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22 July 2016

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№ 8

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£650

A Scarce C.B.E. group of six awarded to Edward George Gardner Marsh, Deputy Secretary of the Rhodesian Federal Ministry of Home Affairs during the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, formerly a Lieutenant with the Southern Rhodesian Forces during the Second World War

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Collingwood case of issue; Rhodesian Independence Commemorative Decoration (ICD), 11 November 1970 (E. G. G. Marsh) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; together with Rhodesia Legion Diamond Jubilee Medal 1919-79, brass and enamel, medal group mounted as worn, very fine or better (7) £400-500

C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1964: ‘On the advice of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Edward George Gardner Marsh Esq., Deputy Secretary, Federal Ministry of Home Affairs.’

Edward George Gardner Marsh was born c.1918 in Surrey, and moved to live in Salisbury, Rhodesia prior to 1939. During World War II he served as a Lieutenant in the Infantry with the Southern Rhodesian Forces, and later entered a life of politics. He became Deputy Secretary of Home Affairs and was awarded the C.B.E. in January 1964, and was later Secretary for Local Government and Housing in Rhodesia at the time of the declaration of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence or ‘U.D.I’ (as mentioned in the book ‘
So Far and No Further’, by J. R. T. Wood, page 453) in late 1965. He was awarded the I.C.D. on 11 November 1970 - one of fewer than 200 such awards, given largely to politicians and cabinet members for services to Rhodesia.