Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 664

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£470

A Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of six awarded to Major D. H. Green, Royal Engineers

The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Lt., Spec. Res. R.E. 14th Jan. 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Major); Roumania, Order of the Crown, Knight, silver and enamels, very fine (6) £380-420

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
M.C.
London Gazette 14 January 1916.
M.I.D.
London Gazette 1 January 1916; 4 January and 14 December 1917; 5 July 1919.
Crown of Roumania
London Gazette 20 September 1919.

Major Green was employed from 24 December 1914 and served in France & Flanders throughout the War. He was appointed Staff Officer to the Chief Engineer (graded as Brigade Major) from December 1917 to early 1919, after which he was serving with the Army Signal Service. Sold with copies of all relevant Gazettes and M.I.C.