A Civil Gliding Class “C” Proficiency Button-Hole Badge; Numbered Auction Archive commerce raiders

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and Medal for National Gratitute to the Mothers of the Fallen (bronze

attached to a butterscotch brown leather tab

in bronze white enamels centering red cross

Murphy served in the latter part of the China War 1860 (medal and clasp) and also in the operations against the Taiping Rebels

A Civil Gliding Class “C” Proficiency Button-Hole Badge; Numbered Auction Archive commerce raidersIn silvered bronze and blue and white enamels; maker marked 19556 on the reverse; measuring 22. 22 mm in diameter; weighing 6. 2 grams; near very fine condition. Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation awarded a series of proficiency badges t glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate test and gliding trials. The C class certificate was awarded for the completion of afive minute solo flight without loss of altitude.