Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

A C.B.E. and Great War M.C. group of five to Lieutenant G. Robinson, Royal Field Artillery

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue, slight enamel damage; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Coronation 1953, third with slight edge bruise, very fine (5) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953.

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Godfrey Robinson was born on 27 December 1897 in West Hartlepool and educated at Uppingham School. From school he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in November 1915. On 15 August 1917 he was severely wounded when he was struck on the head by a missile which destroyed both eyes. For his war services he was awarded the M.C. After the War he trained at St. Dunstan’s to use a typewriter and read braille and in 1920 joined the family business in Hull. A great worker for the blind, he was Chairman of the Hull & East Riding Institute for the Blind, 1938-61 and in 1952, Chairman of the National Institute for the Blind, which, during his Chairmanship gained Royal patronage, becoming the Royal National Institute for the Blind. He was in addition a leading patron in the developement of braille printing. Awarded the C.B.E. in 1953 for his work for the blind. He died in 1961 at his home in North Ferriby. Sold with copied service papers and other research.