A Cornishman's 'Pristine Condition' & documented Palestine Arab Rebellion, Second World War and Long Service medal group of 6: Flight Sergeant Joseph Kenneth George, Royal Air Force

- GSM 1918-62. GVI 1st issue & clasp 'Palestine' (366304)
- The 1939-1945 Star. No clasp
- The Africa Star. With clasp 'North Africa 1942-43'
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- Royal Air Force LS&GC. GVI first issue (366304)

Naming: All of the medals complete with their original silk issue ribands as issued, and never mounted

Sold together with:

- Official named card box of issue (a/f) for the WW2 medals. Complete with greaseproof paper envelopes
- Original RAF Form 1394. Brief Statement of Service & Certificate of Discharge (dated December 1949)

The card box of issue addressed to the recipient at:

366304 F/S George J. K.
Sgt's Mess
R.A.F. Chivenor,
N. Devon

Medals verification: All medals verified as entitled per the recipients 'Statement of Service'

Joseph Kenneth George, only son of Albert Edgar George (an Insurance Agent) and Lillie 'Nellie' Eveline George (nee Lugg) was a native of Truro, Cornwall, England, where he was born on, 11 October 1909. At the time of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, Joseph is recorded living with his parents and sibling older sister, Evelyn Joyce George, at the family residence located at, 3 Trafalgar Square, Truro. Joseph enlisted in the Royal Air Force on, 29 September 1925, at which time his rank and trade were Fitter II Airframes. Various official records indicate that Joseph's widowed mother latterly managed the White Lion Hotel, Penzance, Cornwall. Joseph served in the Middle East pre-war, in Palestine during the 'Arab Rebellion', and in North Africa during the Second World War. He took his final discharge from the Royal Air Force on, 21 November 1949, after just over 24 years service. At the time of his discharge - at which time he was described as being a senior N.C.O. supervisor of Superior Ability'. After retiring from the Royal Air Force, Joseph Kenneth George, returned to his native Cornwall, and is recorded to have died at Penzance, sometime during the first quarter of 1991

Choice condition

Condition: Medals EF

Code: 23064