Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1235

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£700

A Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Creagh, 57th Rifles (F.F.)

The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-95 (Lieut., 4th Punjab Infy.); China 1900, no clasp (Captn., 4th Pjb. Infy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Major, 57th Rifles F.F.); 1914 Star (Major, 57/Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Delhi Durbar 1911, some light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (8) £450-550

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Edward Cottingham Creagh served in the Waziristan Expedition 1894-95 (Medal with clasp); China 1900 (Medal); North West Frontier of India 1908, operaitions in the Mohmand country including actions at Matta and Kargha (Medal with clasp); War of 1914-19 (O.B.E.).