Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An inter-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. and Order of St John group of five awarded to Corps Superintendent (Huddersfield) G. W. Haigh, Order of St John of Jerusalem

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beast in angles; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, privately engraved to reverse ‘G. W. Haigh.’; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with six Additional Award Bars (403. Corps. Supt. G. W. Haigh. No.5 Dist. Huddersfield Corps. S.J.A.B. 1918.) generally very fine (5) £160-£200

M.B.E. (Civil Division) London Gazette 1 January 1920.

George William Haigh was made an Honorary serving brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem on 24 February 1915. Appointed a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1920, he was raised Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in February 1928.