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13 January 2021

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№ 233

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£140

The Second War O.B.E. attributed to R. C. Bowden, Esq., Assistant Director of Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Supply

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£120

O.B.E. London Gazette 12 June 1941: Richard Charles Bowden, Esq., Ph.D., M.Sc., M.I.Chem.E., F.I.C., F.C.S., Assistant Director of Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Supply.

Sold together with a Ministry of Supply letter to the recipient on the occasion of his retirement, dated 17 September 1952, with envelope addressed to ‘Dr. R. C. Bowden, O.B.E., “The Mount”, 77, Cheam Road, Sutton, Surrey’.