Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War United States of America Bronze Star group of six attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel A. V. Emery, Royal Corps of Signals

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1953, lacking integral top riband bar; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R. (Territorial), reverse officially dated 1958, with Additional Award Bar, this officially dated 1963, lacking integral top riband bar; United States of America, Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, except the Army Emergency Reserve Decoration with an additional award bar, and the Efficiency Decoration without an additional award bar, and both with their integral top riband bars, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £240-£280

Attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel A. V. Emery, but without any original documentation.

Army Emergency Reserve Decoration London Gazette 1 December 1953.

1st Clasp to the Army Emergency Reserve Decoration London Gazette 1 December 1953.

Territorial Efficiency Decoration London Gazette 20 May 1958.

1st Clasp to the Territorial Efficiency Decoration London Gazette 9 July 1963.

United States of America Bronze Star London Gazette 14 May 1948.
The official Citation states: ‘Major A. V. Emery, Royal Signals, British Army, for meritorious service in support of military operations from 7 February to 1 September 1944. Major Emery was of invaluable assistance to the United States Signal Corps in the United Kingdom during the months before and after D-Day, as adviser and controller of GPO telephone facilities being employed by the military forces.’