If it takes two auctions to offer a single-owner collection, you know it must be a big one. If it takes three, it must really be quite something.

Captain Leslie Scott's collection of Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) wings are among the most scarce Allied airborne insignia of the Second World War ...

"Along with British militaria there were also several German WWII medals and other artifacts that are of interest to a large collector's market for militaria from all around the world," he said.