Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War M.B.E. pair awarded to Matron Eva S. Buckwell, Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal; together with a Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Institute for Nurses Queen Alexandra’s Committee badge, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1914) and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Sold with the following documents: M.B.E. award document, dated 1 January 1957, in official delivery envelope, along with the Statutes of award booklet; Home Secretary’s enclosure slip for Defence Medal; Downing Street submission letter for the M.B.E., dated 28 November 1956; Ministry of Health congratulatory letter for award, dated 3 January 1957; Letter from 10 Downing Street, dated 10 January 1957; Central Chancellery Letter regarding not needing to return the M.B.E. Insignia following the death of the recipient, dated 27 April 1979, the letters all in their official envelopes, the majority addressed to ‘Mrs. E. S. Buckwell, The Rectory, Lavant, Sussex.’