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

Lot

№ 1260 x

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18 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£150

An M.B.E., Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Bertha Marguerita Bruce, Inspection Welfare Superintendent, Ministry of Munitions, Birmingham

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, reverse engraved, ‘Miss B. M. Bruce’; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel, reverse privately engraved, ‘Bertha Marguerita Bruce’, enamel damage; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these four all unnamed, mounted for wear, with the first two and last two on bow ribbons, good very fine except where stated (6) £120-160

M.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918. ‘Inspection Welfare Superintendent, Ministry of Munitions, Birmingham’.