Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer E. H. Robbins, Royal Air Force
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; the M.B.E. accompanied by Buckingham Palace enclosure named to Warrant Officer Edward H. Robbins, M.B.E., R.A.F.; the campaign medals in Air Ministry card box of issue addressed to 215630 W/O Robbins, E. H. Sgt’s Mess, R.A.F., Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, and accompanied by Air Ministry medal issue slip and two part ‘ticker tape’, nearly extremely fine

Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Edward William Robbins) in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £200-£240

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945.

Edward Henry Robbins served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and was discharged on 31 March 1949.

Edward William Robbins, lately Telephonist, London Telecommunications Region, received the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1973 (London Gazette 13 November 1973).