Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An M.B.E./B.E.M. pair awarded to George Henry Dean, J.P. - Mayor of Loughborough, 1938-40

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (George Henry Dean, J.P.) in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine (2)
£300-360

M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1966. ‘Alderman George Henry Dean, J.P. For political and public services in Loughborough.’

B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1963. ‘George Henry Dean, J.P., Colliery Deputy, Granville Colliery, West Midlands Division, National Coal Board. (Wellington)’

Councillor George Henry Dean served as Mayor of the Borough of Loughborough, 1938-40. Alderman George Henry Dean, J.P. was admitted as a Freeman of the Borough of Loughborough in 1951.

With copied gazette extracts and other research.