Auction Catalogue

17 & 18 September 2009

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 288

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18 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£580

A scarce Great War Medal of the British Empire group of three awarded to Forewoman M. W. Gladwin, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (11484 Fwn. M. W. Gladwin, Q.M.A.A.C.), cleaned and lacquered, otherwise very fine (3) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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Collection

Ex John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 19 September 2003 (Lot 117).

Medal of the Order of the British Empire
London Gazette 23 January 1920:

‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’

Marie Winifred Gladwin served as a Hostel Forewoman at Camp III, Abbeville, and also at St. Pol. She died in Camden, London in March 1932; sold with research.