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№ 175

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25 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£130

A post-War B.E.M. pair awarded to E. Grosvenor, who served as Chief Paperkeeper at the Ministry of Supply, and later as Principal Paperkeeper at the War Office

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Edgar Grosvenor) officially re-impressed naming; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Edgar Grosvenor) mounted court-stye as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120

B.E.M. London Gazette 9 June 1949: ‘Edgar Grosvenor, Chief Paperkeeper, Ministry of Supply’

Sold with letter to the recipient from the Prime Minister’s Office, dated 6 June 1949, informing him of the award of he B.E.M.; and a letter to the recipient from the Assistant Secretary, War Office, on the occasion of his retirement as Principal Paperkeeper, dated 3 May 1961, both in envelopes addressed to ‘Edgar Grosvenor Esq., 29 Deans Lane, Edgware, Middlesex’; and named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the B.E.M.