The mounted group of five miniature dress medals worn by Captain W. P. ‘Cocky’ Cochrane, a ‘Special List’ officer who served under Colonel Cyril Wilson, the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate; operating under the auspices of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, the Jeddah Consulate was a vitally important hub of the Arab revolt and without the quiet diplomacy and intelligence work of Wilson and his small team the revolt would have collapsed and the world would never have heard of “Lawrence of Arabia”

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; Hejaz, Kingdom, Order of El Nahda, 1st type, silver and enamels, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £300-£400

O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919.

M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 18 November 1918:
‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Egypt.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 17 September 1917, 7 October 1918 [Egypt], and 24 March 1919 [Mesopotamia].

Order of the Nile London Gazette 4 April 1918.

For the recipient’s full-sized medals see Lot 126.