Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

A civil C.B.E. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant C. H. Aslin, Royal Field Artillery, latterly County Architect of Hertfordshire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) good very fine (3) £250-300

C.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1951. ‘Charles Herbert Aslin, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., County Architect of Hertfordshire

Charles Herbert Aslin was born in Ecclesfield, Sheffield on 15 December 1893, the son of steelworker Arthur William and Louisa Aslin. He was educated at Sheffield Central School and Sheffield University, where he studied Architecture. During the First World War he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery 4 November 1917 and went to France from 31 January 1918.

After the war he was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects (R.I.B.A.) as an associate, becoming a Fellow in 1932. He took a post in the city architect's department in Sheffield, and in 1922 was appointed as Borough Engineer in Rotherham, where he designed the new municipal offices. After a few years as a lecturer at Sheffield University he became an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was appointed Deputy County Architect of Hampshire.

In 1929 he became the Borough Architect for Derby responsible for the planning of major changes in the layout of the town under the title of Central Improvement Plan (CIP). In that role he is credited with the design of several major buildings both within the CIP and also elsewhere in the town, including the original 1933 Bus Station, Police Station/Magistrates' Courts, Council House, Riverside Gardens, Exeter Bridge, Exeter Place Apartments and the former Covered Market.

After the Second World War he moved to become County Architect of Hertfordshire County Council, where he introduced the concept of pre-fabricated construction techniques to meet an urgent demand for new schools. Over 100 such schools were built over the next decade to his C20 pre-fabricated design. For his services as County Architect of Hertfordshire he was created a C.B.E. In 1945, he was elected to the council of R.I.B.A. and elected president for 1954-56. He retired in 1958 and died in Hertford, 18 April 1959. With copied research including m.i.c.