Orders, Decorations and Medals

Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E., Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, late Chief Controller of The Army Territorial Service
Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; France & Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Resistance Medal; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with gilt Officers’ emblem; together with a miniature riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the above ribbons in incorrect order and Efficiency Medal instead of Efficiency Decoration, good condition (3) £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E. was Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1951-63. Prior to this, she had risen through the ranks to become a Major-General in the British Women’s Army. Her medal were sold in Christies, 17 November 1987. With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bars