Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. pair awarded to Miss Cicely S. Dale, Commandant, Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 36, Kent

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, the reverse of the crown crudely named ‘Cicely Dale V.A.D. Kent 36 T.F.’, lacking lady’s bow riband; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with 1 Additional ‘Geneva Cross’ Award Bar (Cicely Dale.) good very fine (2) £120-£160

M.B.E. London Gazette 30 March 1920: Miss Cicely Susan Dale, Commandant, Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 36, Kent; Assistant Commandant, The Bevan V.A.D. Hospital, Sandgate.’
‘For services in connection with the War.’