Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Commander F. H. Austen, Royal Navy

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. H. Austen. R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. H. Austen. R.N.); Coronation 1953; Portugal, Republic, Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £300-£360

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1948: ‘Commander Francis Herbert Austen, R.N. (Retired), Commandant, Home Office Civil Defence School, Easingwold.’

Order of Aviz London Gazette 4 February 1921.