Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 22nd November 2017
Lot 4
A Great War Air Force Cross and pair
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A Great War Air Force Cross and pair, believed to be a reconstituted group, to Captain Henry Taylor Horsefield, Royal Flying Corps: A.F.C., George V; British War Medal and Victory Medal (CAPT. H.T. HORSFIELD R.F.C.), later mounted, offered with research.
A.F.C. London Gazette 03/06/19 (probably in connection with valuable work as an instructor)
Born 1889. Temporary 2nd Lt (general list), December 1914. Attached 13th Bn. The Worcester Regiment. Transferred R.F.C. 1916. Dogfight over Walencourt 16/10/16 in which his BE2e was damaged and his Observer wounded.
The complete group of three was sold at action 23rd June 2005, and the BWM and Victory Medal alone were then sold 7th March 2007, the A.F.C. having been separated. The current owner bought this group at auction (a different auction house) in October 2010, and the likelyhood that the original A.F.C. had been restored to the pair seems slim, hence the supposition that the present group has been made up with a replacement.