Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Order of St. John Chaplain’s Badge awarded to The Reverend George E. Moreton

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Chaplain’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in embossed named case of issue, good very fine £180-£220

Chaplain, Order of St. John London Gazette 3 January 1930.

George Edgar Moreton was born in Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand, on 7 June 1878 and was ordained Deacon on 19 October 1919, and Priest on 30 May 1926. He was appointed Prison Chaplain at Mount Eden Prison in February 1930, and served in the Prison Chaplaincy until his retirement in 1952. He died in Auckland on 19 May 1956.

An advocate of prison reform throughout his life, Moreton served as Secretary of the Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society, and was also Chaplain of the Order of St. John in Auckland.

Sold together with a copy of the recipient’ biography ‘A Parson in Prison’, by Melville Harcourt; Order of St John letter to the recipient, enclosing the small silver Cross authorised to be worn on the riband bar; and copied research.