Special Collections

Sold on 18 May 2011

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The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956

Allan Woodliffe

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№ 80

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18 May 2011

Estimate: £120–£150

The unusual O.B.E. awarded to Hugh Fraser of the Sudan Government Lands Department

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Officer’s (O.B.E.) Civil Division breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919, in ‘1st type’ case, extremely fine £120-150

O.B.E. London Gazette 24 August 1920. Lands Department Soudan Government.

Fraser represented the Sudan Government at the memorial service for Lord Baden-Powell at Westminster Abbey, London on 27 January 1941.

With Certificate of Award and some copied research.