Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant L. B. Maggs, South African Forces

The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (2/Lt.); South African War Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, very fine or better (5) £180-220

M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 27 June 1919: ‘2nd Lieut. Leonard Bertram Maggs, Officer Commanding Comforts Commission (Overseas Depot).’ One of only 97 Miliatry awards of the M.B.E. to South Africans for the Great War. Sold with comprehensive service records.