro, Texas, where Canadians and a handful of Americans in the RFC received instruction. Seated in the front cockpit of a Curtis Jenny, instructor behind him, Redner was finally airborne. In June he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, and was soon on a troopship for England. At a field near Southampton, he practiced cross-country flying, learned combat aerobatics and dove on targets for gunnery practice. He flew a British Sopwith Camel, the type of plane he would fly in combat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pudney in his book \"The Camel Fighter\" wrote \"The Sopwith Camel was the most deadly aeroplane fielded by Britain and her allies. It must be admitted that no other type scared and killed so many pilots or was so loved and venerated by those who mastered it.\" The chubby (less than 29 feet long) humpy (from which it derived the \"Camel\" sobriquet) was a wood, wire and fabric single seater biplane. Redner was sent to Italy where ground troops and air squadrons had been shifted to halt a German-Austria drive crushing the Italian front. He was assigned to the 28th Squadron. October, in 1918, was nearing an end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrammed in the wicker-seat open cockpit, twin Vickers machine guns nestled in cowling before him, Redner began his combat mission flying. The landing field was a dirt motorcycle track outside of the town of Vicenza. Many years later a company in Vicenza wrote Battle Creek Packaging Machines, Inc., inquiring about some equipment. In the correspondence that followed, Redner asked if the motorcycle field was still there. It was. Usually flying in pairs, three missions were normally flown daily. With a fuel capacity of only 37 gallons, two hours was about maximum time for a flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing days of the war, enemy planes were few and were avoiding flights. Machine gun ammunition usually was expended on ground targets. Occasionally, there were bombing missions, dropping the four 25-pound bombs affixed to the underside of the fuselage above the solid rubber-tired disc wheels. The high mountain terrain of Italy, placed enemy antiaircraft guns not much below the British planes with their maximum altitude of 16,000 feet. The antiaircraft guns and small arms fire were more frightening than any dogfight with an enemy plane, Pudney related in his book. On October 27th, flying at 15,000 feet, between breaks of heavy cloud cover, Redner spotted what appeared to be an enemy plane. He had lost his wingmate in the clouds, Redner nosed his ship into a dive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other plane had disappeared but on the plain below was a concentration of enemy troops and wagons. Redner swooped in a few hundred feet above the ground. Vickers gun stitching through the area. A tight turn and back again. Winking flashes from the ground showed the enemy returning the fire. Ammunition expended, the Sopwith headed for home. It was then that Redner noted the air shield in front of him. In addition to the egg-shaped hole through which the guns were sighted, there was another smaller hole to the right where an enemy bullet had crashed through from the rear. Side-slipping in for a landing at the lombardy-tree encircled track, the landing was unexpectedly hard. Redner had been unaware that the V-shaped wooden spars with attached wheels were dangling, shot away by the ground fire. The Sopwith skidded on its belly to an uneventful halt. A bullet had gouged a trench on the right side of Redner's helmet. Also in need of patching was a leg of his flying suit where a bullet had entered and exited. Redner, along with the other 22 members of 228 Squadron, flew the last sortie November 2nd. On November 4th the war was over on the Italian front. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalace members began directing the veterans and their guests toward a door along one wall of the throne room. Bedner, followed by his daughter as per protocol, entered a room some 200 feet long by nearly 100 feet wide. Paintings large and small, many by the masters, graced the walls. Several feet away stood a smiling Queen Elizabeth II, in calf-length afternoon frock, and, at her side, Prince Philip. As Redner approached, an aide read his lapel tag and announced his name. She shook hands with Redner as did the prince just as they did with all who preceded and followed. The group was soon arranged about the four sides of the room. The queen then moved in one direction along the line, the prince in the other. Another handshake and this time each paused to chat with the guests. \"Where did you fly?\", Queen Elizabeth asked Redner. He told her briefly of being in Italy. Prince Philip paused to ask him what type of plane he flew. \"Quite a plane\", the prince replied, Redner said it had been a Sopwith Camel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each guest had been greeted the second time the queen and prince departed, ending for the guests more than an hour's stay in the place. Redner and his daughter walked down the broad staircase that had brought them up to the throne room, and out, again, into the palace courtyard where when they had arrived, a band was playing for the changing of the guard. The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie. There was a dinner at the RAF Club where the colors and histories of all the Commonwealth's flying squadrons could be seen, including those of the 28th. Four years earlier, a ceremony was held in London, the \"Laying down the colors\", when the 28th was disbanded.  