Group Captain Leonard Cheshire's decorations

Group Captain Leonard Cheshire's decorations

Framed collection of Leonard Cheshire's Victoria Cross, his signature, brevet, medal ribbons, photograph of him in uniform, and an image of a Lincoln flying over Lincoln Cathedral.

One framed collection

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[Signature] Leonard Cheshire
Group Captain Lord G. Leonard Cheshire VC, OM. DFC
Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire V.C,, O.M., D.S.O., D.F.C., 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Medals - Victoria Cross, Order of Merit, D.S.O. & 2 Bars, D.F.C., 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Bar France & Germany, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal & M.I.D. 1953 Coronation Medal, 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal.