Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1457

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£20

An Order of St. John pair to Corps Staff Officer Margaret Louise Sampson,

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
Officer’s (Sister’s) badge, 30 x 30mm., silvered bronze and enamel; St. John Service Medal, base metal, with one gilt bar (C801, S.J.A.B. 1956), mounted as worn, with riband bars, extremely fine (2) £30-40

Sold with bestowal document for the Order of St. John Serving Sister (1960) and a Certificate of Special Thanks from the Order of St. John, Priory of Canada, for valuable assistance rendered (1957) .

Corps Staff Officer Margaret Louise Sampson joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade circa 1944 and served with No.231 Nursing Division, St. Catherines, as a Nursing Member, Divisional Officer and Divisional Superintendent. Promoted to Corps Staff Officer (Secretary) with Lincoln Corps in about 1960, she served in that capacity until her death circa1980.