Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The O.B.E. attributed to Alderman J. W. Sterland, Lord Mayor of Sheffield 1961-62

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the recipient’s National Housing and Town Planning Council Past Chairman’s neck badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘J. W. Sterland OBE., LLD., JP, Chairman 1977/78’, in Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue, extremely fine (2) £120-£160

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1965: Alderman James Wilfred Sterland, M.B.E., J.P.
‘For political and public services in Sheffield.’

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1958: Alderman James Wilfred Sterland, J.P., District Secretary (Yorkshire and North Derbyshire), National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

James Wilfred Sterland served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield 1961-62.