A Great War O.B.E. pair awarded to Honorary Engineer Commander W. A. Graham, Royal Naval Reserve

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Eng. Commr., R.N.R.), in glazed wooden case, good very fine (2) £100-140

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war’.

Commander Graham received his award at Buckingham Palace on 3 March 1920. He died on 31 January 1965, aged 90 years. Sold with a congratulatory note from the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, to ‘Hon. Engr. Commander W. A. Graham, O.B.E., R.N.R., Marine Shops, Newhaven’. With O.B.E. case.