JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 1 December 2020 - 10:00 AM start
A compass belonging to Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park
Realised: $2,000 plus premium
Lot Details
GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC (1892-1975) R.A.F. Type 06A, cased, hand-held with ebonised finish, in grey painted box with stencilled details, together with an old label, detailed in pen 'Compass S/N 336324. Customer - Sir K. Park, 120 Lucerne Rd, Remuera' and a letter of provenance detailing 'The Compass that Once Belonged to Sir Keith Park... The compass is one of a number of items my late father, Barry Read Bloomfield received, that once belonged to Sir Keith ...' signed and dated 2014. Compass H.230mm approx. Along with an aluminium chi-rho lodge token stamped to edge 'Anzac Air Marshall Sir Keith Park Civil Defence'
