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An emergency red light, designed to be attached to a life jacket to allow the wearer to be located at night. The light assembly appears to be complete and has signs of wear to the black painted components.

One image shows the item fully assembled.…

A frame containing Edward's five medals, a head and shoulders portrait and a newspaper cutting about his award of a DFM.
Decorations are: Distinguished Flying Medal, 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-1945.

A Players Navy Cut cigarette tin which contained rank and metal badges plus a small stamp collection on a card marked 'The language of Stamps'.

#1 A list of Edward's medals and the box they came in.
#2 The five medals awarded to Edward.
1939 to 1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star
War Medal 1939 to 1945.

Black box electrician voltage and current tester with leads. Reported to be AVRO testing kit for the radio.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

On brown cloth multicoloured embroidery with spear shapes and ovals.

Front and side views of an Ensign camera out of and in a canvas case

Three items from an album.
Item 1 is an entertainment pass.
Item 2 is a ticket for the Stalls at the Playhouse, Durban for 26th March 1941.
Item 3 is a ticket partly obscured.

Brown envelope with text "70 Photographs sent to John in Germany, mostly 1942 & 1943, Polyfoto 1944, + 11 colour transparencies (1942 & 1944) & prints, + 11 small b/w (rather poor) photos Felmersham 1944'.

Brown envelope with faint handwritten notes on one side

Envelope for photographs. On the reverse '1942 to 1944, coloured transparencies' examined by [...]'.

An envelope containing the postcards in this collection.

An envelope originally sent by National Geographic Magazine addressed to '1566621 F/Sgt. Fraser Mess RAF Bottesford N. Nottingham'.

Front addressed to Mrs Caunter-Jackson. From [..] Jackson. On the reverse stamps and postmark Coventry 21 December 1943.

Five badges in a presentation case.
Item 1 is a photograph mounted in a silver broach with a clasp.
Item 2 is an Royal Canadian Air Force eagle and crown badge.
Item 3 is an engineer's brevet.
Item 4 is a Canadian maple leaf.
The Pathfinders…

Three medals and a Bomber Command clasp presented to E R James.
The medals are the 1939 to 1945 Star, the War Medal 1939 to 1945 and the France and Germany Star.
The three medals are in their presentation cases.

A reference written by Officer Commanding No 1 Squadron, RAF Flying College.

1939 to 1945 Star, The Italy Star and War Medal 1939 to 1945 with ribbons.

Four items from an album.
Item 1 is a three quarter length portrait of Ernes, captioned 'Warrant Officer at RAF Coningsby, No 83 Path Finder Force'.
Item 2 is an RAF ration card.
Item 3 is a pamphlet for a Service of Thanksgiving on the cessation…

Ernie Twell's birth certificate and baptism certificate.

Ernie Twell's death certificate

Ernie Twells' medals and ribbons with cases. Medals are Distinguished Flying Cross, War Medal 1939-45, 1939-45 Star and Air Crew Europe Star, Arctic Star and Bomber Command Clasp. Also included is a 617 Squadron badge.

Identity discs, stamped 'E Twells OFFR CE 171780 RAFVR' and on the reverse 'Do NOT remove'.

Small compass with needle and cardinal headings. Note 'Compass from RAF Escape/Survival kit'.

Brass escape compass with crazed glass