A Great War C.B.E. group of three awarded to Colonel J. S. Purvis, Royal Engineers

The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type, some very minor enamel damage to one arm; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (Major, R.E.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Major, R.E.) good very fine (3) £230-260

C.B.E. London Gazette 30 May 1919.

Despatches for the Boer War London Gazette 10 September 1901. Purvis was not entitled to any Great War campaign medals.