Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major R. M. Hope, Canadian Army Pay Corps

British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. RF. M. Hope.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, the reverse officially named ‘Major (Pmr) R. M. Hope’, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £120-£160

Robert Malcolm Hope was born in Perth, Scotland on 13 January 1886 and having emigrated to Canada in 1904 was employed at the Bank of New Brunswick at St. John, N.B., He served during the Great War in the Canadian Army Pay Corps as Paymaster of the 26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on the Western Front from 13 May 1917 and subsequently served as Paymaster of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade from 5 August 1918. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 16 March 1919). Advanced Major, he was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935 whilst holding the rank of Major.

Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; named Bestowal Document for the Jubilee Medal; and various other letters, documents, and research, including a photographic image of the recipient.