David Douglas with medals and items from sale AN early issue Queen’s Gallantry Medal is expected to reach between £10,000 and £12,000 at auction later this month, as part of a large and important sale of militaria. The collection, which also features more than 250 lots relating to the famed Gordon Highlanders regiment, will be showcased as part of Elstob & Elstob’s Fine Art and Antiques Sale on Saturday, February 20, and marks the establishment of the Ripon-based auction house’s new specialist Department of Militaria, Nauticalia and Sporting Antiques. A key item in the sale is a Queen’s Gallantry Medal awarded to the late Acting Flight Sergeant William Barker Oldroyd, Royal Air Force Provost and Security Services, for action during the Cyprus emergency of 1974. It is being offered with Oldroyd s RAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and matching miniature medals, together with a comprehensive portfolio chronicling the circumstances giving rise to the award of the