Lot Archive

Lot

№ 352

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12 June 1991

Hammer Price:
£240

Four: The Lady Burnham, C.B.E., late President, Girl Guides Association for England.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E., Civil, 2nd type neck badge; DEFENCE MEDAL; CORONATION 1953; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDAL, silver with extra long service bar (The Lady [Marie Enid] Burnham), the C.B.E. mounted as a Ladies' badge, with the group, for display, extremely fine (4)

Enid Lady Burnham, C.B.E. (1957) was President, Buckinghamshire Red Cross, 1936-64, and of Buckinghamshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 1947-52. Her work with the Girl Guides Association for England was rewarded in 1957 with the C.B.E.; she served as Chief Commissioner, 1951-60, President of the Association, 1961-71, and continued as Vice-President until her death in 1979.