Redner was one of only a few Americans at the reunion and only one of two there from the dwindling survivors of the 28th.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Redner married Frances Fay Eaton Redner (1901-1969) in 1922, the couple having two children: Joyce Eaton Redner Robinson-Talbot (1927-1990) and Boyd Hamilton Redner Jr. (1933-2007). The Sopwith Camel pilot, Second Lieutenant Boyd Hamilton Redner Sr., Royal Flying Corps died on May 21, 1986, at the age of 88, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan and is buried in that town's Oak Hill Cemetery, Section Y, Lot 54, Rt 10. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48494127677717,"sku":"GB8135","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/AI1_2136.jpg?v=1771002510"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-fine-set-of-scots-guards-epaulettes-by-marshall-aitken-edinburgh-gb7728","title":"United Kingdom. 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The rows are backed by a raised collar in white embroidery, itself backed by a series of pillowed padding in red cloth, the underside of the oval cap in red cloth and heavily padded. The underside of the neck is in red leather, maker marked in silver-coloured ink \"MARSHALL \u0026amp; AITKEN \/ 12. SOUTH ST. ANDREW ST. \/ Edinburgh.\", with small and large polished silver clips (passants) allowing the epaulettes to be fastened to the shoulders of the uniform tunic, the large clips bearing the directional inscriptions \"LEFT\" and \"RIGHT\" accordingly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the epaulettes measures 70 mm in width on the spine, 148 mm in width on the oval cap, 200 mm in length from the neck end to the shoulder end, the outer row of large coils and the inner row of small coils measuring approximately 75 mm and 60 mm in length, respectively. 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The interior is encompassed by a black rayon liner, while a brown leather sweatband surrounds the side walls. Unmarked, the cap measures approximately 24 cm (w) x 12 cm (h). It is accompanied by a matching white cotton\/rayon blended cloth cover. Issues consistent with age and wear are evident, and include some fatigue to the nap of the wool base, fatigue of the wire insignia with some fraying of stitching, an addition to soiling and fatigue of the interior, the former hardening the liner throughout the crown. This field-worn example remains in a very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49507651092757,"sku":"M0076-164","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/eMedals_M0076-164_1.jpg?v=1763151356"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-victorian-gordon-highlanders-plaid-brooch-m0687-84","title":"United Kingdom. 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A Full Dress Tunic for a Field Officer Major to Lieutenant Colonel of the Seaforth Highlanders, circa 1881–1898","description":"\u003cp\u003eA late Victorian British Army full dress tunic constructed in scarlet wool, tailored for a field officer rank within the Seaforth Highlanders, dating to the post-Childers but pre-1900 period, the tunic featuring white facings to the collar and cuffs, edged with gilt oak-leaf patterned lace consistent with field officer rank, the collar retaining its original internal black cloth tongue fastening panel, the front fitted with seven original gilt regimental buttons each bearing a stag’s head device above the numeral “72” with a scroll inscribed “Highlanders” beneath, the lowest, eighth, button is a plain period replacement following loss of the original, the reverses of the original buttons stamped Moore, Taggart \u0026amp; Co., Glasgow, and the interior retaining the original Moore, Taggart \u0026amp; Co., Glasgow tailor’s label, the interior of the tunic further retaining its original quilted internal padding for structure, fitted with two fixed-size bronze belt support pegs to the exterior waist, one on each hip, the shoulder boards removed from both sides leaving the original attachment points visible, both collar tabs removed with the anchor points remaining evident, and measuring flat and approximately 36 cm pit-to-pit, 37 cm at the waist, 57 cm in overall back length, 69 cm in sleeve length, 18 cm in cuff height, and 5.5 cm in collar height.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverall in good service-worn condition, the collar and cuff facings remaining white but naturally toned to a cream colour through age and wear, the neck showing fraying consistent with age, with localized wear to the interior armpit areas including partial unstitching at the right armpit seam, small rips to both front flap pockets including a tear toward the upper portion of the left-hand pocket, and evidence of an earlier period repair to the right-hand pocket, the tunic remaining structurally sound and displaying well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote: The Seaforth Highlanders were formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) and the 78th (Highlanders), with early post-reform uniforms retaining elements of earlier regimental identity, including the stag’s head device and numeral “72” used on regimental buttons. The presence of both the tailor’s label and matching button backmarks for Moore, Taggart \u0026amp; Co., Glasgow firmly anchors this tunic to Scottish manufacture in the late Victorian period, and the overall construction reflects transitional full dress practice following the Childers Reforms, characteristic of field officer dress during the period circa 1881–1898.