Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The O.B.E. attributed to The Reverend Robert V. O. Graves, Vicar of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex, and Chairman of Maldon Rural District Council

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, good very fine £100-£140

O.B.E. London Gazette 30 March 1920: The Reverend Robert Vernon Ottley Graves, J.P., Chairman of Maldon Rural District Council.

The Reverend Robert Vernon Ottley Graves was born on 6 June 1855, the son of the Reverend Robert Graves, Cleric and Principal, Battersea Training College, and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and St. John’s College, Oxford. He was ordained Deacon in 1878 and Priest in 1879, and held the living of Vicar of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Witham, Essex, from 1879 to 1934.

Sold with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E