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27 July 2022

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№ 10

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£100

A post-War ‘Church Army’ O.B.E. pair awarded to Miss Katherine J. Inglis

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal, good very fine (2) £120-£160

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1957:
‘Honorary Secretary for Women’s Work, the Church Army’


Katherine Jane Inglis was born in 1900 and died in 1993. The family archive is held by Cumbria Archives and includes various papers relating to the recipient, including her account of the 1953 Coronation.

Sold with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E.