Orders, Decorations and Medals

A good First and Second War C.B., C.B.E. group of fourteen to Admiral Sir E. R. Archer who led the joint Military Mission to Soviet Russia in 1944

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military), C.B., neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Order of the British Empire (Military), C.B.E., type 2, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, with France and Germany bar; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Luxembourg, Order of the Oaken Crown, Fourth Class, breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Norway, King Haakon VII, Freedom Cross, silver-gilt and enamels; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, Third Class, neck Badge with swords, 58mm. by 56mm., silver-gilt and enamels, French manafacture, minor enamel damage to reverse enamel wreath of last piece, otherwise generally good very fine (14) £1000-1200

K.C.B. London Gazette 10 June 1948
C.B. London Gazette 14 June 1945
C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1942
M.I.D. London Gazette 21 March 1941 ‘Operation Medium.’
Luxembourg, Order of the Oaken Crown, Fourth Class, presented 20 June 1952 ‘Service to Luxembourg prisoners of war in the U.S.S.R.’
Norway, King Haakon VII, Freedom Cross London Gazette 26 August 1947

Admiral Sir Ernest Russell Archer, K.C.B., C.B.E., born 1891, entered the Royal Navy 1904, served in Destroyers during the Great War (Mentioned in Despatches); served during the Second World War and was present as Captain of H.M.S. Revenge during Operation Medium, the bombardment of Cherbourg, 1940 (Mentioned in Despatches); Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 1941 (C.B.E.); Senior British Naval Officer, North Russia 1943; led the joint Military Mission to Soviet Russia 1944 (Freedom Cross of Norway; Order of the Oaken Crown of Luxembourg); Rear Admiral British Pacific Fleet 1945(C.B.); Flag Officer, Gibraltar 1947 and promoted Vice-Admiral the same year; Flag Officer, Commanding, Scotland and Northern Ireland 1948-50 (K.C.B.); Admiral 1950 and retired later that year.