Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, very fine £100-£140

Sold with two undated original press cuttings and research, attributing the award of the A.R.R.C. to Nursing Sister Miss Mildred Grace Wiseman, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, who was awarded the A.R.R.C. in the 1935 Birthday Honours’ List (London Gazette 3 June 1935), ‘In recognition of the exceptional devotion and competency displayed in the nursing and care of the sick in Royal Air Force Hospitals at Home and Abroad.’ She had previously served in the Great War with the Territorial Force Nursing Service and the Royal Air Force Nursing Service, and was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals.