WWII RAF Medal & Effects Group – J.C. Elphick (517935) | Atlantic & Africa Star | Navigator Brevet | Special Constabulary

Description

WWII RAF Medal & Effects Group – J.C. Elphick (517935) | Atlantic & Africa Star | Navigator Brevet | Special Constabulary

A coherent Royal Air Force medal and personal effects group attributed to J.C. Elphick (Service No. 517935), spanning wartime RAF service and later Special Constabulary duty.

This is not a loose collection of unrelated medals. The group has remained together with personal effects, paperwork, RAF insignia and a named medal box, providing a strong surviving connection to J.C. Elphick and his wartime service.

RAF SERVICE – WWII

RAF group attributed to J.C. Elphick, accompanied by an original RAF Navigator’s brevet, campaign medals and associated personal effects.

Medals included:

⭐ 1939–45 Star
🌊 Atlantic Star
🏜️ Africa Star
🥈 War Medal 1939–45 – privately named/engraved “517935 J. Elphick”
🛡️ Defence Medal

The Atlantic Star and Africa Star indicate qualifying wartime service associated with both the Atlantic and African campaigns.

SPECIAL CONSTABULARY SERVICE

Also included is J.C. Elphick’s Special Constabulary Long Service Medal with clasps, together with original correspondence and police-related paperwork.

This adds a further chapter to the group, linking his wartime RAF association with later civilian policing service.

PERSONAL & ASSOCIATED ITEMS

• RAF Navigator’s brevet
• RAF sweetheart brooch
• Period photograph
• Wallet and original paperwork
• Named medal box addressed to Highcliffe
• Ribbon bar
• Special Constabulary correspondence
• Associated personal effects

These items remain together as found and form part of the historical integrity and provenance of the group.

FAMILY PROVENANCE

J.C. Elphick’s group forms part of the same inherited Elphick family collection as the surviving WWI and later police medal group of Samuel Elphick.

Samuel Elphick’s medal and service group is being offered separately.

CONDITION

All items show honest period wear consistent with age and service.

Nothing has been polished or deliberately altered.

Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description and condition report.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Further service details may be obtainable through official RAF records using the confirmed service number 517935.

The exact meaning of J.C. Elphick’s surviving Navigator’s brevet and the full details of his RAF career have not yet been independently verified through his complete service record, and the group is therefore offered with the information currently available.

The medals, insignia, photographs, paperwork and personal effects provide an excellent foundation for further research by the next custodian.

A scarce opportunity to acquire an attributed RAF wartime medal and effects group with Navigator-related insignia, personal provenance and multi-theatre campaign awards, preserved together rather than dispersed as individual items.

UK Mainland only. Carefully packed and dispatched via tracked and insured service. Collection available.