CHESHIRE LEONARD: (1917-1992) British Group Captain of World War II, Officer Commanding 617 Squadron 1943-44. ...

CHESHIRE LEONARD: (1917-1992) British Group Captain of World War II, Officer Commanding 617 Squadron 1943-44. Victoria Cross winner for his aerial operational activities during World War II. A good, small group of T.Ls.S., Leonard Cheshire, four pages (total), 8vo, Liss, Hampshire, 17th March - 2nd April 1947, all to Inspector Charles D. Tozer at the Police Training School in Portsmouth, all on the printed stationery of the V.I.P. Association Ltd. Cheshire writes to his correspondent regarding their hobby, in part, 'Your hobby certainly is an unusual one but I should imagine very interesting. I enclose a list of my medals and hope that it will enable you to make your reproduction' (17th March 1947; accompanied by the typed list of medals referred to including the V.C., D.S.O. and 2 bars, D.F.C., Burma Star etc.), 'I am most impressed both with your original idea and with the excellent quality of your work. It is quite outstanding and worthy of great merit. My mother came down here yesterday and happened to see it. She was so delighted with the way you have mounted the ribbons that I would very much like to give her a duplicate. I wonder if I might ask you to be so very kind as to do a set up for me just on the black card. I could then have it framed here in the workshops and send it on to her…..I hope you will forgive my making this request. I have seldom been impressed so much by any hobby' (26th March 1947), 'I am more grateful than I can say for the ribbons which arrived safely this morning. I am getting them framed today and hope to give them to my mother for Easter. She will I know be absolutely delighted. You have set me quite a problem but I am doing my best about Monty's and Alexander's ribbons. I am also thinking up a few contacts overseas, of which I have quite a few, and will let you know of developments' (2nd April 1947). Together with Tozer's original montage display of Cheshire's ribbons, including the Victoria Cross, on an oblong 8vo black card, neatly cornermounted to a 4to page removed from an album, the page signed ('Leonard Cheshire') by Cheshire at the base. An unusual grouping. Each of the letters with a small tape stain to the centre of the upper edge, otherwise VG,