WW2 WREN Medals & Effects.

A nice little group of items all relating to S.N.S.O. and Signaller Nora Schlegel W.R.N.S.
It comprises of her medal pair of the Defence medal and 1939-45 War medal, her crossed flags Signaller’s cloth badge, two WRNS Christmas cards, her officers bullion cloth cap badge, a little silver WREN’s brooch, her Royal Navy drivers ID card and a group of photographs of Nora at different stages in her life, from her time in the navy to old age, all taken by the same photographer in London.
Not much is known of Nora’s service in the WRNS, apart from the clues given in her effects which I obtained from a recent house clearance; she served at HMS Wildfire which was a Naval signals and Radar Plotter Training School, by her medals, she didn’t serve overseas but towards the end of the war she was serving as a Superintending Naval Stores Officer. She married a Royal Artillery officer after the war giving her the surname of Southgate.
So an interesting little research project here, as there looks like a lot of history to her service, in later life she lived in Lowestoft Suffolk, which is the home of HMS Europa, so there may be some connection to the Naval base here; she lived in Lowestoft during her old age and alone, so her husband must have died a lot earlier and unfortunately apart from the items with her married name were found, and pictures of her husband there is no other information of him or his service; this, I think shows that she had lost her husband before the move to Lowestoft. Anyway a cracking lot; where has all the Women’s Royal Naval Service stuff gone? It never was in abundance, but it seems quite rare to find these days.
All medals and photos etc are in very good condition, the medals are mounted on a brooch bar to be worn.

Code: 18259