Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An R.V.M. group of nine awarded to Petty Officer E. C. Green, Royal Navy, who served in the Naval contingent at the funeral of H.M. King George V

Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver (E. C. Green. A.B. J.95597.) contemporarily engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals (J.95597. E. C. Green. Boy 1. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.95597 E. C. Green. A.B. H.M.S. Excellent) the Great War pair heavily polished and worn, with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fair; the RVM and LS&GC better; the Second War awards good very fine (9) £240-£280

Edward Cecil Green, a telegraph messenger from Hackney, London, was born on 26 January 1903. According to his Royal Navy Service Papers he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 July 1919, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable (as a consequence, unless he had previous service not recorded, he is unlikely to have been entitled to the Great War pair). Advanced Able Seaman on 9 December 1921, he served as a member of the Naval contingent at the funeral of H.M. King George V on 28 January 1936, for which he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal the following month. He later served in destroyers during the Second World War, in and around the Mediterranean. Promoted Petty Officer on 26 March 1942, he was Released Class ‘A’ on 29 October 1945.