Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge (3), 1st type (1892-1932), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; 4th type (1947-74), silvered and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, in card box; 5th type (1974-84), silvered and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with background, all on lady’s bow ribands, good very fine (3) £80-£100

Sold with a laminated Northern Daily Telegraph newspaper cutting with a photograph of a group of Lancastrians having been invested with the insignia of the Order of St. John in London on 28 September 1950 (including, presumably, the recipient of the 4th type badge in this lot).