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49647486140693,"sku":"GB8346","price":370.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/eMedals_GB8346_2.jpg?v=1767716211"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-full-dress-tunic-for-a-cavalry-officer-of-the-royal-dragoons-for-a-major-to-lieutenant-colonel-late-19th-early-20th-century-gb8347","title":"United Kingdom. A Full Dress Tunic for a Cavalry Officer of the Royal Dragoons for a Major to Lieutenant Colonel, late 19th–early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA late Victorian to early Edwardian British Army cavalry full dress tunic constructed in scarlet wool, privately tailored to officer quality for service with the Royal Dragoons, the front fitted with eight original gilt brass regimental buttons bearing the crowned Royal Dragoons device, the lowest ninth button now missing, the reverses stamped Jehnens \u0026amp; Co., London. The stand and fall collar is faced in black cloth and edged with gilt lace, each side bearing the Royal Dragoons regimental badge, rendered as a finely worked gilt bullion French Imperial Eagle executed in high-relief hand embroidery and backed in black cloth, The cuffs are faced in black cloth and decorated with elaborate gilt bullion Austrian knot embroidery indicative of field officer rank. The shoulders retain heavy plaited gilt cord shoulder boards secured by small gilt buttons, while the rear skirts display paired decorative gilt cord frogging fastened by gilt buttons, all in keeping with late Victorian to early Edwardian cavalry full dress regulations. The interior retains its original quilted padded construction for structure and wear and additionally retains a paper tag indicating prior sale through Waddingtons Auctioneers, providing documented auction provenance. No tailor’s label is present. The tunic measures flat at approximately 35 cm across the chest, 34 cm at the waist, 75 cm in overall back length, with the cuffs measuring 20 cm from the top of the bullion knot to the bottom of the cuff, the collar measuring 5.5 cm in height, and the shoulder boards measuring 14 cm in length.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverall, in good service-worn condition, showing light age-related wear to the wool cloth, minor handling and surface wear to the gilt bullion embroidery and buttons, the interior padding intact, and the lowest front button absent, otherwise structurally sound and visually impressive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote: The Royal Dragoons were among the senior cavalry regiments of the British Army, and uniquely authorised to bear the captured French Imperial Eagle as a permanent regimental emblem following the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. 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A 1943 RAF Aircrew Battle Blouse, by B.Simon \u0026 Sons, Ltd","description":"\u003cp\u003eStandard early aircrew battledress blouse, standard uniform blouse worn by all RAF personnel from 1943, but initially adopted by aircrew only from 1941, this is an extremely battle hardened blouse, exhibiting clear signs of period use and wear common to those garments having seen consistent use, standard five button closure, with dual breast pockets, interior with soiled makers label for B.Simon \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd and broad arrow marked with date of 1943, size No. 8, collar very well worn, oatmeal coloured shoelace having been tied to upper button hole, duel hock and eye connection for collar, overall, this example is a worn, true example. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49864094351637,"sku":"GB8585","price":186.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/wTBYJ5eXZY1YmZJag20l09npLMshUk7tlcj2oi5C.jpg?v=1778517900"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-dsc-recipient-royal-navy-beachhead-commandos-group-m0076-174","title":"United Kingdom. A DSC Recipient Royal Navy 'Beachhead' Commandos Group","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffered on behalf of an advanced collector, includes a 1940 Pattern Battle Blouse in standard khaki wool, with prominent ribbon bar featuring a Distinguished Service Cross with rosette, 1939-1945 Campaign Star, Atlantic Campaign Stat with Rosette and Africa Campaign Star ribbons, on the left shoulder is a ROYAL NAVY shoulder flash, as well as the British Commando Patch, this is mirrored on the right sleeve as well, with matching shoulder straps for lieutenant; the interior is well marked with manufactures label for James A. Stewart LTD, Dunmurry, 1940 pattern, Size No. 16, also stamped 16 and war department broad arrow, exhibiting period wear to interior cotton reinforcement components, shoulder flashes and commando patches are a later addition to a period tunic; also included are a secondary pair of lieutenant shoulder straps, as well as a blue felt standard Royal Navy beret with King's crown cap badge with wear and cracking, wool exhibiting mothing, group overall is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49910625599765,"sku":"M0076-174","price":277.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/JRCSNPWDnjzF8mNl5XVjdXk45jw4cMZI93x7jhcs.jpg?v=1778524707"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/collections\/europe-great-britain-militaria-uniforms.oembed?page=2","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}