Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An inter-War C.B.E., Order of St. John group of eight awarded to Captain J. M. Robertson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s), breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (8) £600-£800

C.B.E. London Gazette 11 May 1937

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932.

John McKellar Robertson was born in Glasgow on 20 May 1883, the son of Ship-owner William Robertson, and was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Commissioned Lieutenant in the Clyde Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on 15 May 1913, he was appointed Captain, C.O. East Scottish Division in 1928, and C.O. Clyde Division in 1930. A Justice of the Peace and Honorary President of the Glasgow and District Naval Association, he retired in 1937 and died on 17 March 1939.