No. 129 (Mysore) Squadron, Royal Air Force hallmarked silver medallion, in its case of issue, the reverse engraved (Sgt Stuivenga P. P.) presented by H.H. the Maharajah of Mysore to the father of Sergeant Patrick Peter Stuivenga, 129 (Mysore) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in a flying accident on 6 October 1941. The obverse bearing a double headed eagle, the crest of the Maharajah of Mysore, extremely fine
Patrick Peter Stuivenga, from Hatfield, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, attested into the Royal Air Force during the Second War and was advanced Sergeant. He qualified as a pilot and was serving in 129 (Mysore) Squadron, when he was killed in a flying accident on 6 October 1941, when his Spitfire W.3449 crashed at Bowley Farm, St. Mundham, Sussex, following a mid air collision with another Spitfire. He is buried in Chichester Cemetery, Sussex.
Sold with an original letter to the recipient's father from the Commanding officer of 129 Squadron enclosing the medallion, explaining that it was a gift from the Maharajah of Mysore to every pilot serving with the Squadron.
