Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare ‘Edward VIII’ inter-War M.V.O., post War Order of St. John group of six awarded to Quartermaster and Captain W. R. Lines, 5th Lancers, attached 1st Royal Dragoons, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War, and was one of only 10 people awarded the M.V.O. Vth Class by King Edward VIII

The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘488’; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, skeletal type, silver; 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. W. R. Lines. 5. Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. W. R. Lines.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3871 Sjt: W. Liones. 5/Lrs.) mounted court-style as worn, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £800-£1,000

One of only 10 M.V.O. Vth Class awards made during the reign of Edward VIII, of which 5 were for the Funeral of King George V.

M.V.O. London Gazette 23 June 1936: Walter Reuben Lines, Honorary Secretary, Windsor Branch, British Legion.

Serving Brother of the Order of St. John London Gazette 28 May 1948.

Walter Reuben Lines was born on 29 April 1872 and attested for the 5th Lancers in 1890. He served in the ranks for 23 years and 330 days before being commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 25 August 1914, and served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 July 1915. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917), he was promoted Honorary Captain, attached 1st Royal Dragoons, on 25 August 1917, and subsequently served as an Assistant Inspector with the Quartermaster General’s Service. He was placed on half-pay on account of ill health on 3 October 1923.

Lines was appointed a Member Fifth Class of the Royal Victorian Order for his services as Honorary Secretary of the Windsor Branch, British Legion, in June 1936, one of the very few number of appointments to the Royal Victorian Order made by Edward VIII. He was later appointed a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John. He died in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on 26 January 1960.

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