Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria
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Lot 322 SESSION 1, eSALE (ONLINE ONLY: BEGINS TO CLOSE FROM 9.30AM M Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria
Estimate $50
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $30
GREAT BRITAIN, WWII, metal bell (approx 15cm high & 11.5cm diameter), with V on both sides of the metal handle, around the sides of the bell are raised heads facing left of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, around the base in relief is printed, '1939-45 R.A.F. Benevolent Fund Cast With Metal From German Aircraft Shot Down Over Britain'. Very fine.
The bell was designed by an American engineering consultant, Conrad A. Parlanti, and cast using the metal from German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down over Britain and sold to raise funds for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
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